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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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LOST WORLDS OF ETHIOPIA

Worth Looking For

Sheba, Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen

Sheba, Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen


by Nicholas Clapp

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 372 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An Indiana Jones-like quest across the deserts of Yemen and grasslands of Ethiopia, with a varied cast of characters encountered along the way, to discover the truth about the storied Queen of Sheba. (ETP24, $21.95)

Ethiopian Stories

Ethiopian Stories


by George S. Schuyler

  • MYSTERY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 227 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An omnibus edition of Schuyler's two 1930s novellas, "Ethiopian Murder Mystery" and "Revolt in Ethiopia", both romanticized adventures about Ethiopia's struggles with the invading Italians. (ETP04, $19.95)

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