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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust


by John Fante | Charles Bukowski

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 165 PAGES

Fante's oft-forgotten classic novel of Arturo Bandini, trying to make it as a writer in L.A. (CAL14, $13.99)

Down The Garden Path

Down The Garden Path


by Beverley Nichols

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 296 PAGES

With charming original illustrations by Rex Whistler, this facsimile edition of Nichols' 1932 ode to the pleasures and perils of gardening is an entertaining account of creating a garden at Huntingdonshire. (GBR598, $24.95)

Enchanted April

Enchanted April


by Elizabeth Von Arnim | Cathleen Schine

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 361 PAGES

In this delightful book, four Englishwomen are awakened by self-discovery and the power of their friendship on a stay in Italy in the 1920s. (ITL316, $14.95)

Granite Island

Granite Island


by Dorothy Carrington

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

Carrington's indelible account of the history and people, myths and magic of rugged Corsica. (MED157, $24.95)

Green Thoughts, A Writer in the Garden


by Eleanor Perenyi

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A classic collection of 72 essays, alphabetically arranged, on topics ranging from Annuals and Artichokes to Weeds and Wildflowers. (GRD23, $14.95)

Hadji Murat


by Leo Tolstoy | Colm Toibin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 130 PAGES

Tolstoy short tale of the meeting of two polarized cultures -- the refined, Europeanized court of the Russian tsar and the fierce Muslim chieftains of the Chechnen hills. (RUS383, $13.95)

Iceland's Bell

Iceland's Bell


by Halldor Laxness | Philip Roughton

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 425 PAGES

The first translation into English of a novel in the spirit the medieval sagas by Iceland's Nobel Laureate. (ICL22, $15.95)

Rock Crystal

Rock Crystal


by Adalbert Stifter | Marianne Moore

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 76 PAGES

This 1945 tale of a brother and sister lost on Christmas Eve in the Austrian Alps is among the most moving and memorable of holiday tales. (ALP36, $12.95)

Siren Land: A Celebration of Life in Southern Italy

Siren Land: A Celebration of Life in Southern Italy


by Norman Douglas

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Douglas (Old Calabria) writes lovingly about the people, folklore and past of his adopted home in this classic account, first published in 1911. (ITA128, $16.00)

The Summer Book

The Summer Book


by Tove Jansson

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A modern Scandinavian classic, Jansson's sweet, slender novel follows a young girl and her grandmother as they while away a summer on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland. (SCN56, $14.00)

Under the Glacier

Under the Glacier


by Halldor Laxness | Magnus Magnusson

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Laxness brings the full range of his wit, humor, humanity and imagination to this strange, rather sleight, and amusing book, in which a Church of Iceland envoy travels inland to investigate the strange goings-on in a remote parish. (ICL24, $15.00)

The Way of the White Clouds

The Way of the White Clouds


by Lama Anagarika Govinda | Robert Thurman

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

The 40th anniversary edition of the remarkable German-born monk and interpreter of Tibetan Buddhism's account of travels and discoveries in Tibet before the 1950 Chinese invasion. (TBT87, $19.95)

Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana

Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana


by Stephanie Elizondo Griest

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

The offbeat memoirs of a Texan who spent four years as a volunteer in Moscow, a propaganda officer in Beijing, and a belly dancer in Havana. (RUS242, $14.95)

In Morocco

In Morocco


by Edith Wharton

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 223 PAGES

Wharton's enjoyable account of her month-long journey through Morocco after WWI captures the landscapes, architecture and many aspects of Muslim culture and history, and especially the cities of Rabat, Fez and Marrakech. (MRC02, $10.95)

My Journey to Lhasa

My Journey to Lhasa


by Alexandra David-Neel

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 317 PAGES

Dressed as a humble pilgrim and traveling under the cover of night, the indomitable 55-year-old David-Neel and her young companion climbed mountains and tricked soldiers to ultimately reach Tibet's forbidden capital. Originally published in 1923, her account stands as a riveting portrait of early 20th-century Tibet. (TBT26, $14.99)

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths


by Edgar D'Aulaire | Ingri D'Aulaire

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES
  • FAMILY

The D'Aulaireses vividly recreate the characters and Norse landscapes of Odin the All-father, Thor the Thunder-god, Loki, Bragi and the Valkyries in this beautifully illustrated volume. For the whole family. (SCN35, $24.95)

 

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