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2012 Gift Guide: Travel

From a coffee table book featuring the world’s best pools to flight-simulator classes, gifts to satisfy their wanderlust.

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From a coffee table book featuring the world’s best pools to flight-simulator classes, gifts to satisfy their wanderlust.

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Boeing Flight Simulator, £399—£1,347 ($640—$1,920)

 

Learn to fly without the fright. Take flight-simulator classes—on any size aircraft.

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Pheasant Backgammon Board, $3,400

 

When hunting isn’t possible, an outdoorsy game of backgammon can satisfy you instead.

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POOLS by Kelly Klein, $76.74

 

Summer may be a ways away, but this transportive photography book of the world’s best pools will take you there in a flash.

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Mwanga Bangle Set from Kenya by Ashley Pittman, $450

 

This set of horn and gold-tone bangles from Kenya will give every arm a well-traveled look.

 

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Encyclopedia Seashell Cards, $17

 

Couldn’t put that conch in your suitcase? These seashell cards are the next best thing.

 

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An Extraordinary Theory of Objects: A Memoir of an Outsider in Paris, by Stephanie LaCava, $14.98

 

A beautiful memoir that chronicles a childhood abroad—and an obsession with enchanting artifacts.

 

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