Travel - Audiobooks

By the YouTube sensation with more than two million followers, the inspiring account of a woman in her thirties who, in a moment of personal crisis, embarked on an epic, transcontinental motorcycle ride--and along the way found a new sense of purpose.Noraly Schoenmaker was...

Don't just see the sights--get to know the people.The French are different. You'll often hear this in conversations among the Anglo-Saxons, as the French like to call English speakers. Different means charming, challenging, questioning, stylish, and doing things in their own way and to...

Don't just see the sights--get to know the people.The volcanic island of Iceland has erupted onto the world travel scene in recent years. With otherworldly landscapes of steaming turquoise geysers set among rugged snowy peaks, miles of icy black sand beaches, and the breathtaking...

The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly...

From famed Beat writer Jack Kerouac comes a collection of essays and stories compiled from journal entries he made during his travels.In his first autobiographical work, Jack Kerouac reveals exhilarating stories of the years he spent traveling, while writing his acclaimed novels. His journeys...

Author: E. a. HanksISBN-10: 1797193260ISBN-13: 9781797193267Publisher: Simon & Schuster AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/08/2025Format: CD

Eliot Stein has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving some of our most extraordinary cultural rites. In Custodians of Wonder, Stein introduces listeners to a man saving the secret ingredient in Japan's 700-year-old original soy sauce recipe. In Italy,...

Turn your wanderlust into reality with expert strategies from Brian Kelly, the founder of The Points Guy--the leading voice in travel and loyalty programs--with this ultimate resource for everything from leveraging airline and credit card points to planning your dream itinerary.Named Forbes's #1 travel...

Frustrated with an increasingly polarized social landscape, award-winning photographer John Noltner set out on a 40,000-mile road trip across the United States to rediscover the common humanity that connects us. He did so by asking people one simple question: What does peace mean to...

Birding for Boomers is a friendly, accessible, and humorous guide to discovering the joys of bird watching. Beginning birders of all ages will get answers to every question they may have, like which birds like feeders, the difference between a finch and a flicker,...

From the smoking volcanoes of South America to the great snowy ranges of the Himalaya, The White Ladder follows a cast of extraordinary characters--conquistadors and captains, scientists and surveyors, alpinists and adventurers--up the slopes of the world's highest peaks. A masterpiece of edge-of-your-seat narrative...

One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world's most prolific art thief, St?phane Breitwieser. In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser's...

Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. Craig Childs, who has spent years in the deserts of the American West-as an adventurer, a river guide, and a field instructor in natural history-has developed...

Amusing and informative, Hey Ranger! teaches as it entertains with tales of boat ramp misadventures, lost Afghani campers, encounters with wild animals, dumb crooks, and more. One chapter, Tales from the Wild Side, brings together unusual incidents from National Park Service reports, and the...

On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and his...

Budget Travel For Dummies will help you plan your next vacation and make it affordable, with tips on how to maximize your budget and squeeze amazing experiences out of every penny. Written by a travel expert who has visited sixty countries across six continents,...

The bestselling author of Dispatches from Pluto and The Deepest South of All turns his sharp wit and observational powers on the epicenter of America's most divisive issues: Arizona.When Richard Grant and his wife moved with their four-year-old daughter back to Tucson, Arizona, where...

This rediscovered classic memoir tells the incredible tale of a woman defying society's expectations to find freedom and peace in the adventure of a lifetime. In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island...

In the frozen abyss of the Polar Ice Cap, an American deep-sea scientific research team discovers a Russian ice station hidden deep within a submerged iceberg. As word of the existence of the secret base leaks out, Russian and American intelligence agencies rush to...

A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists, including: Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Tea Obreht, D.B.C. Pierre, and more.Author: James MillarISBN-10: 1620646005ISBN-13: 9781620646007Publisher: AudiogoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/15/2013Format: CDWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 5.90h x 5.10w x...

Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Classic! In this coming-of-middle-age memoir, Kim Heacox, writing in the tradition of Abbey, McPhee, and Thoreau, discovers an Alaska reborn from beneath a massive glacier, where flowers emerge from boulders, moose swim fjords, and...

New York Times bestselling author Eric Weiner follows in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, mining his life for inspiring and practical lessons in a book that's part biography, part travelogue, part personal prescription.Ben Franklin lingers in our lives and in our imaginations. One of...

