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Uncommon Traveler

2003-08-25 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2003-08-25
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 599/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Uncommon Traveler by : Don Brown

Download or read book Uncommon Traveler written by Don Brown. This book was released on 2003-08-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Kingsley spent her childhood in a small house on a lonely lane outside London, England. Her mother was bedridden, her father rarely home, and Mary served as housekeeper, handyman, nursemaid, and servant. Not until she was thirty years old did Mary get her chance to explore the world she’d read about in her father’s library. In 1893, she arrived in West Africa, where she encountered giant Xying insects, crocodiles, hippos, and brutal heat. Mary endured the hardships of the equatorial country—and thrived.

Uncommon Traveler

2000 Africa, West
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Release : 2000
Genre : Africa, West
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Book Rating : 733/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Uncommon Traveler written by . This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief biography of the self-educated 19th century Englishwoman who, after a secluded childhood and youth, traveled alone through unexplored West Africa in 1893 and 1894 and learned much about the area and its inhabitants. Full-color illustrations.

Vagabonding

2002-12-24 Travel
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Release : 2002-12-24
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 180/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Vagabonding by : Rolf Potts

Download or read book Vagabonding written by Rolf Potts. This book was released on 2002-12-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss • “Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a long-term trip, can change your life forever. And Vagabonding teaches you how to travel (and think), not just for one trip, but for the rest of your life.”—Tim Ferriss, from the foreword There’s nothing like vagabonding: taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, veteran travel writer Rolf Potts explains how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Now completely revised and updated, Vagabonding is an accessible and inspiring guide to • financing your travel time • determining your destination • adjusting to life on the road • working and volunteering overseas • handling travel adversity • re-assimilating back into ordinary life Updated for our ever-changing world, Vagabonding is an indispensable guide for the modern traveler.

Uncommon Type

2017-10-17 Fiction
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Release : 2017-10-17
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 164/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Uncommon Type by : Tom Hanks

Download or read book Uncommon Type written by Tom Hanks. This book was released on 2017-10-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that the legendary Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. “Reading Tom Hanks's Uncommon Type is like finding out that Alice Munro is also the greatest actress of our time.” —Ann Patchett, bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Dutch House A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance, and a bit of real life. These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories. They are surprising, intelligent, heartwarming, and, for the millions and millions of Tom Hanks fans, an absolute must-have!

Uncommon Carriers

2007-04-03 Business & Economics
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Release : 2007-04-03
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 391/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Uncommon Carriers by : John McPhee

Download or read book Uncommon Carriers written by John McPhee. This book was released on 2007-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McPhee, in prose distinguished by its warm humor, keen insight, and rich sense of human character, looks at the people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation.

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