travel

Julia Llewellyn Smith chronicles the experiences she had while recreating the travels of Graham Greene through some of the world's most dangerous countries.

An account of the two-month safari the Hemingways took into the game country of East Africa in the winter of 1933 to 1934.

Presents a comprehensive study of late fifteenth-century Portuguese explorer and navigator Vasco da Gama, and describes his quest to find a sea route to the East Indies and the beginning of the European trade route.

Chronicles the author's adventures of hiking the Appalachian Trail with her boyfriend from Georgia to Maine, while exploring the trail's historical background and the contemporary issues now facing it.

The New York Times expert on Iran explores the beauty and contradiction underlying this enigmatic country.

Mark Twain's account of his transformation into a Westerner when he joins his brother, a newly appointed federal official in Nevada.

Photographer Richard Sobol describes his visit to the ancient temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Discusses the historical legacy of the temple that continues in Cambodian culture today. Includes dozens of color photographs, a glossary, maps, and key facts.

Recounts the ambitious solo voyage across the Indian Ocean by twenty-three-year-old Sarah Outen aboard her row boat, the Dippers.