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	Catfish and Mandala, A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam • Andrew X. Pham • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Much more than a road trip, this book combines the author's family history with his many and often-gritty adventures by bicycle through foreign lands (including Mexico, Japan and, notably, Vietnam). (VNM50, $15.00)
	The Curve of Time • Muriel Wylie Blanchet • EXPLORATION • FAVORITE • Blanchet's delightful, unlikely account of life aboard a 25-foot ketch with her young family. It's a funny, vivid account of Vancouver Island, full of memorable detail on people and place. (PNW48, $15.95)
	Through Siberia by Accident • Dervla Murphy • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • After wrenching her knee on the Trans-Siberian, the indomitable Murphy changes her plans: in lieu of a trip across Russia on her bicycle Pushkin, she explores the area around Lake Baikal, where, naturally, the plucky grandmother takes a swim. (SIB50, $15.95)
	Independent People, An Epic • Halldor Laxness • LITERATURE • FAVORITE • The Nobel Prize-winning author's masterwork about a hard-headed, independent-minded sheep farmer is a mock-epic redolent of Icelandic rural life in the early days of the 20th century. (ICL01, $15.95)

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