Adventurers & Explorers
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The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy
$22.99 Add to cart“[A] testament to a great spirit, a woman who lived in terrifying proximity to one of the greatest writers of all time, and who understood exactly the high price she would have to pay for this privile
- Author: Porter, Cathy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 07 2010
- ISBN10: 0061997412
- Language: English
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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
$22.99 Add to cart“Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope” (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the Califor… [more below]
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1541672542
- Language: English
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Horn of the Hunter: The Story of an African Safari
$19.95 Add to cartNo other book can give you the feel of Africa like this one can.
- Author: Ruark, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: August 26 2002
- ISBN10: 1571572635
- Language: English
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River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
$32.50 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy–from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and De… [more below]
- Author: Millard, Candice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0385543107
- Language: English
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The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman’s Journey to Every Country in the World
$35.00 Read moreIn this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo–the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world–shares her journey around the globe with fa… [more below]
- Author: Nabongo, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1426222262
- Language: English
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Alexander Von Humboldt: A Concise Biography
$24.95 Add to cartAn engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von Humboldt
In this lucid biography, Andreas Daum offers a succinct and novel interpretation of the life and oeuvre of Ale- Author: Daum, Andreas W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0691247366
- Language: English
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Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Editors’ Choice
“Delivers everything its title promises and much more.” – NPR
“Remarkable… Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like- Author: Renner, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 125084259X
- Language: English
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The World Walk: 7 Years. 28,000 Miles. 6 Continents. a Grand Meditation, One Step at a Time.
$28.99 Add to cartThe World Walk is the invigorating true story of a man and his dog who circled the globe on foot.
After the death of a close friend at seventeen, Tom Turcich resolved to make the most out of life; to- Author: Turcich, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1510779019
- Language: English
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Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon
$19.95 Add to cart“Path of Light is a true adventure of
a read.”–DAVID GESSNER, New York Times bestselling author
Explorer Morgan Sjogren retraces the 1920s Bernheimer expeditions into the heart of Glen Canyon and Bears… [more below]
- Author: Sjogren, Morgan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 317
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1948814730
- Language: English
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The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
$18.95 Add to cartPatrick Leigh Fermor recounts the last leg of his epic walk across Europe as he makes his way through Bulgaria, Romania, and finally Greece.
In the winter of 1933, eighteen-year-old Patrick (“Paddy”)- Series: Nyrb Classics
- Author: Leigh Fermor, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 20 2015
- ISBN10: 1590177797
- Language: English
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Hudson Bay Bound: Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic
$16.95 Read moreThe remarkable eighty-five-day journey of the first two women to canoe the 2,000-mile route from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay
Unrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and
- Author: Warren, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1517913748
- Language: English
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The White Ladder: Triumph and Tragedy at the Dawn of Mountaineering
$32.50 Add to cartWhether in the name of conquest, science, or the divine, humans across the centuries have had myriad reasons to climb mountains. From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges o
- Author: Light, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1324066210
- Language: English
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Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
$29.00 Add to cartA memoir of the author’s journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece.
Wit’s End isn’t just a state of mind. It’s the na- Author: Hutchison, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1250285704
- Language: English
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Flying Free: My Victory Over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the Us Aerobatic Team
$16.99 Read moreThe daughter of a Chilean father and a Filipina mother, Cecilia Rodriguez Aragon grew up as a shy, timid child in a small midwestern town during the 1960s. Targeted by school bullies and dismissed by
- Author: Aragon, Cecilia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1665088087
- Language: English
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Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America’s Most Select Airborne Firefighters
$18.99 Add to cartA Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller
“A fascinating look” (Esquire) inside the world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of
- Author: Ramos, Jason A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0062319639
- Language: English
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Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild
$28.00 Read moreAdmired by millions as the star of Man vs. Wild and the acclaimed NGC series Running Wild, global adventurer Bear Grylls has explored places few would dare to go. Now, he shares time-honored lessons f… [more below]
- Author: Grylls, Bear
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1426222629
- Language: English
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Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing
$29.00 Read moreThis powerful memoir shares an adventure journalist’s story of a decade-long, round-the-world quest to overcome his drug addiction and to understand and heal from past traumas.
Suffering from PTSD and… [more below]
- Author: Wetzler, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0306829304
- Language: English
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Taleisin’s Tales: Sailing Towards the Southern Cross
$18.95 Read moreWith stories from paradise and hard-won lessons in seamanship, Taleisin’s Tales reflects back to the first miles Lin and Larry gained together on their second cruising boat, taking the reader from lau
- Author: Pardey, Lin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1929214111
- Language: English
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Albert and the Whale: Albrecht D?er and How Art Imagines Our World
$16.95 Read moreAn illuminating exploration of the intersection between life, art and the sea from the award-winning author of The Whale.
In 1520, Albrecht D?er, the most celebrated artist in Northern Europe, sailed- Author: Hoare, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1643139479
- Language: English
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Don’t Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky
$27.00 Add to cartFrom Homer Hickam, the author of the #1 bestselling Rocket Boys adapted into the beloved film October Sky, comes this astonishing memoir of high adventure, war, love, NASA, and his struggle for litera… [more below]
- Author: Hickam, Homer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1642938246
- Language: English
