Trailblazing Women Adventurers
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My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City 3.98 avg rating — 2,302 ratings
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Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds (Story of Elsa, #1)
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Joy Adamson
4.16 avg rating — 33,673 ratings 
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The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels
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Freya Stark
3.82 avg rating — 1,175 ratings 7. 
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
by:
Ben Montgomery
4.10 avg rating — 29,324 ratings 8. 
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
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Georgina Howell
3.97 avg rating — 3,475 ratings 9. 
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
by:
Matthew Goodman
3.73 avg rating — 6,475 ratings 
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Straight on Till Morning: the Biography of Beryl Markham
by:
Mary S. Lovell
4.15 avg rating — 2,301 ratings 
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The Bolter: Edwardian Heartbreak and High Society Scandal in Kenya
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Frances Osborne
3.73 avg rating — 4,477 ratings 
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UNSUITABLE FOR LADIES: An Anthology of Women Travellers
by:
Jane Robinson
3.80 avg rating — 183 ratings 
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No Place for a Lady: Tales of Adventurous Women Travelers
by:
Barbara Hodgson
3.69 avg rating — 214 ratings 32. 
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The Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories
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Beryl Markham
3.68 avg rating — 390 ratings 
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Dreaming of East: Western Women and the Exotic Allure of the Orient
by:
Barbara Hodgson
4.06 avg rating — 65 ratings 
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Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
by:
Janet Wallach
3.81 avg rating — 6,039 ratings 39. 
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
by:
Elspeth Huxley
4.10 avg rating — 6,047 ratings 
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The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut
by:
Freya Stark
3.94 avg rating — 298 ratings 44. 
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Ladies of the Field: Early Women Archaeologists and Their Search for Adventure
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Amanda Adams
3.74 avg rating — 207 ratings 
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The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels 4.09 avg rating — 915 ratings
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Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness
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Robert Specht
4.33 avg rating — 10,186 ratings 49. 
Letters Written During A Short Residence In Sweden, Norway And Denmark 3.53 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
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No Hurry to Get Home: The Memoir of the New Yorker Writer Whose Unconventional Life and Adventures Spanned the 20th Century
by:
Emily Hahn
4.23 avg rating — 333 ratings 
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The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt: Women Travellers and Their World
by:
Mary Russell
3.70 avg rating — 74 ratings 
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
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Margalit Fox
4.01 avg rating — 3,647 ratings 61. 
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books) 3.87 avg rating — 4,491 ratings
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The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Frontier Landscapes that Inspired the Little House Books
by:
Marta McDowell
4.03 avg rating — 1,222 ratings 
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On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
by:
William Souder
3.91 avg rating — 933 ratings 68. 
Writing the Trail: Five Women's Frontier Narratives
by:
Deborah Lawrence
4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings 69. 
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America 3.72 avg rating — 2,292 ratings
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The Grand Tour: Letters and Photographs from the British Empire Expedition 1922
by:
Agatha Christie
3.79 avg rating — 849 ratings 
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Women of Discovery: A Celebration of Intrepid Women Who Explored the World
by:
Milbry Polk
4.17 avg rating — 93 ratings 
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Six Months in the Sandwich Islands: Among Hawaii's Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes 3.90 avg rating — 324 ratings
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Women Explorers in Africa: Christina Dodwell, Delia Akeley, Mary Kingsley, Florence Von Sass-Baker, Alexandrine Tinne
by:
Margo McLoone
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings 78. 
The Rani of Jhansi: Gender, History, and Fable in India
by:
Harleen Singh
3.84 avg rating — 32 ratings 79. 
Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two WWII Correspondents and their Epic Escape Across the Pacific
by:
Bill Lascher
3.85 avg rating — 798 ratings 80. 
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
by:
Keith O'Brien
3.92 avg rating — 9,087 ratings 
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She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
by:
Helen Castor
4.04 avg rating — 8,384 ratings 83. 
Hot Flashes from Abroad 2 Ed: Women's Travel Tales and Adventures
by:
Jean Gould
3.47 avg rating — 19 ratings 83. 
The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
by:
Elizabeth Letts
4.21 avg rating — 15,543 ratings 
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Tomorrow to be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion
by:
Susan Travers
4.09 avg rating — 357 ratings 
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Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them
by:
Siân Evans
3.74 avg rating — 1,068 ratings 92. 
The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy (11) (Women of Action)
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Peggy Caravantes
3.70 avg rating — 205 ratings 93. 
I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean & Impressive 4.42 avg rating — 2,568 ratings
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Pirate Queens: Dauntless Women Who Dared to Rule the High Seas
by:
Leigh Lewis
4.10 avg rating — 137 ratings 
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Grandes aventures de l'exploration, au coeur des himalayas le nepal, sur les (Le 3.71 avg rating — 99 ratings
