travel

Asne Seierstand recounts the experiences she had while staying with a bookseller named Sultan Khan and his family in Afghanistan just after the fall of the Taliban, describing what it was like for families in Afghanistan to adjust to a new way of life and a new government.

The author provides an account of his trek to Garhwal, the four sources of the Ganges River in northern India, and shares information about the plants and animals he encounters, Hindu myths associated with the terrain, and people he meets along with way.

Author Bruce Feiler retraces Moses' steps in an attempt to reconnect himself to the Bible.

A former Moscow correspondent describes his travels across Russia from St. Petersburg to the Pacific, fishing in the rivers and lakes, and the people he met.

The author describes her travels throughout the 2,600-mile long country of Chile, from the driest desert in the world to Antarctica.

The author chronicles his boyhood in the U.S. and the Philippines during World War II.

A photographic journey through the twenty-five states of India, with text that discusses the people, landscape, and varied culture of the country.

Describes the author's travels by train in every province of the People's Republic of China.

Relates how twenty-seven men and sixty-nine sled dogs aboard the Endurance struggled to survive when the ship became stuck in the ice during an expedition to Antarctica in 1914.