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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Fire
$17.99 Add to cartA riveting collection of literary journalism by the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, capped off brilliantly by a new Afterword and a timely essay about war-torn Afghanistan — a superb eyewit
- Author: Junger, Sebastian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 24 2002
- ISBN10: 0060088613
- 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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A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
$19.99 Add to cartThese widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest — on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more — established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation… [more below]
- Author: Wallace, David Foster
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 02 1998
- ISBN10: 0316925284
- 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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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
$21.00 Add to cart#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER – The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more–including Krakauer’s–in guilt-ridden disarray.
“A harrowing tale o… [more below]- Author: Krakauer, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 19 1999
- ISBN10: 0385494785
- 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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Into the Wild
$17.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was fou… [more below]
- Author: Krakauer, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 20 1997
- ISBN10: 0385486804
- 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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Troika: Three Generations, Three Days, and a Very American Road Trip
$17.99 Add to cartIn this lyrical and artfully woven memoir, a short road trip to California’s Central Coast becomes an epic journey through family history, loss, and connection.
When three generations of women–a Gen- Author: Smith, Irena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798896361084
- Language: English
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The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale: First-Person Accounts
$17.00 Add to cartThe gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville’s Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick’s monumental history, In the Heart of the Sea
In 1820, the Nantucket- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Nickerson, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140437967
- Language: English
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Grandma Joy and Me: A Journey of Healing, One National Park at a Time
$29.00 Read moreA heartrending, transformative true story following Brad Ryan and his grandmother Joy Ryan as they embark on a seven-year journey to visit every US National Park.
Raised in Appalachia, Grandma Joy liv- Author: Ryan, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 1668099268
- 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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Walk 12 Months 12 Journeys 1200 Miles: a heartfelt adventure on foot and within
$14.99 Add to cartEmbark on an unforgettable journey in Walk 12 Months 12 Journeys 1200 Miles, a poignant and inspiring memoir that chronicles a year of walking pilgrimages across the globe. Trading certainty for step-
- Author: Fennell, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798295494826
- 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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The Best American Food Writing 2019
$18.99 Add to cartA NATIONAL BESTSELLER
New York Times best-selling author and James Beard Award winner Samin Nosrat collects the year’s finest writing about food and drink. “Good food writing evokes the senses,” writ- Series: Best American
- Author: Killingsworth, Silvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 132866225X
- Language: English
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A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful
$24.00 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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Paris in Mind: From Mark Twain to Langston Hughes, from Saul Bellow to David Sedaris: Three Centuries of Americans Writing about Their Romance (and Fr
$20.00 Add to cart“Paris is a moveable feast,” Ernest Hemingway famously wrote, and in this captivating anthology, American writers share their pleasures, obsessions, and quibbles with the great city and its denizens. … [more below]
- Series: Vintage Departures
- Author: Lee, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 08 2003
- ISBN10: 1400031028
- Language: English
