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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Mark was the most dangerous killer-for-hire in the world. But after learning the hard way that his life's work made him more monster than man, he left all of that behind, and joined a twelve-step group for reformed killers. When Mark is viciously attacked by an unknown assailant, he is forced on the run. From New York to Singapore to London, he chases after clues while dodging attacks and trying to solve the puzzle of who's after him. All without...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 2003, Albert Podell realized that he'd been to 110 countries in the world. What if, he wondered, he could go to them all? He would set foot in not just the well-known tourist destinations in Europe or the vacation spots in Latin America, but the little-known, far-off lands that most people don't know exist. In Around the World in 50 Years, Podell recounts the misunderstandings, detours, accidents, breakdowns, robberies, and even wars that he needed...
Author
Language
English
Description
The classic travel narrative of a Don Quixote-of-the-seas – the first man to circumnavigate the world singlehandedly.
Joshua Slocum’s autobiographical account of his solo trip around the world is one of the most remarkable – and entertaining – travel narratives of all time. Setting off alone from Boston aboard the thirty-six-foot wooden sloop Spray in April 1895, Captain Slocum went on
...9) Sea Gypsy
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1966.
Edition
[first edition].
Physical Desc
x, 198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Language
English
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Description
"Plagued by anxiety and a persistent feeling that there was more to life than paychecks and mortgages, Kim and her husband decide to uproot their lives and travel around the world. Just before their departure, they're given an unexpected gift that will shape their adventures: a yellow envelope containing a check and instructions to give the money away to those they encounter on their journey. Through Ecuador, India, Nepal, and beyond, the pair encounter...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth"--
Get off the beaten path, and brush off your bucket list! Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, this volume celebrates the strangest...
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
A wealthy man and his valet race against time to circumnavigate the world in eighty days in one of Jules Verne's best known tales—now with an arresting new look!
Phileas Fogg has always been a quiet, orderly, and predictable English gentleman who reads the newspaper, visits the Reform Club, and dines at exactly the same time each day. But this routine is abandoned when he wagers his fortune in an outlandish bet that he can travel around...
Phileas Fogg has always been a quiet, orderly, and predictable English gentleman who reads the newspaper, visits the Reform Club, and dines at exactly the same time each day. But this routine is abandoned when he wagers his fortune in an outlandish bet that he can travel around...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this first full history of around-the-world travel, Joyce E. Chaplin brilliantly tells the story of circumnavigation."--
Author
Publisher
Rough Guides
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Fifth edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Whether you're heading off on a gap year or taking a sabbatical, the new full-colour The Rough Guide to First-Time Around the World will be indispensable when planning your trip. From the big things (entry requirements, round-the-world tickets) to the very smallest (how many pairs of socks you'll need), this guide has you covered. Beyond the inspirational section on how to enrich your trip, it includes maps, regional profiles, an FAQ section, a directory...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winning a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world with a catch: her travel partner must be a contact randomly selected on her phone, magazine writer Dylan Coughlan and Jack, a man she accidentally ghosted, form an unexpected bond, forcing her to choose between salvaging her career and following her heart.
19) Starbound
Author
Publisher
McKay
Pub. Date
[1977]
Physical Desc
viii, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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