Inspiring Adventures

Check out one of these books to travel someplace new, and be inspired by these tales of adventure!

Updated April 16, 2024
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A walk in the woods : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bryson, Bill.
Paper Book
The longest continuous footpath in the world, the Appalachian Trail stretches along the East Coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine, through some of the most arresting and celebrated landscapes in America. At the age of forty-four, in the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last...

917.4 B848 1998

North : finding my way while running the Appalachian Trail
Jurek, Scott
Paper Book
*The New York Times Bestseller* 'Heartwrenching and spellbinding.' Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run 2,200 miles. 47 days. One remarkable athlete. Scott Jurek takes on the Appalachian Trail. ...

796.4252 Jurek 2018

The places in between
Stewart, Rory.
Paper Book
A moving account of a death-defying walk across war-torn Afghanistan in January 2002 from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and host of the hit podcast The Rest Is Politics. Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and...

915.81 St49

Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Strayed, Cheryl
Paper Book
Oprah's Book Club 2.0 inaugural selection: 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.

813.6 Strayed 2012

Walking the Nile
Wood, Levison
Paper Book
A major Channel 4 series and a Sunday Times bestseller His journey is 4,250 miles long. He is walking every step of the way, camping in the wild, foraging for food, fending for himself against multiple dangers. He is passing through rainforest, savannah, swamp, desert and lush delta oasis. He will...

916.204 W85 2016


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