"If there is any life that is happier than the life we led on our timber ranch, it must be the sort of life... ... Read More

ISBN:  1-55690-449-5
Author:  Mark Twain

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

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

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... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Bill Bryson

Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity... ... Read More

ISBN:  0553502352
Author:  Frances Mayes

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

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

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

"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

"I wanted to drive the American roads at the century`s end to look at the country again, from border to border and beach to beach..." ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Larry McMurtry

Ranging far from his adopted Provence, Peter Mayle now travels to every corner of France, armed with knife, fork, and corkscrew. He takes us to tiny, out-of-the-way restaurants... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Peter Mayle

Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity... ... Read More

ISBN:  0553525662
Author:  Frances Mayes

In 1994, retired CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt set out to spend a perfect year in America - traveling to... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-671-79745-X
Author:  Charles Kuralt

After living in Britain for 2 decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Bill Bryson

Like many of his generation, Bill Bryson backpacked across Europe in the early `70s - in search of enlightenment, beer, and women... ... Read More

ISBN:  N/A
Author:  Bill Bryson