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The longest way home: one man's quest for the courage to settle down
Par Andrew McCarthy. 2012
Actor and travel writer McCarthy discusses the impact his travels have had on his psyche. Describes climing Mt. Kilimanjaro; visiting…
Baltimore, Maryland; and boating on the Amazon. Details the ways the trips helped him grow up, learn about himself, and better relate to others. 2012The hard way around: the passages of Joshua Slocum
Par Geoffrey Wolff. 2010
Biography of sailor and adventurer Joshua Slocum (1844-1908), the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo. Discusses his years at…
sea, beginning at age sixteen; his marriage to a woman who shared his love of the seafaring life; and his famous 1895 voyage and subsequent book. 2010How did you get this number: essays
Par Sloane Crosley. 2010
In this companion to I Was Told There'd Be Cake (BR 17792), Crosley provides nine more autobiographical comedic essays. In…
"Off the Back of a Truck" she describes entering an arrangement with a stockman at a posh furniture store to furnish her studio apartment illegally. Some strong language. 2010Seven-tenths: love, piracy, and science at sea (Leapsci)
Par David Fisichella. 2010
David Fisichella, a mechanical engineer, chronicles a series of research cruises on which he served as the "eyes" for Amy…
Bower, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute oceanographer with deteriorating vision. He reflects on their experiences together, including surviving a pirate attack, and their courtship. 2010Harry Truman's excellent adventure: the true story of a great American road trip
Par Matthew Algeo. 2009
Author retraces the 1953 2,500-mile cross-country road trip of Harry and Bess Truman. Describes the Trumans' post-presidential life in Missouri,…
when they lived on Harry's army pension, and provides first-person accounts of the original journey. 2009Kon-Tiki: across the Pacific by raft
Par Thor Heyerdahl. 2004
Recounts the 1947 voyage of six Norwegians who sailed from Peru to Tahiti on a balsa-log raft to test the…
author's theory that the original settlers of Polynesia were South Americans following Pacific Ocean currents. Describes the sailors' difficult, exhilarating, and ultimately successful one-hundred-one-day journey. Includes 2004 foreword. 1950Aventures boréales: mémoires d'une musheuse dans le Grand Nord
Par Catherine Pinard. 2021
Partie au Yukon pour y travailler comme biologiste, Catherine Pinard s'initie au mushing, sport dans lequel des chiens tirent un…
traîneau. Son apprentissage lui fait peu à peu découvrir ce que signifie réellement vivre dans le nord: chasser et pêcher par des froids polaires, être coincée dans des tempêtes, explorer des endroits aussi spectaculaires qu'isolés, etc. D'abord comme apprentie, puis comme musheuse, elle participe à des courses, dont le redoutable Yukon Quest, l'une des plus difficiles au monde: plus de 1600 km à travers le Grand Nord canadien et l'Alaska. Ce récit raconte les hauts et les bas de cette aventurière extraordinaire.The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
Par Hélène Hanff. 2016
Author of 84, Charing Cross Road (DB 39381) provides a witty account of a first journey to England, with visits…
to Windsor, Oxford, the Shakespeare country, Stoke Poges, and London. Mrs. Hanff tastes fame fleetingly as an author on Bloomsbury Street. 1973Eight women, two Model Ts, and the American West
Par Joanne Wilke. 2007
The author chronicles a nine-week cross-country camping trip made by eight young women, including her grandmother and great-aunt, in two…
Model T Fords in 1924. Wilke pieces together the account from journal excerpts, letters, and reminiscences of the adventurers, who drove nine thousand miles and visited six national parks. 2007Around the world on two wheels: Annie Londonderry's extraordinary ride
Par Peter Zheutlin. 2007
Freelance journalist Zheutlin chronicles his adventurous great-grandaunt Annie Kopchovsky's much-publicized 1894 bicycle ride around the world. Relates that Annie, going…
by the name Annie Londonderry and determined to win the ten-thousand-dollar prize, left her husband and three young children to embark upon the fifteen-month-long ride. 2007The heartless stone: a journey through the world of diamonds, deceit, and desire
Par Tom Zoellner. 2006
Reporter exposes the inner workings of the diamond industry. Recounts his travels to remote, sometimes dangerous locations on six continents…
where he encountered diamond smugglers, miners, geologists, jewel polishers, and chemists. Investigates poverty and civil war associated with gemstone production and the influence of the secretive De Beers cartel. 2006The smart traveler's passport: 399 tips from seasoned travelers
Par Erik Torkells. 2007
Budget Travel magazine editor in chief offers advice to make traveling more efficient, comfortable, and fun. Includes tips on planning…
and packing, safeguarding money and personal belongings, finding lodging, using public transportation, spending wisely, and sightseeing. Suggests clever uses of everyday items such as Ziploc bags and dental floss. 2007Tigers in red weather: a quest for the last wild tigers
Par Ruth Padel. 2006
British poet describes the plight of tigers as she travels to their habitats in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Russia, Korea,…
China, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia. Padel discusses tiger lore and history, the work of scientists and conservators in the field, and the reasons for the near extinction of tigers. 2006Mexican days: journeys into the heart of Mexico
Par Tony Cohan. 2006
The author of On Mexican Time (BR 12948) leaves his beloved San Miguel to explore off-the-beaten-track places in the Sierra…
Gorda mountains; old neighborhoods in Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Guanajuato; and Mayan ruins in Palenque. Describes encounters with friends old and new and reflects on the changing world. 2006Falling palace: a romance of Naples
Par Dan Hofstadter. 2005
American author recounts his first visit to Naples, Italy, as a teenager, when he fell in love with the city…
and with Benedetta, one of its enigmatic denizens. Describes the architecture, festivals, café life, and locals he encountered then and during subsequent visits while pursuing the mysterious young Benedetta. 2005Seaworthy: adrift with William Willis in the golden age of rafting
Par T. R Pearson. 2006
Chronicles the life of German-born sailor William Willis (1893-1968), highlighting his voyages aboard small crafts of his own design and…
construction. Describes his 1954 115-day, trans-Pacific solo journey (with a cat and a parrot), during which he endured injuries, ailments, storms, and other calamities and survived by drinking seawater. 2006Nature writer's account of hiking from his home in Vermont to New York's Adirondack Mountains. McKibben describes visits along the…
way with organic farmers, a vintner, a beekeeper, environmental studies students, and others who love nature. 2005Caught by the sea: my life on boats
Par Gary Paulsen. 2001
Author of Hatchet (BR 11525) relates how falling in love with the ocean at age seven evolved into a later…
love for sailing. Describes boats he has owned, his adventures up and down the Pacific Coast, and surviving a killer storm. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001Sun after dark: flights into the foreign
Par Pico Iyer. 2004
Travel writer describes arduous trips to exotic and desperate places--Bolivia, Haiti, Tibet, Cambodia--as well as literary voyages through the writings…
of W.G. Sebald and Kazuo Ishiguro and spiritual journeys through people he meets, including the Dalai Lama and Leonard Cohen. 2004The road to somewhere: travels with a young boy through an old world
Par James Dodson. 2003
Account of Maine golf writer Dodson's 2001 European excursion with his ten-year-old son, Jack. Deepening their friendship along the way,…
they attend cricket games in England, encounter social openness in the Netherlands, visit French museums, discover the art of Italy, and explore the shores of Greece. 2003