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Whether it’s a chocolate tour of the Caribbean or a swim to the tiny monastery island on Italy’s Lago d’Orta, dive in an......more

From the flower-filled meadows of the Dolomites to a blanket of stars above Chile’s Elqui Valley: set forth and share in......more

A Bill-Brysonesque romp through this often-overlooked travellers’ gem of East Asia. For seventeen years, journalist, tea......more

In his introduction, guest editor Andrew McCarthy says that the best travel writing is the anonymous and solitary trave......more

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As a professional travel writer and editor for the past 40 years, Don George has been paid to explore the world. Through......more

Susan Kelley writes a hilarious memoir of one couple s sixteen-year romp living, working, and playing in Florence, the a......more

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Un viaje, muchas historias. Un libro sobre los retos, victorias y derrotas de aventurarse a vivir en un pa s lejano y ex......more

Skyward is as much the memoir of great American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. as it is a fascinating narrative o......more

As the culminating volume of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr.’s renowned expeditions, this is the autobiography of a man who......more

The preeminent expat writer on Paris and author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World takes you on an unforgettable no......more

Ex-newspaper editor Jason Heppenstall, worn down by the constant drumbeat of dire news in the world, decides to set out ......more

Land of Dark and Sun chronicles author Lindsey Clark s nine-month journey through fifteen countries in southern and east......more

Bill Mahoney has been a vagabond since he began hitchhiking across the United States at thirteen, so finding a Dutch hou......more

Nine Passes, Todd Bruce s deeply personal account of his 300-mile backpacking expedition through the Sierra Nevada, is i......more

INSATIABLE is a compelling, deeply personal memoir of my over two years backpacking around the world. The book sparkles ......more

A JOURNEY THROUGH 135 COUNTRIES REVEALS WISDOM FROM UNLIKELY SAGES In THE DIRECTIONS TO HAPPINESS, Bruce Thoreau Northam......more

Running on Empty is a road book in the mold of Steinbeck s Travels With Charley, Least Heat-Moon s Blue Highways and Ker......more

Can a man change his stars? Can he ever really rise above? These are the questions that plague our mortal souls. Bryce F......more

States of Desire Revisited looks back from the twenty-first century at a pivotal moment in the late 1970s: Gay Liberatio......more

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD FOR NATURAL HISTORY LITERATURE A FINALIST FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONA......more

Jeff Greenwald’s classic travelogue follows his quest for the "perfect" Buddha statue. At turns hilarious and moving, hi......more

A funny, sexy, and ultimately poignant memoir about mastering the art of the "vacationship"--the inspiration for the upc......more

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Tim Parks’s books on Italy have been hailed as "so vivid, so packed with delectable details, [they] serve as a more than......more

From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating ad......more

A collection of humorous and moving encounters with a sublime world and the extraordinary souls who fill it. Bestselling......more

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After a childhood of summers spent in the back seat of a car, and four months before the turn of the millenium, M.M. Jus......more

Freelance writer and photographer Carol Miller confirms herself a dedicated historian in Travels in Syria. After years o......more

Storytellers, said Walter Benjamin, are descended from one of two tribes: the mariners or the peasants. We revel in the ......more

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From riding an elephant in Chitwan National Park to dining on chocolate doughnuts en route to Mount Everest Base Camp, d......more

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When you embark on a trip that takes you far away from the comforts of your home-whether it s to an exotic location situ......more

Join the author and his old Dutch campervan Brian on their quest to visit every brewery in Scotland. Settle down in th......more

A remarkable nineteenth-century account of Istanbul - which begins with a dazzling description of the city gradually app......more

The story of a young man s outrageous adventures in China and his search for identity in the most unexpected of places. ......more

Praise for 44 Days: What if Alexis de Tocqueville were fluent in Mandarin and traveling through China by backpack and bu......more

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A Japanese magic-lantern show is essentially dramatic. It is a play of which the dialogue is uttered by invisible person......more

Here are a number of taverns and trattorie, much frequented by the lower ranks of the Roman people... Similar places of ......more

You might believe yourself, at sight of this Muscovite architecture, in some chimerical Asiatic city-you could easily ta......more

There is the normal way to get to a wedding held three time zones away. And there s the Ryan-Elson way. When his younges......more

"Nobody who has not taken one can imagine the beauty of a walk through Rome by full moon," wrote Goethe in 1787. Sadly, ......more

In an engaging and refreshing style, Niblock provides a glimpse into the nuances and complexities of life in modern Chin......more

"A book to be plundered and raided." -- New York Times Book Review "A portal into a world of timeless travel literature ......more

From September 23 - October 19, 2004,
Vicki Cain embarked on an arduous 10,000-mile road trip across America that retrac......more

In 2006 I embarked upon a year of travelling in eastern Europe. I have chronicled my experiences and encounters during t......more

Avalanche and Gorilla Jim is a true picture of what it’s like to hike over 1300 miles of fun-filled, gut-wrenching, awe ......more

Africa: a continent of mystery, magic, wonder - and stories. It is here our ancestors huddled around the glowing embers ......more

Behind the Smile is an inside look at the world of Caribbean tourism as seen through the lives of the men and women in t......more

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A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title More than a decade ago, Sara Wheeler traveled to Antarctica to unders......more

Shelley and her husband, Mike, embarked on a two-month trip around the world after ten months living in France. Their me......more

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Losing his spouse of nearly twenty-eight years to fast moving cancer the author found himself facing loneliness like nev......more

David Herbert Richards Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, literary critic and pai......more

The central concern of this study is the basic question: what does it mean to travel? In order to understand this query,......more

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Smart, funny, and filled with a clever gypsy s wanderlust, Riding the Asian Dragon: Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Peop......more

The New Zealand All Blacks are one of the most recognisable team franchises in modern sport, and their performance of th......more

Pamela Windo chronicles her love of Morocco and its people in this wondrous collection of true stories, peeling back lay......more

With a New Afterword by the Author Part travelogue, part historical evocation, part personal quest, and part reflection ......more

An irreverent tale of an American Jew serving in the Peace Corps in rural China, which reveals the absurdities, joys, an......more

How do we come to know a place, and in seeking to know it do we make it foreign from ourselves? Do we tackle it from oth......more

Hobos are America s historic backbone. Reams of books describe how townspeople, and even RR bulls during the Great Depre......more

Examining the emerging figure of the woman doctor and her relationship to empire in Victorian culture, Narin Hassan trac......more

"Splendid... Reading The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is the next best thing to a Paris vacation." -Boston Globe "An......more

The western United States is a region of open space that has profoundly shaped the American character. In The Four-Corne......more