The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des …
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1. The Lost Continent & Neither Here Nor There
By: Bill Bryson , Bryson Bill
4.16
Format: 498 pages, Hardcover
Here in one volume are two comic masterpieces by Bill Bryson ; - The Lost Continent is the story of… read more
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- american
- memoir
- travel
- humor
- nonfiction
"In my day the principal concerns of university students were sex, smoking dope, rioting and learning. Learning was something you did only when the first three weren't available."-Bill Bryson, The Lost Continent & Neither Here Nor There
2. Lost on Planet China
By: J. Maarten Troost
3.77
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious acc… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- travel
- humor
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Don't get me wrong. Sacramento is a lovely place, particularly for those with a fondness for methamphetamines. For the meth-addled, Sacramento had conveniently placed a Greyhound bus station just yar…"-J. Maarten Troost, Lost on Planet China
3. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
By: Paul Theroux
4.06
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
National BestsellerIn Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux recreates an epic journey he took th… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
"Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel."-Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
"You think of travellers as bold, but our guilty secret is that travel is one of the laziest ways on earth of passing the time."-Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
"Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and trusting them with your life."-Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
"The topography of literature, the fact in fiction,is one of my pleasures -- I mean, where the living road enters the pages of a book, and you are able to stroll along both the real and imagined road."-Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
4. Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings
By: Jack Kerouac , Paul Marion
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Before Jack Kerouac expressed the spirit of a generation in his 1957 classic, On the Road, he spent… read more
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5. Travels with Charley: In Search of America
By: John Steinbeck
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
An intimate journey across and in search of America, as told by one of its most beloved writers, in… read more
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6. Around the World in 80 Days: Companion to the PBS Series
By: Michael Palin , Jan Morris
3.58
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
British actor and comedian Michael Palin -- best known to American audiences for his work in Monty … read more
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- audiobook
7. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
By: J. Maarten Troost
4.40
Format: None pages,
At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock … read more
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- memoir
- travel
- humor
- nonfiction
8. Blue Highways
By: William Least Heat-Moon
3.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highwaysis an unforgettable journey along … read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
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9. Round Ireland with a Fridge
By: Tony Hawks
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Have you ever made a drunken bet? Worse still, have you ever tried to win one? In attempting to hit… read more
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10. The Great Railway Bazaar
By: Paul Theroux
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
11. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
'I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to' And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des … read more
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- american
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- humor
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12. God and Mr. Gomez
By: Jack Clifford Smith
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The joys and travails of building a home in Baja California. read more
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13. Stephen Fry in America
By: Stephen Fry
4.23
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing th… read more
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14. The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
By: Paul Theroux
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Possibly his best travel book...an observant and frequently hilarious account of a trip that took … read more
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15. The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
By: Paul Theroux
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
Award-winning travel writer Paul Theroux invites you aboardThe Old Patagonian Express by Train thro… read more
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16. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Cheryl Strayed
3.84
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, h… read more
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17. More Information Than You Require
By: John Hodgman
4.23
Format: None pages,
The Daily Show's Resident Expert and the PC in Apple's iconic Mac ads picks up exactly where his be… read more
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18. Saint Richard Parker
By: Merlin Franco
4.34
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
His search for love and enlightenment across India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia...… read more
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- travel
- humor
"See you later, tailgater."-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker
"Dark is beautiful, brother."-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker
"Tell me, son, what do you seek?"-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker
"A saint has control over his anger and itches."-Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker
19. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
By: David Mitchell
4.16
Format: 433 pages, ebook
A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more
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- humor
- biography
- audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
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20. The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
By: Nancy Omeara
4.33
Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition
Tired of the "them or us" politics that the Democrats and Republicans are pushing down our throats?… read more
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"It became increasingly common to resolve international tensions by legal means. The chant “Criminal Trials, Not Missiles"-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
"Written twenty years after she held office, this abridged biography is being released now, prior to taking place. Maybe we can learn from history before it happens."-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
"I wheeled and dealed with leaders from all over the world on behalf of the American people. In fact, my favorite headline from Washington Speaks magazine was “She Walks, She Talks, She Negotiates"-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
"Educate not Legislate Refusing to pass unnecessary laws requires a converse – encouraging education and understanding. We started by slashing the salaries of legislators (Dubbed “Bloodbath on the Bel…"-Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
21. Mindfulness for Daily Stressors
By: Rachael Kable
3.54
Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio
It’s quite common to struggle with stress and anxiety in everyday life. To regret things you can’t … read more
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