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Journeys

Eastern Sun, Winter Moon

Gary Paulsen

The author chronicles his boyhood in the U.S. and the Philippines during World War II.

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Three Weeks with My Brother

Nicholas Sparks

Novelist Nicholas Sparks provides an account of his adventures traveling around the world with his brother Micah on the trip of a lifetime, and shares the personal story of their childhood and the fam

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Travels with Charley

John Steinbeck

Steinbeck and his dog rediscover America.

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Iron & Silk

Mark Salzman

An American describes his experiences after his arrival in Hunan Province in 1982 to teach English, including his wushu training and life in post-Mao China.

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The Dream of Water

Kyoko Mori

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South

Ernest Henry Shackleton

A memoir in which Sir Ernest Shackleton provides a personal account of his expedition to Antarctica in 1914, a voyage that resulted in disaster when his ship, the Endurance, became locked in sea ice a

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The Endurance

Caroline Alexander

Provides an account of the Shackleton expedition of 1914, during which explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven set out to cross the Antarctic continent on foot, only to have their ship

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A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson

Bryson share his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail with a childhood friend. The two encounter eccentric characters, a blizzard, getting lost, and rude yuppies along the way.

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Eastern Sun, Winter Moon

Gary Paulsen

Author chronicles his boyhood in the United States and the Philippines during World War II.

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PAULSEN