Travel Writing

Freeman Dyson, renowned physicist and public intellectual, edits this year’s volume of the finest science and nature writing. Categories: Science & Ma...

Combining Memoir With Vivid Scenes At The Table; Interviews With The World's Most Renowned Chefs, Restaurateurs, And Eaters; And A Few Well-placed Rants And...

Albert Einstein's brain floats in formaldehyde in a Tupperware bowl in a gray duffel bag in the trunk of a Buick Skylark barreling across America. Driving ...

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

Hailed as a classic upon its first publication in 1934, The Valleys of the Assassins firmly established Freya Stark as one of her generation's most intrepi...

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...

God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous ...

Jamaica Kincaid's Among Flowers: A Walk In The Himalaya Is The Classic Travel Memoir About A Master Novelist's Journey To The Himalaya In Search Of Seeds......

travel Is Not About Finding Something. It S About Getting Lost -- That Is, It Is About Losing Yourself In A Place And A Moment. The Little Things That Tethe...

Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger...

A completely revised travel guide for women travelers covers important issues of health, safety, and comfort while traveling on a budget. Original.Categorie...

In early 1862, as the beginning of the Civil War marked its first anniversary, Major General George Brinton McClellan developed a plan for one of the most d...

A poetic and richly sensual chronicle of a Westerner's unexpected love affair with Morocco Pamela Windo chronicles her love of Morocco and its people in...

... Journey Into The Past And Present Of The Lands East Of Poland And West Of Russia. Germans -- Poles & Lithuanians -- Russians, Belarusians, & Ukr...

Alayne Main.Categories: TravelTravel Writing

Rachel is finding it increasingly difficult to ignore her sister’s derision, society’s silent wagging finger and her father’s advancing years. She’s...

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...

To celebrate her 50th birthday and face the challenges of mid-life, Jane Christmas joins 14 women to hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Despite a ...

Gilbert/eat Pray LoveCategories: Travel Asia IndonesiaGeneral

In 2004, Michael Wright turned his back on Blighty to begin a new life as the owner of a delapidated 15th century farmhouse called ‘La Folie.’ This is a...

in April 1992 A Young Man From A Well-to-do Family Hitchhiked To Alaska And Walked Alone Into The Wilderness North Of Mt. Mckinley. His Name Was Christophe...

In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated bard of Tuscany (New York Times) lyrically chronic...

The Nile, like all of Egypt, is both timeless and ever-changing. In these pages, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey downriver that i...

for Those Who Think That Travel Guidebooks Are The Gospel Truth. the Waitress Suggests That I Come Back After She Closes Down The Restaurant, Around Midnig...

Expanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down 16 of Canada's great rivers, Roy MacGregor tells the story of our c...

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 ...

Following the triumph of thier trip through France to Carcassonne, these two pensioners (and thier whippet, Jim) now cast off in thier narrowboat down the I...

Spanning the globe with dozens of top places to go each season, National Geographic's expert travel writers and photographers invite you to experience the w...

Wildlife in North America is under pressure, both from hunters and poachers and from habitat loss. Bears and other large animals naturally wander across an...

Mark Thomas—a legendarily seditious comedian and human rights activist—is a recovering Coca-Cola addict, a self-described “middle-aged fat dad with a...

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 ...

A Gritty, Thrilling Portrait Of America's Underground Traveling Community.Categories: TravelUnited States

This sequel to our popular Canada's Best Canoe Routes offers 31 more prime paddling trips, encompassing British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador, and n...

"As you finish the final chapters, a languor sets in, not unlike the feeling after a day of paddling and an evening of storytelling around the campfire." ...

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...

Whether you're an armchair traveler, a serious hamburger connoisseur, or a curious adventurer up for a road trip, Hamburger America will be your guide to re...

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,...

Offers road maps of Canada, including detailed maps of major cities and their surroundings, as well as information about how to deal with driving hazards, m...

A collection of stories from David Foster Wallace is occasion to celebrate. These stories — which have been prominently serialized in Harper's, Esquire, t...

"Without doubt JBS, as many know him, is one of the world's most eminent explorers"- Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt. OBE\For over 60 years John Blashford-Snell has...

now Revered As One Of North America's Top Birders, Kenn Kaufman Hit The Road At Age Sixteen And Spent A Year Crisscrossing The Country To See As Many Bird...

301pages. 22x14x3cm. Broché.Categories: TravelTravel Writing

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...

Don Starkell decided to paddle a kayak from Hudson Bay 3,000 miles through the Northwest Passage. Paddle to the Arctic is Don's diary of his journey from Ch...

During the year the Berlin Wall came down, as the empire convulsed and died, Kapuscinski talked to hundreds of ordinary people about their extraordinary liv...

Part fishing trip, part history and lore, this is the story of Algonquin Park’s oldest fishing guide. Richly anecdotal, entertaining and with marvelous ph...

"In 1996, successful businessman and certified pilot, Scott Griffin, decided to break from the comfortable routine of his life to go to work for the Flying ...

A Best Book of the YearUSA Today * Time Magazine * Washington Post * Miami Herald * Richmond Times Dispatch * Christian Science Monitor * Daily Beast * Min...