Essays & Travelogues
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Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
$19.99 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER
“A fresh and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher.” –Mary Norris
“[Jovin] never hectors, never finger-points; she enlightens and illuminates. This is lovely work.” –Ben
- Author: Jovin, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 63433877
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Women Travel Solo: 30 Inspiring Stories of Adventure, Curiosity and the Power of Self-Discovery
$24.99 Add to cartDiscover 30 inspirational stories from women who have harnessed the power of self-discovery and experienced amazing adventures around the world alone.
Packed with candid first-person accounts from bri
- Series: Lonely Planet
- Author: Planet, Lonely
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1837585202
- Language: English
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Running in the Family
$17.00 Read moreAn autobiographical journey of discovery gathers together fragments of memory, experience, and family history in order to understand the meaning of his parents’ legacy and his own heritage.
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Ondaatje, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 30 1993
- ISBN10: 0679746692
- Language: English
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The Waypoints: From 400 Farewells and 3,000 Miles
$21.32 Add to cartA Physical Journey, A Spiritual Adventure
At the age of sixty-one, Diane Gansauer committed to something great: hiking the entire length of the Continental Divide Trail, from Mexico to Canada.
Over a se
- Author: Gansauer, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79899E+12
- Language: English
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Sunken Lands: A Journey Through Flooded Kingdoms and Lost Worlds
$26.99 Add to cartFrom Stone Age lands that slipped beneath the English Channel to the rapid inundation of New Orleans, Gareth E. Rees explores stories of flooded places from the past – and those disappearing before ou… [more below]
- Author: Rees, Gareth E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1783967692
- Language: English
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Free Ride: Heartbreak, Courage, and the 20,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey That Changed My Life
$29.99 Add to cartBy the YouTube sensation with more than two million followers, the inspiring account of a woman in her thirties who, in a moment of personal crisis, embarked on an epic, transcontinental motorcycle ri… [more below]
- Author: Schoenmaker, Noraly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1668092492
- Language: English
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Setting a Place for Us: Recipes and Stories of Displacement, Resilience, and Community from Eight Countries Impacted by War
$37.99 Add to cartAn enthralling, intimate collection of essays and over 75 recipes exploring the history of eight countries to understand the impact of geopolitical conflict and its outcomes on cuisine and food system… [more below]
- Author: Hassan, Hawa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1984860976
- Language: English
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Back Where I Came from: On Culture, Identity, and Home
$22.00 Add to cartIn this collection of personal essays, twenty-six writers from across North America share journeys back to their motherlands as visitors. Set against mountainous terrain, tropical beaches, bustling ci
- Series: Essais
- Author: Jaffer, Taslim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1771669179
- Language: English
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Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True Memoir
$17.99 Add to cartA debut memoir and (sort of) Cinderella story about a woman who’d been told she was “too old” to create magic who flew to rural China, edited a film without speaking a word of Mandarin, and discovered… [more below]
- Author: Cheek, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1647427282
- Language: English
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The Long Road to Cullaville: Stories from my travels to every country in the world
$19.99 Add to cartAre You Ready to Explore the World’s Most Intriguing Destinations?
“Boris’s candor and writing style draws you in, and his journeys are fascinating. I felt like I was sitting beside him, running with h
- Author: Kester, Boris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: May 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1960299026
- Language: English
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Discovering the Allagash: A Canoeing Guide to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, North Maine Woods
$33.99 Add to cartThis book is the ultimate guide to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) because it covers every aspect of the canoeing/camping experience from the skilled eyes of a seasoned camper, accomplished can… [more below]
- Author: Sims, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: May 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1532046065
- Language: English
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The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
$16.99 Add to cart“A charmer. Will beguile an hour of your time and put you in touch with mankind.” —New York Times
Newly reissued with an introduction by Plum Sykes, this cult favorite is a delightful diary–think Nan
- Author: Hanff, Helene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 006244218X
- Language: English
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The Places in Between
$19.99 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
This acccount of a 36-day walk across Afghanistan, starting just weeks after the fall of the Taliban, is “stupendous…an instant travel classic” (Entertainment Weekly).In J… [more below]
- Author: Stewart, Rory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 08 2006
- ISBN10: 0156031566
- Language: English
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Tough Women Adventure Stories: Stories of Grit, Courage and Determination
$14.99 Add to cartIt’s time we celebrated women in adventure
An inspiring anthology full of stories from women who have completed incredible adventures and achieved amazing feats around the globe. The perfect collectio- Author: Tough, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1787833003
- Language: English
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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
$18.99 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: The riveting account of a harrowing month spent stranded at sea–an incredible story of one man’s struggle and bravery.
Steven Callahan shares his dramatic tale of survival… [more below]
- Author: Callahan, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 17 2002
- ISBN10: 0618257322
- Language: English
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The Snow Leopard: (Penguin Orange Collection)
$19.00 Add to cartPart of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback
Winner of- Series: Penguin Orange Collection
- Author: Matthiessen, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 014312952X
- Language: English
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How to Live: A memoir-in-essays
$21.95 Add to cart“At its simplest, this is the story of a restless search for a place to be- a way to live- after a series of devastating events. But there’s nothing simple about it. Kelle Groom has created a marvel: … [more below]
- Author: Groom, Kelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1946482838
- Language: English
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The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers
$19.99 Add to cartThe New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss embarks on a rollicking intellectual journey, following in the footsteps of history’s greatest thinkers and showing us how each–from Ep… [more below]
- Author: Weiner, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1501129023
- Language: English
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Out There: The Wildest Stories from Outside Magazine
$18.95 Add to cartOut There chronicles fringe athletes, fitness freaks, and others obsessed by ill-advised dreams. It takes us to far-flung places no sane person would want to go.
- Author: The Editors of Outside Magazine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1493048511
- Language: English
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Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel
$16.95 Add to cartLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals of Excellence
This witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of a Third World-raised woman of color, Airplane Mode, asks: what does- Author: Habib, Shahnaz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1646222393
- Language: English
