Travel - Special Interest

From scaling untouched Himalayan peaks to navigating pristine Amazon rapids, 50 Best Adventures on Earth is your ultimate guide to the planet's most extraordinary experiences, handpicked by legendary explorer Richard Bangs Transform your travel dreams into reality with this definitive guide from the founder...

Michigan's Lower Peninsula offers extremely diverse terrain, from beaches that are home to shipwrecks and lighthouses, streams populated with trout, and wildflower and orchid fields to spaces with unusual geological formations, sand dunes, and steep climbs, and beech forests perfect for birding. Each chapter...

Few hikers know the North Georgia Mountains as well as Johnny Molloy. In 50 stunning trails, he'll take you to waterfalls, overlooks, gigantic trees, historic sites, and landmarks such as Tallulah Gorge, Raven Cliff Falls, and the Chattooga River. In a region with an...

See the best of every state. Proud of where you're from? Curious about where you haven't been? 50 States: The Ultimate Travel List is your invitation to discover the most unforgettable things to see, do, and experience across America. From hiking Utah's red-rock canyons...

A wide-ranging mix of activities sure to keep visitors, newcomers to the city and even long-time residents heading out to explore all through the year. Hamilton, Ontario, is a city with a lot of history, a hopping arts scene, a surprising amount of natural...

Escape to the great outdoors with award-winning expert Tom Stienstra's 52 Weekend Adventures in Northern California. Inside you'll find: The best weekend getaways, hand-picked by the authority on outdoor adventures: Outdoors writer Tom Stienstra reveals his favorite spots, collected over decades of hiking and...

52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest is your year-round adventure companion, offering personally curated itineraries that reveal the region's hidden wonders through the eyes of a trusted local expert. Experience the Pacific Northwest through the eyes of a local with this definitive guide to...

An illustrated guide to New York City tailored for the book-obsessed explorer showcasing the city's best bookshops; libraries; homes and haunts of world-famous writers; and scenes from literary classics with charming drawings by the famed New Yorker cover artist Pierre Le-Tan. A Booklover's Guide...

New York City native Derick Lugo's life changed in 2012 when he spontaneously decided to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. In the years that followed, he became an advocate for the outdoors and eventually set out on his second thru-hike--this time on the Continental Divide...

Identifying mushrooms in the wild can present an enticing challenge. Taking on unbelievable forms, some are delicious, others are deadly, but the edibility status of the majority remains unknown. In this revised and expanded edition of the classic, best-selling A Field Guide to Mushrooms...

Now available in the US, this is the revised and expanded fifth edition of a book that has been the standard reference work for divers, anglers and scientists for over 30 years. The new edition covers 1,670 fish species found in the seas of...

A thrilling ocean voyage on the Queen Mary 2 from New York City to Southampton culminating in a two-month ramble through the charming backroads and small villages of the pastoral English countryside in the spring of last year is the subject of this delicious...

From crystal-chalk streams to saltwater flats, untamed jungles, and cascading mountain streams, this collection literally offers up the "tastes" of the most epic fly-fishing adventures in the world. Fly fishing is ultimately less about catching fish and more about the experience--uniquely beautiful places and...

Every history of the Appalachian Trail tells the story from the top down, focusing on who proposed the trail, who built it, who maintain it, and on a few of the most famous hikers. A Hiker's History of Appalachian Trail tells the trail's history...

This book covers a lot of ground! From geologic upheavals and mad kings to trade routes and saints' ways, this book relates the tales behind the top 500 walks that have shaped our society. It's easy to imagine traveling back in time as you...

A quarter of all pilgrims arriving at Santiago start in Sarria: it provides the minimum distance required for a pilgrim to apply for a Compostela. This guidebook features all the information needed to complete the 7 stages from O Cebreiro to Santiago via Sarria,...

2026 edition Now updated to include newer maps and photos, this comprehensive guidebook to the Camino de Santiago and its offshoots contains all the information needed by modern-day pilgrims wishing to walk the sacred Way of St. James. Overview route planners plus daily stage...

2026 edition Updated to include newer maps and photos and with an additional 16 pages, the latest edition in these comprehensive guidebooks to the Camino de Santiago (Portuguese Way) and its offshoots contains all the information needed by modern-day pilgrims wishing to walk the...

This must-have coffee table book paints a robust portrait of the Walt Disney World Resort through more than 100 vibrant voices and 500 rare Disney theme park visuals, including concept art, photographs, and ephemera. Walt Disney's vision for the "Florida Project" begins with Disneyland...

Collected here are thirty-six of Norman Lewis's best articles, from more than five decades of publication in newspapers, anthologies and magazines. As a witness to his times - the good, the bad and the absurd - he was unmatched, and his instinct for important...