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The Men Who United the States

America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible

de Simon Winchester ...

“Simon Winchester never disappoints, and The Men Who United the States is a lively and surprising account of how this sprawling piece of geography became a nation. This is America from the ground up. Inspiring and engaging.” —Tom BrokawSimon Winchester, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating ... Leer más

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“Simon Winchester never disappoints, and The Men Who United the States is a lively and surprising account of how this sprawling piece of geography became a nation. This is America from the ground up. Inspiring and engaging.” —Tom BrokawSimon Winchester, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating
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Moon Pacific Northwest: With Oregon, Washington & Vancouver

National Parks, City Adventures, Coastal Getaways

de Carolyn B. Heller, Marissa Pedersen, Matt Wastradowski, Moon Travel Guides ...

Series series Moon U.S. Travel Guide
Stunning coastline, vibrant cities, and a breathtaking array of natural wonders: Experience the beauty of the PNW with Moon Pacific Northwest. Inside you'll find:Strategic, flexible itineraries, including a 10-day road trip to see the best of Oregon, Washington, and British ColumbiaCan't-miss experiences and unique activities: Watch the fishmongers at Pike Place Market, tour iconic lighthouses, or ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

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Stunning coastline, vibrant cities, and a breathtaking array of natural wonders: Experience the beauty of the PNW with Moon Pacific Northwest. Inside you'll find:Strategic, flexible itineraries, including a 10-day road trip to see the best of Oregon, Washington, and British ColumbiaCan't-miss experiences and unique activities: Watch the fishmongers at Pike Place Market, tour iconic lighthouses, or
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Moon Washington State

National Parks, Local Food & Wine, Year-Round Recreation

de Marissa Pedersen, Moon Travel Guides ...

Series series Moon U.S. Travel Guide
Stunning coastline, seaside towns, and a breathtaking array of natural wonders: Experience the best of the Evergreen State with Moon Washington State**. Inside you'll find:**Flexible itineraries, whether you're checking out the national parks, visiting the scenic Columbia River Gorge, or road-tripping the whole stateCan't-miss experiences and unique activities: Watch the fishmongers at Pike... ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

Stunning coastline, seaside towns, and a breathtaking array of natural wonders: Experience the best of the Evergreen State with Moon Washington State**. Inside you'll find:**Flexible itineraries, whether you're checking out the national parks, visiting the scenic Columbia River Gorge, or road-tripping the whole stateCan't-miss experiences and unique activities: Watch the fishmongers at Pike...
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Fodor's Seattle

de Fodor’s Travel Guides ...

Series series Full-color Travel Guide
Whether you want to take in the view from the Space Needle, sam****ple world-class coffee and cuisine, or hike in nearby Mt. Ranier National Park, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Seattle are here to help! Fodor’s Seattle guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. ... ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

Whether you want to take in the view from the Space Needle, sam****ple world-class coffee and cuisine, or hike in nearby Mt. Ranier National Park, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Seattle are here to help! Fodor’s Seattle guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. ...
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DK Pacific Northwest: Oregon, Washington and British Columbia

de DK Travel ...

Series series Travel Guide
Make your trip to the Pacific Northwest extraordinaryWinter skiing in Whistler. Oyster shucking in Seattle. Touring word-class art in Portland. For a vacation to remember, the Pacific Northwest is hard to beat. Whatever your dream trip involves, this DK travel guide is the perfect companion.Our updated guide brings the Pacific Northwest to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

Make your trip to the Pacific Northwest extraordinaryWinter skiing in Whistler. Oyster shucking in Seattle. Touring word-class art in Portland. For a vacation to remember, the Pacific Northwest is hard to beat. Whatever your dream trip involves, this DK travel guide is the perfect companion.Our updated guide brings the Pacific Northwest to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide
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DK Top 10 Seattle

Top 10 lists for your perfect trip, plus an all-weather folded map

de DK Travel ...

