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• Where the World Was

  a Memoir

  Sullivan, Rosemary, 1947-

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  Comprised of 21 essays spanning 5 decades and multiple continents, Where the World Was offers a vivid portrait of a writer who is instinctively drawn to other cultures and places.

• Hell of a Ride

  Chasing Home and Survival on a Bicycle Voyage Across Canada

  Bauman, Martin,

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  Martin Bauman was twenty-three and restless when he embarked on a solo bicycle trek across Canada. Along the way, Bauman interrogates the past through reflections on home, family secrets, and belonging: How to feel at home in a place one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Leave the Dogs Behind

  a Memoir

  Madia, Brianna,

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  A moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but her four dogs

• Parking the Moose

  One American's Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots

  Hill, Dave, 1974-

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  An American who heard stories from his Canadian grandfather, explores his heritage and visits cities from Montreal, to Moose Jaw, Merrickville to Clinton, Ontario.

• Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

  on the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar

  Theroux, Paul

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  Theroux recreates an epic journey he took thirty years ago, a giant loop by train (mostly) through Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia

• True North

  a Journey Into Unexplored Wilderness : a Memoir

  Merrick, Elliott, 1905-1997

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  A young New Jersey businessman moves to Labrador in 1929 and falls in love with the land and the people.

• Among the Islands

  Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-

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  A zoologist from the Australian Museum in Sydney sets off to explore fauna in the South Pacific. Follow along as he discovers the diversity of life in Papua New Guinea, the Bismarck Isles, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia.

• Clanlands

  Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other

  Heughan, Sam, 1980-

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  The stars of Outlander explore Scotland!

• Ready to Come About

  a Memoir

  Williams, Sue, 1956 October 26-

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  You don't have to have a mid-life crisis to sail the North Atlantic. Just go along with Sue Williams as she does!

• Feast

  Recipes and Stories From a Canadian Road Trip

  Anderson, Lindsay (Food writer)

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  Eat your way across all 10 provinces and 3 territories as Lindsay Anderson and Dana VanVeller share their culinary adventures.

• Magdalena

  River of Dreams

  Davis, Wade

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  Discover the wonders of Colombia through its greatest river.

• Outpost

  a Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth

  Richards, Dan (Artist)

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  From Scotland to Japan, Iceland to Utah, Richards explores landscapes which have inspired writers, artists and musicians.

• Rowing the Northwest Passage

  Adventure, Fear, and Awe in a Rising Sea

  Vallely, Kevin

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  Read about this adventure, only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic. This journey provides an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change.

• One Foot in Laos

  Murphy, Dervla, 1931-2022

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  When renowned travel writer Dervla Murphy went to Laos in 1997, she discovered a country that had only just opened its borders to the West. What she found was a country where the welcoming people more than compensate for everything that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim

  a Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino De Santiago De Compostela

  Christmas, Jane

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  Jane Christmas describes her pilgrimage along Spain's infamous Camino de Santiago de Compostela with her characteristic wit and humour.

• Under the Tuscan Sun

  at Home in Italy

  Mayes, Frances

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  Tells a tale of not only making a new home in Italy but also creating a new life.

• A Moveable Feast

  Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961

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  Explore Paris and go back in time to relive it as Hemingway did.

• A Moveable Feast

  Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961

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• My Family and Other Animals

  Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995

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  The inspiration for Masterpiece Theatre's "The Durrells in Corfu". Gerald Durrell recounts life when his English mother relocates the family to Greece.

• Adventures of a Young Naturalist

  the Zoo Quest Expeditions

  Attenborough, David, 1926-

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  Written with Attenborough's trademark wit and charm, this is not just the story of a remarkable adventure, but of the man who made us fall in love with the natural world.