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Sea of Poppies
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
The Return of the King
Slumdog Millionaire

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196 books

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Vurt
The Marsh Arabs
Who Wanders Alone
My Kenya Days
Samarkand and Beyond: A History Of Desert Caravans

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2 books

Abkhazia

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Black Sea
The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and the Northeast Passage

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7 books

Afghani Author

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The Sleeping Buddha
And the Mountains Echoed
My Forbidden Face
West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan Story
Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep

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99 books

Afghanistan

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Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
The Sleeping Buddha
THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT. My Afghan Years.
Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide
Taliban

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23 books

Africa Central

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A Giant Among Rivers
The Wild Boy of Burundi: A study of an outcast child
The Road to Timbuctoo
Heart of Darkness
In the Steps of Stanley

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61 books

Africa East

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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
My Kenya Days
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
The Long Walks: Journeys to the Sources of the White Nile
The Seven Mountain-Travel Books

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101 books

Africa North

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Beyond the Last Oasis: A Solo Walk in the Western Sahara
Sahara Man: Travelling with the Tuareg
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
To Camels from Cows: Algeria Overland
Sahara Story

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53 books

Africa Southern

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The Lost World of the Kalahari
Journey to the Vanished City : Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Journey
The Last Train to Zona Verde: Overland from Cape Town to Angola
The Land God Made In Anger

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42 books

Africa Various

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Lost Kingdoms Of Africa
Travels with Fortune - An African Adventure
Off the Rails
Twenty Thousand Miles In The African Jungle
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African Fury

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42 books

Africa West

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Travels in the Interior of Africa
Forest of Memories
Story of the Niger
Travels in the White Man's Grave
Trader Horn

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1 book

Aland Islands

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The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and the Northeast Passage

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13 books

Albania

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Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Pictures from the Balkans
The Seven Mountain-Travel Books
New Europe
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey

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44 books

Algeria

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Sahara Man: Travelling with the Tuareg
Beyond the Last Oasis: A Solo Walk in the Western Sahara
Who Wanders Alone
To Camels from Cows: Algeria Overland
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales

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2 books

Algerian Author

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Confessions of a Sinner
Caligula

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1 book

Andorra

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The Little Tour: A Journey to Europe's Four Minature States

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9 books

Angola

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The Last Train to Zona Verde: Overland from Cape Town to Angola
Another Day of Life
Zambezi: Journey of a River
Off The Map
Anywhere But Here

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2 books

Anguilla

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Tales from the Torrid Zone : Travels in the Deep Tropics
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire

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62 books

Antarctica

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Shadows on the Wasteland: Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes
Ice Bird
Daughters of Erebus
End of the Earth: Voyages to Antarctica
On Blue Ice: A Not Very Brave Journey to Antarctica

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7 books

Antigua

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Moana: The Vastness of the Sea
A Walk Around the West Indies
Our Kind of Traitor
Sailing Alone Around the World
Islands in the Sun

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11 books

A Owns

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Touching My Father's Soul: In the Footsteps of Sherpa Tenzing
A bit of earth
The Harmony Silk Factory
Botchan
Under a Mackerel Sky

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13 books

Archer References

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The Return of the King
The Fellowship of the Ring
Cujo
Treasure Island
Trainspotting

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33 books

Architecture

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Istanbul
The New Zealand House
British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
Stones of empire: The buildings of the Raj
Renzo Piano Building Workshop - Volume 4

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50 books

Argentina

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To Infinity and Beyond: What Che Guevara Started, Someone Had to Finish
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Voyage in the Beagle

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8 books

Argentinian Author

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The Purple Land
Alone Through the Roaring Forties
My Disgusting Book of Poetry
The Book of Imaginary Beings
The Garden of Forking Paths

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11 books

Armenia

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Imperium
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
To Caucasus: The End of all the Earth
Black Sea

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3 books

Ascension Isl

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Sailing Alone Around the World
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas

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2 books

Audio

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Homage to Switzerland
The Midnight Zone

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246 books

Australia

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Crocodile Country
Discovery: The Quest for the Great South Land
Forty Yarns and a Song
Ice Bird
We Ended in Bali

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291 books

Australian Author

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The Carpet Wars: Ten Years in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq
The Wrong Way Home
Blossoms and Shadows
On The Road To Damascus
Broken Bangles

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26 books

Austria

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Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Rise and Fall of Prussia
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
First Overland

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9 books

Austrian Author

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Return to Tibet
The Road to Mecca
The Judgement and In the Penal Colony
Coquest of the underwater World
The Man in the Ice

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19 books

Azerbaijan

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Across The Caucasus
Imperium
The Devils of Loudun
The Cruel Way
The Fire Ox and Other Years

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6 books

Azores

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Sailing Alone Around the World
Half-Safe: Across the Atlantic by Jeep
Venturesome Voyages
The Innocents Abroad
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas

