Travel Writing & Commentary

The River of Doubt brings alive extraordinary events in a powerful nonfiction narrative thriller that happens to feature one of the most famous Americans who ever lived....

The true story of a couple who lost everything and embarked on a transformative journey walking the South West Coast Path in England, The Salt Path is ultimately a portrayal of home - how it can be lost, rebuilt, and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways....

Into Thin Air is the definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest...

Two friends, zero preparation, one dream. From the author of the beloved bestseller The Emerald Mile comes a rollicking and poignant account of an epic 750-mile odyssey, on foot, through the heart of America’s most magnificent national park and the grandest wilderness on earth.

Embark on a breathtaking journey through time with*Historic Wonders to Explore: Relive the Echoes of the Past*. This captivating travel guide invites you to discover the world’s most extraordinary historical sites, where ancient mysteries and modern marvels intersect.

The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America - majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes....

Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail.

A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe - and built her back up again....

She got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world, all alone....

Writer for the New York Times and GQ, Mark Adams is also the acclaimed author of Mr. America.....

Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This fascinating parable explores the need to find one's own path....

Wherever Chelsea Handler travels, one thing is certain: she always ends up in the land of the ridiculous....

Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion up, down, and over the Appalachian Trail...

This audiobook will change the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors....

In the best-selling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's The Oregon Trail is a major work of participatory history....

An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey called caracaras, which puzzled Darwin, fascinate modern-day falconers, and carry secrets of our planet's deep past in their family history....

In Made in America, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land....

Best-selling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature....

When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle East for a peaceful corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he thinks he's put war zones behind him....

In less than a year, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie.....

When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history....

Peter Mayle personally recounts the pleasures and frustrations of Provençal life--sharing in a way no one else can, the unique and endearing culture that is Provence....

John Kretschmer is sailing’s practical philosopher - as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the overarching theme of this chronicle of a sailing life...

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain....

In the first of three essays included in this audiobook, Bill Bryson decides to move back to the United States, after nearly two decades in Britain. But not before taking one last trip....

When I wrote my first monthly blog post in November of 2016, I didn’t really have a grip on my purpose, what my central theme or message was, or what the blog would become. I was simply and spontaneously moving pen across page. Now, looking back eight and a half years later, I realize: “Oh! I was home on the roam.” That first post doesn’t mention this, but I wrote it from Sunyani, Ghana. After a somewhat random and uncertain start, I quickly get it in gear, sitting down once a month (occasionally twice) to write about what moved me the most during the preceding weeks. Almost always ...

Crossing Borders: Three Women, Three Generations, One Mexico Part telenovela, part soap opera—completely unforgettable. Three women. One family. A country that offers them each a choice: stay the course or start over. Lin has crossed more than just borders—six marriages, five children, and a lifetime of bold decisions have led her to Mexico, where she’s finally ready to write her own ending. Her daughter Jade took a different path—single, steady, and focused—but Mexico has a way of testing even the most carefully built plans. And Zoey? She’s in her 20s, living fast, making money...

Walks in the desert and journeys through Ch’an (Zen) enlightenment. Meditations on the nature of perception and on the nature of ruins. Topographies of mind and of space-time. Poetry and prose. This talismanic book is all of these and more. It is the culmination of Hinton’s philosophical adventure, deeply informed by his nearly forty years of translating and contemplating China’s ancient poets, Taoist sages, and Ch’an masters. Like Henry David Thoreau and other great literary walkers, Hinton joins philosophical meditations with a keen eye for the slightest of nature’s details.

When Ben Coates injures his leg and needs to rebuild his strength by walking, he finds himself presented with an exciting opportunity: to rediscover the city he has been working in for over a decade, at a slower pace. He devises ten walks, each demonstrating a different chapter of Amsterdam's history, from its humble beginnings in the early 1200s as a small fishing community through two Golden Ages, fueled by the growth of the Dutch colonial empire, two world wars, and countless reinventions.

Join author Robert Goldstein and his wife, Melinda Denson, on a seemingly idyllic trip to celebrate his retirement by traversing Canada on the remnants of its once robust transcontinental train service. More than a routine travelogue, the author describes what happens when two individuals marry late in life, then spend a week crammed in a train compartment. Goldstein is determined to cure his inner restlessness and obsession with being on time, even inventing a new philosophy - Zen Train Mind - to keep on track. Denson constantly reminds her new husband that the trip is about relaxation, ...

Fourteen years after the publication of his landmark travel narrative Among the Believers, V.S. Naipaul returned to the four non-Arab Islamic countries he reported on so vividly at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini’s triumph in Iran. Beyond Belief is the result of his five-month journey in 1995 through lands where descendants of Muslim converts live at odds with indigenous traditions.

