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365 Travel, A Daily Book of Journeys, Meditations, and Adventures
• Lisa Bach
• ANTHOLOGY
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A wildly diverse, exhilarating -- and inspiring -- collection of traveler's tales, organized as a book of days.
(TVL15, $14.95)
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Apus and Incas: A Cultural Walking and Trekking Guide to Cuzco
• Charles Brod
• GUIDEBOOK
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Recommended tours of Cuzco and its surroundings, with natural and cultural history.
(PRU03, $10.95)
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The Complete Guide to Walking for Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness
• Mark Fenton
• SPORT
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A practical, comprehensive and nicely-illustrated handbook by an editor at Walking magazine. Based on the author's popular 52-week program featured in the magazine, Fenton covers the basics of the value and practice of walking and better health.
(WLK10, $24.95)
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The Complete Walker IV
• Colin Fletcher
• REFERENCE
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The fourth edition of the backpackers bible.
(WLK12, $23.95)
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Exploring Kyoto, On Foot through the Ancient Capital
• Judith Clancy
• GUIDEBOOK
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Featuring 30 well-crafted walking tours of neighborhoods, gardens and sanctuaries.
(JPN26, $16.95)
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France, Long Distance Footpaths Map Grande Randonnee
• IGN
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A map of all of France, highlighting the footpaths.
(FRN347, $11.95)
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Frommer's Memorable Walks in San Francisco
• Arthur Frommer
• GUIDEBOOK
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This useful guidebook maps out 12 comprehensive walking routes through the most interesting and historically important neighborhoods of San Francisco.
(CAL08, $12.99)
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Into a Desert Place
• Graham MacKintosh
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The entertaining and typically British story of a 3,000-mile lark around the Peninsula by the spectacularly ill-equipped Mackintosh. The book takes the form of a two-year-long diary, recounting the eccentric personalities and his day-to-day efforts to feed himself -- along with some down-to-earth prose on the remote grandeur of the desert and sea.
(BJA07, $16.95)
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Lonely Planet Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya
• Joseph Bindloss
• Bradley Mayhew
• GUIDEBOOK
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This classic guide, now in its eighth edition, is great for both practical trail information and general information on the region.
(NPL23, $19.99)
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Lonely Planet Walking in France
• Sandra Bardwell
• Miles Roddis
• Gareth McCormack
• Jean-ber Carillet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to 60 featured walks throughout the country with maps and suggested accommodations.
(FRN229, $24.99)
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The Long Walk, The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
• Slavomir Rawicz
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The remarkable tale of cavalry officer Rawicz and six fellow prisoners and their odyssey from capture in Moscow under Stalin to a prison camp in Yakutsk and escape across Siberia and the Gobi to Tibet and over the Himalayas to India. Originally published in 1956.
(SIB13, $16.95)
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The Man Who Planted Trees
• Jean Giono
• Michael McMurdy
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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Told with affection and lyrical simplicity, beloved French novelist Giono (1895-1970) turns the life of Elzeard Bouffier, a shepherd turned tree-planter, into a fable of hope, forests and the power of the individual to change the world.
(ALP12, $10.00)
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The Man Who Walked Through Time
• Colin Fletcher
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Fletcher's much-loved account of a remarkable two-month odyssey below the rim of the Grand Canyon, first published in 1967.
(USW94, $14.95)
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Notes from a Small Island
• Bill Bryson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A farewell walking tour of England by an American expatriate who has decided to return home after two decades. Like all of Bryson's books, it's full of rich conversations, humorous anecdotes and amusing interactions.
(GBR16, $14.99)
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On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul
• Jason Goodwin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Goodwin interweaves history, incident and reflection in this excellent portrait of Central Europe. With chapters on Cracow, Slovakia, Budapest, Transylvania, Brasov and Bulgaria
(EUR81, $17.00)
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Road of Stars to Santiago
• Edward Stanton
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A 30-day pilgrimage by foot across Northern Spain along the Camino de Santiago.
(SPN51, $35.00)
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The Roads to Sata, a 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan
• Alan Booth
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A revealing, humorous account of the author's 2,000-mile walk north to south from Hokkaido to Kyushu by a wonderfully eccentric British expatriate.
