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Rats: A Year with New York's Most Unwanted InhabitantsRats: A Year with New York's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan
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A year running after rattus norvegicus in New York City. I'm still scared of them.
Solomon Time: Adventures in the South PacificSolomon Time: Adventures in the South Pacific by Will Randall
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Gentile isn't normally my thing, but this really does warm the cockles.
A Land of Two Halves: An Accidental Tour of New ZealandA Land of Two Halves: An Accidental Tour of New Zealand by Joe Bennett
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A man with more of ways of saying 'non-plussed' than anyone on the planet. A welcome diversion from "ooh, isn't it magical?".
Almost Heaven: Travels Through the Backwoods of AmericaAlmost Heaven: Travels Through the Backwoods of America by Martin Fletcher
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A more twisted variation on Bryson's Lost Continent theme.
Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast (Radio 4 Book of the Week)Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast (Radio 4 Book of the Week) by Charlie Connelly
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A sordid, foul-mothed romp through the shipping forecast regions. Apart from the sordid and foul-mouthed bits.
Spoken Here: Travel among Threatened LanguagesSpoken Here: Travel among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley
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From the impending extinction of a tongue spoken by one man to the mass revival of Hebrew, via languages you've never heard of.
Don't Lean Out of the Window!: The Inter-rail ExperienceDon't Lean Out of the Window!: The Inter-rail Experience by Stewart Ferris
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They had a good laugh, and it unashamedly shows.