With all the narrative power and intellectual authority that have distinguished his earlier books, V.S. Naipaul explores the life, the culture, the ferment inside the nations of Islam–in a book that combines the fascinations of great travel literature with the insights of a uniquely sharp, original and idiosyncratic political mind.

For award-winning natural history writer David B. Williams, to be connected to a place you need to pause and look deeply at it. Wild in Seattle is Williams's delightful journey of discovery in this city where not only is nature all around, it's also written in the stones of the urban landscape. Explore the geologic history of glaciers, tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes as well as the ways humans shape the Seattle topography. From backyards to downtown, watch for coyotes, crows, seals, otters, owls, and so much more wildlife who also call the region home.

Join author Aneta Hebrova as she unveils the stories of iconic Tucson figures like Peter Ronstadt, Diana Madaras, and Domingo DeGrazia, alongside heartfelt accounts from local Hispanic and Indigenous communities, including the Yaqui and Tohono O’odham. Through vivid storytelling and deep curiosity, Hebrova paints a living portrait of a city where art, history, and nature converge.

Embark on an unforgettable journey with GOOL TRAVEL, your passport to extraordinary experiences around the world. From weekend getaways to epic adventures in exotic destinations, this book is your expert guide to planning the trip of your dreams without the hassle. Discover inspiring itineraries, practical travel tips, local secrets, and the passion of a team dedicated to making your travel aspirations a reality. Get ready to explore, dream, and turn every page into the start of your next great adventure.

Light-hearted, anecdotal true stories as the author shares his wide-ranging experiences as a mischievous art student, bemused psychiatric nurse, reluctant parachutist, harassed teacher, American counsellor and time-traveller. Follow his hilarious escapades with a human skeleton, nude model and a lion, and witness incidents of mistaken identity that create comic situations in a psychiatric ward. Touring America by Greyhound Bus he encounters interesting characters and uncovers some intriguing stories.

Let us speak of the physics of time and space and the metaphysics of travel and meaning and the writing of it all. Distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But our mind has changed, and that changes everything. Real journeys continue long after movement in time and space has ceased.

A highly entertaining anecdotal collection of humorous life observations during a trip around the world. Travelling by bus to Kathmandu, the author experiences hair-raising misadventures: a chase through Jerusalem, a gun battle in Jordan, a pummelling by a gargantuan masseur in Istanbul, a python in India, and the terrifying James Bond encounter in Australia. His portrait of an Afghani shopkeeper has a bizarre twist. Time-travelling detours punctuate interesting stories about the Taj Mahal, Sydney Opera House, Tahiti, Easter Island statues and Christ in Rio.

One backpack. One decade. One full moon at a time. Kenny had a dream: to live out of a backpack indefinitely and explore the world with no strings attached. For over a decade, he’s hitchhiked, couchsurfed, camped and embraced the freedoms of life on the go around the world. But this is not your typical travel memoir. Kenny shares his journey one full moon at a time, taking you to different destinations and adventures with each turn of the page.

In his mid-twenties, restless in the routine of a city, Louis D. Hall found himself wondering how to create the life he wanted to lead. Inspired by Don Quixote, he decided to fulfil a childhood dream – to make an uncharted journey on horseback. After finding his horse Sasha in Italy’s Apennine Mountains, the pair set off and headed west for Cape Finisterre, ‘the end of the land’, unprepared for most of the dangers – snow, storms, wolves – that faced them.

Jessica’s Jamaica is a heartfelt memoir by Jessica Haughton, chronicling her bold journey of self-discovery, resilience, and love in the vibrant landscapes of Jamaica. After uprooting her life in the United States and moving to Negril, Jessica finds herself navigating the challenges of adapting to a new culture while battling feelings of displacement and loneliness.

What does retirement mean to you? Do you feel you’ve seen enough of the world? As you approach this later stage in life, the thought of travel can feel beyond intimidating—especially for those of us handling chronic medical conditions. In What If . . . ?, author Roberta Sawatzky highlights the importance of seizing the day when it comes to seeing the world, even and especially as one approaches retirement age.

Embark on a journey to the captivating land of Vietnam with Things You Need to Know When Coming to Vietnam, your essential guide to unlocking the mysteries of this vibrant country. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or planning your first adventure, this audiobook offers invaluable insights into Vietnam's rich tapestry of culture, history, and breathtaking landscapes.

In this gripping short story, Jason Kearney takes us on a single day’s journey that will linger in your memory long after the final word. Set against the backdrop of Eastern Europe, this is more than just a tale of travel—it’s an odyssey through the raw, unfiltered challenges of life on the road.

Slow Travel: A Journey to Transform Your Life, One Destination at a Time What if the secret to living a richer, fuller life isn’t about going faster or doing more, but slowing down and savoring the journey? In Slow Travel, you’ll embark on an extraordinary adventure of discovery with bestselling author, globetrotter, and storyteller Clint Arthur as he redefines the art of travel—and the art of living.