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The Old Patagonian Express
By Train Through the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn bushes. But with Theroux the view along the...
by John Dos Passos
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
John Dos Passos, the distinguished American novelist and historian has been personally interested in Brazil for the last fifteen years. He first visited the country in 1948, and returned again in 1956 and 1962. This book, which is based on his experiences in Brazil, presents the people and landscapes...
Eight Feet in the Andes
Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2016
Traveller Dervla Murphy and her nine-year-old daughter Rachel, accompanied by an endearing mule named Juana, clambered the length of Peru with only the most basic supplies to sustain them, spending most of their time above 10,000 feet. Their gruelling journey was marked by discomfort and danger, though...
CutlureShock! Argentina
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
CultureShock! Argentina brings you more than a few steps closer to the country, the people and the culture. Most importantly, it is your survival guide to living there. Argentina is more than just footballer Diego Maradona or beautiful Buenos Aires which is often featured in travel brochures and magazines....
by Vivien Lougheed
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
This guide is based on our full Bolivia Adventure Guide, which is 440 pages. It focuses on the area between the two major spines of the Bolivian Andes, the Western Cordillera and the Cordillera Real. This is a dry plain, the world's largest, called the Altiplano. Starting at Lake Titikaka, the Altiplano...
Last Tango in Buenos Aires
Sketches from the Argentine
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Meet pilgrims and Indians, poets and nuns, teachers, priests, veterans of the war in the South Atlantic, gold diggers, coal miners and ranchers, those bereaved by the Dirty War and apologists for it, and those nostalgic for the time when theirs was one of the world’s richest countries or Evita held...
The Robber of Memories
A River Journey Through Colombia
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
“An adventure story and a travel narrative, but also an excursion into memory itself.” —Booklist
When travel writer Michael Jacobs began traversing the Magdalena, a river that courses through the heart of Colombia, he was determined to leave modern conveniences aside—with the exception...
The Amazon
Land without History
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2006
In the eight pieces that make up Land Without History, first published in Portuguese in 1909, Euclides da Cunha offers a rare look into twentieth century Amazonia, and the consolidation of South American nation states. Mixing scientific jargon and poetic language, the essays in Land Without History...
CultureShock! Chile
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2011
CultureShock! Chile is your one-stop guide to settling in the country and adapting to life in a new land. Learn from the authors’ experience as they share insights into the Chilean work etiquette, navigating the class system, setting up home and using the estufa and califont as well as what generally...
CultureShock! Bolivia
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
CultureShock! Bolivia provides readers with a thorough understanding of this South American country, a nation steeped in history, culture, and tradition. Containing pages of useful information, advice, tips and resources, this book will guide you through the social and psychic adjustment necessary when...
by Garth Alperstein
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
This is a story about growing up in a small racist town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, during the Apartheid years. The author is the oldest son of the town’s mayor, a publican. He grew up between the hotel, where he was exposed at an early age to much of the town’s less salubrious goings...
The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast
Barrier Islands, Coastal Waters, and Wetlands
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
For some years, The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast has stood as an essential resource for all who treasure our coastal environment. In this book, Dirk Frankenberg describes the southern coast's beaches, inlets, and estuaries and instructs readers in the responsible exploration and enjoyment...
Southern Appalachian Celebration
In Praise of Ancient Mountains, Old-Growth Forests, and Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
With this stunning collection of images of the Southern Appalachians, James Valentine presents an enduring portrait of the region's unique natural character. His compelling photographs of ancient mountains, old-growth forests, rare plants, and powerful waterways reveal the Appalachians' rich scenic...
Cholas in Bowlers
Journey to Bolivia
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
With two grown-up sons, a satisfying job as a journalist, great friends and plenty of interests, life for Jane Mundy was humming along nicely when, out of the blue and in the most unlikely of places, she met Graham. In no time at all she had abandoned her comfortable life and run away with him to...