travel

Traces the author's recreation of Hiram Bingham III's discovery of the ancient citadel, Machu Picchu, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, describing his struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his experiences at the sides of local guides.

Recounts Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 expedition to the Amazon, where he became the first person to descend the unmapped tributary of the Amazon.

A fictionalized account of Hemingway's final African safari in which Hemingway's close friend leaves him in charge of the safari camp on the day a hostile tribe threatens to attack.

Diary of the American writer's travels through the Soviet Union in 1927-28, revealing his impressions, discussions, and dialogues with leading Soviet citizens including Bukharin and Eisenstein.

Words and photographs describe the daily lives of typical sharecropper families in the American South.

An American describes his experiences after his arrival in Hunan Province in 1982 to teach English, including wushu training and life in post-Mao China.

Examines Israeli-Palestinian relations, the PLO, Israeli politics, Lebanese factions, news reporting from the Middle East, and other issues of the Middle East.

William Least Heat-Moon provides an account of his experiences during a five-thousand mile journey across America by boat.

Part memoir, part meditation, Vowell offers readers a roadmap that illuminates the myriad ways in which political assassinations have altered and shaped our nation's history.