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Price: $12.99
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Sale: $6.85
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Manufacturer: Frommers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Shawn Blore::Alexandra de Vries
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Publisher: Frommers
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Edition: 4
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Dewey Decimal Number: 918
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Publication Date: 2008-04-28
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Reading Level: 179
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Description: Frommer's Portable Guides offer all the detailed information and insider advice of a Frommer's Complete Guide—but in a concise, pocket-sized format. Perfect for the short-term traveler who insists on value and doesn't want to wade through or carry a full-size guidebook, this series selects the very best choices in all price categories and takes you straight to the top sights. Get the latest on hotels, restaurants, sightseeing, shopping, and nightlife in a nutshell in these lightweight, inexpensive guides. Frommer's Portable Rio de Janeiro is the premier guide to the Brazilian city, with complete coverage of Carnaval. Whether you're a city dweller, an outdoor adventurer, or a partier in search of a good time, Rio de Janeiro presents so many diverse travel options that it'll make your head spin. Frommer's Portable Rio de Janeiro will help you plan a memorable trip, starting with our highly opinionated lists of the best experiences the city has to offer.
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Price: $24.00
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Sale: $19.00
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Manufacturer: Ecco
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Miranda France
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Publisher: Ecco
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 982.11
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Publication Date: 1999-01-01
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: When Miranda France, a 26-year-old freelance journalist, arrives in Buenos Aires to live and work, she discovers a city in crisis. "People said the city was sinking," she writes. "Of the 300 brands of condoms in circulation, only eight were safe. The traffic was out of control . . . More than 2,000 bus drivers were found to be clinically depressed." After securing a dilapidated apartment with a permanently crossed telephone line, Miranda France starts her life as a foreigner in Argentina. At night, she learns the tango ("danced properly it should be as passionate and loveless as a one-night stand"). By day, she tries to acquire the knack of viveza criolla (artful lying) to crack the bureaucracy of the local library and explores the legend of Evita Peron and her well-traveled corpse. During her stay, France encounters first-hand the choas and deep melancholy of the Argentine capital. Buenos Aires is, after all, a city where elegant street cafes overlook local workmen grilling hunks of beef on the curb for lunch; where rats outnumber humans eight to one; where investigative television programs look closely at the trend of rising hemlines; where a nationwide shortage of coins causes trips to the supermarket to end in squabbles over small change; where almost everyone France meets is in therapy (Buenos Aires has three times as many analysts per person as New York). Bad Times in Buenos Aires is a brilliant blend of humor, personal narrative, and rich historical background -- including a chilling interview with an army officer from the Dirty War. Winner of the prestigious Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for travel writing, Miranda France has written an insightful, vivid, and often laugh-out-loud account of daily life in the "Paris of the South."
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Sale: $14.99
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Manufacturer: Sex Tourism Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Wiley Cooper
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Publisher: Sex Tourism Publishing
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Publication Date: 2008
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Reading Level: 116
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Description: 'Lusty Traveler' is the world famous, all-inclusive sex tourism guide. Entertaining, informing and loaded with well-researched advice, this book is an absolute must-have for hedonistic adventurers. Don't waste time and money on another disappointing vacation. Release your inner porn star and experience the pleasures of Rio as a seasoned expert.
From the upscale brothels to the dive sex shops; from the "guest" friendly hotels to the one-hour pit stops - no subject is taboo, and every moral line is crossed. Women are judged based on attractiveness, affection, and value. Reviews are firsthand, unscrupulous, and any trace of political correctness is left for dust. Want to negotiate a great deal? Read Wiley's invaluable advice. Humorous personal accounts amuse and polish off key points. Of course, less provocative topics, such as the best restaurants and "must see" attractions, are also covered.
All the necessary details are provided - addresses, phone-numbers, websites, and prices. Even a brothel map is included to help you find your way. Use the list of "guest" friendly hotels and apartments to choose the perfect love den for late night trysts.
