Essays & Travelogues
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World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
$22.00 Add to cartA guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world tha
- Author: Bourdain, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0062802763
- Language: English
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Notes from a Small Island
$18.99 Add to cartFeaturing an all-new cover, New York Times bestseller Bill Bryson’s irrevent and hilarious journey through the beloved island nation he called home for two decades. From Downing Street to Loch Ness, t
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0380727501
- Language: English
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
$24.99 Add to cartTHE CLASSIC BOOK THAT HAS INSPIRED MILLIONS
A penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better
Few books transform a generation and then establish themselves as touchstones for the generati
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Pirsig, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 30, 2008
- ISBN10: 0061673730
- Language: English
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth… [more below]
- Series: Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 04 1999
- ISBN10: 0767902521
- Language: English
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The Man Who Walked Through Time: The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon
$17.00 Add to cart- Author: Fletcher, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 14 1989
- ISBN10: 0679723064
- Language: English
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Long Lost: Three Trails, 8,000 Miles, One Unexpected Journey Across America’s Triple Crown
$16.99 Add to cartWhat began as research for a trail guide became something far deeper: an odyssey of humility, wonder, and grit-forged lessons. Hiking all three longest and most iconic U.S. National Scenic Routes was
- Author: Asars, Tami
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 9798318818516
- Language: English
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I’ll Try Anything Twice: Misadventures of a Self-Medicated Life
$17.99 Add to cartFor readers who wish Eat, Pray, Love had a cynical streak comes this propulsive, wildly original memoir about a journalist’s quest to conquer depression and addiction, set against the backdrop of inte… [more below]
- Author: Schwartz, Carly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 9798896360940
- Language: English
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Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer
$19.95 Read moreA captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the world’s most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows, while pondering other i… [more below]
- Author: Antonson, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1778403778
- Language: English
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A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful
$24.00 Add to cartIn medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape.
Determined to avoid the fear and self-sacrific- Author: Lewis-Kraus, Gideon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 07 2013
- ISBN10: 1594631492
- Language: English
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This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
$22.00 Add to cartFor the last decade, Gretel Ehrlich has been obsessed by an island, a terrain, a culture, and the treacherous beauty of a world that is defined by ice. In This Cold Heaven she combines the story of he… [more below]
- Author: Ehrlich, Gretel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 07 2003
- ISBN10: 0679758526
- Language: English
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Along the Edge of America
$20.99 Add to cartThe best-selling author and walker Peter Jenkins, landlubber par excellence, now takes to the waves and explores, as only he can, a part of America rich in history, mystery, and lore: from the Florida
- Author: Jenkins, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 10 2011
- ISBN10: 0395877377
- Language: English
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The Best American Travel Writing
$19.99 Add to cartIn his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2008, editor Anthony Bourdain writes that the pieces that “spoke the loudest and most powerfully to me were usually evocative of the darker side… [more below]
- Series: Best American
- Author: Wilson, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0618858644
- Language: English
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The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
$15.95 Add to cartThe White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently en… [more below]
- Author: Harrer, Heinrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 28 1998
- ISBN10: 0874779405
- Language: English
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Walking the Line: Discoveries Along the Los Angeles City Limits
$21.95 Add to cartA 342-Mile Exploration of America’s Second Largest City
Walking the Line is an inspirational urban walking adventure that explores Los Angeles, away from the glamor and fame of its well-known centrally
- Author: Meals, Roy A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 9798999577702
- Language: English
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In Xanadu: A Quest
$19.00 Add to cartWilliam Dalrymple’s award-winning first book: his classic, fiercely intelligent and wonderfully entertaining account of his journey across Marco Polo’s 700-year-old route from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the… [more below]
- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 18 2012
- ISBN10: 0307948889
- Language: English
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Far Appalachia: Following the New River North
$24.00 Add to cartWith his sharp eye and gentle wit, Noah Adams doesn’t just tell stories, he lets them unfold quietly, powerfully, and eloquently. Now the beloved host of NPR’s All Things Considered and bestselling au… [more below]
- Author: Adams, Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0385320132
- Language: English
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Getting Lost on My Way: Self-Discovery on Ireland’s Backroads
$17.99 Add to cartFor fans of McCarthy’s Bar, a debut memoir about a woman’s humorous and poignant solo adventures of self-discovery on Ireland’s backroads following a painful divorce.
When an introverted, divorced, m- Author: Hartman, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1647429765
- Language: English
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My Little Donkey: And Other Essays
$27.00 Add to cartA collection of searching, curious, and surprising essays catalyzed by the author’s move in her sixties to a small Italian village, exploring selfhood, coincidence, inheritance, and the impermanence o… [more below]
- Author: Cooley, Martha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1646223020
- Language: English
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Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan
$21.99 Read moreOriginally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author’s experiences in Japan over 30 years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his i… [more below]
- Author: Kerr, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0141979747
- Language: English
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Islands Apart: A Year on the Edge of Civilization
$24.95 Add to cartAuthor Ken McAlpine stands in his front yard one night in Ventura, California, trying to see the stars. His view is diminished by light pollution, making it hard to see much of anything in the sky. Ou… [more below]
- Author: McAlpine, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 265
- Publish Date: July 14 2009
- ISBN10: 1590305302
- Language: English
