travel

Kaguri grew up in Uganda but received his college education in the United States at Columbia University. Returning to Uganda years later, Kaguri was overwhelmed by the plight of AIDS orphans and vowed to build them a tuition-free school.

The author and his identical twin brother, Eske, went on an expedition in 1993 to northeastern Siberia with a group of researchers and a film crew to study the Yukaghirs, an indigenous group of hunters who live in the northern part of the Russian Republic of Sakha. The Yukaghuirs live remotely and are the earliest indigenous people known to live in northeastern Sibera. Their language has no evident link to any other known language group. They also have never domesticated animals as a food source and survive exclusively by hunting and trading furs, mostly sable. Their life is hard in post-Soviet Russia and they are underpaid and are unable to get crucial deliveries of food, weapons, and ammunition. The author wished to help and wanted to organize the Yukaghir hunters into a cooperative society. The author's project did not go as planned.

Ferdinand Magellan spent three years circumnavigating the globe in the sixteenth century. This book brings his tale of discovery to life and notes that it changed history and the way explorers would navigate oceans in the future.

Afghanistan is not just a place of war. It's also a land of great beauty, hospitable villagers, stunning landscapes, and great cultural diversity.

This riveting narrative examines the world of the Somalian pirates: how they live, the forces that have created piracy in Somalia, how they spend the ransom money, and how they deal with their hostages.

Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbett, and Amanda Pressner feel lost. At a crossroads in life they feel the pressure to hit standardized milestones: score a big promotion, find a soul mate, have 2.2 kids and all before they reach their early thirties. Unable to find perspective in fast-paced Manhattan, the three quit their jobs, leave friends behind, and make a pact to travel the globe together for a year. Journeying 60,000 miles across four continents and more than a dozen countries, they experience every adventure and experience the world has to offer. Along the way they find themselves as well as lifelong friendship.

In the Spring of 2007, Juneau, Alaska had experienced the worst winter in its recorded history. Lynn Schooler was facing middle age and was exhausted by his efforts to build his home while also watching his marriage slip away. Seeking solace, he set out on a journey into the Alaskan wilderness, traveling alone by boat and on foot. Observations and experiences during his journey renewed his spirit and allowed him to find wholeness and a sense of humanity in the wild.

Successful businessman John Silverwood and his wife, Jean, both experienced sailors, decided the time was right to give their four children a taste of life on the high seas. Their journey aboard the fifty-five-foot catamaran, the Emerald Jane, would have many extraordinary and profound moments but John's dream trip that began on Long Island Sound ended badly almost two years later. In a nightmare of treacherous waters, off a remote atoll in French Polynesia, the ocean dealt the Emerald Jane a death blow in an explosion of awesome violence and the Silverwoods just barely survived the ordeal.