|
Audio Books
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison Publisher Comments Whatever You Do, Don't Run is a hilarious collection of true tales from top ­safari guide Peter Allison. In a place where the wrong behavior could get you eaten, Allison has survived face-to-face encounters with big cats, angry ­elephants,... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Compact Disc 
add to wish list |
|
Himalaya by Michael Palin Synopsis In a journey rarely, if ever, attempted before, Michael Palin took on the full length of the Himalaya, including the Khyber Pass, the hidden valleys of the Hindu Kush, ancient cities like Peshawar and Lahore, and the mighty peaks of K2, Annapurna and... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
A Walk for Sunshine: A 2,160-Mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail by Jeff Alt Publisher Comments ?ENGAGING.? - Newsday, NY LIVELY?HUMOROUS?UPBEAT? It will make you feel good. Alt's zest for life shines through on every page. Alt's words amply convey the camaraderie among fellow hikers, the beauty of the eastern mountains, and the physical hardships... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $59.97 New - Compact Disc 
add to wish list |
|
The Innocents Abroad: The New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain Publisher Comments ''Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party?'' So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to Europe and the Holy Land in June 1867. His adventures produced ''The Innocents Abroad'', a book so funny... (read more) Your price: $44.95 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings Publisher Comments It comes as no surprise that, as a kid, Jeopardy! legend Ken Jennings slept with a bulky Hammond world atlas by his pillow every night. Maphead recounts his lifelong love affair with geography and explores why maps have always been so fascinating to him... (read more) Your price: $83.99 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Marching Powder by Rusty Young Publisher Comments Rusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted English drug trafficker who ran tours inside Bolivia's notorious San Pedro prison. Intrigued, the twenty-something Australian law graduate travelled to La Paz... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $59.97 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Rick Steves' Scandinavia DVD (Rick Steves' Blu-Ray Collection) by Rick Steves Synopsis This is the only DVD that includes all six of these half-hour Rick Steves' Europe TV shows on Scandinavia—Copenhagen; Denmark beyond Copenhagen; Norway's West: Fjords, Mountains and Bergen; Oslo; Stockholm; and Helsinki and Tallinn: Baltic... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Where Lions Roar by Craig T. Boddington Publisher Comments Finally, Craig Boddington's long-awaited sequel to From Mt. Kenya to the Cape-the story of Boddington's hunts in the Dark Continent during the last ten years is here! Since writing his first African book, he has shot big game in Ethiopia, the Central... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron Publisher Comments This is the account of a journey to the holiest mountain on earth, the solitary peak of Kailas in Tibet, sacred to one-fifth of humankind. To both Buddhists and Hindus it is the mystic heart of the world and an ancient site of pilgrimage. It has never... (read more) Your price: $71.99 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Holy Cow!: An Indian Adventure by Sarah Macdonald Publisher Comments After backpacking her way around India, Sarah Macdonald decides she hates the country with a passion. When a beggar at the airport reads her palm and insists she will one day return - and for love - she screams 'Never ' and gives the country, and him... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Birds of Alabama Audio CDs: Companion to Birds of Alabama Field Guide by Stan Tekiela Publisher Comments - more songs and variations--2 CDs for over 100 birds<BR>- recorded in stereo--the sounds surround you<BR>- presented on the CDs in the same order as in the Field Guide for easy use<BR>- includes 36-page booklet with index for cross... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin Publisher Comments Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, she has come to know all too well the many ways this police state can be described as "Orwellian." The life of the mind exists in a state of siege in Burma, and it long has. The... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford Publisher Comments NPRs Beijing correspondent Rob Gifford recounts his travels along Route 312, the Chinese Mother road, the longest route in the worlds most populous nation. Based on his successful NPR radio series, China Road will draw on Giffords twenty years of... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here Nor There, and I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments Notes from a Small Island After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to move his wife and kids back to his homeland of the United States. But not before taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness by Peter Matthiessen Synopsis Filled with observations and descriptions of the people and the fading wildlife of South America, The Cloud Forest is Matthiessens incisive, wry report of his expedition into some of the last and most exotic wild terrain in the world.... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier Publisher Comments A Dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains In Travels in Siberia, Ian Frazier trains his eye for unforgettable detail on Siberia, that vast expanse of Asiatic Russia. He explores many aspects of this storied, often grim... (read more) Your price: $59.99 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron Publisher Comments This is the account of a journey to the holiest mountain on earth, the solitary peak of Kailas in Tibet, sacred to one-fifth of humankind. To both Buddhists and Hindus it is the mystic heart of the world and an ancient site of pilgrimage. It has never... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Birds of Florida Audio CDs: Companion to Birds of Floria Field Guide (Adventure Bird Audio) by Stan Tekiela Publisher Comments - more songs and variations-2 CDs for over 100 birds<BR>- recorded in stereo--the sounds surround you<BR>- presented on CDs in same order as in Field Guide for easy use<BR>- includes 36-page booklet with index for cross-referencing to... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
The Spoken Word: Travel Writers: Travel Writers and Explorers in Their Own Words (British Library - British Library Sound Archive) by The British Library Publisher Comments This two-disc set features some of best known literary adventurers and explorers of the twentieth century in their own words. The recordings—mostly sourced from the BBC Sound Archive and never before published—are a mixture of radio... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $25.00 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
|
Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin Publisher Comments Over the years the American writer Emma Larkin has spent traveling in Burma, she has come to know all too well the many ways this police state can be described as "Orwellian." The life of the mind exists in a state of siege in Burma, and it long has. The... (read more) Your price: $71.99 New - Compact Disc
add to wish list |
Don't Miss
