Travel

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Updated August 7, 2025
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How to Win at Travel
Brian Kelly
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Turn your wanderlust into reality with expert strategies from Brian Kelly, the founder of The Points Guy--the leading voice in travel and loyalty programs--with this ultimate resource for everything from leveraging airline and...
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future
Neil Shubin
Paper Book
The bestselling author of Your Inner Fish takes readers on an epic adventure to the North and South Poles to reveal the secrets locked in the ice about life, the cosmos, and our planet's future. "Urgent [and] prescient...The book captures Shubin's reverence for both the beauty...
Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a Remote Island Near the North Pole
Cecilia Blomdahl
Paper Book
Join Cecilia Blomdahl in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the world's northernmost town. Located in the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole, Svalbard is a unique archipelago that boasts stunning wintry landscapes, endangered arctic animals, and awe-inspiring natural phenomena. Since 2016,...
SUBPAR PLANET: THE WORLD'S MOST CELEBRATED LANDMARKS AND THEIR MOST DISAPPOINTED VISITORS
Share, Amber
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Subpar Parks Amber Share takes us around the globe to celebrate the world's greatest wonders alongside hysterical reviews from their harshest critics. The world is filled with marvels-both natural and human-made-...
Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
Eliot Stein
Paper Book
A vivid look at 10 astonishing people who are maintaining some of the world's oldest and rarest cultural traditions. Eliot Stein has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving some of our most extraordinary cultural rites. In...
The World Walk: 7 Years. 28,000 Miles. 6 Continents. A Grand Meditation, One Step at a Time.
Tom Turcich
Paper Book
For fans of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild and Suleika Jaouad's Between Two Kingdoms, the invigorating true story of a man and his dog who circled the globe on foot. "Gripping . . . The World Walk ...
ATLAS OBSCURA: WILD LIFE: AN EXPLORER'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S LIVING WONDERS
Giaimo, Cara
Paper Book
From the bestselling authors of Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura comes a nature book like no other--a dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world's most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond. It's more than a field...
THE 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING NATIONAL PARKS, 2ND EDITION: 800 TOP PICKS FROM PARKS COAST TO COAST
National Geographic
Paper Book
Fully updated and revised-with 100 brand-new excursions-this idea-filled guidebook highlights top-tier adventures across the U.S. National Park System. National parks are more than the best idea America ever had―they're our country's best playgrounds for millions of...
ROAD TRIPS IN THE USA: 50 ADVENTURES ON THE OPEN ROAD
Dk Travel
Paper Book
Hit the open road with 50 epic drives promising the all-American adventure Whether you've always dreamed of skirting the US on a motorcycle, are looking to go coast-to-coast in an RV or simply want to roll down your car windows and plug into a classic playlist, Road Trips in...
THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP: A MEMOIR
Kendzior, Sarah
Paper Book
USA Today bestseller American Booksellers Association bestseller "Kendzior is an absolutely terrific writer." --Sebastian Junger The New York Times bestselling author of They Knew, Hiding in Plain Sight,...
Explorers : a new history /
Lockwood, Matthew H.,
Paper Book
Unfurling a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked figures spanning forty centuries and six continents, historian Matthew Lockwood narrates lives filled with imagination and wonder, curiosity, connection, and exchange. Familiar icons of exploration like Pocahontas, Columbus, Sacagawea...
LONELY PLANET HIDDEN LIBRARIES: THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL BOOK DEPOSITORIES
Helmuth, DC
Paper Book
"a wonderful testament to the power and endurance of the written word"- The Age "Bibliophiles will be enthralled"- Publisher's Weekly "a perfectly on-point present for any reader"- BookPage Discover 50 of the world's most magnificent hidden libraries -...
222 cemeteries to see before you die /
Rhoads, Loren,
Paper Book
Perfect for budding cemetery armchair travelers and serious taphophiles, this hauntingly beautiful guide to the world's most interesting and unusual cemeteries has been revised and updated to include 23 additional locations.  Every year, millions of...

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