(JPN11, $16.00)
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Round Ireland With a Fridge
• Tony Hawks
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A publicity-fueled story of an Englishman abroad, in this case, hitchhiking around Ireland with a refrigerator. It's an entertaining, insightful tale.
(IRE70, $14.95)
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The Shadow of Kilimanjaro
• Rick Ridgeway
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Ridgeway recounts his walk from Mount Kilimanjaro across Tsavo National Park to the Indian Ocean in the company of Iain Allan (and an armed guard). It's a perceptive overview of Kenya, its wildlife and conservation by an appreciative observer.
(EAF61, $17.00)
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Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, An American Naturalist in Italy
• Gary Paul Nabhan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The author, a poet and naturalist, heads along the Franciscan Way from Florence to Assisi. This most unusual travelogue combines natural history, spirituality and a lively appreciation of local food and food traditions. A print-on-demand paperback.
(ITL99, $16.00)
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Strolling Through Athens, Fourteen Unforgettable Walks Through Europe's Oldest City
• John Freely
• GUIDEBOOK
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An historical and anecdotal guide to the ancient city by Greece and Turkey scholar Freely.
(GRE201, $21.95)
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Time Out London Walks, 30 Walks by London Writers
• Time Out
• GUIDEBOOK
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A personable guide to a wide variety of London excursions.The handy guide is chock full of color photographs, illustrations, practical information and good maps.
(GBR595, $19.95)
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Trekking in Ladakh
• Charlie Loram
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to trekking in this remote enclave, this book includes 50 maps, route descriptions, an overview of Leh and a section of color photographs.
(HML25, $19.95)
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Trekking in the Patagonian Andes
• Clem Lindenmayer
• GUIDEBOOK
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This convenient guide features trail maps and route descriptions of walks throughout Patagonia, including a long sections on Torres del Paine in Chile and Glacier National Park in Argentina. With detailed practical information, color photography, 31 maps and good background on preparing for your trek.
(PAT12, $19.99)
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Venice for Pleasure
• J.G. Links
• GUIDEBOOK
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The 40th anniversary edition of this favorite walking guide to the history, art and byways of Venice.
(ITL104, $27.95)
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The Walker's Literary Companion
• Robert Gilbert
• Anne Wallace
• Jeffrey Robinson
• ANTHOLOGY
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A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara.
(WLK08, $24.00)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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You may want to carry this small volume in your daypack for inspiration. In it, Thoreau offers his meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel.
(WLK04, $9.95)
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Walking and Eating in Tuscany and Umbria
• James Ladsun
• Pia Davis
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to walking and eating your way through the region, this book includes 40 suggested itineraries, mostly day hikes, with maps, details on local attractions, and illustrations.
(ITL97, $20.00)
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Walking Easy in the Swiss and Austrian Alps
• Chet Lipton
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to 100 alpine walks and sightseeing excursions.
(WLK02, $24.95)
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Walking Switzerland, The Swiss Way: From Vacation Apartments, Hotels, Mountain Inns, and Huts
• Marcia Lieberman
• GUIDEBOOK
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This guide includes all the information you need to plan your own Swiss walking tour.
(SWZ03, $16.95)
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Walking the Bible, A Journey by Land through the Five Books of Moses
• Bruce Feiler
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An account of a 10,000-mile trek through the Biblical lands of the Middle East in the company of an Israeli archaeologist. It's part travelogue, part pilgrimage, and part quest for religious meaning.
(MDE50, $14.95)
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Walking, The World's Most Exceptional Trails
• Eloise Napier
• EXPLORATION
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An illustrated guide to 25 scenic walking trails throughout the world by a Welsh outdoor photographer and mountaineer. With maps and practical travel information.
(WLK11, $29.95)
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Wanderlust, A History of Walking
• Rebecca Solnit
• HISTORY
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A wide-ranging, literate and thoroughly enlightening history of the oldest form of human locomotion.
(WLK06, $16.00)
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Washington on Foot
• John J. Protopappas
• Alvin R. McNeal
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated guidebook to Washington, D.C. and the surrounding neighborhoods.
(USE327, $14.95)
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