Series series Pocket Travel Guide
The world’s favourite pocket travel guidesPerfect for a city break or short stay, Top 10 Seattle is your essential Seattle travel guide. Top 10 lists showcase the city’s highlights, so you can spend less time researching and more time exploring. It’s compact and easy to carry, too, and filled with expert tips and clear maps to guide you on the go.Inside this Seattle guide book you’ll find:- Top 10 ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

The world’s favourite pocket travel guidesPerfect for a city break or short stay, Top 10 Seattle is your essential Seattle travel guide. Top 10 lists showcase the city’s highlights, so you can spend less time researching and more time exploring. It’s compact and easy to carry, too, and filled with expert tips and clear maps to guide you on the go.Inside this Seattle guide book you’ll find:- Top 10
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Coming into the Country

de John McPhee ...

Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush.Readers of McPhee's earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush.Readers of McPhee's earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene
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Death in Grand Teton National Park

Accidents and Foolhardiness in Wyoming's High Peaks

de Randi Minetor ...

Series series Death in the National Parks
The Teton Range in northwest Wyoming has long attracted mountaineers and sightseers alike, but this incredible landscape can also turn deadly. Whether on the slopes of the “Grand,” or rafting or fishing the swift waters of the Snake River, danger awaits those who overlook the perils behind this magnificent Rocky Mountain panorama. The book provides a chronicle of the untimely deaths that have ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

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The Teton Range in northwest Wyoming has long attracted mountaineers and sightseers alike, but this incredible landscape can also turn deadly. Whether on the slopes of the “Grand,” or rafting or fishing the swift waters of the Snake River, danger awaits those who overlook the perils behind this magnificent Rocky Mountain panorama. The book provides a chronicle of the untimely deaths that have
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The Indifferent Stars Above

The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

de Daniel James Brown ...

From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier“An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times Book ReviewIn April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier“An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times Book ReviewIn April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois
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A Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains

de Isabella L. Bird ...

Series Libro 789 - Virago Modern Classics
'There never was anybody who had adventures as well as Miss Bird' SPECTATOR'Venture deep into the Colorado wilderness, and you will find her long-lasting legacy in the community of people choosing to live a life without limits' RUBY WAX, GUARDIAN'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' DERVLA MURPHY, IRISH TIMESBorn in 1831, Isabella, daughter of a clergyman, se... ... Leer más

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'There never was anybody who had adventures as well as Miss Bird' SPECTATOR'Venture deep into the Colorado wilderness, and you will find her long-lasting legacy in the community of people choosing to live a life without limits' RUBY WAX, GUARDIAN'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' DERVLA MURPHY, IRISH TIMESBorn in 1831, Isabella, daughter of a clergyman, se...
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How To Be Alone

an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail

de Nic Antoinette ...

In 2017, stuck in a loop of codependency and people-pleasing, 32-year-old novice backpacker Nic Antoinette sets off to find her self-belief and inner resilience by doing something she does not for one second believe she can actually do: solo- hike all 800 miles of the rugged Arizona Trail.The guiding question she brings with her is this: What do we find when we push ourselves further than we ever ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

In 2017, stuck in a loop of codependency and people-pleasing, 32-year-old novice backpacker Nic Antoinette sets off to find her self-belief and inner resilience by doing something she does not for one second believe she can actually do: solo- hike all 800 miles of the rugged Arizona Trail.The guiding question she brings with her is this: What do we find when we push ourselves further than we ever
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A Walk in the Park

The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

de Kevin Fedarko ...

*** Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times“A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces it.” —The New York Times Book Review****“Passionate…memorable…life-affirming.” —The Wall Street ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

*** Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times“A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces it.” —The New York Times Book Review****“Passionate…memorable…life-affirming.” —The Wall Street
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Wild

From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

de Cheryl Strayed ...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century**At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century**At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was
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Thirst

2600 Miles to Home

de Heather Anderson ...

