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Pub. Date
1923
Description
A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. While the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find themselves using other forms...
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"You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Europe. With Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door, you'll learn how to: Plan your itinerary and maximize your time -- Pack light and right -- Find good-value hotels and restaurants -- Travel smoothly by train, bus, car, and plane -- Avoid crowds and tourist scams -- Hurdle the language barrier -- Understand cultural differences and connect with locals...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Nineteen-year-old Sydney has the perfect summer mapped out. She's spending the next four and a half weeks travelling through Europe with her childhood best friend Leela. Their plans include Eiffel Tower selfies, eating cocco gelato, and making out with hot strangers. Her plans do not include Leela's cheating ex-boyfriend showing up on the flight to London, falling for the cheating ex-boyfriend's hot friend, monitoring her mother's spiraling mental...
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Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Disc 9 and 10 from the set "Rick Steves' all 100 shows: the complete 2000-2014 collection of public television shows and specials." Includes episodes of "Rick Steves' Europe" television program: Disc 9: Copenhagen -- Denmark beyond Copenhagen -- Norway's west: Fjords, Mountains and Bergen -- Oslo -- Stockholm -- Helsinki and Tallinn: Balstic sisters -- Bonus extra: Rick Steves' Europe: a symphonic journey -- Disc 10: Eastern Europe: Prague and the...
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Pub. Date
[1990]
Description
I have dound out, Mark Twain once wrote, "that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them." It was a lesson he had actually learned when, as a young journalist, he set sail for Europe and the Holy Land with "the first organized pleasure party ever assembled for a transatlantic voyage."
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
This set includes every one of Rick's half-hour TV shows plus his highly-acclaimed hour-long TV specials on Iran and Christmas in Europe, as well as bonus extras including outtakes, Rick's first TV show from 1989, with "European travel skills" and "Travel as a political act" lectures.