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	Lonely Planet Hawaii 4.01 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 2007 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	USA's Best Trips: 99 Themed Itineraries Across America by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Amy C. Balfour, Alison Bing 4.02 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	USA by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Lonely Planet 4.18 avg rating — 60 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coastal California by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Lonely Planet 4.16 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Honolulu, Waikiki & O'ahu by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Scott Kennedy, Lonely Planet 4.18 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Las Vegas Encounter by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Lonely Planet 3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discover Hawai'i: The Big Island by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Luci Yamamoto 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California by Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Sara Benson (Goodreads Author), Andrew Bender 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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High: A Journey Across the Himalaya, Through Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal and China

by Erika Fatland

bookshelves: travel, currently-reading, 2026

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Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica

by Sara Wheeler

bookshelves: 2010, travel, currently-reading, 2026, science-nature

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Ulysses

by James Joyce

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