Travel | Travel
Jan.18.2008
When I Was Elena is an extraordinary account of a young American woman's sojourn in the guerrilla-infested mountains of Guatemala. Shattering the concept of a typical memoir, the author's personal story is interlaced, chapter-for-chapter, with tales told from the perspectives of seven indigenous...
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Jan.13.2008
A newly enlarged Second Edition of the book now includes 77 (count 'em, seventy-seven!) unique, humorous, and insightful essays about people, places, and cultures around the world. It features tales from a four-week car trip across the United States, featuring visits to the Voodoo Museum, Graceland...
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Jan.13.2008
A striking combination of Gary Crabbe's stunning photography and Karen Misuraca's essays describing the glories of America's favorite city. History and landmarks, enchanting ethnic neighborhoods, the urban landscape, the lively arts, outdoor play--the vivid scenes, sounds, smells and people of San...
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Jan.13.2008
You love to play golf. You love to travel. For every golfer who dreams of the most famous golf courses of the world, and for those who travel with golf addicts, the ultimate guide to legendary fairways, from the windswept moors at Gleneagles in the Scottish Highlands to the palm-fringed greens of...
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Jan.13.2008
A popular guidebook for parents and grandparents, Fun with the Family Northern California is in its brand new 7th edition. Hundreds of ideas for daytrips and vacations: amusement parks, historical attractions and museums that kids really like; places to see wildlife; festivals, parks and outdoor...
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Jan.13.2008
In his rousing foreword to The California Coast, Jean-Michel Cousteau writes, "Karen Misuraca is our guide to the fabled land of California, intorducing us to the state's natural and human history in a truly inspired feat of storytelling. Misuraca and photographer Gary Crabbe move beyond the...
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Jan.12.2008
Twelve-year-old Adam Story is challenged to become the youngest person to travel around the world, taking only surface transportation. Not only must he do it alone and in forty days, but there are many mysterious people trying to stops him. It's all a part of the Great Global Game...
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Jan.06.2008
All publishing proceeds benefit the California Arts Council, an agency which was forced to suspend school writing, arts education programs and other grants in 2003 because of state budget cutbacks. Since its publication, more than $65,000 from sale of this book has been donated to literary programs...
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Jan.04.2008
Katya from Moscow and Star from San Francisco: two eleven-year-old girls discover America together.
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