The best travel books are shared here, with brief excerpts from books published about travel and destinations around the world.
A local guide to Mexico City’s La Roma neighborhood, with some history, colorful anecdotes, and recommended restaurants and sites to see in La Roma.
Jamaica was the location for more than 141 films since the movies were first invented in the early 20th century. Jamaica The Land of Film tells the story.
Masha invites Torre DeRoche to join her pilgrimage through Tuscany–drinking wine, foraging wild berries, and twirling on hillsides, she joins her.
Backpacking 101 is the perfect book to take with you on an outdoor adventure as it has everything you need to know about safe and efficient backpacking.
A Paris Year chronicles one artist’s tale of discovery, with personal observations and amusing anecdotes, in Paris from the month of January to December.
The Directions to Happiness: travel writer Bruce Northam shares his honest experiences as a traveler searching for enlightenment in a 135 country quest.
Footsteps is a great alternative travel book as it not only explores many great cities, but it also explores these cities in the context of famous writers.
Bushcraft First Aid is a guide to how to be prepared and help yourself or people with you in case of a health emergency or injury in the wild. Book excerpt.
Susan Cahills “The Streets of Paris” allows you to explore the unforeseen sights of the historic city of Paris. This excerpt is about Francois Truffaut.
The essential guidebook to the best ghost towns of the American West, a chapter details what to see in Miners Delight, Wyoming, a one-time boomtown.
After retirement, this couple hit the road, their favorite place? Algeria. Get the inside scoop on Dennis James and Barbara Grossman’s adventures.
In the Footsteps of Dracula is Stephen P. Unger’s homage to all things Vampire in the scary city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Vampires, Absinthe and more.
Exploring the coast of Downeast Maine: Machias and its wild blueberries to the manned lighthouse off its coast, Milbridge, Machiasport, Cutler, Lubec, Calais
Mountain Lines is a genuine and compelling narrative of Jonathan Arlan’s 400 mile journey through the French Alps, travel writing in its finest form.