In these engaging walking tours of the nation`s capital, Christopher Buckley, a speechwriter for Vice President Bush during Reagan`s first term, lets plenty of insider secrets out of the bag.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7366-9416-1
Author:  Christopher Buckley

Venice, with its mesmerizing system of narrow streets, bridges and canals, offers one of the most perfect walking environments in the world.... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-890489-02-6
Author:  Chas Carner ,  Alessandro Giannatasio

In 1831, at age 22, Charles Darwin set out on a 5-year voyage that would revolutionize natural science... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Charles Darwin

Frances Mayes - widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer - opens the door to a wondrous new world... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Frances Mayes

The great author Robert Louis Stevenson received a fateful telegram from his friend Fanny Osbourne... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55690-010-4
Author:  Robert Louis Stevenson

Alaska, 1925: the diphtheria serum is 674 miles away... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-553-52763-0
Author:  Gay Salisbury ,  Laney Salisbury

If you have never ridden a mule along a forty-eight-inch wide trail whose ledge drops off, in places, seven hundred feet to the Colorado River... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-87483-534-8
Author:  Donald Davis

From childhood, Sir Laurens van der Post was fascinated by stories of the Bushmen - a people without... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Laurens van der Post

What would it be like to cast aside the industrial bustle of the early 20th century to hop a freighter bound for... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55690-461-4
Author:  HM Tomlinson

In the 1800s any trip abroad was a big expedition, but Phileas Fogg thinks he can travel the whole globe... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7871-0187-7
Author:  Jules Verne

"In mid-July of 1879, John Muir sailed for the first time through the sheer-walled fjords of Alaska`s Inside Passage... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7861-0948-3
Author:  John Muir

Herman Melville`s first novel is based on his experiences traveling through the South Sea islands... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Herman Melville

In 1895, when Captain Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation on his 37-foot sloop... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55690-457-6
Author:  Captain Joshua Slocum

"Someday I will quit all this and sail the world!" Who hasn`t weighed that dream, at least once in their lives? Responding to an ad calling for a sailing ship`s crew... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-56511-454-X
Author:  Todd Jarrell

This urban tour of Brooklyn, New York, brings you to the intimate and intriguing spots of the neighborhood that no tourist would ever see.... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-9743204-3-9
Author:  N/A