Essays & Travelogues
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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
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The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
$20.00 Add to cartThe White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently en… [more below]
- Author: Harrer, Heinrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 28 1998
- ISBN10: 0874779405
- Language: English
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Walking the Line: Discoveries Along the Los Angeles City Limits
$21.95 Add to cartA 342-Mile Exploration of America’s Second Largest City
Walking the Line is an inspirational urban walking adventure that explores Los Angeles, away from the glamor and fame of its well-known centrally
- Author: Meals, Roy A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 9798999577702
- Language: English
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In Xanadu: A Quest
$19.00 Add to cartWilliam Dalrymple’s award-winning first book: his classic, fiercely intelligent and wonderfully entertaining account of his journey across Marco Polo’s 700-year-old route from Jerusalem to Xanadu, the… [more below]
- Author: Dalrymple, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 18 2012
- ISBN10: 0307948889
- Language: English
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Far Appalachia: Following the New River North
$24.00 Add to cartWith his sharp eye and gentle wit, Noah Adams doesn’t just tell stories, he lets them unfold quietly, powerfully, and eloquently. Now the beloved host of NPR’s All Things Considered and bestselling au… [more below]
- Author: Adams, Noah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0385320132
- Language: English
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Getting Lost on My Way: Self-Discovery on Ireland’s Backroads
$17.99 Add to cartFor fans of McCarthy’s Bar, a debut memoir about a woman’s humorous and poignant solo adventures of self-discovery on Ireland’s backroads following a painful divorce.
When an introverted, divorced, m- Author: Hartman, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1647429765
- Language: English
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My Little Donkey: And Other Essays
$27.00 Add to cartA collection of searching, curious, and surprising essays catalyzed by the author’s move in her sixties to a small Italian village, exploring selfhood, coincidence, inheritance, and the impermanence o… [more below]
- Author: Cooley, Martha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1646223020
- Language: English
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Lost Japan: Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan
$21.99 Read moreOriginally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author’s experiences in Japan over 30 years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his i… [more below]
- Author: Kerr, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0141979747
- Language: English
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Islands Apart: A Year on the Edge of Civilization
$24.95 Add to cartAuthor Ken McAlpine stands in his front yard one night in Ventura, California, trying to see the stars. His view is diminished by light pollution, making it hard to see much of anything in the sky. Ou… [more below]
- Author: McAlpine, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 265
- Publish Date: July 14 2009
- ISBN10: 1590305302
- Language: English
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Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It: Essays
$23.33 Read moreMordantly funny, thought-provoking travel essays, from the acclaimed author of Out of Sheer Rage and “one of our most original writers” (New York Magazine).
This isn’t a self-help book; it’s a book a- Author: Dyer, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 06 2004
- ISBN10: 1400031672
- Language: English
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There She Goes: New Travel Writing by Women
$19.95 Add to cartAn anthology of new travel writing by and for rebellious women adventuring through the world.
Travel writing can be exclusive, centering macho narratives of discovery and intrepid exploration, often ma
- Author: Aldegheri, Esa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1916812090
- Language: English
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The Skeptical Romancer: Selected Travel Writing
$18.00 Add to cartOne of the seminal writers of the twentieth century, W. Somerset Maugham was also a fearless and constant traveler who chronicled his adventures with a rare mix of wit and excitement. In The Skeptical
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Maugham, W. Somerset
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 030747318X
- Language: English
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The Brendan Voyage: Sailing to America in a Leather Boat to Prove the Legend of the Irish Sailor Saints
$19.00 Read moreCould an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medi… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Exploration
- Author: Severin, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 04 2000
- ISBN10: 0375755241
- Language: English
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The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Video Nights in Kathmandu comes this intriguing new book that deciphers the cultural ramifications of globalization and the rising tide of worldwide displacement.
Beginni- Series: Vintage Departures
- Author: Iyer, Pico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 13 2001
- ISBN10: 0679776117
- Language: English
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The Anthony Bourdain Reader: New, Classic, and Rediscovered Writing
$40.00 Add to cartThe definitive, career-spanning collection of writing from Anthony Bourdain, assembled for the first time in book form
Anthony Bourdain represented many things to many people–and he had many sides. Bu
- Author: Bourdain, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0062863959
- Language: English
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Now Is the Time: A Van Life Road Trip
$14.99 Add to cartLovestruck and newly unemployed, Andrew Singer cashes in his savings to investigate a key question: Is #vanlife as awesome as it looks? After all, what could go wrong when two millennials-who have nev
- Author: Singer, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 30 2025
- ISBN10: 9798992699609
- Language: English
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We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay: (Tips, Tales, Travels)
$17.99 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A RUPAUL’S BOOK CLUB PICK
A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2024!
One of Vulture‘s Best New Audiobooks of 2024.
“A delightful and sharp-witted tour through a l
- Author: Janetti, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 006332976X
- Language: English
