Adventure Travel

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild....

Into Thin Air is the definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest...

A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe - and built her back up again....

A year and a half into our marriage, I found out my husband had been having an affair with a 19-year-old for six months. I filed for divorce and left. Two weeks later I met a man, and we fell madly in love. It was a fairy-tale romance for a month and a half....

This best-selling, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing....

The River of Doubt brings alive extraordinary events in a powerful nonfiction narrative thriller that happens to feature one of the most famous Americans who ever lived....

Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than $200....

Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This fascinating parable explores the need to find one's own path....

A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer....

At 23, Andrew Forsthoefel headed out the door of his home in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, with a backpack, an audio recorder, two books, and a sign that read "Walking to Listen". He had just graduated from Middlebury College and was ready to begin his adult life, but he didn't know how....

From travel writer Jedidiah Jenkins comes a long-awaited memoir of adventure, struggle, and lessons learned while bicycling the 14,000 miles from Oregon to Patagonia....

At the opening of his third novel in an ongoing adventure series by Patrick O'Brian, Jack Aubrey is cruising off Cape Sicie when his friend Stephen Maturin....

An inspiring memoir about a courageous woman's survival and recovery from an adventure-induced trauma - and the power of her dreams to overcome tragedy and live life to the fullest....

New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age....

Before climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were able to reach the unclimbed West Face of the remote Siula Grande, disaster struck....

A thrilling new adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the author of the New York Times best seller Shadow Divers....

A collection of transcendent, lyrical essays on life in the American West, the classic companion to Gretel Ehrlich’s new book, Unsolaced....

In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished....

A fast-paced account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way....

"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"....

I can’t be trusted around humans. Especially sweet schoolteachers....

The Eye of the Elephant recounts the Owens' struggle to save these innocent animals from decimation, a journey not only to supply the natives with ways of supporting their villages, but also to cultivate support around the globe for the protection of elephants....

Jack Aubrey, Post Captain in the British Royal Navy, is suffused with happiness....

In the wilderness, one false step can make the difference between a delightful respite and a brush with death....

A hundred-year mystery lured veteran climber Mark Synnott into an unlikely expedition up Mount Everest during the spring 2019 season that came to be known as “the Year Everest Broke”. What he found was a gripping human story of impassioned characters from around the globe....

Ready for an unforgettable adventure? New Mexico has some of the most diverse and beautiful geography in the world, all in one relatively small US state. There are countless incredible attractions, stops, sites, and places to stop at and see throughout this wondrous area. How do you know which are worth your time and which are not, and how can you see all these unique places with as little travel frustration as possible? This audiobook will tell you.

Discover the untold stories of one of the world’s most popular coastlines. Part sporting travelogue, part political history, (Just As Well) It's Not About The Bike follows journalist Chris Atkin's 1,300km cycle from Valencia to Gibraltar. En route, he travels through Spain’s most picturesque towns. And Benidorm. Along the way he learns about the region’s history, from the time four hydrogen bombs fell over Spain, to the politician who shot General Franco’s daughter in the bottom yet rose to become one of the country’s most powerful men.

I’ve read a ton of books and travel guides about van life, but I missed that personal touch. Firsthand experiences always resonate with me more; that’s why I wanted to do something different with this book. Packed full of stories and tips from my own experiences, this book will become your North Star on your Spanish road trip adventure. Learn about the Spanish culture, get some boots-on-the-ground advice about van life in Spain, and pick up handy Spanish expressions to help along the way.

I’m the guy you don’t want to meet in a dark alley. And that’s just my human side - my wolf is so untamed and dangerous even supernaturals fear me. I’m known for my ability to hunt and kill. It doesn’t matter to me that my next assignment is a small-town schoolteacher. I don’t ask questions. Then I see Serene for the first time. The wolf in me knows immediately she’s my mate, and I’m not going to let anyone else touch her. Except with a contract out on her life, if I don’t kill her, someone else will.

In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, here is a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India - one of dozens of tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley.

Accompanied by Lucy Renshaw, Edwards toured Egypt in the winter of 1874. They journeyed southwards from Cairo in a manned houseboat. The two women visited Philae and ultimately reached Abu Simbel, where they remained for six weeks. Their boat joined a flotilla with another female English traveler, Marianne Brocklehurst, also travelling with a female companion. 

This audiobook is a history of my father, Giles Holtom’s life. He was a member of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Giles told me and my brothers these wild, imaginative and exciting stories as children, sitting at the dinner table. I believed them because, well, I was seven at the time, and he was my dad. It was only in later life, when I retold the stories to other people, that I realized their inherent lack of believability. So it was down to me to investigate the details of his life and the places he visited.

This audiobook isn’t just for motorcyclists; it’s for anyone who dreams of doing something magical but gets stuck in excuses and self-doubts. It’s for anyone who needs encouragement to do that something they’ve always wanted to do but haven’t. Motorcycle Dream Ride is bigger than a play-by-play account of two guys riding their motorcycles to Alaska and back. It’s a story about exploration, perseverance, and friendship. It’s a story about two friends doing something they had made excuses not to do for years.

Bom Bom: A Wacky Hippie Trail Adventure is a coming-of-age road trip punctuated by the music and politics of the '70s. It's a story of youthful hedonism, love, self-discovery, and wild adventures through amazing landscapes that only a few were brave or stupid enough to embrace.

Your favorite surrogate travelers, Jim and Rita, are tackling their biggest challenge yet - hiking the 26-mile Inca Trail to that wonder of the ancient world, Machu Picchu. As both are in their 60s, they are never quite sure if they will succeed. Follow along in "real time" in this day-by-day account of their experiences on this famous trail and destination. If you've ever considered the hike yourself or just wonder what it would be like for "regular people", not professional hikers, you will enjoy this story.

Into the North Wind chronicles Jill Homer’s record-breaking bicycle ride across Alaska on the Iditarod Trail. Jill is one of those “accidental athletes” who stumbled into endurance racing shortly after she moved to Alaska in 2005. Ever since, she dreamed about the chiming of ice crystals at 30 below zero, black spruce shadows in the moonlight, the ethereal dance of the Northern Lights, and a journey that could take her deeper into this transcendental world - the 1,000-mile race to Nome. 

The second volume of all-Canadian facts and trivia follows the same fun, easy-to-understand format of the first book in this series. Again, you'll find this cheeky, interactive (and always entertaining) listen a worthwhile educational experience for the whole family....

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater than a Tourist book is for you. Greater than a Tourist: Kapiti Coast, New Zealand, by Lea Schullery, offers the inside scoop on the Kapiti Coast. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

This book, 50 Things to Know About Bugs in Texas, by Megan Deeter, offers an approach to better understanding the microworld through the eyes of Texas’s smaller critters - the insects! Most books on insect biology will focus on very generalized regions, such as the entirety of the southwest rather than specific states. Although there's nothing