Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy
 Amazon.com Review: At first blush, the subtitle of intrepid traveler Eric Hansen's floral account might seem, well, hyperbolic. After taking this whirlwind tour of the hidden world of rare orchid collectors, the reader will find the words well chosen. [... more]
$13.95
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Simply Safari
Amazon.com Review: In our culture, the word safari--which means journey in Swahili--conjures exotic images: romantic treks across desert plains rife with wild animals, journeys through dense jungles and down winding rivers, and the stylish indulgence [... more]
$45.00
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Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo
Little More Than Sensationalist Fiction: I read this book when I was actually in Borneo where I spent over a year, visiting many of the places described in the book. I found it plainly ridiculous! The real Borneo is nothing like the mystical " [... more]
$13.95
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The Frugal Globetrotter: Your Guide to World Adventure ...
I launched the trip of my life -- around the world cheap!: If you're short on ideas of how to afford to travel (and you've got just a little gumption) you can't miss finding a way to make it happen with this book. It's packed with accurate information [... more]
$16.95
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The Cat Who Covered The World: The Adventures Of ...
Amazon.com Review: There are plenty of entertaining stories written about the public mishaps and accomplishments of dogs; they are social animals and can play highly public roles in everything from television sitcoms to real-life emergency situations. [... more]
$21.00
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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Amazon.com Review: Melding superb research and the extraordinary expedition photography of Frank Hurley, The Endurance by Caroline Alexander is a stunning work of history, adventure, and art which chronicles "one of the greatest epics of survival in [... more]
$29.95
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Yukon Alone: The World's Toughest Adventure Race
Amazon.com Review: Twelve dogs, a sled, and your wits versus 1,023 miles of danger, snow, ice, and wilderness. The Yukon Quest is possibly the toughest race on earth. Held earlier, farther inland, and at a more northerly latitude than its famous cousin, [... more]
$16.00
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Maiden Voyage
Typical teenage girl: The book is interesting and fun to read. Her adventures real and inspiring. However... The thing that struck me about this book is that this girl had, as so many girls do, no interest at all in learning the skills needed to [... more]
$14.95
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The Last Voyage of the Karluk: A Survivor's Memoir of ...
Amazon.com Review: On April 23, 1913, 24-year-old William McKinlay, a teacher of mathematics and science in Scotland, was finishing dinner when a telegram arrived. Legendary Canadian explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, it explained, was planning a four-year [... more]
$12.95
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Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in ...
Amazon.com Review: "The man of knowledge," Nietzsche is said to have remarked, "must not only be able to love his enemies; he must also be able to hate his friends." Indeed, it's a thirst for existential knowledge and adventure that [... more]
$24.95
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Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five ...
Amazon.com Review: Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses is the story of Bruce Feiler's 10,000-mile trek from Mount Ararat to Mount Nebo, undertaken for reasons he did not understand at the outset and accompanied by a [... more]
$14.95
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Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North ...
One of the most memorable books I have read: It has been a number of years since I bought and read Barren Lands. Although I greatly enjoyed the book while I read it, I appreciate it even more now because it has left me with many vivid memories of tales [... more]
$26.00
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