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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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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: THE NEW WORLD

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The Charleston, Savannah & Coastal Islands Book, A Complete Guide

The Charleston, Savannah & Coastal Islands Book, A Complete Guide


by Cecily McMillan | Wade Spees

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

An excellent, locally produced travel guide mixing history, culture and anecdote with a shipload of up-to-date practical information. It does justice to this area's rich traditions and food. (USS13, $19.95)

Eastern USA Map

Eastern USA Map


by Rand McNally Maps

  • 2008
  • MAP

A fold-up map of the Eastern United States, shown at a scale of 1:2,300,000. (USE127, $5.99)

Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg and Virginia's Historic Triangle

Insiders' Guide to Williamsburg and Virginia's Historic Triangle


by Mary Alice Blackwell

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 369 PAGES

Practical information on what to do in Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown, including sites, food and lodging. (USE10, $18.95)

Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, The Official Guide to America's Historic Triangle


by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

  • REFERENCE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

This guidebook has all the information you need about Virginia's "Historic Triangle," where the nation began. (USE428, $16.95)

Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island

Lonely Planet Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island


by Karla Zimmerman

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This handy, compact guide to Atlantic Canada covers Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island in detail, and includes a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador. With maps, travel information and short essays on culture, attractions and nature. (CND291, $17.99)

Lonely Planet Panama

Lonely Planet Panama


by Scott Doggett

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 348 PAGES

The usual comprehensive Lonely Planet treatment, with a good overview of the history, culture and nature of Panama along with regional maps and excellent detail on where to go, sleep and eat. (PNM12, $21.99)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil


by John Berendt

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

Berendt magically turned his relatively brief stay in Savannah into a rollicking and sensitive portrait of the city, capturing a great variety of colorful characters and the spirit of the place. (USS09, $16.00)

The Mind of Thomas Jefferson


by Peter S. Onuf

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 281 PAGES

This collection of essays provides an intimate look into the political and personal concerns and motivations of Jefferson, and an assessment of his significance in American culture. (USA371, $25.00)

Moon Handbook Coastal Maine

Moon Handbook Coastal Maine


by Hilary Nangle

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 483 PAGES

A comprehensive, highly recommended guide to the places and pleasures of Coastal Maine, including highlights in and around Portland and Acadia National Park. (USE363, $19.95)

The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides


by Pat Conroy

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 598 PAGES

To help the psychiatrist treating his suicidial sister, Tom Wingo travels from South Carolina to New York, to describe his family's past in this bestseller by Pat Conroy. Using the frame of Tom's conversations with a psychiatrist, Conroy paints an evocative portrait of a hard life in South Carolina's low-country marshland. (USS422, $7.99)

Private Newport, At Home and in the Garden

Private Newport, At Home and in the Garden


by Bettie Bearden Pardee

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

A sumptuous photographic tour of 18 opulent mansions and estates in Newport, Rhode Island. (USE345, $45.00)

Savannah in the Old South


by Walter Fraser

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 423 PAGES

A comprehensive history of Savannah from its early days as an Indian trading center to the end of the Civil War. (USS366, $22.95)

Lost Cities of the Maya

Lost Cities of the Maya


by Claude Baudez | Sydney Picasso

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This lavish little pocket encyclopedia of archaeological discovery features hundreds of color photographs and illustrations, including Catherwood's original engravings. (MYA01, $15.95)

Shadow Country

Shadow Country


by Peter Matthiessen

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 892 PAGES

Matthiessen returns to his tale of Florida sugarcane farmer and murderer Edgar J. Watson in this National Book Award winner, a reprise of his classic trilogy: Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River and Bone by Bone. (FLA72, $17.00)

 

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