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2. "Catfish and Mandala"
by Andrew X. Pham
In "Catfish and Mandala," Vietnamese American Andrew Pham takes a daring look at questions of home, family, and identity while making a solo bicycle voyage around the Pacific Rim to Vietnam. This is an extraordinary story and haunting memoir from a gifted first-time author with an ear for spare, lovely prose. Read more

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3. "Give Me the World"
by Leila Hadley
In 1950, 25-year-old single-mom Leila Hadley shipped out to Hong Kong on a cargo steamer--with her 6-year-old son in tow. Her remarkable account of their journey around the world together, "Give Me the World," is considered a classic among travel memoirs and captures an extraordinary and inspiring life. Read more

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4. "Yes We Have No: Adventures in the Other England"
by Nik Cohn
Nik Cohn, noted novelist and author of "Need" and "Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock," has come out with a keen-eyed take on his native homeland. "Yes We Have No: Adventures in the Other England" explores the endearing underbelly of Britain. Read more

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5. "The Lost River"
by Richard Bangs
In the early 1970s, adventurer-author Richard Bangs and his buddies set out to run the last unexplored rivers in Africa--the Baro, the Blue Nile, the Omo, the Awash--and finally realized their goal by rafting the Tekeze some 23 years later. "The Lost River" chronicles these extraordinary leaps into uncharted waters and explores the bonds forged-- and the price paid--in the pursuit of extreme adventure. Read more

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6. "Haunted Traveller"
by Barry Yourgrau
"Haunted Traveller" is a collection of 44 short stories about destinations that have no name. In rich and intoxicating prose, author Barry Yourgrau creates a world where people travel in bubbles, where suitcases are threatening objects, and where hotels have threadbare rugs that expose an abyss to the center of the earth. It's about traveling the back roads of Yourgrau's mind--and what a warped and rich mind it is. Read more

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7. "Sacred Roads: Adventures from the Pilgrimage Trail"
by Nicholas Shrady
In "Sacred Roads: Adventures from the Pilgrimage Trail," Nicholas Shrady abandons the comforts of home to walk five of the world's great pilgrimage trails. His stories of pilgrimages to Christian, Buddhist, Islamic, Jewish, and Hindu holy places make up the best kind of personal essay. Read more

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8. "Beyond the Sky and the Earth"
by Jamie Zeppa
In "Beyond the Sky and the Earth," Jamie Zeppa, a young teacher from a small Canadian mining town, signs on for a two-year teaching stint in a remote corner of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Zeppa's candid, lovely account of her spiritual and personal journey is one of my favorite books of the year. Read more

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9. "Homelands"
by Byron Ricks
When Byron Ricks and his wife, Maren Van Nostrand, set off to kayak Alaska's Inside Passage, they were facing not only a grueling test of physical endurance but also a long journey home. In an era of testosterone-charged adventure tales, "Homelands" is a wonderfully introspective adventure-travel memoir. Read more

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10. "Throwim Way Leg"
by Tim Flannery
Tim Flannery's "Throwim Way Leg" is a witty and well-paced take on New Guinea fieldwork in the raw. The Australian mammologist discovers some 20 species unknown to science, unearths the fossilized bones of several long-extinct marsupials, and--at the end of a long day's work--dines with the locals. Read more

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