Travel & Tourism

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild—from the New York Times bestselling author of Scarcity Brain. “If you’ve been looking for something different to level up your health, fitness, and personal growth...

The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes are companions—to truly comprehend one, you must read the other. Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This...

Brought to you by Penguin. When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history? Abroad in...

Secrets of Divine Love is the #1 international bestselling book on Islam that draws upon spiritual secrets of the Qur’an, ancient mystical poetry, and stories from the world’s greatest prophets and spiritual masters to help you reignite your faith....

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. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his...

Turkey's greatest living novelist guides us through the monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets, and waterways of Istanbul - the city of his birth and the home of his imagination....

In Manav’s world, memories are like little birds perched upon the windowsill of time. In his world there are no boundaries between thoughts and reality. In his world the past and the present form a mirror that disintegrates into the memory of a single day…Known for writing silences and...

A witty and irreverent look at the world and a celebration of the glory of train travel. Rajesh offers a wonderfully vivid account of life, history and culture in an audiobook that will make you laugh out loud - and reflect on what it means to be a global citizen....

Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni's quest to retrace the trail of Rama's fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had little idea where it might be. Curious about the places mentioned in the Ramayana, they set off...

Vagabonding is about taking time off from your normal life - from six weeks to four months to two years - to discover and experience the world on your own terms....

William Dalrymple's highly praised and greatly entertaining account of his 1986 trip made while a student at Cambridge which retraced Marco Polo's route across land from Jerusalem to Xanadu....

In Neither Here nor There Bill Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack and journeys from Hammerfest to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia....

Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land....

On October 6, 1973, Ted Simon knew there was no going back. He loaded up his 500cc Triumph Tiger in the pouring rain and said good-bye to London....

A 2026 Audie Awards Finalist! Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail. In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu...

A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet....

The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans....

THIS GRIPPING AND TRIUMPHANT MEMOIR FOLLOWS A LIVING LEGEND OF EXTREME MOUNTAINEERING AS HE MAKES HIS ASSAULT ON HISTORY, ONE 8,000-METER SUMMIT AT A TIME. For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of...

A strikingly original exploration of what it might mean to be authentically human in the age of artificial intelligence, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Interior States. "At times personal, at times philosophical, with a bracing mixture of openness and skepticism, it speaks...

No grammar tests. No memory drills. No chance of failure. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by almost a million people to speak fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a...

The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia....

An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas... IN 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen...

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

With all the narrative power and intellectual authority that have distinguished his earlier books, V.S. Naipaul explores the life, the culture, the ferment inside the nations of Islam.

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan...

In der größten Krise ihres Lebens war eine geplante Reise nach Island der Traum, an dem sich Melodie Michelberger festhielt – seitdem reiste sie zehnmal in dieses unwirklich schöne, besondere Land, dessen Menschen und deren Mentalität sie lieben gelernt hat. Island ist für Melodie Kraftort und Heimat.

The feel-good romcom of the year, an uplifting romantic adventure set against the lights, food and beauty of the most romantic city in the world. ✒️✒️AN ASPIRING WRITER.✒️✒️ 🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳A BUDDING CHEF.🧑‍🍳🧑‍🍳 🍀🍀ONE CHANCE MEETING.🍀🍀...

In 1911, Hermann Hesse sailed through southeastern Asian waters on a trip that would define much of his later writing. Hesse brings his unique eye to scenes such as adventures in a rickshaw, watching foreign theater performances, exploring strange floating cities on stilts, and luxuriating in...

Read by the author, Kate Barron 'A truly inspiring story of courage, resilience and the call of the wild. Wilderness Mum is a testament to the extraordinary things we are capable of' - Tim Peake Most people believe the wild years end when motherhood begins. For me, that’s when they truly...

"Jenna helps you prepare for trips that’ll work with your family and budget, and also with the understanding that no trip is perfect or without a few hiccups." – Giovanna Fletcher "I love Jenna's down-to-earth, approachable style – she makes family travel feel doable and exciting." –...

يُعَدُّ هذا الكتابُ من أشهرِ كُتبِ الرِّحلاتِ في التاريخ؛ فقد عُرِفَ «ابن بطوطة» بكثرةِ

National Trust houses and landscapes might seem to embody conventional family values, but for generations some very different stories were hidden away. These belong to owners now considered queer for defying the norms of sexual orientation or gender identity – sometimes blatantly, occasionally as open secrets, but most often very discreetly.

