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Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail: 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular, and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, when the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek is his long-lost former friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer....
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The Rocky Mountains are the second largest mountain range on Earth, stretching some 2,000 miles from central New Mexico to the northern edge of Canada. Journey deep into the wild heart of the Rocky Mountains and experience this rugged land as never seen before, through the eyes of its iconic wildlife.
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Journey to three of the most exotic, mysterious, and remote islands on Earth: Madagascar, Borneo, and Hawaii. These isolated and iconic tropical islands harbor remarkable wildlife and human castaways found nowhere else on Earth. In a rapidly changing world, these fragile islands are a vital gauge for the health of the planet.
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Cities of the world volume 128
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Tour the jewels of the Greek Islands including Corfu, Crete, Rodos, Kos, Patmos, Santorini, Ios, Myconos, Delos, Naxos, Paros, and Tinos.
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Explore London's contemporary and cutting-edge attractions including mythic castles, Alice in Wonderland's candy store, Jane Austen's house and Stonehenge. Also, visit Brussels, Belgium, the Netherlands, Amsterdam, and Anne Frank's attic. Special features: Scenic tours: The Tate Gallery and Bankside, Malborough Palace Maze, Legoland, Rijks Museum; Maps: London, English countryside, Belgium, Amsterdam; Rudy's travel tips.
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The Kilcher family lives on a 600-acre homestead in Alaska. For four generations, they have lived off the land in a subsistence lifestyle. With another brutal winter quickly approaching, the entire homestead struggles to stockpile enough meat to last the next eight months. They face a crisis after bears kill two of the family's cattle, and Atz Lee is forced to pin all his hopes of surviving the winter on one last hunting trip.
14) Wild
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After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Cheryl Strayed makes a rash decision. Haunted by memories of her mother Bobbi and with absolutely no experience, she sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own.
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Explore the glorious scenes of Venice, Dorsoduro, Cannaregio, San Polo, Milan, Lake Como, Genoa and the Italian Riviera. Special features: Scenic tours: San Marco, The Uffizi Gallery, Lake Como and Palazzo Reale; Maps: Venice, Florence, Milan, Genoa; Rudy's travel tips: Ticket consolidators, Part 1, Ticket consolidators, part 2, Travel in any language.
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Alaska is a land of extreme landscapes, magnificent wildlife and explosive life where encounters with huge moose, fighting caribou and enormous grizzly bears are all but guaranteed. Massive glaciers formed the rugged coastline and humpback whales return year after year to these waters to feed. Witness one of the most amazing mass migrations on earth when salmon defy the odds as they battle bald eagles and grizzly bears, water falls and beaver dams...
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Explore Rome's cafes and shops, along with visiting Vatican City, Sicily, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Tuscany and Umbria. Special features: Scenic tours: Ancient Rome, Ancient ruins, Paestum Greek ruins, Sicilian Greek ruins, St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral; Maps: Rome, Naples, Sicily, Italian Hill towns; Rudy's travel tips: Carry-on essentials, Pre-book accommodations, Train travel in Europe.
19) 7 days. Wyoming
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7 days volume 64
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A seven-day sightseeing tour of Wyoming including wild west towns, buffalo prairies and vast ranches.
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Relive the gold rush in Alaska as you take the train along the White Pass & Yukon Route. Climb to the summit of White Pass and take in the mountain scenery, glaciers, waterfalls and more. Spend the summer season enjoying Denali National Park and Mount McKinley. Hit the slopes for skiing and snowboarding in its most extreme. Then it's time for some fishing with hundreds of brown bears before heading to northern Alaska to meet the animals that persevere...