Do you want to talk dirty in Portuguese, but do not have time to learn? Check out the chapter on Portuguese vocabulary and phrases. Your dates will be delighted by your mastery of their native tongue.
This is the most accurate and up-to-date reference on the market; don't settle for anything less. The world's most beautiful women are waiting. Live the life you deserve.
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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $14.77
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Manufacturer: Insight
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: Insight
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Edition: 5
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Dewey Decimal Number: 918.50465
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Publication Date: 2008-11-15
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: This brand new edition Insight Guide to Peru features outstanding full-colour photography, alongside well-researched and illuminating explorations of places and major attractions, such as Machu Picchu. All places of special interest are cross-referenced on full-colour maps throughout the guide, so they can be quickly pin-pointed as they are mentioned in the text. Additional maps can be found within the front and back covers, to provide instant orientation and easy navigation. Clear, colour-coded sections include in-depth features on history, culture and the local people, along with practical advice covering accommodation for all budgets, transport, eating out and much more. Useful contact information and many other travel tips are also included. The unique combination of insightful exploration alongside practical advice means that this guide truly is a pleasure to read before, during and after your visit. With this guide you also receive a FREE HotelClub loyalty card, offering GBP15 off your first hotel booking plus great savings of up to 60% on over 30,000 hotels across 120 countries.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $18.68
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Manufacturer: Interlink Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David L. Pearson::Les Beletsky
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Publisher: Interlink Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 591.985
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Publication Date: 2004-11-30
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Reading Level: 492
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Description: From the world-famous Machu Picchu Incan ruins high in the Andes Mountains, to Lake Titicaca in southern Peru, to the Iquitos area of Amazonian northeastern Peru, travellers want to experience tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Peru's magnificent animal and plant life.
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Price: $14.00
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Sale: $7.50
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Manufacturer: National Geographic
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Tom Miller::Tony Hillerman
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Publisher: National Geographic
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Dewey Decimal Number: 382.4568741
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Publication Date: 2001-11-01
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: This 15th anniversary reissue of writer/humorist Tom Miller's travel classic follows the making and marketing of a single Panama hat from the basement of the third world to the penthouse of the first. It's a captivating story of cultures in collision, raw capitalism, "bus-plunge highways," and Miller's unending search for a drinkable cup of coffee. The Panama Hat Trail: A Journey from South America explains that Panama hats don't come from Panama; they are made two countries away, in Ecuador. (The headwear became popular when gold-rush veterans returning from California to the eastern U.S. snapped up the Ecuadoran straw hats they found on sale in Panama.) Tom Miller knows that, because he traveled there to track down the hat's origins. His account - a fascinating look at South American culture - relates an exotic and humorous journey that Miller also reported in a four-part series for NPR's "All Things Considered." The Panama hat trail leads from the Ecuadoran capital of Quito to the boisterous port of Guayaquil, where tropical indulgence is a way of life; from the village of Deleg in the Andes, (where half the adult males have gone to work in the United States) to Lago Agrio in the Amazon (where one-fifth of adult females are prostitutes). He learns of Catholic missionaries seeking converts in a country that is 98 percent Catholic; tries not to think about his chances of surviving bus rides over mountain roads; and profiles some of the last Jews living in Ecuador. Oh, and did we mention the hats? Miller investigates everything from the harvesting of straw in the jungles of Ecuador (where straw-cutters load up their donkeys with sacks of silky fiber) to the remote villages where skilled artisans painstakingly weave each Panama hat by hand (only to sell it for 70 cents) to the chic boutique in downtown San Diego where a well-heeled American purchases the finished product for 35 dollars. Much more than a mere adventure, this book is a study in both culture and the workings (and failings) of global commerce.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $8.75
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Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Marylee Stephenson
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Publisher: Mountaineers Books
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.8665
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Publication Date: 2000-12
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Reading Level: 158
