University of Alaska Press, May 2009. Trade Paperback. John Muir (1838-1914), founder of the Sierra Club, was one of the most famous and influential environmental conservationists of all time. From 1879 to 1880 Muir traveled the waters of southeastern Alaska in a Tlingit Indian dugout canoe and reported his encounters.....
Little, Brown and Company, May 2022. Hardcover. A new copy. A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder). Kim Stanley Robinson first ventured into the Sierra.....
Anchor, October 1999. Trade Paperback. A new copy. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The epic account of the storm on the summit of Mt. Everest that claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray. "A harrowing tale of the perils of high-altitude climbing, a story of bad luck and.....
W. W. Norton & Company, October 2018. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Fascinated by our pervasive fear of dead bodies, mortician Caitlin Doughty embarks on a global expedition to discover how other cultures care for the dead. From Zoroastrian sky burials to wish-granting Bolivian skulls, she investigates the world's funerary.....
Ecco, April 2021. Hardcover. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels.....
Mountaineers Books, March 2005. Trade Paperback. A new copy. * More than 60 short hikes in the Redwoods -- from half-hour to half-day -- with camping and park facilities information * Handy quick-guide for selecting hikes by difficulty, mileage and features (flowers, water, views, etc.) * Little-known Redwood Park gems.....
Andrews McMeel Publishing, May 2022. Trade Paperback. A new copy. The instant New York Times bestseller! Pack up your Ouija board, wine bra, and squirt guns full of holy water ... we're going on a road trip! From the hit podcast And That's Why We Drink, this is your interactive.....
Lonely Planet Publications, October 2003. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). When we miss our train or bus, lose our wallets, fall ill or get lost, a kind stranger can save not only the day, but the entire journey. This collection explores the unexpected acts of kindness that can.....
Workman Publishing Company, October 2019. Hardcover. A new copy. Discover wonder. "A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper."-- New York Times Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura is a phenomenon of a travel book that shot to the top of bestseller lists when it was first published and.....
Penguin Books, September 2013. Trade Paperback. A new copy. The acclaimed author of The Wild Places and Underland examines the subtle ways we are shaped by the landscapes through which we move Chosen by Slate as one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the past 25 years In this.....
Penguin Books, January 1976. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo.
Artisan, December 2021. Hardcover. A new copy. A mountain lodge 5,000 feet up in Washington State's Cascades mountains, accessible only by skis--or an SUV tricked out with bulldozer-size snow tires. A sleek cabin just 80 minutes from Manhattan, overlooking the property's pond and 19 acres of woodland. A romantic, eco-friendly.....
Harper and Bros. 1903. Hardcover. A very good copy; no dust jacket.
Da Capo, 1969. Hardcover. 358 and 347 pages. A facsimile of the 1782 edition. Near find hardcover copies with a bit of toning and light soiling to boards; a fine fold out map tipped in.
N/A, January 2003. Trade Paperback. A new copy. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss - "Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a long-term trip, can change your life forever. And Vagabonding teaches you how to travel.....
Anchor, October 2019. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big.....
Simon & Schuster, July 2017. Trade Paperback. A new copy. New York Times Bestseller - Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award - Winner of the Saroyan International Prize for Writing - Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award - "The best outdoors book of the year." --Sierra Club From.....
St. Martin's Griffin, July 2014. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). David Rosenfelt's Dogtripping is moving and funny account of a cross-country move from California to Maine, and the beginnings of a dog rescue foundation When mystery writer David Rosenfelt and his family moved from Southern California to Maine.....
Vintage, March 2013. Trade Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 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. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of.....
Artisan, December 2021. Hardcover. A new copy. A mountain lodge 5,000 feet up in Washington State's Cascades mountains, accessible only by skis--or an SUV tricked out with bulldozer-size snow tires. A sleek cabin just 80 minutes from Manhattan, overlooking the property's pond and 19 acres of woodland. A romantic, eco-friendly.....
Red Globe Press, November 2015. Trade Paperback. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, yet leisure travel is more than just economically important. It plays a vital role in defining who we are by helping to place us in space.....
Plume, April 2012. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback). THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIR What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and "discovered" Machu Picchu. While.....
Penguin Books, June 2006. Trade Paperback. A new copy. A stimulating exploration of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown from the author of Orwell's Roses Written as a series of autobiographical essays, A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Rebecca Solnit's.....
Broadway, June 1999. Trade Paperback. A new copy. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The classic chronicle of a "terribly misguided and terribly funny" (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body "The best way of escaping into.....
Lyons Press, November 2014. Trade Paperback. Douglas Mawson was determined to make his mark on Antarctica as no other explorer had done before him. What really happened on the ice has been buried for a century. Flaws in the Ice is the untold true story of Douglas Mawson's 1911-1914 Antarctic.....