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Crown Journeys
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City of the Soul, A Walk in Rome  •  William Murray   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A personal portrait of Rome from William Murray, a writer for The New Yorker, who was raised in Italy. Murray recounts neighborhoods, buildings, archaeology and history on a personal, anecdotal ramble. (ITL506, $16.95)
 
 
Feet on the Street, Rambles Around New Orleans  •  Roy Blount, Jr.   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Roy Blount Jr. captures perfectly the sights, savory smells, sounds and distinctive pleasures of New Orleans in this latest entry in the excellent Crown Journeys series. The book is organized as a series of eight wonderfully digressive, personal rambles through the city. (USS370, $16.95)
 
 
Fugitives and Refugees, A Walk in Portland, Oregon  •  Chuck Palahniuk   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Novelist Palahniuk's appreciative, decidedly eccentric account of his adopted city (and the other oddballs it has attracted), strong on local flavor and personality. (PNW150, $16.95)
 
 
The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic, A Walk in Austin  •  Kinky Friedman   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A rowdy, rollicking tour of the state's capital city by onw of Austin's own. (TEX63, $16.95)
 
 
Land's End, A Walk In Provincetown  •  Michael Cunningham   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A brief, loving portrait of Provincetown, the town at the very tip of Cape Cod, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours. (USE254, $16.00)
 
 
Lost in My Own Backyard, A Walk in Yellowstone National Park  •  Tim Cahill   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Tim Cahill mixes tales of walks, hikes and three good backcountry treks with history, lore and gee-whiz wonder in this breezy celebration of America's first national park. (USW430, $16.95)
 
 
Never a City So Real, A Walk in Chicago  •  Alex Kotlowitz   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Alex Kotlowitz presents a portrait of Chicago, interweaving history, anecdote and biography in this brief, street-level view of the city and its everyday people. (GLK35, $16.95)
 
 
Time's Magpie, A Walk in Prague  •  Myla Goldberg   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A delightful walking tour of Prague by the bestselling author of "Bee Season." (CZH58, $16.00)
 
 
Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape, Vermont's Champlain Valley and New York's Adirondacks  •  Bill McKibben   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this entry in the excellent Crown Journeys series, McKibben (The End of Nature) recounts a three-week trek from his new house in Vermont to his old place in the Adirondacks, meeting friends along the way and meditating on the meaning of wilderness. (NYS32, $16.95)
 
 
 




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