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Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 47,266 ratings
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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Cleopatra: A Life
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Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 122,167 ratings
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The Odyssey
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North Of Ithaka
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Eleni N. Gage (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 436 ratings
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The Summer of My Greek Taverna
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Tom Stone (Goodreads Author)
3.25 avg rating — 580 ratings
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Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece
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Noah Charney (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 1,000 ratings
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Twilight in Italy + Sea and Sardinia
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3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Gelato Sisterhood on the Amalfi Shore
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Chantal Kelly (Goodreads Author)
3.17 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Monet's Palate Cookbook: The Artist & His Kitchen Garden At Giverny
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Please Enjoy Your Happiness
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Peacock & Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny
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3.64 avg rating — 598 ratings
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The House in Amalfi
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Finding Positano, A Love Story
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William James (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 388 ratings
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Amalfi Blue, lost & found in the south of Italy
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Lisa Fantino (Goodreads Author)
2.95 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
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3.74 avg rating — 2,140 ratings
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An Italian Journey: A Harvest of Revelations in the Olive Groves of Tuscany (Italian Journeys Book 1)
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James Ernest Shaw (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 685 ratings
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Cotswolds Memoir: Discovering a Beautiful Region of Britain on a Quest to Buy a 17th Century Cottage (Cotswolds Memoirs Series Book 1)
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Diz White (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 443 ratings
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Dancing in the Bamboo Forest
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Djahariah Mitra (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Wild Mama: One Woman's Quest to Live Her Best Life, Escape Traditional Parenthood, and Travel the World
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3.85 avg rating — 227 ratings
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The Garden of the Gods (Corfu Trilogy, #3)
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Bill Bryson's African Diary
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Life Is a Trip: The Transformative Magic of Travel
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Judith Fein (Goodreads Author)
3.40 avg rating — 385 ratings
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Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
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Ben Montgomery (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 30,101 ratings
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Voice of the River
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4.18 avg rating — 175 ratings
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Eight Months in Provence: A Junior Year Abroad 30 Years Late
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Diane Covington-Carter (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Pom's Odyssey (The Pom's Odyssey Series Book 2)
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4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Bluewater Walkabout: Into Africa
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Tina Dreffin (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 172 ratings
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Rickshaws, Rajas and Roti: An India Travel Guide and Memoir
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Rebecca Livermore (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Homer's Where The Heart Is: Two journalists, one crazy dog and a love affair with Greece (The Peloponnese Series Book 2)
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Marjory McGinn (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 484 ratings
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Homage to Catalonia
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Kon-Tiki
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Iberia
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In the Company of Dolphins
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My Life in France
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The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
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3.80 avg rating — 44,694 ratings
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Thelma and Louise
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Micronesian Blues
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4.11 avg rating — 192 ratings
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The White Masai
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3.55 avg rating — 10,560 ratings
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Saving the White Lions: One Woman's Battle for Africa's Most Sacred Animal
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3.95 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Chickens Eat Pasta
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Clare Pedrick (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 305 ratings
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A Scorpion In The Lemon Tree: Mad adventures on a Greek peninsula (The Peloponnese Series Book 3)
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Marjory McGinn (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 496 ratings
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
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4.27 avg rating — 11,532 ratings
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Five Bestselling Travel Memoirs Box Set
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Victoria Twead (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 941 ratings
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Dreaming of Sicily: A Travel Memoir
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3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Story of San Michele
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The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life
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Chris Guillebeau (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 7,383 ratings
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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
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Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 32,390 ratings
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Frida Kahlo at Home
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Suzanne Barbezat (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 268 ratings
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Adventures of a Railway Nomad: How Our Journeys Guide Us Home
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Karen McCann (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 209 ratings
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Island Beneath the Sea
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 45,887 ratings
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The Autobiography of My Mother
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7 reasons to fall in love with Stockholm
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Tia Lola Stories: How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay and How Tia Lola Learned to Teach
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Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Greece 12
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Lonely Planet Greek Islands
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Lonely Planet Italy
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Lonely Planet Italy's Best Trips
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Lonely Planet Italy: Tuscany
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Leif Pettersen (Goodreads Author)
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Paper: Paging Through History
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