Best American Travel Writing 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

Best American Travel Writing 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

“The Best American Travel Writing has been the gold standard for short-form travel writing from newspapers, magazines, and the Internet since its inception.” —New York Times Book Review Everyone travels for different reasons, but whatever those reasons are, one thing is certain—they come back with stories. Each year, the best of those stories are collected in The Best American Travel Writing, curated by one of the top writers in the field, and each year they “open a window onto the strange, seedy and beautiful world, offering readers glimpses into places that many will never see or experience except through the eyes and words of these writers" (Kirkus Reviews).  This far-ranging collection of top notch travel writing is, quite simply, the genre’s gold standard.   

  • ASIN: 1328745732
  • ISBN: 9781328745736
  • Manufacturer: Best American Paper

The Best American Travel Writing 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Travel Writing 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

Why do I travel? Why does anyone of us travel? Bill Bryson poses these questions in his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2016, and though he admits, “I wasn’t at all sure I knew the answer,” they are questions worthy of examination. While the various contributors to this collection all travel for different reasons, one thing is for certain—they come back with stories. Whether traversing the Arctic by dogsled, attending a surreal film festival in North Korea, or strolling the streets of a fast-changing Havana, their insights into the world and the human condition are illuminating and enthralling, providing an answer: This is why I like to travel.The Best American Travel Writing 2016 includes Michael Chabon, Alice Gregory, Paul Theroux, Dave Eggers, Helen Macdonald, Sara Corbett, Stephanie Pearson,Thomas Chatterton Williams, Pico Iyer, and othersBILL BRYSON, guest editor, is the best-selling author of A Walk in the Woods;  A Short History of Nearly Everything; One Summer: America, 1927; The Road to Little Dribbling; and numerous other books. JASON WILSON, series editor, is the author of Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits; Spaghetti on the Wall; and the forthcoming Why Wine Matters. He has written for the Washington Post Magazine, The New Yorker, the New York Times, and many other publications, and has won awards for Best Food Column from the Association of Food Journalists four times.

  • ASIN: B01912OT7C
  • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11: True Stories from Around the World

The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11: True Stories from Around the World

The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11 is the latest in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing — from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity and misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisines and cultures. Includes winners from the annual Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing.Introduction by Rolf PottsIn The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11, readers will:Piece together the puzzle of life in rural CambodiaReawaken the joy of travel on a bus ride through MexicoReexamine war memories with former soldiers in VietnamLearn the ropes and the art of sailing with a "good captain" on the PacificFind a true soul sister in the highlands of EcuadorFollow Vincent van Gogh's footsteps in FranceSurvive (or not) a home invasion in Brazil...and much more

  • ASIN: B01EEQ9C5E
  • Manufacturer: Travelers' Tales

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from Around the World

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from Around the World

In The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from Around the World, thirty celebrated and emerging writers invite you to ride shotgun as they travel the globe to discover new places, people, and facets of themselves. The essays are as diverse as the destinations, the common thread being fresh, compelling storytelling that will make you laugh, weep, wish you were there, or thank your lucky stars you weren’t. The Best Women’s Travel Writing speaks to the reasons why we travel—and how travel changes our lives.In The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from Around the World, you’ll:Study the ancient art of belly dancing in EgyptGo day-drinking with a sea captain in CroatiaScuba dive through an underground cave in MexicoRun from massive exploding balloons in BurmaEmbed with the military in AfghanistanExperience a different kind of time in ArgentinaGo dogsledding in FinlandConfront heartache, pain, and a deadly creature in IndonesiaNegotiate with smugglers in MongoliaMarry a stranger at Burning Man... and much, much more.

  • ASIN: 160952098X
  • ISBN: 160952098X
  • Brand: Travelers Tales Guides
  • Manufacturer: Travelers' Tales

The Best American Travel Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

The Best American Travel Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

Everyone travels for different reasons, but whatever those reasons are, one thing is certain: they come back with stories. Each year, the best of those stories are collected in The Best American Travel Writing, curated by one of the top writers in the field, and each year they “open a window onto the strange, seedy, and beautiful world, offering readers glimpses into places that many will never see or experience except through the eyes and words of these writers” (Kirkus). This far-ranging collection of top notch travel writing is, quite simply, the genre’s gold standard.  

