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Vagabonding : An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

Potts, Rolf

Random House Publishing Group 2002

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss • “Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a...

Murder on Washington Square : Gaslight Mystery Series, Book 4

Thompson, Victoria

Penguin Publishing Group 2002

Turn-of-the-century New York City midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Molloy are thrust into a twisted case of murderwhen a seductress falls victim to her own charad...

The Essential Galbraith

Galbraith, John Kenneth

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2001

THE ESSENTIAL GALBRAITH includes key selections from the most important works of John Kenneth Galbraith, one of the most distinguished writers of our time - from THE AFFLUENT SOCIE...

When Genius Failed : The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

Lowenstein, Roger

Random House Publishing Group 2001

“A riveting account that reaches beyond the market landscape to say something universal about risk and triumph, about hubris and failure.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST...

Into Thin Air : A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

Krakauer, Jon

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 1998

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more—including Krakauer's—in guilt-ridden disarray. ...

The Souls of Black Folk

Du Bois, W. E. B.

Penguin Publishing Group 1996

The landmark book about being black in America, now in an expanded edition commemorating the 150th anniversary of W. E. B. Du Bois's birth and featuring a new introduction by Ibram...

Soldier of Arete : Latro Series, Book 2

Wolfe, Gene

Tor Publishing Group 1989

The second volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who, while fighting in Greece, received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. In re...

Soldier of the Mist : Latro Series, Book 1

Wolfe, Gene

Tor Publishing Group 1986

The first volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. In return it gave him the ability...

Encounters with the Archdruid

McPhee, John

Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1977

The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four m...

The Moon and the Sun

McIntyre, Vonda N.

Book View Cafe 1977

The Nebula-winning novel has been optioned by Bill Mechanic (executive producer of The New World) and Pandemonium Films (Coraline). It is in pre-production with plans to begin film...