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The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11
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Travelers'Tales Hong Kong is not a guidebook in the conventional sense. It doesn’t list restaurants, hotels or shops. It is, rather, the passing on, from one traveler to another, whit…
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Men. You’ve encountered them before - the most foolhardy, annoying, courageous and dangerous creatures on the planet. Share the madness and laughs as you follow their bizarre testosterone driven adventures.
In this newly designed edition, acclaimed writers who have fallen in love with France–with the food, the land, the irrepressible French people–provide a mesmerizing literary tour of this special place…
Ranging from delightful and funny to cautionary and inspiring, these stories provide readers with a road map that deepens and enriches their travels. Visit Notre Dame, ride the Metro, stroll…
From the Pacific surf to Nob Hill to Chinatown, the legendary City by the Bay comes to life in this diverse collection of essays celebrating America’s favorite playground. Praise the…
This memorable anthology reveals the soul of one of the oldest cultures in Europe, visiting Ireland’s iridescent green hills, rural pubs, Dublin streets, hidden islands, and mossy Celtic ruins. Experience…
Covering 6,000 years of Chinese history, this book explains what you can expect to find in this extraordinary and unique country. From the vastness of the Gobi Desert to the…
We’ve selected some favourite stories from the books in our award- winning series, stories of transformation and insight about simple but profound gifts travellers have received from people, places, and…
Readers join Barry Lopez, David Brower, Edward Abbey, Colin Fletcher, Page Stegner, Terry Tempest Williams, and other celebrated authors as they swim in hidden grottos under luminous waterfalls, raft the…
The islands of the South Pacific endure as a beacon of both the unfamiliar and the familiar. This book gives readers a birds-eye view of the many island groups that…
James O'Reilly,Larry Habegger,Sean O'Reilly
A series that presents the Travelers’ Tales experience in a different format. It features 30 stories to bring the reader on a month-long journey of wonder.
Since 1993, readers have looked to Travelers’ Tales for award-winning stories about the world, adventure, spirituality, and the transformative experiences that accompany life on the road. The Best Travel Writing…
Features themes that encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity and misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine. This book takes readers on a harrowing raft ride off…
A collection of the best travel writing.
An annual collection of the best travel writing of the year from big names in travel literature and emerging new writers. It presents points of view and perspectives that are…
Ten years of the best travel stories of the year from the Solas Awards bring readers along for journeys that are inspiring, uplifting, and, very often, transformative, all powerful and…
Revised and updated, this collection of the best literature on life and travel in Mexico includes contributions by Carlos Fuentes, Alice Adams, Pete Hamill, Mary Morris, and Kate Simon. Maps…
Travelers’ Tales Thailand is the first title in a revolutionary new style of travel guidebooks … It is an enriching and absorbing collection–a perfect traveling companion for anyone going to…
‘India’ includes 49 stories and dozens of sidebar anecdotes covering the sprawling canvas of the country, from the high Himalayas to the dense jungles teeming with wildlife, to the chaotic…
From the safety of a deep leather chair, these stories of danger and survival from around the world will get your adrenaline flowing. From mountain ice to jungle rot, from…
Fifth in their series on travelling, this collection of hilarious tales from the road, or the side of the road, chronicles missed planes, dreadful faux pas, and misadventures of every…
With more than two dozen stories from around the world, this fascinating collection of travel tales includes advice on how to cook octopus in Mexico, a guide to the intricacies…
The second volume in the annual series of travel writing features 28 stories that take the reader from a recreation of Muhammad Ali’s Rumble in the Jungle to the Aegean…
These inspiring stories offers solace, provides guidance, and illuminates pathways to change, exploring the human condition and illustrating through anecdotes how people have found joy in life. The stories share…
Celebrating the travel writing from Nobel Prize winners to unknowns, these stories cover the globe, from sailing with pirates in the Java Sea to discovering the secret of manhood in…
The Best Travel Writing 2007 is the fourth volume in the annual series Travelers’ Tales launched in 2004 to celebrate the world’s best travel writing – from Nobel Prize winners…
Part of the annual Travelers’ Tales series that was launched in 2004 to celebrate the world’s best travel writing, this title offers perspectives that are global, and themes that encompass…
A literary tour of Greece shares true accounts of such topics as the Oracle at Delphi’s modern secrets and the ancient charms of a contemporary Athens neighborhood, in a collection…
This book showcases a diverse array of spirit-renewing journeys from pilgrims of many kinds from places as far away as Tibet’s Mount Kailish and as near as sacred New Mexico…
With its vast vistas, splendid sunsets, and rich history, the American Southwest has always inspired superb writing. Travelers’ Tales Southwest features a choice selection of some of the best by…
In this lively collection from an array of accomplished writers, readers meet an old woman who imparts an invaluable midnight message on a Greek island; brothers who heal old family…
The Road Within is a book of transformation, of lessons learned, maps drawn and burned, and spiritual blessings bestowed by travel. This book takes readers on a worldwide quest to…
Kim Norris
Enjoy riveting tales by world-renowned writers about one of the most fascinating regions on Earth. One author witnesses an ancient sky burial; another works as an extra on a Chinese…
Crossing all geographical and spiritual boundaries, writers such as Sogyal Rinpoche, Edward Abbey, Pico Iyer, Mary Morris, and Barbara Kingsolver tell touching, and often surprising, stories of their brushes with…