  • ASIN: B078951D54
  • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story

  • ASIN: B01G1K1RTA
  • Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

A New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller — What happened that night on Dead Mountain?The mystery of Dead Mountain: In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes—have led to decades of speculation over what really happened.As gripping and bizarre as Hunt for the Skin Walker: This New York Times bestseller, Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, is a gripping work of literary nonfiction that delves into the mystery of Dead Mountain through unprecedented access to the hikers' own journals and photographs, rarely seen government records, dozens of interviews, and the author's retracing of the hikers' fateful journey in the Russian winter.You'll love this real-life tale: Dead Mountain is a fascinating portrait of young adventurers in the Soviet era, and a skillful interweaving of the hikers' narrative, the investigators' efforts, and the author's investigations. Here for the first time is the real story of what happened that night on Dead Mountain.

  • ASIN: B00CUSQOA0
  • Brand: Unknown
  • Manufacturer: Chronicle Books LLC

The Tenth Gift: A Novel

The Tenth Gift: A Novel

  • ASIN: B0018SJO9G
  • Manufacturer: Crown

The Mesmerist: Hope Chest Time Travel Romance Series, Book 1 (Hope Chest Series)

The Mesmerist: Hope Chest Time Travel Romance Series, Book 1 (Hope Chest Series)

A woman fleeing her unfaithful fiancé. A cuddly ghost seeking the manner of his death. A magical matchmaker determined to bring the two together, even across time.When dog trainer Gina Charles flees her unfaithful fiancé, she ends up at a hotel room with another occupant—a ghost with compelling dark eyes who cuddles up to her in the middle of the night.Ghostly mesmerist Drake Manton doesn’t remember how he died, and insists Gina help him learn the manner of his death so he can move on or he’ll haunt her forever.Gina’s investigation leads her to the burned-out Chesterfield hotel, where she finds a magical hope chest in the ruins. When she touches it, she and her faithful terrier hurtle back in time to 1883 where she comes face-to-face with the very alive, very sexy mesmerist.Now all Gina has to do is prevent Drake’s fiery death so she can return to her own time. Or can she give up her life in the future for a lifetime of love in Drake’s arms?The Mesmerist is the first in a five-book multi-author Victorian romance time travel series. If you enjoy sweetly sexy time travel with a spunky heroine pitted against the fashions and restrictions of the 1880s that contains more than a touch of humor, you’ll love this book.The Hope Chest Series: An antique hope chest containing five unique objects . . . five people inexorably drawn to the items inside . . . each sent to the past where they must accomplish a task and find their own path to true love with the help of a magical matchmaker determined to bring soul mates together, even across time.The series includes:The Mesmerist by Pam McCutcheonThe Lawman by P.J. BishopThe Prince by Karen FoxThe Thief by Laura HaydenThe Pinkerton by Maureen McKadeOr, purchase the whole series as a boxed set!(Originally published as Enchantment by Zebra Ballad)Reviews"The first of what looks to be a delightful five-book time travel series,[The Mesmerist] is quick, light and enchanting! — Romantic Times Magazine“Combines the bes... [Read More]

  • ASIN: B00MYRE9ZY
  • Manufacturer: Parker Hayden Media

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 8: True Stories from Around the World

The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 8: True Stories from Around the World

Since publishing the original edition of A Woman’s World in 1995, Travelers’ Tales has been the recognized leader in women’s travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best women’s travel writing of the year. This title is the eighth in an annual series—The Best Women’s Travel Writing—that presents stimulating, inspiring, and uplifting adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common threads connecting these stories are a woman’s perspective and fresh, compelling storytelling to make the reader laugh, weep, wish she were there, or be glad she wasn’t. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes are as eclectic as in all of our books, including stories that encompass spiritual growth, hilarity and misadventure, high adventure, romance, solo journeys, stories of service to humanity, family travel, and encounters with exotic cuisine.

  • ASIN: 1609520599
  • ISBN: 1609520599
  • Brand: Brand: Travelers' Tales
  • Manufacturer: Travelers' Tales