Travel

In 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 portrayals of the United Kingdom ever written. Two decades...

A New York Times Bestseller"A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece . . . The Places in Between is, in very nearly every sense, too good to be true." --New York Times Book Review This account of a 36-day walk across...

The Nile, like all of Egypt, is both timeless and ever-changing. In these pages, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey downriver that is both history and travelogue. We begin at the First Nile Cataract, close to the modern city of Aswan....

The New Rules of Dining Out is the quintessential resource for anyone, from the casual diner to the ardent foodie, who wants to dine like a pro. Sharing colorful anecdotes from his 20-plus years of experience working in restaurants that range from the modest...

Author: Josephine Matyas,Craig JonesPublisher: Backbeat BooksPublished: 10/16/2025Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70dISBN: 9781493089635About the AuthorJosephine Matyas is a full-time travel writer and member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), and The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC). She has...

A stirring tribute to one of America's most remote and beautiful places by one of the first modern preservationists This Penguin Classic-Muir's first book-puts a pioneering conservationist's passion for nature in high relief. With a poet's sensitivity and a naturalist's eye, Muir celebrates the...

The Milepost is the best-selling travel guide to Alaska and a "quintessential reference" for northern travelers. The Milepost includes mile-by-mile descriptions of more than 15,000 miles of road in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia and Alberta. Its 700-plus pages detail accommodations, camping, fishing,...

"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 trips to the largely unexplored woods of Maine. He...

From a renowned Johns Hopkins- and Stanford-educated cardiologist at Intermountain Medical Center--a hospital system that President Obama has praised as an "island of excellence"--comes the story of his time living in Longevity Village in China, and the seven lessons he learned there that lead...

The Korean Book of Happiness invites you to explore a beguiling culture and learn how the Korean way can make your life happier and more fulfilled. In this witty, charming book, Zitwer shares all that she has learnt about this fascinating country: a vibrant,...

The Innocents Abroad is one of the most prominent and influential travel books ever written about Europe and the Holy Land. In it, the collision of the American "New Barbarians" and the European "Old World" provides much comic fodder for Mark Twain--and a remarkably...

WELCOME, FOOLISH MORTALS, to the Haunted Mansion, one of the most popular attractions in the history of Disney theme parks. The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic explores how the attraction's "999 happy haunts" were brought to life. Rare early concept sketches, detailed architectural...

A remarkable blood-soaked stranger upends the lives of two Lake District ramblers; a lonely tavern offers its guests something much more disturbing than a post-walk pint; a night hike on the Fens takes a terrifying turn when the fog rolls in. From the darkly...

From the bestselling author of The Wonder Garden comes the incredible The Fantastical Safari!Step into some of the hardest to reach landscapes on earth and meet the extraordinary creatures who live there. Discover how they survive and thrive in some of the strangest, most...

THIS POWERFUL BOOK proposes never before recognized links between the culturally vibrant Etruscan people and long forgotten Jewish communities. No one has previously suggested an enduring and intimate link between these two dynamic cultures. The Etruscans and the Jews is written as an adventure...

A classic travelogue exploring the meeting point of Ireland's landscape and legends, by Britain's foremost female surrealist painter "Colquhoun has a very beguiling pen. . . To Irish landscapes she brings a painter's eye, writing particularly beautifully about skies, twilights, river valleys, sea-frayed coasts...

Since 1872, when Yellowstone became America's inaugural national park, these protected areas have enthralled visitors from around the globe. Currently the 63 national parks attract more than 300 million visitors each year. But what is the X factor that draws people again and again...

The Coal Women of St. Thomas is a detailed account of the men (and women) who worked on the St. Thomas coal wharves between the 1840's and 1940's. More than 200 black and white images, newspaper articles, maps and first hand research help to...

Featuring more than 50 illustrations, The Chicago Coloring Book is an adult coloring book that captures the beauty, history, and art of the Windy City. Take out your pens and pencils and get ready to tour Chicago--from the towering skyscrapers of downtown to the...

Part of Belt's Neighborhood Guidebook Series, The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook is an intimate exploration of the Windy City's history and identity. Required reading--The Chicago TribuneOfficially, Chicago has 77 neighborhoods. Unofficially, though, that number's closer to 200. But what does that mean for the people...