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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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BALKANS

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The Fracture Zone, My Return to the Balkans

The Fracture Zone, My Return to the Balkans


by Simon Winchester

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Winchester, who first encountered the Balkans on a road trip in the 1970s, returns to the region on a heart-wrenching, dramatic tour of the country in the midst of the 1999 Kosovo crisis. In his familiar and engaging style, he combines reflection, travel and interview in this portrait of a troubled place. (BLK64, $14.99)

After Yugoslavia


by Zoe Bran

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The Welsh novelist travels from the mountains and ancient towns of Slovenia to Croatia and Bosnia in the wake of the terrible events of the 90s in this classic portrait of the region. (CEU16, $12.99)

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