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The Best American Travel Writing 2007 (The Best American Series (TM)) 7 reviews
Houghton Mifflin, 2007
Fun, Fast, Diverse -- Highly Recommended
+ Excellent collection
This is the fifth in this series that I have read. Only one other (I think it was 2002) was this good. I love this series and give it as Christmas gifts every year. This editor had exactly the right point of view in compiling these stories.
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Everyman's Library (Cloth)) 133 reviews
Italo Calvino
Everyman's Library, 1993
Italo Calvino's Masterpiece
+ "I read, therefore it (the world) writes"
+ If On a Winter's Night a Traveller
+ Entertaining and Ingenious
+ Creative and Complex
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The Worst Journey in the World 53 reviews
Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 1997
One of my all-time favorites; I recommend it to everybody.
+ best book about the worst journey
+ Great Telling of a Great Adventure
+ All time favourite travel book
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Marketing, 2008 Edition
William M. Pride, O. C. Ferrell
South-Western College Pub, 2007
Engaging and motivating students with diverse backgrounds and varied interests in marketing requires stimulating and effective teaching materials--and Pride/Ferrell continues to be the resource of choice for instructors. Combining contemporary coverage of marketing strategies and concepts with real-world examples, Marketing's text and its outstanding suite of supplements supplies students with ...
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The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition) 26 reviews
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark
Mariner Books, 1997
Fascinating Story, Can't Stop Talking, Use Google Earth!
+ Excellent!
+ 28 months to the sea and back
+ I can scarcely express how much I love these journals.
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The Best American Travel Writing 2006 (The Best American Series)10 reviews
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
my travel writting text book--and a good read too!
+ Best of the Best
+ So good I passed it on to others
+ Loved it, as usual!
+ Literary Travels
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away228 reviews
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2000
The travel essay master
+ One of his best
+ It's great to laugh at yourself if you are living in America
+ Laugh out loud funny
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A Brief History of Time from the Big Bang to Black Holes24 reviews
Stephen W Hawking
Bantam Books, 1988
The Original (has introduction by Carl Sagan and missing Chapter 10)
+ Beautiful, elegant, concise!
+ Finally
+ Take a little time to understand time...
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In a Sunburned Country408 reviews
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2001
A crocodile attack to my funny bone!
+ Informative, Funny, and Just Plain Enjoyable
+ Fell in love with this cd book and authors style.
+ Hilarious
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Travel Writing (How to)8 reviews
Janet Austin, David Else, ...
Lonely Planet, 2005
Comprehensive and Realistic Guide to Travel Writing
+ Another travel-writing contender
+ A well researched book
+ Refreshing Treatment of Familiar Subject
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare9 reviews
Henry Miller
New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1970
'But the ashes are still warm.'
+ Fragments of Brilliance
+ Still true!
In reading Henry Miller's surprisingly contemporary 'The Air-Conditioned Nightmare I experienced the same kind of desire to 'see' America as I did when reading Kerouac's 'On the Road', but for very different reasons.
While Kerouac's narrative was that of his experiences with people he ...
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews
Thomas L. Friedman
Picador, 2007
Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list
+ Friedman is a True Patriot!
I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...
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A Brief History of Time from the Big Bang to Black Holes24 reviews
Stephen W Hawking
Bantam Books, 1988
The Original (has introduction by Carl Sagan and missing Chapter 10)
+ Beautiful, elegant, concise!
+ Finally
+ Take a little time to understand time...
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Travel Writing (How to)8 reviews
Janet Austin, David Else, ...
Lonely Planet, 2005
Comprehensive and Realistic Guide to Travel Writing
+ Another travel-writing contender
+ A well researched book
+ Refreshing Treatment of Familiar Subject
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The Worst Journey in the World53 reviews
Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 1997
One of my all-time favorites; I recommend it to everybody.
+ best book about the worst journey
+ Great Telling of a Great Adventure
+ All time favourite travel book
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The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)26 reviews
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark
Mariner Books, 1997
Fascinating Story, Can't Stop Talking, Use Google Earth!
+ Excellent!
+ 28 months to the sea and back
+ I can scarcely express how much I love these journals.
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Marketing, 2008 Edition
William M. Pride, O. C. Ferrell
South-Western College Pub, 2007
Engaging and motivating students with diverse backgrounds and varied interests in marketing requires stimulating and effective teaching materials--and Pride/Ferrell continues to be the resource of choice for instructors. Combining contemporary coverage of marketing strategies and concepts with real-world examples, Marketing's text and its outstanding suite of supplements supplies students with ...
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The Best American Travel Writing 2007 (The Best American Series (TM))7 reviews
Houghton Mifflin, 2007
Fun, Fast, Diverse -- Highly Recommended
+ Excellent collection
This is the fifth in this series that I have read. Only one other (I think it was 2002) was this good. I love this series and give it as Christmas gifts every year. This editor had exactly the right point of view in compiling these stories.
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In a Sunburned Country408 reviews
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2001
A crocodile attack to my funny bone!
+ Informative, Funny, and Just Plain Enjoyable
+ Fell in love with this cd book and authors style.
+ Hilarious
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The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1168 reviews
Thomas L. Friedman
Picador, 2007
Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list
+ Friedman is a True Patriot!
I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...
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