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25.

The best American travel writing 2017

Collins, Lauren (Journalist) editor.

Publication Date

2017

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Books

Call Number

910.4 BES 2017

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SD_ILS:454182

26.

A Paris year : my day-to-day adventures in the most romantic city in the world

MacLeod, Janice, author.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

Books

Call Number

914.436104 MAC

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SD_ILS:425269

27.

No friends but the mountains : dispatches from the world's violent highlands

Matloff, Judith, author.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

Books

Call Number

355.009 MAT

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SD_ILS:424915

28.

Darwin's first theory : exploring Darwin's quest to find a theory of the earth

Wesson, R. L. (Robert L.), author.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

Books

Call Number

551 WES

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SD_ILS:428244

29.

The first signs : unlocking the mysteries of the world's oldest symbols

Von Petzinger, Genevieve.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Books

Call Number

302.2223094 VON

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SD_ILS:379437

30.

Shanghai grand : forbidden love and international intrigue in a doomed world

Grescoe, Taras, author.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Books

Call Number

951.13204 GRE

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SD_ILS:390736

31.

Walking the Himalayas

Wood, Levison, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2016

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Call Number

915.496 WOO

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SD_ILS:398847

32.

Lost Japan : last glimpse of beautiful Japan

Kerr, Alex, 1952- author, translator.

Publication Date

2015

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Call Number

952.04 KER

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SD_ILS:628292

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Pacific [CD] : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers

Winchester, Simon, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

CDs

Call Number

909.09823 WIN

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SD_ILS:370315

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Exploring the Heart of Japan [hoopla audiobook]

Mori, Akiko, author.

Publication Date

2024

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IM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:749529

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An Account of Egypt [hoopla audiobook]

Herodotus. author.

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2024

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SD_ILS:751719

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Philippines History [hoopla audiobook]

Retold, History, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Kassabova, Kapka -- Travel -- Bulgaria.

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MacLeod, Janice -- Diaries.

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Parfitt, Tom -- Travel -- Caucasus.

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Racism -- History.

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Rajesh, Monisha -- Travel.

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Rock paintings -- Europe.

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Rome (Italy) -- Civilization.

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Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel.

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Sassoon, Elias Victor, 1881-1961 -- Friends and associates.

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Stahl, Jerry -- Travel -- Germany.

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Stahl, Jerry -- Travel -- Poland.

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