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  Godforsaken Grapes - A Slightly...

  Jason Wilson

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  A combination of travel memoir and epicurean adventure, Godforsaken Grapes is an entertaining love letter to wine.​ "Will make you curious and thirsty." (Eric Asimov, New York Times) 
    
  There are nearly 1,400 known varieties of wine grapes in the world—from altesse to zierfandler—but 80 percent of the wine we drink is made from only 20 grapes. In Godforsaken Grapes, award-winning travel writer Jason Wilson looks at how that came to be and embarks on a journey to discover what we miss. 
    
  Stemming from his own growing obsession, Jason Wilson moves far beyond the “noble grapes,” hunting down obscure and underappreciated wines from Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, France, Italy, the United States, and beyond. 
    
  In the process, he looks at why these wines fell out of favor (or never gained it in the first place), what it means to be obscure, and how geopolitics, economics, and fashion have changed what we drink.

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  Highways and Byways in Sussex

  E. V. Lucas

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  A very personal and opinionated wander through the Sussex of around 1900, illustrated with anecdotes, literary and poetic quotations, gravestone epitaphs and a gentle sense of humour. The author colours the countryside with his nostalgia for times past and regret for the encroaching future, his resentment of churches with locked doors, and his love of deer parks, ruined castles and the silent hills.(I must add my apologies for my attempts at the Sussex dialect in the chapter on that subject.)[This book is of Reading Grade of 9.55 (i.e. equivalent to 9½ years of U.S. education. Reading Ease score of 63.72 (on a scale from 100 to 0 .. where 65 is easy, 30 a little hard, 0 difficult). These are Flesch-Kincaid readability scores.]

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  My Caribbean Run

  Dale Catman Ballard

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  Adventure doesn’t wait. It calls—loud, dangerous, and impossible to ignore. 
  One Phone Call That Changed Everything 
  In the fall of 1977, 19-year-old Dale “Catman” Ballard gets a call that changes everything. Trading the cold Midwest for the promise of freedom, he’s pulled into a high-stakes world most only read about in drug smuggling books, organized crime books, and true crime stories books. His destination: Colombia. His mission: smuggle 13.5 tons of marijuana aboard The Mirage, a 76-foot yacht. 
  Into the Deep End of Survival 
  What follows is a true survival story—violent storms, mechanical failures, and rising crew tensions threaten everything. As Dale navigates waves and self-doubt, My Caribbean Run becomes a gritty, raw memoir of resilience, risk, and youth pushed to the edge. 
  A Real Survival Story, A True Crime Memoir 
  This gripping true crime memoir blends the thrills of Caribbean adventure books with the emotional depth of coming-of-age books and the tension of trafficking books. It’s perfect for fans of true crime books nonfiction, true crime ebooks, and true crime kindle books. 
  What You’ll Gain as a Reader 
  • A wild travel adventure book rooted in reality 
  • A powerful adventure memoir and travel memoir 
  • A vivid, firsthand account of the 1970s smuggling scene 
  • A page-turning mix of true crime books 2025 and real survival story 
  Ready to set sail? 
  My Caribbean Run is one of those true story survival books you won’t forget.

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  Tides and Timezones

  Reece Davis

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  Between the pull of the tides and the drift of the clock lies the rhythm of a traveler’s life. 
  In Tides and Timezones, acclaimed travel writer Reece Davis explores how constant movement changes not only where we are — but who we become. From sleepless nights beneath foreign skies to quiet dawns spent in transit, Davis reflects on how time stretches and bends across continents, and how memory anchors us when everything else is in motion. 
  Through poignant stories, vivid landscapes, and moments of stillness amid the rush, Davis examines what it means to carry fragments of the world within us — and how, over time, travel becomes less about escape and more about return. 
  Elegant, meditative, and profoundly human, Tides and Timezones is a love letter to the fleeting, timeless art of wandering.

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  On this Holy Island - A Modern...

  Oliver Smith

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  A lyrical and insightful narrative that presents a new approach to the idea of pilgrimage, traversing paths both ancient and modern. 
   
   
   
  Retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the twenty-first century, On This Holy Island is an an epic adventure across sacred British landscapes. We follow Oliver Smith as he climbs into remote sea caves, sleeps inside Neolithic tombs, scales forgotten holy mountains and once even marrons himself at sea. Following holy roads to churches, cathedrals and standing stones, this evocative and enlightening travelogue explores places prehistoric, pagan and Christian, Smith also reveals how football stadiums and music festivals have become contemporary places of pilgrimage. 
   
   
   
  Though the routes walked are often ancient, the pilgrims he meets are always modern. But underpinning the remarkable book is a timeless truth: that making journeys has always been a way of making meaning. So often, Smith finds, "the unravelling of a path goes in tandem with the unravelling of the soul."

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  Fascination with Alaska - Beyond...

  William Stickle

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  Explore the awe, complexity, and enduring mystery of America’s last frontier. 
  In A Fascination with Alaska: Beyond the Alaskan Cruise Naturalist, marine biologist William Stickle shares a lifetime of exploration, research, and teaching in Alaska’s wild and varied landscapes. With over sixty visits since 1967, Stickle offers a compelling portrait of the state’s dramatic geography, rich history, diverse ecosystems, and the effects of a changing climate. 
  From the temperate rainforests of the southeast to the icy peaks of the Alaska Range, this engaging narrative blends scientific insight with personal experience, including sea star studies, student fieldwork, and encounters with whales, glaciers, and Native cultures. 
  Ideal for curious travelers, scientists, and anyone captivated by the North, this book goes beyond the cruise ship to uncover the natural forces and human stories that make Alaska one of the most fascinating places on Earth.

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