Travel Writing
ON THE PLAIN OF SNAKES: A MEXICAN JOURNEY
Written by Theroux, Paul
The legendary travel writer drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then takes the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind the everyday headlines. Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe in search of the histories and peoples that give life to the places they call home.
SEINE: THE RIVER THAT MADE PARIS
Written by Sciolino, Elaine
Elaine Sciolino came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent and was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river from its source on a remote plateau of Burgundy to the wide estuary where its waters meet the sea, and the cities, tributaries, islands, ports, and bridges in between.
OVERGROUND RAILROAD: THE GREEN BOOK AND THE ROOTS OF BLACK TRAVEL IN AMERICA
Written by Taylor, Candacy
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists used for decades when traveling through segregated America.
ATLAS OBSCURA, 2ND EDITION: AN EXPLORER'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S HIDDEN WONDERS (SECOND EDITION, REVISED)
Written by Atlas Obscura
Discover wonder. "A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper."-- New York Times Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of a travel book that shot to the top of bestseller lists when it was first published and changed the way we think about the world, expanding our sense of how strange and marvelous it really is.
TREASURED ISLAND: A BOOK LOVER'S TOUR OF BRITAIN
Written by Barrett, Frank
Inspired by the discovery of his childhood copy of Treasure Island, Frank Barrett embarks on a literary quest around Britain, from Eliot's East Coker to Austen's Bath, Winnie-the-Pooh's Hartfield to Dracula's Whitby.
CLASSIC KRAKAUER: ESSAYS ON WILDERNESS AND RISK
Written by Krakauer, Jon
Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism.
BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO JAPAN: OBSERVATIONS AND PROVOCATIONS
Written by Iyer, Pico
"Arguably the greatest living travel writer" (Outside magazine), Pico Iyer has called Japan home for more than three decades. But, as he is the first to admit, the country remains an enigma even to its long-term residents.
OUTLAW OCEAN: JOURNEYS ACROSS THE LAST UNTAMED FRONTIER
Written by Urbina, Ian
A riveting, terrifying, thrilling story of a netherworld that few people know about, and fewer will ever see . . . The soul of this book is as wild as the ocean itself.
BEST WOMEN'S TRAVEL WRITING, VOLUME 11: TRUE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Written by Lavinia Spalding
Since publishing the original edition of A Woman's World in 1995, Travelers' Tales has been the recognized national leader in women's travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best women's travel writing of the year.
HUMBOLDT'S MEXICO: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS GERMAN SCIENTIFIC TRAVELLER
Written by Echenberg, Myron
The incalculable influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) on biology, botany, geology, and meteorology deservedly earned him the reputation as the world's most illustrious scientist before Charles Darwin. Humboldt's breath-taking explorations of Mexico and South America from 1799 to 1804 are akin to Europe's second "discovery" of the New World - this time, a scientific one.
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