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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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YEMEN

Worth Looking For

Eating the Flowers of Paradise, One Man's Journey Through Ethiopia and Yemen


by Kevin Rushby

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A natural and cultural history of qat, the hallucinogenic leaf chewed by the baleful in Yemen. Rushby sets out on the old qat route from Harar to Djibouti, the Red Sea and celebrated San'a in this tale of adventure. (ARB43, $16.95)

Pallas Yemen


by Peter Wald

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 332 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An essential companion to Yemen. Much more than a standard guidebook, it includes a thorough overview of Yemen's history and culture. With illustrations, maps and color photography. (ARB16, $27.50)

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