"Beautiful and deftly written and intimate and searing in its honesty, Anish’s is a quest to conquer the trail and her own inner darkness." -- Foreword Reviews"Filled with ruminative self-reflection, soaring natural descriptions and delightful accounts of the gracious, life-sustaining 'trail magic' of hiking culture, Thirst is a testament to human endurance, inspiring to hikers and non-hikers ... Leer más

$14.39 USD

"Beautiful and deftly written and intimate and searing in its honesty, Anish’s is a quest to conquer the trail and her own inner darkness." -- Foreword Reviews"Filled with ruminative self-reflection, soaring natural descriptions and delightful accounts of the gracious, life-sustaining 'trail magic' of hiking culture, Thirst is a testament to human endurance, inspiring to hikers and non-hikers
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Dead in the Water

de Dana Stabenow ...

Series Libro 3 - A Kate Shugak Investigation
The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak investigates a strange disappearance at sea.The Bering Sea: two million square miles of dark capricious ocean and tempestuous squalls.Last March, two men disappeared whilst loading supplies on a remote island there. Six months later, their skipper, Harry Gault, is still ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

The Edgar Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling series by Dana Stabenow set in Alaska. Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak investigates a strange disappearance at sea.The Bering Sea: two million square miles of dark capricious ocean and tempestuous squalls.Last March, two men disappeared whilst loading supplies on a remote island there. Six months later, their skipper, Harry Gault, is still
... Leer más
52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest

A Local's Curated Guide to Year-Round Getaways

de Kara Patajo ...

52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest is your year-round adventure companion, offering personally curated itineraries that reveal the region's hidden wonders through the eyes of a trusted local expert.Experience the Pacific Northwest through the eyes of a local with this definitive guide to 52 perfect weekend getaways. From misty coastal retreats to sun-drenched eastern vineyards, snow-covered ... Leer más

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52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest is your year-round adventure companion, offering personally curated itineraries that reveal the region's hidden wonders through the eyes of a trusted local expert.Experience the Pacific Northwest through the eyes of a local with this definitive guide to 52 perfect weekend getaways. From misty coastal retreats to sun-drenched eastern vineyards, snow-covered
... Leer más
Ladies of the Canyons

A League of Extraordinary Women and Their Adventures in the American Southwest

de Lesley Poling-Kempes ...

Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of remarkable women who left the security and comforts of genteel Victorian society and journeyed to the American Southwest in search of a wider view of themselves and their world.Educated, restless, and inquisitive, Natalie Curtis, Carol Stanley, Alice Klauber, and Mary Cabot Wheelwright were plucky, intrepid women whose lives were transformed in the first ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Ladies of the Canyons is the true story of remarkable women who left the security and comforts of genteel Victorian society and journeyed to the American Southwest in search of a wider view of themselves and their world.Educated, restless, and inquisitive, Natalie Curtis, Carol Stanley, Alice Klauber, and Mary Cabot Wheelwright were plucky, intrepid women whose lives were transformed in the first
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Hiking Oregon

A Guide to the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures

de Lizann Dunegan ...

Series series State Hiking Guides Series
Experience 48 of the best hikes in Oregon. This one-of-a-kind guidebook will take outdoor enthusiasts on hikes along rugged, rocky coastline to historic lighthouses; through scented, sagebrush high desert and magnificent lava plains; to the tops of volcanic peaks; past cascading waterfalls; and alongside wild and scenic rivers. ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

Experience 48 of the best hikes in Oregon. This one-of-a-kind guidebook will take outdoor enthusiasts on hikes along rugged, rocky coastline to historic lighthouses; through scented, sagebrush high desert and magnificent lava plains; to the tops of volcanic peaks; past cascading waterfalls; and alongside wild and scenic rivers.
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Oakland Noir

de Eddie Muller, Nick Petrulakis, Kim Addonizio, Keenan Norris, Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Katie Gilmartin, Dorothy Lazard, Harry Louis Williams II, Carolyn Alexander0, Phil Canalin1, Judy Juanita2, Jamie DeWolf3, Nayomi Munaweera4, Mahmud Rahman5, Tom McElravey6, Joe Loya7 ...

