North America

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley....

Two friends, zero preparation, one dream. From the author of the beloved bestseller The Emerald Mile comes a rollicking and poignant account of an epic 750-mile odyssey, on foot, through the heart of America’s most magnificent national park and the grandest wilderness on earth.

This Spanish audiobook is the perfect way to learn how to speak just like the locals do so that when you finally go on your dream vacation, you won’t have to worry about sticking out like a sore thumb....

Meriwether Lewis and his partner, William Clark, endured incredible hardships and witnessed astounding sights on their 1803 cross-country trip to unexplored West....

The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America - majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes....

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....

From Vanity Fair and The New York Times contributor comes a beautifully written, deeply felt memoir recounting the solo cross-country journey she made along the Ten across the American southwest.

The Trail is a moving story of how nature helps us find what’s missing in our lives. The tale begins with Gil, who in the wake of his father’s death and recently fired from his job, agrees to accompany his father’s old hiking partner Syd on a month-long trek on the John Muir Trail....

This is a vastly expanded and revised edition of the 2001 classic, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon, now updated after a decade, containing many gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Seven Natural Wonders.

To live in a pristine land unchanged by man... to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed....

Robert Finch arrived in Newfoundland in the summer of 1995 heartsick, directionless, his old life on Cape Cod in tatters. Burnside, located in Newfoundland's rugged northeast, seemed like a good place to heal.

Recalling memoirs like Wild and Educated, an internationally renowned whitewater rafting guide offers a gripping and inspiring memoir about overcoming hardship and coming into her own through her relationship with the rivers she has known.

"Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire, I happened upon a path....

In 2003, software engineer David Miller left his job, family, and friends to hike 2,172 miles of the Appalachian Trail....

The best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape architect....

In this landmark work on the Anasazi tribes of the Southwest, naturalist Craig Childs dives head-on into the mysteries of this vanished people....

When prize-winning war correspondent Tony Horwitz leaves the battlefields of Bosnia and the Middle East for a peaceful corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he thinks he's put war zones behind him....

In 2018, two couples set out on a climbing expedition to Alaska’s Hidden Mountains, one of the last wild ranges in North America. A rarity in modern climbing, the peaks were nearly unexplored and untouched....

In the best-selling tradition of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz, Rinker Buck's The Oregon Trail is a major work of participatory history....

Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did....

Award-winning writer, researcher, and American Studies scholar Dr. Megan Kate Nelson takes you on a marvelous journey through some of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor....

The Colorado River is an essential resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado’s headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland....

Francis Parkman's journal - written in 1846 - provides an eye-witness account of a Harvard-educated Bostonian traveling the Rocky Mountains, living among the Dakota Sioux....

The music of Frank Sinatra, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and many other artists provides the score to the reflections of a musician on the road in this memoir....

Robert Finch arrived in Newfoundland in the summer of 1995 heartsick, directionless, his old life on Cape Cod in tatters. Burnside, located in Newfoundland's rugged northeast, seemed like a good place to heal. Eventually Finch became a summer resident, buying a house, playing organ for the church, and fishing the area's waters. Offering a portrait of the Newfoundland character and culture, Summers in Squid Tickle explores how three generations of the village have grappled with the changes of the past century.

America’s tallest monument was never supposed to stand. So how did it rise? The Gateway Arch: How America Built the Impossible is a riveting, deeply researched history of the world-famous stainless steel arch that towers 630 feet over the Mississippi River. More than a tourist attraction, the Gateway Arch is a miracle of architecture, engineering, and sheer political will—built in defiance of public criticism, technical limits, and impossible odds. In the heart of St. Louis, what began as a controversial plan to revive a crumbling riverfront evolved into one of the most daring ...

The 3,294-foot Big Savage Tunnel north of Frostburg closed for the winter on November 30, 2023, and would not reopen until March 28, 2024, thus effectively ending the biking season for through-trips between Cumberland and Pittsburgh. I spent the winter holed up in Frostburg, Maryland, which I am using as a base for my wanderings on the GAP. After the November 30 tunnel closing a few brief snow squalls laid down an inch or less of snow that quickly melted and occasionally rain would freeze at the higher altitudes, making the trail treacherous, but other than during these brief episodes the ...

Discover the untamed beauty and hidden mysteries of the Rocky Mountains—where every trail leads to wonder, and nature’s grandeur beckons at every turn. In Rocky Mountain Wonders: National Parks of the Rocky Mountain Region, Everett Wilder invites you on an extraordinary adventure through some of America’s most iconic and awe-inspiring landscapes. This isn’t just a travel guide—it’s your passport to the wild heart of the Rockies, from the soaring peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park to the explosive geysers of Yellowstone and the enigmatic presence of Devils Tower.

Explore California’s best beaches, trails, and hidden gems in just one weekend—without endless online research or crowded tourist traps. Are you longing to experience California’s breathtaking beauty and diversity, but overwhelmed by too many choices and tired of the same old destinations? Have you struggled to find current, practical travel tips—especially ones that suit your pace, accessibility needs, or group? Do you wish for authentic, memory-making adventures that go beyond generic lists and actually fit your lifestyle? If so, you’re in the right place. My California Bucket ...

On Memorial Day morning, 79 year old Edith Herring of Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, leapt out of the window of her home in a death defying bid to recapture “Timmy,” her wanderlusting canary. While Timmy knew quite well how to fly, Edith did not and consequently augured into the gravel driveway two stories below. She had defied death for approximately three seconds. At the time of her passing, Mullet McGuffin was the fat and happy - and broke - bartender at the Red Herring Tavern in Boston. For reasons known only to her, Edith bequeathed her estate to him, which estate included the Red ...

On his very first visit to America, motorcycle traveller Lawrence Bransby embarks on a journey that will take him from Southern California to the northernmost points of both Alaska and Canada then back across the USA to Texas. Along the way he has numerous adventures, meets people, has an accident somewhere above the Arctic Circle and, in the process, attempts to understand a little of what it means to be American. Bransby's writing is intimate, raw and immediate, taking the listener along with him as a vicarious pillion passenger.

Welcome to the ultimate companion for your Great American road trip—a laugh-out-loud, curiosity-fueled adventure through the weirdest highways and hidden gems in the U.S. Whether you’re planning a full-on road trip across America or just looking to spice up your weekend drive, this guide delivers a dose of the most unusual and unique pit stops, attractions, and roadside oddities.

The Canadian wilderness is vast, beautiful… and it holds a secret. Beyond the reach of civilization, in the ancient forests and silent, snow-covered mountains, something walks. It leaves footprints too large to be a bear and moves with an intelligence that is unnervingly human. For decades, it has been seen, heard, and felt. Now, these stories are finally being told. Bigfoot: Canada is not a book of skepticism or debate. It is a harrowing chronicle of twenty encounters with Sasquatch, plunging you directly into the moments that changed peoples' lives forever. From a terrified family ...

Professor McCormac's first publication was White Servitude in Maryland, 1634-1820 (1904), an important investigation which has not been superseded. He followed this with an original and illuminating demonstration of Colonial Opposition to Imperial Authority during the French and Indian War (1911). By a curious coincidence, this investigation appeared at a moment when the State Senate was involved in discussion of "unpatriotic" teaching in the schools, and was heedlessly taken as an example of "false and disloyal history."