Recover safari bookmarks from backup of different Mac

My iMac running Snow Leopard died. Electricuted in one of those Florida lightening storms. I will miss you.
My back up machine is a fine old MBA also running Snow Leopard.
I want to replace the Safari 5.1.7 bookmarks from the iMac onto my MBA.
I had several backups of the iMac just prior to the rath of Zeus including TM, CCC and Mozy. So I have the file(s) that have the iMac Safari bookmarks. But where are they and what do I need to copy over to the MBA. I suspect the CCC disk is the easiest place to look. Not sure what will happen if I connect this MBA to Mozy or TM. I am looking on the used market for a replacement 27 iMac that is running Snow.
iMac was nearly full 500GB hard drive
MBA is very nearly full 80GB hard drive.

Boot from the CCC backup then open Safari and go to the file menu and export the Bookmarks to the desktop. then copy the Safari Bookmarks.html file to a thumb drive followed by transfer to the desktop of the MBA. Use the Import Bookmarks choice when booted in the MBA.

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After about six months, I had to do a complete factory restore to resolve a nasty 3G connectivity problem. The restore to factory settings was a pain but it worked. Most of my apps have desktop versions to store crucial data files, but I forgot to save my Safari bookmarks. Is there any way I can selectively go to the past backup data files and find my bookmark links? I don't want to restore to a past backup in case it reintroduces the same problem that messed up my 3G connectivity, though I am tempted.
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