You Can’t Get There from Here
By Gayle Forman
Rodale, $23.95
Chasing Matisse
By James Morgan
Free Press, $25
The 8:55 to Baghdad
By Andrew Eames
Overlook, $24.95
A Continent for the Taking
By Howard W. French
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Wrong About Japan
By Peter Carey
Knopf, $17.95
Japan Journals 1974-2004
By Donald Richie
Stone Bridge, $29.95
Swimming to Antarctica
By Lynne Cox
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Cork Boat
By John Pollack
Anchor, $13.95
Schlepping Through the Alps
By Sam Apple
Ballantine, $23.95
At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig
By John Gimlette
Vintage Departure, $14.95
Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail
By Christopher Dawes
Thunder’s Mouth, $15.95
Spoken Here
By Mark Abley
Mariner, $14
This article appears in May 26 – Jun 1, 2005.