Product Description: Poetry. California Interest. Jewish Studies. Religious Studies. "The 18 suites of poems that make up ANTISOCIAL PATIENCE are a kind of diary of days lived in the aftermath of political upheaval, when it's quiet. Solidarity's subsided, the torn-open world of possibilities has shut back down...read more

Product Description: The Art of Traveling Extravagantly and Nearly Free is a howto for both business and leisure travelers who want to earn free airfare, hotel accommodations, car rentals, and other perks. For businesspeople who travel frequently, this book teaches how to organize and keep track of travel points and offers dozens of methods designed to cash in on travel award programs...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Fifth-grader Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help find a pickpocket at the circus.

Product Description: Does travel broaden the mind? This book explores this question through an innovative sociological study of gap year travel. Taking a year out overseas between school and university is an increasingly legitimate practice for young people in the UK...read more

A handsome, well-bred, and extremely alienated young man feeds his desire for intimacy through bouts of voyeurism, spying on people to gather details about their lives, in a chilling novel of literary suspense. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: What is it like to visit the islands of Fiji, the cliffs of Ireland, or the icy desert of Antarctica? EXOTIC! Places explores some of the most remote, beautiful, and unusual places on our planet. The Spectrum® Readers are the perfect Common Core aligned tool to support the development of nonfiction reading skills...read more

Product Description: FODOR'S EDITORS, WRITERS, AND READERS SHARE INSIGHTSWant to travel like a pro? Now you can—whether you're flying off to Europe, cruising the Caribbean, or driving across the USA. Online resources, on-the-ground contacts, tried-and-true strategies, and quirky pearls of wisdom make it easy to pick a place, book a trip, and get around like a local...read more

What do you mean you can't find my luggage?You know how frustrating it is when something goes wrong on a trip. You also know how unsettling it can be when you do not get the satisfaction you deserve. The Frequent Traveler's Guide can take these worries away.Written by travel industry experts, this guide gives you the confidence to not only know your rights, but to exercise them and get the results you want. Whether you are taking that once in a lifetime vacation or flying home from your third business trip this week, here is information you can use.Airlines-Receive free tickets and upgrades when bumped from a flight.Car Rentals-Don't pay for a larger size when they rent out the class of car you reserved.Hotels-Make the hotel provide you with better accommodations when they give your room away.Cruises-Avoid getting sick on the boat and spending your trip inside your cabin.International Travel-Protect yourself from being caught in scams aimed at tourists.No matter what your reasons for taking a trip, let The Frequent Traveler's Guide get you there with more peace of mind.

Product Description: Following her best-selling 2009 Assouline title, Gypset Style, travel writer Julia Chaplin explores the little-known enclaves of gypsy jet-setters around the world. From the Aeolian Islands in Italy to Lamu, Kenya; North Goa, India; and Jose Ignacio, Uruguay—Gypset Travel delves into the glamorous yet casual lifestyle of these bohemian wanderers through intimate photography and first-person anecdotes...read more

Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to track down a thief at the circus

Product Description: In this sixtieth anniversary edition of The Idea of Nationalism, Craig Calhoun probes the work of Hans Kohn and the world that first brought prominence to this unparalleled defense of the national ideal in the modern West. At its publication, Saturday Review called it "an enduring and definitive treatise...read more

Product Description: The KidsGO! empowers kids to have a say while on vacation, to get them thinking about their destination, and to enable them to make great suggestions and tell their parents where to go!

Product Description: Kin to the Wind is the memoir of Moro, a guitarist and composer, who traveled the world as a troubadour, using only his guitar performances as currency. This talented former member of the world-famous New Christy Minstrels has played in over 50 countries — in royal palaces, in African casbahs, and even on a British warship in trade for his passage across the Indian Ocean...read more

Product Description: Philosophical reflections on journeys and crossings, homes and habitats, have appeared in all major East Asian and Western philosophies. Landscape and travelling first emerged as a key issue in ancient Chinese philosophy, quickly becoming a core concern of Daoism and Confucianism...read more

Product Description: Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*Where do you start? Iconic buildings, awesome canyons, weird monuments, vast animal migrations, spooky dungeons and romantic vistas are just some of the man-made marvels and natural wonders in 1000 Ultimate Sights...read more

Product Description: Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*101 skills and experiences to discover on your travels.Who do you want to be... The next molecular gastronomy genius? An intrepid archaeologist? A Paris-based artist? This book takes you around the world and presents 101 experiences, courses and lessons into classic skills and talents of the places you visit - dancing a tango in Argentina, pounding a perfect Thai curry paste in Chiang Mai or trout-fishing weekend in Montana...read more