Travel

It's just a trail. 2660 miles of dirt, sand, gravel, granite, lava and pine needles. It cares not who treads on its ever changing surface. Its very existence depends on the footsteps of those who navigate its pathway. Reaching the end of this 2...

Who is JRL? How dare you not know Justin Ross Lee is a completely self-created, self-inflated Internet celebrity; "Jew Jetter"; and social media virtuoso. When he's not causing trouble on Bravo or headlining VH1, you'll find Justin having red-carpet run-ins with A-list celebrities, getting...

Madame David-Neel understands, writes and speaks fluently all the dialects of Tibet. She has spent fourteen consecutive years in the country and the neighbouring regions. She is a professed Buddhist, and so has been able to gain the confidence of the most important Lamas....

An innocuous peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Cod became a landmark for early American exploration. When the Pilgrims landed, they transformed a quiet sandy shore into the birthplace of the American dream. Bolstered by whaling and fishing, the harbor slowly developed...

A major inspiration for Elena Ferrante.--The New York TimesA riveting classic of European literature, this superb collection of fiction and reportage is set in Italy's most vibrant and turbulent metropolis--Naples--in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. These writings helped inspire Elena Ferrante's best-selling...

In an ambitious new translation of Diego de Landa's Account of the Things of Yucat n (Relaci n de las cosas de Yucat n), the editor revises and updates the language for the contemporary reader of English. In the process he captures the narrative...

Sedona: City of the Star People reveals the esoteric history of Sedona, Arizona, which author Pinkham says was known in very ancient times as Palatkwapi, the Red House. According to Hopi legend, Extraterrestrial Star People built Palatkwapi as a glorious city of sacred wisdom....

- This book is the journal of French filmmaker Benoit Cohen's pursuit of his "American dream" by becoming a New York taxi driver French filmmaker Benoit Cohen decided, while doing research for the screenplay of his new movie, to become a taxi driver. After...

In the last century, the south-central Pacific coast of Costa Rica evolved from a wild, remote strip of land to one sparsely populated by homesteaders who cleared the forests to live off the land. Now it is a popular tourist destination filled with diverse...

Author: Michael L. P. RetterPublisher: Scott & Nix, Inc.Published: 05/15/2017Pages: 424Binding Type: Imitation LeatherWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 7.30h x 4.50w x 1.10dISBN: 9781935622628About the AuthorMichael L. P. Retter was raised by three previous generations of central Illinoisans to have a deep appreciation for nature and in...

When construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline created an oil boom in the late 1970s, journalist Joe McGinniss headed north to find out what if anything was left of the "last frontier." He discovered, as one reader put it, "mind-bending contradictions"-greed, waste, addictions, and racism,...

Tennessee's tales of treasure come from a multitude of sources: Indians mining silver for jewelry and ornaments, outlaws burying stolen loot, lost and hidden Civil War payrolls, personal wealth buried and never to be retrieved, and much more. Many attempted to find the lost...

For millennia, Mount Katahdin has loomed over the changing landscape we now call Maine's North Woods, inspiring and challenging people, from the Native Americans whose trade routes rounded its base; to Henry David Thoreau and Governor Percival P. Baxter, who forged new approaches to...

Poetry. STRANGE BORDERLANDS, Ben Berman's first full-length collection, counterpoises insights with uncertainties while chronicling the poet's immersion in a new culture. In compelling metrical, free verse and prose poems, Berman provides a vivid narrative of exotic adventures, especially his Peace Corps service in Zimbabwe--the...

In Bittersweet Sands, Rick Ranson recounts a twenty-four-day shift at an oilsands operation undergoing a shutdown, giving us a glimpse at a world most of us only know from the evening news. Along the way, he encounters a group of engaging roughnecks, including a...

This guidebook offers an introduction to the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of the Dieppe Raid and the Normandy campaign plus information on accommodation, museums, memorials and other points of interest. The battlefields of the Second World War have long played an important part...

Want to help? First you must be willing to learn.This year, over ten million people will go abroad, eager to find the perfect blend of adventure and altruism. Volunteer travel can help you find your place in the world--and find out what you're made...

Featuring Seoul's most remarkable examples of concrete architecture, this two-sided, bilingual guide includes a map of the city, an introduction by Kim Hyon-Sob, photographs and details of fifty selected buildings.Author: Hyon-Sob KimPublisher: Blue Crow MediaPublished: 12/20/2019Pages: 1Binding Type: FoldedWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.70w x...

Go Slow Britain is a terrific collection of around fifty of Britain's most exquisite B&Bs, hotels and inns all taken from our Special Places to Stay collection and all run by owners who embrace the Slow philosophy of life. Each of them values their...

This easy-to-carry guide includes all the main cities of this exceptionally rich region of Italy: Venice, Padua, Verona and Vicenza. Also included are the shores of Lake Garda, the peaks of the Dolomites and the wetlands of the Po Delta. Author Alta Macadam explores...