Essays & Travelogues
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The Travels
$25.00 Add to cartA sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo’s seminal account of his journeys in the east, in a collectible clothbound edition.
Marco Polo was the most fa- Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
- Author: Polo, Marco
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 29 2015
- ISBN10: 014119877X
- Language: English
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Europe’s Top 100 Masterpieces: Art for the Traveler
$27.99 Read moreExplore Europe’s top 100 works of art with America’s most trusted travel authority, Rick Steves.
Travel through time and discover Europe’s most iconic paintings, sculptures, and historic buildings. Fro… [more below]- Author: Steves, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1641712236
- Language: English
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Hometown Pasadena
$29.95 Add to cartFrom Sierra Madre and Altadena to South Pasadena and Old Town, the long-awaited third edition of Hometown Pasadena is a new kind of city book that provides a fresh look at everything this world-class … [more below]
- Author: Bates, Colleen Dunn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 193884999X
- Language: English
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Alibis
$19.00 Add to cartFrom André Aciman, the New York Times bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name, comes an eclectic collection of essays on memory and exile inspired by the quiet moments of an introspective travel
- Author: Aciman, André
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1250013984
- Language: English
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The Maine Woods
$17.00 Add to cart“What a wilderness walk for a man to take alone!…Here was traveling of the old heroic kind over the unaltered face of nature.” -Henry David Thoreau
Over a period of three years, Thoreau made three t- Series: Classic, Nature, Penguin
- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 01 1988
- ISBN10: 0140170138
- Language: English
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Beatles Blackouts: Trips Around the World in Search of Beatles Monuments
$17.95 Read moreFear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets a drunken Eat, Pray, Love in this unique tour of global BeatlemaniaDid you know that there’s a Beatles monument in Kazakhstan? Jack Marriott didn’t, and he thought… [more below]
- Author: Marriott, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1648412017
- Language: English
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A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime: Antietam, Gettysburg, and Beyond
$31.95 Add to cartJoin author John Banks on a captivating journey through America’s rich history as he explores famous battlefields, historic homes, and forts across the country.
Over more than a year, John Banks crissc… [more below]
- Author: Banks, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1734627670
- Language: English
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Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder
$21.99 Add to cartAt sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president and hit the road, hitching back and forth across America, from Alaska to Florida, Maine to Mexico. Maybe
- Author: Kaufman, Kenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0618709401
- Language: English
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The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
$19.00 Add to cartIn 1995, Iowa native Bill Bryson took a motoring trip around Britain to explore that green and pleasant land. The uproarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, is one of the most acute por… [more below]
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 0804172714
- Language: English
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Wander Lust: A sassy, sexy memoir of my journey from the known to the wild unknown
$12.99 Add to cartWarning: This book may result in the impulse buy of a one way plane ticket to anywhere.
There I was, again, sitting in a boring, gray cubicle. Meddling through emails as I drank copious amounts of coff
- Author: Platanella, Bethany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798989006809
- Language: English
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On the Wandering Paths
$19.95 Read moreA walking journey through France’s vast interior becomes a meditation on both personal recovery and the role of history in the present–more than 425,000 copies sold in France
After a free-climbing a
- Series: Univocal
- Author: Tesson, Sylvain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 02, 2022
- ISBN10: 1517912814
- Language: English
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The Colossus of Maroussi
$15.95 Add to cartLike the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of prominent tra… [more below]
- Series: New Directions Paperbook
- Author: Miller, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 18 2010
- ISBN10: 0811218570
- Language: English
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Wander Woman: How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World, Solo
$19.99 Add to cart“The ideal companion for the solo traveler, both before and during her trip.” — Pauline Frommer
Achieve your solo female travel dreams with this empowering guide for women who want to see the world-… [more below]- Author: Santos, Beth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1538741318
- Language: English
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Far and Away: A Prize Every Time
$39.95 Read moreFollowing in the tradition of Ghost Rider and Traveling Music, Rush drummer Neil Peart lets us ride with him along the backroads of North America, Europe, and South America, sharing his experiences in
- Author: Peart, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: May 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1770410589
- Language: English
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To Venture Further: An Incredible Boat Journey Across the Waterways of Thailand
$19.95 Add to cartIn this memorable exploit from a master storyteller, legendary sailor Tristan Jones makes an exceedingly difficult passage through the infamous Kra peninsula in a small fishing boat.
- Series: Sheridan House Maritime Classics
- Author: Jones, Tristan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493073281
- Language: English
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Into the Carpathians: A Journey Through the Heart and History of East Central Europe (Part 2: The Western Mountains) [Black and White Editio
$19.95 Add to cartFinalist, 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Travel and Regional Non-Fiction categories.
The journey continues in Part 2 of Into the Carpathians: an engaging and informative chronicle of a 2005 hi
- Series: Into the Carpathians #2
- Author: Sparks, Alan E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0578754479
- Language: English
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
$23.00 Add to cartIn 1834, Richard Henry Dana Jr. left the comforts of Boston for the hardships and abuses of the most exploited segment of the American working class. Dana’s account of his passage around Cape Horn to
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Dana, Richard Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 17, 1981
- ISBN10: 0140390081
- Language: English
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What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir
$19.00 Add to cartA funny, sexy, and ultimately poignant memoir about mastering the art of the “vacationship”–the inspiration for the upcoming Freeform series While You Were Breeding
“What I Was Doing While You Were Br… [more below]- Author: Newman, Kristin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 20 2014
- ISBN10: 0804137609
- Language: English
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Land’s End
$16.00 Add to cart“Cunningham’s short book is a haunting, beautiful piece of work. . . . A magnificent work of art.” –The Washington Post
“Easily read on a plane-and-ferry journey from here to the sandy, tide-washed ti- Author: Cunningham, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 22 2012
- ISBN10: 125001770X
- Language: English
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Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will
$30.00 Read moreA lovely small-trim edition of the award-winning Atlas of Remote Islands
The Atlas of Remote Islands, Judith Schalansky’s beautiful and deeply personal account of the islands that have held a place in- Author: Schalansky, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 12 2014
- ISBN10: 0143126679
- Language: English