Series series Akashic Noir
"Wonderfully, in Akashic's Oakland Noir, the stereotypes about the city suffer the fate of your average noir character--they die brutally. Kudos to the editors, Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller, for getting Oakland right. All those outsize statistics don’t reveal a real city, but this collection of local voices--both established and new--brings it thrumming to life...Readers who know the city will ... Leer más

$12.39 USD

"Wonderfully, in Akashic's Oakland Noir, the stereotypes about the city suffer the fate of your average noir character--they die brutally. Kudos to the editors, Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller, for getting Oakland right. All those outsize statistics don’t reveal a real city, but this collection of local voices--both established and new--brings it thrumming to life...Readers who know the city will
... Leer más
Lonely Planet Alaska

de Regis St Louis ...

Series series Travel Guide
Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Alaska.Discover Alaska's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from looking for grizzly brown bears on the Denali Park Road, to kayaking in the rugged wilderness of Resurrection Bay, and visiting the Alaska Folk School in Fairbanks for classes in ... Leer más

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Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Alaska.Discover Alaska's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from looking for grizzly brown bears on the Denali Park Road, to kayaking in the rugged wilderness of Resurrection Bay, and visiting the Alaska Folk School in Fairbanks for classes in
... Leer más
Travel: 12 Rules for America

de Danny Kessler ...

Travel: 12 Rules for America brings the lessons of Danny Kessler into comprehensive book form. This book is written as a guide for Koreans who have decided to travel, study, or live in the United States. You (or your parents) are spending a lot of money to go to America. This experience is an investment in your future, and this book is about maximizing that investment.Traveling and living in ... Leer más

$0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Travel: 12 Rules for America brings the lessons of Danny Kessler into comprehensive book form. This book is written as a guide for Koreans who have decided to travel, study, or live in the United States. You (or your parents) are spending a lot of money to go to America. This experience is an investment in your future, and this book is about maximizing that investment.Traveling and living in
... Leer más
Backpacking Idaho

From Alpine Peaks to Desert Canyons

de Douglas Lorain ...

Series series Backpacking
Traverse 25 carefully crafted backpacking trips to some of the most magnificent landscapes in Idaho.A virtually undiscovered backpacking paradise, Idaho has numerous wilderness areas of vast size. Backpackers can find complete solitude, glimpse wildlife, and explore some of North America’s most amazing scenery. The state’s mountains boast great weather: fewer thunderstorms than the central Rockies ... Leer más

$13.69 USD

Traverse 25 carefully crafted backpacking trips to some of the most magnificent landscapes in Idaho.A virtually undiscovered backpacking paradise, Idaho has numerous wilderness areas of vast size. Backpackers can find complete solitude, glimpse wildlife, and explore some of North America’s most amazing scenery. The state’s mountains boast great weather: fewer thunderstorms than the central Rockies
... Leer más
Finding the Wild West: The Pacific West

California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska

de Mike Cox ...

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the Pacific West states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska- ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the Pacific West states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and Alaska-
... Leer más
Wild Yosemite

25 Tales of Adventure, Nature, and Exploration

Edición de Susan M. Neider ...

An ideal gift for lovers of nature.This beautiful literary collection explores the spectacular natural features of Yosemite through the eyes of some of America’s most notable and extraordinarily talented writers. In 1851, Lafayette Bunnell chronicled his travels with the Mariposa Battalion, the first non-natives to visit Yosemite Valley. Following in his footsteps, Theodore Roosevelt, Ralph Waldo ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

An ideal gift for lovers of nature.This beautiful literary collection explores the spectacular natural features of Yosemite through the eyes of some of America’s most notable and extraordinarily talented writers. In 1851, Lafayette Bunnell chronicled his travels with the Mariposa Battalion, the first non-natives to visit Yosemite Valley. Following in his footsteps, Theodore Roosevelt, Ralph Waldo
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