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Description: What to see and what to expect at each site in the Galapagos—revised with the latest details on park conditions and the visitor’s experience. ·Meticulously updated in consultation with senior staff at Charles Darwin Research Station and expert island guides
·Human and natural history of the islands—now updated
·Tips for planning and making the most of your visit—now expanded
·Bonus chapter on travel in mainland Ecuador (rainforest and Andean Highlands)—now revised Marylee Stephenson is besotted with passion-flowers, daisy trees, giant tortoises, marine iguanas, and blue-footed boobies. Traveling in tiny, hand-hewn converted fishing boats and on luxurious sailing vessels, she has explored the Galapagos Islands numerous times over the past two decades. In her engagingly written guide, she takes you to all the important sites, describing the plant and animal life to be seen and the experiences to be had in each area. Includes maps and color photography. Marylee Stephenson is brilliantly equipped to act as both armchair and practical guide to the Galapagos Islands, one of the world’s best remaining magic places. If you’re going or thinking of it, or just want a vicarious experience, this book is required reading.-–Margaret Atwood, author of Oryx and Crake and Moving Targets
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $12.10
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Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John L. Rector
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 983
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Publication Date: 2005-11-29
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: Within Chile is the driest desert in the world, the highest mountain range in the hemisphere, temperate rainforests, and a piece of Antarctica. In all these areas Chileans have created unique communities and, together, a vibrant nation. Chile's history mirrors its geographic variety. From its pre-colonial period, to its days as a Spanish colony, through its many independent governments, Chile has long been a land of crises and controversy. Beginning with a survey of the land, people, and current government of Chile, the book traces the chronological story of the country. Ten chapters follow the details of Chilean history from the indigenous peoples to the democratic transition after the Pinochet dictatorship. This is the perfect starting point for students and travelers interested in the history and people of Chile.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $0.68
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Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: William Powers::William D. Powers
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Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 984.052
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Publication Date: 2006-05-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: An intimate and powerful account of living in Bolivia during a time of crisis and change.
Long the obscure “Tibet of South America,” Bolivia emerged as a world flashpoint during the four years William Powers lived there as an aid worker. CNN and the New York Times have shown images of Aymara women in bowler hats standing down tanks; citizen protests have ousted multinationals and two pro-globalization presidents. In A Natural Nation, Powers breathes life into the recent struggles of the Bolivian people. When he arrives in the rainforest, he meets an extraordinary Chiquitano Indian named Salvador who is fighting the extinction of his people. At the same time, the clock ticks for three multinational energy companies forced to curb global warming. Both goals depend upon the survival of a stretch of pristine jungle. But as Indians and oil giants join to launch the world’s largest Kyoto Protocol project—using forests to absorb dangerous planetary greenhouse gasses—Salvador’s life is threatened by loggers collaborating with a racist Bolivian oligarchy. The quest for a single rainforest is subsumed in a movement of national liberation. A Natural Nation goes beneath the headlines, gracefully weaving memoir, travel, history and reportage into an unforgettable chronicle of a “poor little rich country” attempting to engage the world without losing its soul.
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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $13.69
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Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Wayne Bernhardson
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Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 918
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Publication Date: 2007-01-09
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Reading Level: 650
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Description: Positioned between the Pacific and the Andes, Chile offers rich history in its Northern region, a blend of entertainment, culture, and skiing in the boroughs of Santiago, remote corners in the Atacama Desert, a glorious wine-country in its Heartland and the ultra-private Easter Island. Moon Chile provides you with all of the essential details needed to discover these can't-miss sites, the world's most isolated island, and more.
South American resident and Chilean consummate, author Wayne Bernahardson gives you all of the appropriate information to help make your adventure in Chile truly unique. Wayne's insightful and fun travel suggestions include the Best of Chile, 10 Days Skiing in the Andes, Exploring Wine Country, and Exploring Chilean highlights.
Whether you are eager to experience fly fishing at Sur Chico, partake of the Patagonian mystique or follow the paths of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, Moon Chile is your resourceful guide. With expert writers, first-rate strategic advice, and an essential dose of humor, Moon ensures that travelers have an uncommon and entirely satisfying experience — and a few new stories to tell.
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