Down Under
Author: Bill Bryson
A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER, , Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia,….Read More
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Notes from a Small Island
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Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
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The Earthsea Quartet
As a young dragonlord, Ged, whose use-name is Sparrowhawk, is sent to the island of Roke to learn the true way of magic. A natural magician, Ged becomes an Archmage… Continue Reading Posted in: Earthsea (Imaginary Place), Fantasy Fiction, Women Priests
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
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Toujours Provence
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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Julie And Julia: My Year Of Cooking Dangerously
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
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Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
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Made in America
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