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4 books

Bahamas

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Lady with a Spear
Islands in the Sun
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas
Voyage of the Liberdade

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8 books

Bahrain

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High-Ho to London: Incidents and interviews on a leisurely journey by air from Australia to Britain
Lilli and the Hippopotamus
Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East
The Bahrain Incident
Arabian Adventure

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3 books

Balloon

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The flight of the Small World
Throw Out Two Hands
Ten Miles High, Two Miles Deep

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13 books

Bangladesh

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Broken Bangles
Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder
Song of India
The Shadow Lines
Kiwi Vagabond

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2 books

Bangladeshi Author

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Spiral Road
Homecoming

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7 books

Barbados

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A Walk Around the West Indies
Islands in the Sun
The flight of the Small World
The Traveller's Tree: A Journey Through the Caribbean Islands
Rahui

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6 books

Belarus

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Imperium
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
The Bronski House
Riders to the Midnight Sun
The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and the Northeast Passage

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2 books

Belau

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A History of the Pacific Islands
Blood on their banner

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3 books

Belgian Author

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With Mystics and Magicians in Tibet
Death of a Nobody
Lords of the Mountains

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19 books

Belgium

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The Rise and Fall of Prussia
Husky Be My Guide
Coming of Age
The Flanders Road
Mud Beneath My Boots : A Poignant Memoir of the Effects of War on a Young New Zealander

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7 books

Belize

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A View of the World: Selected Journalism
Maya: The Riddle and Rediscovery of a Lost Civilization
The lost world of Quintana Roo
In the Temples of My Fathers
The changing sky: Travels of a novelist

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14 books

Benin

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Forest of Memories
Inside Africa
The quest for Timbuctoo
Ox Travels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers
Flash for Freedom!

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1 book

Beninese Author

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Sold as a Slave

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4 books

Bermuda

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Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas
The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave
The Last Pink Bits: Travels through the Remnants of the British Empire

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1 book

Bermudian Author

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The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave

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13 books

Bhutan

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Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon, a Journey Into Bhutan
In the Himalayas: Journeys through Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Mountains of the Gods: The Himalaya and the Mountains of Central Asia
Married to Bhutan: How One Woman Got Lost, Said 'i Do, ' and Found Bliss

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22 books

Bicycle

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Off The Rails
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
After Andrew
Mountain to Mountain: A Journey of Adventure and Activism for the Women of Afghanistan
Cleopatra's Needle: Two Wheels by the Water to Cairo

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474 books

Bio Memoir

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Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work
Legs On Everest : The Full Story Of His Most Remarkable Adventure Yet
Red Dust: A Path Through China
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl

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2 books

Biot

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The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire

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5 books

Bleh

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The coma
Profecia Celestina , a
The Art of Travel
Flash House
The Alchemist

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37 books

Bolivia

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Eight Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
East to the Amazon: In Search of Great Paititi and the Trade Routes of the Ancients
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
A View of the World: Selected Journalism

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33 books

Borneo

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My Life with the Headhunters
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Mulu: The rain forest
The Flying Carpet
A River in Borneo

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13 books

Bosnia

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Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Who Wanders Alone
Tito's Yugoslavia
Ox Travels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers
New Europe

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1 book

Bosnian Author

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Goodbye Sarajevo: A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival

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19 books

Botswana

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The Lost World of the Kalahari
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Tears of the Giraffe
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Zambezi: Journey of a River

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75 books

Brazil

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A Death in Brazil
The Amazon
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
The Survival of Jan Little

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6 books

Brazilian Author

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Inferno
The Violent Land
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Tieta
Brazilian Eden

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2 books

Brunei

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Some girls
Ten Thousand Miles on Elephants

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25 books

Bulgaria

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Dragoman Pass
Corner Seat
Pictures from the Balkans
The Afghan Amulet: Travels from the Hindu Kush to Razgrad
Travels in the Balkans

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4 books

Bulgarian Author

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Street Without A Name: Childhood And Other Misadventures In Bulgaria
The Language of Knives
One Day in Bangkok
Border

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5 books

Burkina Faso

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Inside Africa
African Switchback
Zigzag to Timbuktu
The Forgotten Path
Seven League Boots

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2 books

Burmese Author

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Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey.

