Essays & Travelogues
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French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France
$19.99 Add to cartA story about dirt–and about sun, water, work, elation, and defeat. And about the sublime pleasure of having a little piece of French land all to oneself to till.
Richard Goodman saw the ad in the p- Author: Goodman, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 203
- Publish Date: April 05, 2002
- ISBN10: 1565123522
- Language: English
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Nature Swagger: Stories and Visions of Black Joy in the Outdoors
$24.95 Read moreAn exquisite combination of beautiful photography and compelling stories, this book from Outdoor Afro founder, Rue Mapp, celebrates Black joy in nature.
Filled with breathtaking photography, inspiring- Author: Mapp, Rue
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1797214292
- Language: English
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Hidden Japan: An Astonishing World of Thatched Villages, Ancient Shrines and Primeval Forests
$15.99 Add to cart“A sharp-tongued spokesman for Japan’s environment and traditions” —The New York Times
In Alex Kerr’s critically acclaimed Lost Japan and Dogs and Demons, he documented the decline of the traditional- Author: Kerr, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 5, 2023
- ISBN10: 4805317515
- Language: English
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Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier
$18.00 Add to cart**The National Bestseller**
From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America’s last frontier In 1899, railroad- Author: Adams, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 28, 2019
- ISBN10: 1101985127
- Language: English
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Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
$20.00 Add to cartTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIR
What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the- Author: Adams, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0452297982
- Language: English
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
$32.00 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
- Author: Pirsig, Robert M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 01, 1974
- ISBN10: 0688002307
- Language: English
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The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
$20.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed author of The Wild Places and Underland examines the subtle ways we are shaped by the landscapes through which we move
Chosen by Slate as one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the past- Series: Landscapes #3
- Author: MacFarlane, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 0147509793
- Language: English
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
$18.95 Add to cartNo one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines a… [more below]
- Author: Krakauer, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 17, 2019
- ISBN10: 1493035371
- Language: English
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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World
$19.99 Add to cartNow a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe to investigate not what… [more below]
- Author: Weiner, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 05 2009
- ISBN10: 044669889X
- Language: English
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Blue Highways: A Journey Into America
$22.99 Add to cartHailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation’s backroads.
William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home be- Author: Heat Moon, William Least
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 19, 1999
- ISBN10: 0316353299
- Language: English
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Bicycle Diaries
$18.00 Add to cart“…an engaging book: part diary, part manifesto.” The Guardian
A round-the-world bicycle tour with one of the most original artists of our day. Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as- Author: Byrne, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 28, 2010
- ISBN10: 0143117963
- Language: English
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In a Sunburned Country
$20.00 Add to cartEvery time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. This time in Australia.
His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime nation- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0767903862
- Language: English
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A Long Tangent: Musings by an old man & his young dog hiking every day for a year
$26.00 Add to cartWHEN M. JOHN FAYHEE first arrived in New Mexico’s rugged Gila Country, he was a naive 20-year-old who didn’t know a javelina from an enchilada. Much has changed in the intervening half century.
In this
- Author: Fayhee, M. John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 406
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1958870080
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
$19.00 Add to cart“An intriguing amalgam of personal memoir, philosophical speculation, natural lore, cultural history, and art criticism.” —Los Angeles Times
From the award-winning author of Orwell’s Roses, a stimula- Author: Solnit, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 27 2006
- ISBN10: 143037242
- Language: English
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Round Here and Over Yonder: A Front Porch Travel Guide by Two Progressive Hillbillies (Yes, That’s a Thing.)
$29.99 Read moreJoin Southern comedian duo Trae Crowder and Corey Ryan Forrester in this hilarious and irreverent travel guide as they wander about ponderin’ the peculiarities beyond their small-town front porches.
Tr
- Author: Crowder, Trae
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1404117547
- Language: English
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The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
$20.99 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – #1 Indie Next Pick – Winner of the PEN New England Award
“Enchanting…A book filled with so much love…Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best w- Author: Buck, Rinker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 07, 2016
- ISBN10: 1451659172
- Language: English
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On Trails: An Exploration
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller – Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award – Winner of the Saroyan International Prize for Writing – Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award – “The best outdoors book of
- Author: Moor, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 04, 2017
- ISBN10: 1476739234
- Language: English
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One Man’s Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan Odyssey
$19.99 Add to cartWinner of the National Outdoor Book Award.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of when Dick Proenneke first broke ground and made his mark in the Alaskan wilds in 1968, this bestselling memoir features a
- Author: Proenneke, Richard Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 11, 2018
- ISBN10: 1513261649
- Language: English
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Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route Into Spain
$18.99 Add to cartWhen Jack Hitt set out to walk the 500 miles from France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, he submitted to the rigorous traditions of Europe’s oldest form of packaged tour, a pilgrimage that has been … [more below]
- Author: Hitt, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 11, 2010
- ISBN10: 0743261119
- Language: English
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Travels with Charley: In Search of America
$14.00 Add to cartAn intimate journey across America, as told by one of its most beloved writers
To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light–these were Jo- Author: Steinbeck, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 31, 1980
- ISBN10: 0140053204
- Language: English
