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Traveling With Children: Cultural Adventures in our World...Tips and Tricks for an Incredible Family Trip.

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Ancient Mariner: The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece by Ken McGoogan (2003-12-10)

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The Correspondent

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The Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir of a Woman and Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest

by M. Wylie Blanchet

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