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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

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A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

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Barry Lopez

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Notes from the Century Before, A Journal from British Columbia

Notes from the Century Before, A Journal from British Columbia


by Edward Hoagland | Jon Krakauer

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

A classic portrait of a disappearing way of life in Northwest British Columbia. In 1966, Hoagland spent three months in the backcountry chatting up the locals. His essays introduce a lively cast of old-timers and capture the essence of a way of life quickly slipping away. First published in 1969. (CND189, $19.00)

The Impossible Country, A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia


by Brian Hall

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 448 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Beautifully written, this chronicle of the people, politics and mood of the Yugoslavia as it crumbles is an engaging snapshot and elegy. (BLK22, $23.95)

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