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To live in a pristine land unchanged by man; to roam the wilderness through which few other humans have passed; to choose an idyllic site, cut trees, and build a log cabin; to be a self-sufficient

An American pastry chef living in Paris shares his deliciously funny, offbeat, and irreverent look at the city of lights.

How much money does it take to quit your job? Exhausted and on the verge of burnout, Janice poses this question to herself as she doodles on a notepad at her desk.

Ramita Navai gives voice to ordinary Iranians forced to live extraordinary lives: the porn star, the aging socialite, the assassin and enemy of the state who ends up working for the Republic, the d

Raised in a strict Chinese-American household, Val Wang dutifully got good grades, took piano lessons, and performed in a Chinese dance troupe-until she shaved her head and became a leftist.

Whatever You Do, Don't Run is a hilarious collection of true tales from top -safari guide Peter Allison.

This is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible.

For more than fifteen years, bestselling author and historian Hampton Sides has traveled widely across the continent exploring the America that lurks just behind the scrim of our mainstream culture

Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years.

Inspired by Jules Verne's classic adventure tale, Mike Veseth takes listeners "around the world in eighty wines."

Armed only with college Arabic and restless curiosity, Adam Valen Levinson set out to "learn about the world 9/11 made us fear." From a base in globalized and sterilized Abu Dhabi, he sets out to l

The trouble with lions is that while you are conducting a pregnancy test, you need to be equally, if not more, aware of what you can learn from the lion's other end.

Tony Robinson-Smith, his wife Nadya, and ten Bhutanese college students set out to run 578 kilometres (360 miles) across the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas.

Woudstra's literary essays, rooted in personal experience and travel, are long and loving looks into the mysterious heart of Africa.

L'île Hans a fait l'actualité internationale, en 2010, lorsque le Danemark et le Canada en ont revendiqué tour à tour la possession.