علي أحمد الجرجاوي: وُلِدَ في مدينة «جرجا» بمحافظة «سوهاج» في القرن التاسع عشر، تَعَلَّمَ مبادئ القراءة والكتابة، وحفِظ القرآن الكريم في الكُتَّاب، ثم درَس العلوم الدينية، ثم رحل إلى القاهرة طلبًا لاستكمال الدراسة وتحصيل العلم بالأزهر، اشتغل بالعمل الحُرِّ مبتعدًا عن الأعمال الحكومية؛ لِما لاحظه من تسلُّط الإنجليز على مُقَدَّرات البلاد إثر فشل الثورة العرابية، وأسس صحيفة «الإرشاد» التي كان يصدرها ويترأس تحريرها في بداية القرن العشرين، إلى جانب عمله بالمحاماة أمام المحاكم الشرعية، ثم عمل رئيسًا ﻟ «جمعية الأزهر العلمية» حتى وفاته.

يعرض لنا الكاتب في هذا المُؤلَّف مشاهداتِه السياحيةَ في ربوع بلدان الشرق الأدنى؛ فالكِتاب أشبه بمعجمٍ سياحي يستهلُّه الكاتب بتقديمِ نُبذةٍ تاريخية عن كل بلدة من البلدان التي زارها؛ موضِّحًا أهميتَها التاريخية، وطبيعتها الجغرافية، وأهمَّ مُدنها، وأروع المناظر الجمالية التي خلَبَت لُبَّه، فضلًا عن كلِّ ما يتعلَّق بالعادات والتقاليد والموروثات الدينية والعقدية لهذه البلدان، وأشهر معالمها الأثرية، وأهم مساجدها التاريخية التي تجسِّد رسوخَ الموروثات العقدية لدى شعوبها. كما ضمَّن الكاتب في ثنايا هذا الكتاب بعضَ النوادر والطرائف التي حدثت له في بعض البلدان التي زارها، وكأنه يبرهن من خلال هذا الكتا...

كتاب يوثق رحلات الكاتب إلى أمريكا الشمالية والجنوبية، ويصف المشاهدات والتفاصيل التي رآها خلال أسفاره، ويتناول الجوانب الثقافية والاقتصادية والطبيعية لتلك المناطق. يُعد الكتاب بمثابة دليل سفر يشارك فيه الكاتب، الذي يعشق السفر والرحلات، رؤيته للعالم من خلال رحلاته السنوية.

There are nearly 1,400 known varieties of wine grapes in the world—from altesse to zierfandler—but 80 percent of the wine we drink is made from only 20 grapes. In Godforsaken Grapes, award-winning travel writer Jason Wilson looks at how that came to be and embarks on a journey to discover what we miss.

The city long adored for its medieval beauty, old-timey brasseries, and corner cafés has even more to offer today. In the last few years, a flood of new ideas and creative locals has infused a once-static, traditional city with a new open-minded sensibility and energy. Journalist Lindsey Tramuta offers detailed insight into the rapidly evolving worlds of food, wine, pastry, coffee, beer, fashion, and design in the delightful city of Paris.

Wandern & Weltbeobachtung – Heines poetischer Reisebericht durch den Harz, gesprochen von Sven Görtz. Über das Hörbuch: 1824 macht sich ein junger Heinrich Heine auf den Weg in den Harz – zu Fuß, mit scharfem Blick, wachem Geist und einer Feder voller Ironie. Die Harzreise ist weit mehr als ein klassischer Reisebericht: Sie ist eine literarische Selbstentdeckung, eine satirische Beobachtung deutscher Zustände – und zugleich ein frühes Meisterwerk des romantischen Realismus.

With Hygge Simplified, learn how to find happiness with this essential Scandinavian mindset! Hygge has taken the world by storm, and now you too can find comfort and safety in the company of others, as well as alone at home. Unlike so much self-help, hygge is fairly simple and straightforward...

My 30th birthday present to myself was to quit my job, set out from Seattle, and maybe cycle the world. BOOK RED begins this insane journey. When my bike started falling apart in the first two days, things weren’t looking so good. When pedaling 9 hours a day wasn’t supplying enough serotonin, things weren’t looking so good. An elated mind will smile at strangers; a diseased one will make games of passing bottles of urine, dead animals, and roadside crosses.