Essays & Travelogues
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Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition
$24.95 Read moreOften viewed in isolation, the Jolliet and Marquette expedition in fact took place against a sprawling backdrop that encompassed everything from ancient Native American cities to French colonial machi… [more below]
- Author: Walczynski, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0252087356
- Language: English
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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel /]crolf Potts
$17.00 Read moreINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss – “Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a long-term trip, can… [more below]
- Author: Potts, Rolf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 24 2002
- ISBN10: 0812992180
- Language: English
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Planes Flying Over a Monster: Essays
$26.00 Read moreFrom one of Mexico’s most exciting young writers, a cosmopolitan and candid essay collection exploring life in cities across the world and reflecting on the transformative importance of literature in … [more below]
- Author: Saldaña ParÃs, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1646222318
- Language: English
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Reservations: The Pleasures and Perils of Travel
$22.95 Add to cartSteve Burgess takes readers around the world as he ponders our right to roam.
In this smart and sharply funny exploration of tourism, Steve Burgess poses the questions that all travelers should pause
- Author: Burgess, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1771624019
- Language: English
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Immersion: A Linguist’s Memoir
$17.99 Read moreFans of the self-discovering journeys in Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Andrew McCarthy’s The Longest Way Home will love diving into linguist Linda Murphy Marshall’s adventure-filled international journey … [more below]
- Author: Murphy Marshall, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1647427207
- Language: English
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Virga & Bone: Essays from Dry Places
$14.95 Add to cart“Sumptuous and vivid in every instance. Childs writes with enviable concision and richness of depth in these miniature essays.”
—THE UTAH REVIEWWriter and adventurer Craig Childs dwells upon desert ic
- Author: Childs, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1948814188
- Language: English
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Great Plains
$21.00 Read moreNational Bestseller
Most travelers only fly over the Great Plains–but Ian Frazier, ever the intrepid and wide-eyed wanderer, is not your average traveler. A hilarious and fascinating look at the gre- Author: Frazier, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0312278500
- Language: English
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My Pisces Heart: A Black Immigrant’s Search for Home Across Four Continents
$28.00 Read moreWith heart, humor, and razor-sharp observation, this intimate and incisive memoir traces the journey of a Black, queer woman as she searches the world for a place of security and acceptance to call ho… [more below]
- Author: Neal, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1646221842
- Language: English
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Venice Is a Fish: Venice Is a Fish: A Sensual Guide
$24.00 Add to cartOne of Italy’s brightest literary lights reinvents travel writing with a seductive, intoxicating celebration of the magical saltwater city
“Venice is a fish,” writes Tiziano Scarpa. “It’s like a vas- Author: Scarpa, Tiziano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 1592405029
- Language: English
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A Long Walk South: Adventures and Tales from the Appalachian Trail
$18.95 Add to cartThere’s something to be said about being average. It’s not a bad thing, but it isn’t necessarily great either. After growing up in suburban New England, following the social norms and reluctantly fall
- Author: Herrick, Bradley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 07 2024
- ISBN10: 9798889605485
- Language: English
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Go to Hell: A Traveler’s Guide to Earth’s Most Otherworldly Destinations
$24.99 Add to cartYou can go to hell and back with the help of this one-of-a-kind illustrated travel guide to real-life underworld destinations around the globe. Full of intrigue, lore, and plenty of brimstone and fire… [more below]
- Author: Engelhaupt, Erika
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1426223536
- Language: English
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The Passenger: South Korea
$22.00 Read moreFully-illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world.
IN THIS VOLUME: Hell Joseon by Elisa Shua Dusapin – The View from the North by Lee
- Series: Passenger
- Author: VV Aa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1787705153
- Language: English
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Thrilling Cities: Fourteen Cities Seen Through the Eyes of Ian Fleming, the Creator of James Bond
$18.99 Add to cartA CAPTIVATING JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD FROM THE CREATOR OF JAMES BOND
Ian Fleming’s world travels and interests, as well as his journalism and wartime experiences, lent authority to everything he wrote
- Author: Fleming, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 0063299143
- Language: English
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Into the Thin: A Pilgrimage Walk Across Northern Spain
$20.00 Add to cartIt felt like an emotional crucifixion-a dark year in which a father figure passed, a friend and mentor suffered a terminal illness, one child entered psychosis, another child took his life, a 14-year … [more below]
- Author: Drew, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1956368698
- Language: English
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The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca
$18.00 Add to cartIn the tradition of A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true. By turns hilarious… [more below]
- Author: Shah, Tahir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0553383108
- Language: English
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Cape Cod
$8.95 Read more“Unquestionably the best book that has ever been written about Cape Cod, and it is the model to which all new books about the Cape are still compared.” — Walter Harding, The Days of Henry Thoreau
The- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 19 2004
- ISBN10: 486434931
- Language: English
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Wanderlust: Extraordinary People, Quirky Places, and Curious Cuisine
$17.95 Read moreIn this engaging follow-up to her first book, Travel Mania, Karen Gershowitz reflects on the unusual places she’s visited (in more than ninety countries!). Along the way, readers will be introduced to… [more below]
- Author: Gershowitz, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1647425573
- Language: English
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Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
$19.95 Add to cartA new and expanded edition of Peter Allison’s hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: “Only food runs!”
With biting wit and tales of outrageous adventure, Peter Al
- Author: Allison, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149303538X
- Language: English
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Journey without Maps
$24.00 Add to cartHis mind crowded with vivid images of Africa, Graham Greene set off in 1935 to discover Liberia, a remote and unfamiliar republic founded for released slaves. Now with a new introduction by Paul Thero… [more below]
- Author: Greene, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 27 2006
- ISBN10: 0143039725
- Language: English
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The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story
$19.99 Add to cartAfter fifteen years of living like a vagabond on her reporter’s schedule, Julia Reed got married and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four weeks after she moved in, Hurricane Katrina st
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Reed, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 30 2009
- ISBN10: 0061136654
- Language: English
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