Essays & Travelogues
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World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
$22.00 Add to cartA guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world tha
- Author: Bourdain, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0062802763
- Language: English
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Notes from a Small Island
$18.99 Add to cartFeaturing an all-new cover, New York Times bestseller Bill Bryson’s irrevent and hilarious journey through the beloved island nation he called home for two decades. From Downing Street to Loch Ness, t
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0380727501
- Language: English
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
$24.99 Add to cartTHE CLASSIC BOOK THAT HAS INSPIRED MILLIONS
A penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better
Few books transform a generation and then establish themselves as touchstones for the generati
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Pirsig, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 30, 2008
- ISBN10: 0061673730
- Language: English
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth… [more below]
- Series: Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail
- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 04 1999
- ISBN10: 0767902521
- Language: English
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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
$19.99 Add to cartINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. The Old Patagonian Express chronicles Paul Theroux’s train journey from his home in Boston, Massachusetts to the foot of South America, in 1978. Full of witty and sharp obser… [more below]
- Author: Theroux, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 07 1989
- ISBN10: 039552105X
- Language: English
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The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond
$18.99 Add to cartFor centuries the Alps have been witness to the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers, and the dreams of engineers. In The Alps, Stephen O’Shea (“a graceful an
- Author: O’Shea, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 27 2018
- ISBN10: 0393355691
- Language: English
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Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings
$19.00 Add to cartThe bestselling, award-winning author of Bad Land takes us along the Inside Passage, 1,000 miles of often treacherous water, which he navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat, offering captivating discour… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Departures
- Author: Raban, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 07 2000
- ISBN10: 0679776141
- Language: English
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Rambler Reformed: Stories, Confessions, and Theories from the Backcountry
$16.00 Add to cartRambler Reformed details the struggle of pursuing a life of adventure while balancing it with the stability that we all grow to need as we get older. It mixes stories of exploration in the backcountry
- Author: Weiss, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 162
- Publish Date: March 20 2026
- ISBN10: 9798295527753
- Language: English
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All You Need Is Flights: How Kintsugi, Moai, and Volcano Pizza Helped Me Make More Solo Travel Magic
$19.99 Read moreIn All You Need Is Flights, Jen Ruiz transforms an unexpected breakup into a gift: the catalyst for an inner journey toward greater self-worth through another year of solo travel adventures.
A major li
- Author: Ruiz, Jen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 30 2026
- ISBN10: 9798228482272
- Language: English
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Belonging to the World: A Journey from Grief to Connection in Every Country on Earth
$32.00 Add to cartReaders’ Choice Book Awards Bronze Winner, Adult Nonfiction
Some journeys we choose. Others choose us.
In the aftermath of tragedy, Barry Hoffner wanted to feel the pulse of the world again. The whole w
- Author: Hoffner, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1967510458
- Language: English
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On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
$19.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the leg
Now with a new preface and postscript!- Author: Steves, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 1641717459
- Language: English
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The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 13: True Stories from Around the World
$19.99 Read moreIncludes stories by Roxane Gay, Susan Orlean, Ann Hood, and Pier Nirandara
As Andrew McCarthy wrote in The New York Times Book Review about the previous volume, “In story after story, the refreshing a- Series: Best Women’s Travel Writing
- Author: Spalding, Lavinia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 1609522176
- Language: English
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The Man Who Walked Through Time: The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon
$17.00 Add to cart- Author: Fletcher, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 14 1989
- ISBN10: 0679723064
- Language: English
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Long Lost: Three Trails, 8,000 Miles, One Unexpected Journey Across America’s Triple Crown
$16.99 Add to cartWhat began as research for a trail guide became something far deeper: an odyssey of humility, wonder, and grit-forged lessons. Hiking all three longest and most iconic U.S. National Scenic Routes was
- Author: Asars, Tami
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 9798318818516
- Language: English
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I’ll Try Anything Twice: Misadventures of a Self-Medicated Life
$17.99 Add to cartFor readers who wish Eat, Pray, Love had a cynical streak comes this propulsive, wildly original memoir about a journalist’s quest to conquer depression and addiction, set against the backdrop of inte… [more below]
- Author: Schwartz, Carly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 9798896360940
- Language: English
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Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer
$19.95 Add to cartA captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the world’s most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows, while pondering other i… [more below]
- Author: Antonson, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1778403778
- Language: English
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A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful
$27.00 Add to cartIn medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape.
Determined to avoid the fear and self-sacrific- Author: Lewis-Kraus, Gideon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 07 2013
- ISBN10: 1594631492
- Language: English
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This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland
$22.00 Add to cartFor the last decade, Gretel Ehrlich has been obsessed by an island, a terrain, a culture, and the treacherous beauty of a world that is defined by ice. In This Cold Heaven she combines the story of he… [more below]
- Author: Ehrlich, Gretel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 07 2003
- ISBN10: 0679758526
- Language: English
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Along the Edge of America
$20.99 Add to cartThe best-selling author and walker Peter Jenkins, landlubber par excellence, now takes to the waves and explores, as only he can, a part of America rich in history, mystery, and lore: from the Florida
- Author: Jenkins, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 10 2011
- ISBN10: 0395877377
- Language: English
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The Best American Travel Writing
$19.99 Add to cartIn his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2008, editor Anthony Bourdain writes that the pieces that “spoke the loudest and most powerfully to me were usually evocative of the darker side… [more below]
- Series: Best American
- Author: Wilson, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0618858644
- Language: English
