Essays & Travelogues
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Nepal One Day at a Time: One woman’s quest to teach, trek and build a school in the remote Himalaya
$17.95 Add to cartA Himalayan adventure travel memoir with a humanitarian twist. About to turn sixty-eight, Patti’s life was disintegrating. Leaving behind her injured husband she packs her bags and heads to Nepal. Sol
- Author: Lefkos, Patti
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: June 23 2020
- ISBN10: 1999229800
- Language: English
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The Marches: A Borderland Journey Between England and Scotland
$18.99 Add to cartFrom a member of Parliament and best-selling author of The Places in Between, an exploration of the Marches–the borderland between England and Scotland–and the political turmoil and vivid lives that
- Author: Stewart, Rory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 19 2017
- ISBN10: 1328745651
- Language: English
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Two Lane Gems, Vol. 2: Bison are Giant and Other Observations from an American Road Trip
$53.32 Add to cartTwo Lane Gems, Vol. 2: Bison are Giant and Other Observations from an American Road Trip is a delightful tale of buffalo, waterfalls, and frosty treats. Theresa L. Goodrich and her ever-so-patient hus
- Series: Two Lane Gems #2
- Author: Goodrich, Theresa L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: December 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0960049509
- Language: English
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Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
$19.99 Add to cartIt started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan McGregor — acclaimed actor and self-confessed bike nut — noticed that it was possible to ride all … [more below]
- Author: McGregor, Ewan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0743499344
- Language: English
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First Wilderness, Revised Edition: My Quest in the Territory of Alaska
$29.99 Add to cartThe story behind the best-selling book One Man’s Wilderness and how author Sam Keith and Dick Proenneke met and forged an everlasting friendship.
“Sam, you know right well you don’t want to leave this
- Author: Keith, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1513261657
- Language: English
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World Piece: A Pie Baker’s Global Quest for Peace, Love, and Understanding
$18.00 Add to cartCAN PIE REALLY PROMOTE WORLD PEACE?
Beth Howard always dreamed of circumnavigating the planet; not to tick off a list of tourist sites, but to immerse herself in the culture of each country by making p
- Author: Howard, Beth M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1732672563
- Language: English
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The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time
$28.99 Add to cartA stunning tour of China, its people, and its history. Chosen as one of the best travel books of 1996 by the New York Times Book Review.
Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the Yangtze Riv- Author: Winchester, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: April 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0312423373
- Language: English
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The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris
$16.99 Add to cart“Splendid… Reading The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is the next best thing to a Paris vacation.” –Boston Globe
“Anyone who loves Paris and loves to walk will feel this book was written just for t
- Author: Baxter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 24 2011
- ISBN10: 0061998540
- Language: English
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The Seventh Heaven: Travels Through Jewish Latin America
$28.00 Add to cart2020 Natan Notable BookWinner, 2020 Latino Book Awards Best Travel Book
Internationally renowned essayist and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans spent five years traveling from across a dozen countrie… [more below]- Series: Pitt Latin American
- Author: Stavans, Ilan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 082296631X
- Language: English
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The Lycian Shore: A Turkish Odyssey
$17.95 Add to cart‘There are not so many places left where magic reigns without interruption and of all those I know, the coast of Lycia was the most magical.’ Lycia, on the southwestern coast of Turkey, is an ancient … [more below]
- Series: Freya Stark Collection
- Author: Stark, Freya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: September 20 2011
- ISBN10: 1848853122
- Language: English
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A Time to Keep Silence
$15.95 Add to cartWhile still a teenager, Patrick Leigh Fermor made his way across Europe, as recounted in his classic memoirs, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. During World War II, he fought with l… [more below]
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Leigh Fermor, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 30 2007
- ISBN10: 1590172442
- Language: English
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The Expat
$9.99 Add to cartAS AN EXPAT, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH UNFAMILIAR SITUATIONS AND PLACES AND NAVIGATE LIFE ALL OVER AGAIN?
For Jovelle, this is a constant cycle in her life as an expat. This book will reveal the life lesson
- Author: Fernandez, Jovelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: January 13 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887594798
- Language: English
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A Woman in the Polar Night
$19.95 Add to cart“An epic story, elegantly told and full of mystery.” — Maggie Shipstead, author of Great Circle
A rediscovered classic memoir – the mesmerizingly beautiful account of one woman’s year spent living in- Series: Pushkin Press Classics
- Author: Ritter, Christiane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1805330896
- Language: English
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Obata’s Yosemite: Art and Letters of Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927
$29.99 Add to cartChiura Obata, a gifted Japanese-born artist from California, made his first trip to Yosemite in 1927. The trip left a lasting impression in a remarkable collection of sketches, postcards, and letters…. [more below]
- Author: Obata, Chiura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: September 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0939666677
- Language: English
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Holiday: The Best Travel Magazine That Ever Was
$95.00 Add to cartThe first book on magazine sensation Holiday, which between 1946 and 1977 was one of the most exciting publications in the world. Renowned for its bold layouts, literary credibility, and ambitious cho… [more below]
- Author: Fiori, Pamela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 847866254
- Language: English
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On the Pony Express Trail: One Man’s Bikepacking Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind of Saddle
$24.95 Add to cartOn The Pony Express Trail: One Man’s Bikepacking Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind of Saddle recounts Scott Alumbaugh’s experience bikepacking the Pony Express Trail during the summer
- Author: Alumbaugh, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493068695
- Language: English
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How to Travel
$18.99 Add to cartA philosophical guide to the joys of travel and adventure.
In this compact collection of twenty essays, The School of Life applies their signature mix of philosophy, practicality, and wit to the act o- Author: Life of School the
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1999917960
- Language: English
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All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft
$16.99 Add to cartFrom the author of If You Can’t Take the Heat comes a travel memoir of finding yourself exactly where you need to be– even if you aren’t quite sure where you are
Some people are meant to travel the- Author: Deruiter, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 16 2019
- ISBN10: 1541724658
- Language: English
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American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal
$18.99 Add to cart“American Ramble is a dazzling mixture of travelogue, memoir, and history. At times profound, funny, and heartbreaking, this is the story of a traveler intoxicated by life. I couldn’t put it down.” —
- Author: King, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0063352443
- Language: English
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An African in Greenland
$19.95 Add to cartT t -Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland–and knew that he must go there. Working his way north over nearly a decade, Kpomassie finally arrived in the cou… [more below]
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Kpomassie, T?t?-Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 31 2001
- ISBN10: 0940322889
- Language: English