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5 books

Burundi

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The Wild Boy of Burundi: A study of an outcast child
Inside Africa
Congo Pilgrim
Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone
The Soccer War

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35 books

Cambodia

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The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China
The Five Pound Look
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
The Road To Angkor
Round the World in Seventy Days

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3 books

Cambodian Author

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A History of Democratic Kampuchea 1975 - 1979
When Elephants Fight: A Memoir
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge

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20 books

Cameroon

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A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
Travels in West Africa
The Search for the Niger
Gorillas Were My Neighbours
Travels in the White Man's Grave

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56 books

Canada

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Forest of Memories
The Five Pound Look
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
Due North

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44 books

Canadian Author

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Days and Nights in Calcutta
The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific
Alone to Everest
One Chinese Moon
Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya

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10 books

Canary Islands

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Moana: The Vastness of the Sea
Journey to Java
THE TENTH YEAR OF THE SHIP
Madeira And The Canaries
The flight of the Small World

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3 books

Cape Verde

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Voyage in the Beagle
Ten Miles High, Two Miles Deep
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas

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41 books

Car Bus Truck

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For Love and a Beetle: A Tale of Two Journeys
Four Kiwis and a Falcon
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland

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19 books

Caribbean

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On Island Time: Kayaking the Caribbean
Puerto Rico
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Far Tortuga
Our Kind of Traitor

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7 books

Carnies Or Clowns

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The Night Circus
It
Church of Marvels
The Book of Speculation
Water for Elephants

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2 books

Cayman Islands

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Far Tortuga
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire

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7 books

Central African Republic

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Travels in the White Man's Grave
The Seven Mountain-Travel Books
Africa Overland
Travels Through the Third World
Inside Africa

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47 books

Central America

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The Winds of December
Four Kiwis and a Falcon
The Golden Isthmus
Jungle Capitalists: A Story of Globalisation, Greed and Revolution: United Fruit and the Invention of Twentieth-century Greed
Round Trip from Poptun: A Journey in Search of the Maya

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85 books

Central Asia

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The Sleeping Buddha
THE SEWING CIRCLES OF HERAT. My Afghan Years.
Afghanistan: A Companion and Guide
Taliban
Four Kiwis and a Falcon

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10 books

Chad

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Lost Kingdoms Of Africa
The Search for the Niger
Two Against the Sahara: On Camelback from Nouakchott to the Nile
Arabian Sands
Africa Overland

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1 book

Channel Islands

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The charm of the Channel Islands

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1 book

Chatham Islands

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Who'd Marry a Doctor?

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51 books

Chile

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Eight Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island
Diez Cuentos de Eva Luna Con Guia de Comprension y Repaso de Gramatica
To Infinity and Beyond: What Che Guevara Started, Someone Had to Finish
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness

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8 books

Chilean Author

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Diez Cuentos de Eva Luna Con Guia de Comprension y Repaso de Gramatica
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter
Daughter of Fortune
The Infinite Plan
Portrait in Sepia: A Novel

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237 books

China

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In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Red Dust: A Path Through China
Bonesetter's Daughter
Mao: The Unknown Story

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53 books

Chinese Author

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Red Dust: A Path Through China
Mao: The Unknown Story
The Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shihuang
Jade Eye: The Life of a Chinese Peasant Boy
The Crippled Tree

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3 books

Cocos Keeling

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Sailing Alone Around the World
Kurun Around the World
Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seas

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45 books

Colombia

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To Infinity and Beyond: What Che Guevara Started, Someone Had to Finish
Jungle Capitalists: A Story of Globalisation, Greed and Revolution: United Fruit and the Invention of Twentieth-century Greed
Out of captivity
The Cocaine Eaters
Killing Pablo

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13 books

Colombian Author

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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen
No One Writes to the Colonel
News of a Kidnapping
Love in the Time of Cholera

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13 books

Comedy

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The Ascent of Rum Doodle
The Things They Do To You
How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written
Way of the Jafa: The Guide to Surviving Auckland and Aucklanders
This Way To Spaceship

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3 books

Comoros

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Tales from the Torrid Zone : Travels in the Deep Tropics
The Bone Man of Benares: A Lunatic Trip Through Love and the World
A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth

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40 books

Congo Dr

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Who Wanders Alone
Alone to Everest
Travels in West Africa
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
A Giant Among Rivers

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9 books

Congo R

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A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
Travels in West Africa
Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
A Giant Among Rivers
Congo Journey

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10 books

Cook Islands

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A History of the Pacific Islands
Pacific Journeys
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific
Tales from the Torrid Zone : Travels in the Deep Tropics
Venturesome Voyages

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16 books

Costa Rica

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Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist
Jungle Capitalists: A Story of Globalisation, Greed and Revolution: United Fruit and the Invention of Twentieth-century Greed
Ride the Volcano
Views from Abroad: The Spectator Book of Travel Writing
Coleman's Drive

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17 books

Crime

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Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
To the Ends of the Earth: The Hunt for the Jackal
Dead Street
The Dungeon Master: The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III
Killing Pablo

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106 books

Crime Fiction

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Lucky You
Lady, Go Die!
The Simple Art of Murder
Sick Puppy
Shooting Sean

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23 books

Croatia

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Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Who Wanders Alone
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Lilli and the Hippopotamus