Travelers & Explorers

The Author Describes How Her Honeymoon Was Cut Short When Her Plane Crashed In The Jungles Of Peru, Forcing Her And Her Husband To Try To Survive Aboard A M...

An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians ...

In The Spirit Of The Places In Between And Into The Silence, This Is A Transcendent Memoir About Travelling Wildly Out Of Bounds On The Fabled Silk Road. Ca...

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir by Clint Hill that Kirkus Reviews called “clear and honest prose free from salaciousness and gossip,” Jackie Ke...

Back in the early seventies, one man had the idea that bringing in a planeload of marijuana from Colombia might be a profitable enterprise. If nothing else...

Now in paperback, Engineers tells the story of the brilliant minds that have constructed our man-made world, from ancient pyramids to modern spaceflight D...

Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany,...

**the National Bestseller** From The Acclaimed, Bestselling Author Of Turn Right At Machu Picchu, A Fascinating, Wild, And Wonder-filled Journey Into Alaska...

David Kipen Scoured The Archives Of Libraries, Historical Societies, And Private Estates To Assemble A Kaleidoscopic View Of Los Angeles From The Spanish Mi...

a Shimmering Evocation, By Turns Intimate And Panoramic, Of One Of The World’s Great Cities, By Its Foremost Writer. Orhan Pamuk Was Born In Istanbul And S...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Do we need still another Watergate book? The answer turns out to be yes—this one.” —The Washington Post * “Dazzling.â...

A new edition of the landmark, worldwide bestseller on the life of the famed medical clairvoyant and founding father of the New Age: Edgar Cayce.Edgar Cayc...

acclaimed As One Of The Most Exciting Books In The History Of American Letters, This Modern Epic Became An Instant Bestseller Upon Publication In 1974, Tr...

Over The Course Of An Adventured-filled Life, Now In Its Tenth Decade, Lawrence Ferlinghetti Has Been Many Things: A Poet, Painter, Pacifist, Publisher, Cou...

Narrative Of The Author's Attempt To Sail Singlehandedly As Close As Possible To The North Pole. By Tristan Jones.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsTrave...

Trespass Is The Story Of One Woman's Struggle To Gain Footing In Inhospitable Territory. A Wilderness Activist And Jack Mormon, Amy Irvine Sought Respite In...

Three hundred nautical miles from shore, I‘m cold and sick and afraid. I pray for reprieve. I long for solid ground. And I can‘t help but ask myself, W...

this Is The Powerful Story Of Gladys Aylward, Missionary To China. Her Amazing Adventure Of Faith And Determination Is One Of The Truly Great Missionary Sto...

Winner of the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Award: A unique alchemy of art and natural history—a four-color hand-lettered and illustrated ta...

The Emergency Teacher is Christina Asquith’s moving firsthand account of her year spent teaching in one of Philadelphia’s worst schools. Told with str...

A ground-breaking work of nation building, this unique biographical book by many of English and French Canada's best-known writers and thinkers -- Margaret...

Robin Wiszowaty Relates How She Left Her Suburban Illinois Home To Travel To Kenya To Join An Impoverished Maasai Community, And Describes The Poverty, Drou...

A Restless Spirit, Unexpected ConnectionsTo Joyce Perrin, a divorced fifty-something living in Canada, the lure of adventure unleashed her undying curiosity...

Part One Of Two Parts Eugene Gant yearns to escape his tumultuous family and his small North Carolina town. Gant's experiences mirror Wolfe's, but transfo...

In This Sequel To Her New York Times Bestsellers Under The Tuscan Sun And Bella Tuscany, The Celebrated Bard Of Tuscany (new York Times) Frances Mayes Lyric...

Attention Habs Fans!Think you know more about the Montreal Canadiens than everyone else? Well, now you've got a chance to prove it! Whether you're a die-har...

Part Cookbook, Part Memoir, Part Travelogue, And Wholly Original, F*ck, That's Delicious Is Rapper Action Bronson's Comprehensive Guide To The Food, Chefs, ...

Life Beyond What I Know: What if you decided to live entirely by intuition...Categories: Teen & Young Adult Mysteries & ThrillersAction & Advent...

The Author Offers A Memoir Of His Two Decades In The Field Studying Kenyan Baboons As He Describes The Members Of The Baboon Troop And Their Behavior And Hi...

They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened. Here is ...

An illustrated account of human movement, travel, exploration, and scientific discovery—from the first trade networks in ancient Sumer to the epic Voyage...

As a journalist for the Independent, Emma Bamford is swept along with the London rat race, lost among the egos of Fleet Street. Surrounded by budget cuts a...

A seasonal meander through the wilds of Scotland. 'If Clanlands was a gentle road trip through Scotland, this almanac is a top down, pedal to the metal up ...

This First-person Narrative About An Archaeological Discovery Is Rewriting The Story Of Human Evolution. A Story Of Defiance And Determination By A Controve...

From One Of Our Most Astute Observers Of Human Nature, A Far-reaching Exploration Of Japanese History And Culture And A Moving Meditation On Impermanence, M...

In this technology-driven age, it’s tempting to believe that science can solve every mystery. After all, science has cured countless diseases and even sen...

The Heartwarming True Story Of One Man, His Rescue Cat, And Their Bike Ride Around The World, From The Creator Of The Massively Popular 1bike1world Instagra...

From The Acclaimed Biographer Of The Sisters, The Story Of One Of The Most Remarkable Women Of The 19th Century, Who Traveled Far And Wide On A Quest For Tr...

In 1993, Sigrid Rausing, A Young Student Working On A Phd In Anthropology, Went To Spend A Year Living In Estonia, A Remote Baltic State That Had Just Gaine...

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than F...

A year and a half into our marriage, I found out my husband had been having an affair with a nineteen-year-old for six months. I filed for divorce and left...

Nansen: The Explorer as Hero is a well-crafted, masterfully researched biography of Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian doctor-scientist some consider the great...

From Ben And Erin Napier, The Stars Of The Hit Hgtv Show Home Town, Comes Make Something Good Today, A Memoir That Lets Us All Know That Great Love Stories ...

From the bestselling author of the definitive book on D-Day comes the definitive book on the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the g...

The Creator Of Grey's Anatomy And Scandal Details The One-year Experiment With Saying Yes That Transformed Her Life, Revealing How Accepting Unexpected Invi...

Product Description New York Times bestseller An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him be...

Anne Enright is a dazzling writer of international stature and one of Ireland’s most singular voices. Now she delivers The Gathering, a moving, evocative...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me reveal never-before-told stories of Secret Service Agent Clint Hi...