The aftermath of the bloodbath that was World War II did not leave any of the victorious states much reason to be jubilant. Scarred and wary of each other, Russia, China, and the United States all maneuvered geopolitically to advance... Read More

Aimed at young explorers everywhere, "The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid" avoids the usual facts, figures, and tourist sites in favor of fascinating and offbeat wonders, both natural and manmade.... Read More

Personal memoir, travelogue, and history combine in María Sonia Cristoff’s "False Calm", a journey that peels back the layers of the ghostly fog blanketing Patagonia to reveal engrossing complexity. With quiet introspection, Cristoff... Read More

"A Candle for My Mother" is an inspiring family memoir that reflects on the virtues of travel, seeking new experiences, gratitude, and giving. In her captivating and thought-provoking memoir, "A Candle for My Mother", Pamela Newton... Read More

How quintessentially inspired that Lonely Planet’s 500-stop global gastronomy tour begins not with flashiness and flair, but by lauding what’s simple: “battered white asparagus, a tuna and anchovy tart or maybe mushrooms braised in... Read More

"Travels with JJ" is a lighthearted and entertaining travelogue that moves across the United States, two canines in tow. Lori Stewart’s captivating travelogue "Travels with JJ" follows the author’s cross-country journey with her two... Read More

“A fragment defies the mind’s impulse to make things whole. Defies it, and entices it,” and from just such fragments, Elizabeth Cooperman and Thomas Walton cobble together a hybrid work—parts travel journal, memoir, lyric essay,... Read More

Hermann Hesse’s "Singapore Dream and Other Adventures" is a time capsule of Southeast Asia in the early twentieth century, as well as an intimate diary in which can be found the creative seeds that would germinate in Hesse’s later... Read More