Essays & Travelogues
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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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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance American Classics Edition: An Inquiry Into Values
$22.00 Add to cartThe Bestselling Philosophy Book of All Time
“Profoundly important. . . . Full of insights into our most perplexing contemporary dilemmas.” —New York Times
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of th
- Series: HarperCollins American Classics #12
- Author: Pirsig, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 0063481561
- Language: English
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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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The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
$16.99 Add to cartA Journey for the Ages
The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coelho’s international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes are companions–to truly comprehend one, you must re
- Series: Plus
- Author: Coelho, Paulo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0061687456
- 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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Into the Wild
$19.00 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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Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
$19.00 Add to cartIn her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm and told her she wou… [more below]
- Author: MacDonald, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 13 2004
- ISBN10: 0767915747
- Language: English
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The City of Falling Angels
$19.00 Add to cartA #1 New York Times Bestseller!
“Funny, insightful, illuminating . . .” —The Boston Globe Twelve years ago, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil exploded into a monumental success, residing a reco- Author: Berendt, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0143036939
- Language: English
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Home/World: A Circumnavigation of Our Shared Earth
$29.99 Read moreEisner award-winning author Ben Hatke recounts his epic circumnavigation of the globe in Home/World, a profound graphic memoir perfect for fans of Bill Bryson.
One spring morning, Ben Hatke walked out- Author: Hatke, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1250370183
- Language: English
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Highway 80 Revisited: Tales of Boyhood and Coming of Age
$16.95 Add to cartThese thirteen stories gather memories and reflections of the author from boyhood to young adulthood growing up in Georgia, Indiana, and Turkey, in the 1950s and ’60s.
This engaging collection of thirt
- Author: Bohnhorst, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 11 2026
- ISBN10: 1968761330
- Language: English
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True North: On the Road in Canada
$32.00 Read moreAcclaimed, bestselling author and travel writer Paul Theroux turns his gaze to Canada in a sweeping, personal journey.
For more than half a century, Paul Theroux has traveled the globe and chronicled i
- Author: Theroux, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 22 2026
- ISBN10: 0358451302
- Language: English
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Terrestrial
$28.00 Read moreA fiercely poetic, tenderly observed portrait of young women’s travels on the fringes of Mexico and the United States, by the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Liliana’s Invincible Summer
In this new c- Author: Rivera Garza, Cristina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 0593980085
- Language: English
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Aren’t You That Golf Guy?: Doglegs and Detours from a Life in the Game
$30.00 Read moreRich Lerner’s lively collection of golf stories is a love letter to a game that is as elusive as it is emotionally transformative.
From his early days working at his father’s driving range with his th- Author: Lerner, Rich
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 1637273916
- Language: English
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Peach Street to Lobster Lane: Coast to Coast in Search of Real American Cuisine
$19.99 Add to cart- Author: Cloake, Felicity
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 0008687684
- Language: English
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I Love You So Many: A Native Memoir of Adventure, Culture, and Family
$20.00 Add to cartFrom a celebrated Native journalist, an electrifying memoir of travel, love, friendships, and connection across cultures.
“At the core of this quarter-century unfolding is Smith’s personal origin story
- Author: Smith, Terria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 23 2026
- ISBN10: 159714715X
- Language: English
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Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted
$17.99 Add to cart“Extra Virgin is pure delight. Annie Hawes has written a memoir as lovely as the Italian Riviera.” — Susan Isaacs, New York Times Bestselling Author
In 1983, a pale Annie Hawes and her equally pale si
- Author: Hawes, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 02 2002
- ISBN10: 0060958111
- Language: English
