"Into the Carpathians" depicts a journey so breathtaking that it will make even those who dislike the outdoors want to pack a bag and see Sparks’s marvels for themselves. Alan E. Sparks recounts a transformative hiking expedition in... Read More

"The World in a Selfie" is a creative, philosophical study of travel. It considers hundreds of years of why and how people go places, and what it all says about our desires, our blind spots, and how we interact with what’s foreign to... Read More

Suchitra Vijayan’s complex history Midnight’s Borders shows how India’s policies have fueled border conflicts, with devastating effects. Vijayan uses precise language to explain the implications that India’s contested borders... Read More

Combining interviews, history, and reportage, Sherry Buchanan’s "On the Ho Chi Minh Trail" illuminates the lives of women during the Vietnam War. Buchanan was a college student during the Vietnam War. Decades later, her interest in the... Read More

Marveling over the act of voyaging, Geoffrey Weill’s "All Abroad" is a quintessential travel text. Recalling time tables and hotels, iconic poster designs, and the New York office of the Thomas Cook travel group, the book records... Read More

"A Day in the Woods" is a lighthearted memoir about travels through Europe whose lead focuses on living in the present. Brian Walsh’s memoir "A Day in the Woods" concerns a two-year-long sojourn in Europe in the 1970s. Inspired by... Read More

Wine enthusiasts know the importance of terroir: environmental factors, and how grapes are grown, impact the flavor of the beverage. In "The Terroir of Whiskey", Rob Arnold—a whiskey distiller with a PhD in plant genetics—explores... Read More

"Cabin 135" is Katie Eberhart’s contemplative account of several decades in Alaska, through which she both reflects on the past and on environmental changes that could impact the future. Eberhart moved to Alaska with her husband in the... Read More