A CAPTIVATING JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD FROM THE CREATOR OF JAMES BONDIan Fleming's world travels and interests, as well as his journalism and wartime experiences, lent authority to everything he wrote. In 1959, the Sunday Times commissioned Fleming to write a series of dispatches...

In this hilarious and often touching collection, the New York Times bestselling author, television writer, and producer takes us with him on travels across the globe.Gary Janetti has gained a devoted following, with a huge sudience on social media, and two bestselling collections of...

Teddy Roosevelt once exclaimed, "When I am in California, I am not in the West. I am west of the West," and in this book, Mark Arax spends four years travelling up and down the Golden State to explore its singular place in the...

Do you want a solid foundation to your Portuguese studies?If you are looking for a solid foundation to your language studies for school, work or travel, this engaging course will get you speaking, writing, reading and understanding Portuguese in no time. Through authentic conversations,...

Bestselling author Jen Ruiz takes readers on a trip around the globe in 12 Trips in 12 Months, defying societal expectations of what a woman is supposed to be--and empowering others to do the same.The year before her thirtieth birthday, Jen Ruiz decided to...

We all need help centering ourselves to serve ourselves and our world. In this small, beautiful book, the Kogi--a remote and ancient tribe in the mountains of Colombia--offer their learnings. They pose nine provocative questions to help people around the planet to spiritual peace."Just...

We all need help centering ourselves to serve ourselves and our world. In this small, beautiful book, the Kogi--a remote and ancient tribe in the mountains of Colombia--offer their learnings. They pose nine provocative questions to help people around the planet to spiritual peace."Just...

Southern humorist Jane Jenkins Herlong brings joy and humor with her fifty unusual-but-true faith-filled stories of growing up in the South Carolina low country. Whether you love Southern ways of life or find their ways strange and amusing, you'll be entertained and inspired with...

Southern humorist Jane Jenkins Herlong brings joy and humor with her fifty unusual-but-true faith-filled stories of growing up in the South Carolina low country. Whether you love Southern ways of life or find their ways strange and amusing, you'll be entertained and inspired with...

Author: Matt KepnesISBN-10: 1665265663ISBN-13: 9781665265669Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/16/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.30w x 0.60d

Bestselling author Jen Ruiz takes readers on a trip around the globe in 12 Trips in 12 Months, defying societal expectations of what a woman is supposed to be--and empowering others to do the same.The year before her thirtieth birthday, Jen Ruiz decided to...

A daring and improbable story of Olympic gold from blue-collar originsEvery summer in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Nick Baumgartner went to work pouring concrete, taking on the harsh physical conditions of the construction trade to support his professional snowboarding dreams come winter. To limit travel...

Author: Mikael LindnordISBN-10: 1665241233ISBN-13: 9781665241236Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 5.59h x 5.75w x 0.55d

Hack your next Disney vacation to make the most magical place on earth the absolute happiest it can be with this updated guide to getting the most out of your visit.Did you know... -Some attractions inflate their wait time at the end of the...

From the author of the beloved bestseller The Emerald Mile comes a rollicking and poignant account of the epic misadventure of two friends, zero preparation, and one dream: a 750-mile odyssey, on foot, through the heart of America's most magnificent national park and the...

With charm and exuberance, The Object at Hand presents a behind-the-scenes vantage point of the Smithsonian collections. Veteran Smithsonian magazine editor Beth Py-Lieberman weaves together adaptations of the magazine's extensive and compelling coverage and interviews with scholars, curators, and historians to take listeners on...

Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers--including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker--this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on Mount Everest.Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air or has seen a...

A daring and improbable story of Olympic gold from blue-collar originsEvery summer in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Nick Baumgartner went to work pouring concrete, taking on the harsh physical conditions of the construction trade to support his professional snowboarding dreams come winter. To limit travel...

With charm and exuberance, The Object at Hand presents a behind-the-scenes vantage point of the Smithsonian collections. Veteran Smithsonian magazine editor Beth Py-Lieberman weaves together adaptations of the magazine's extensive and compelling coverage and interviews with scholars, curators, and historians to take listeners on...

The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but...

The author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story with this deeply honest, moving account of a woman walking the line between independence and isolation when she moves to the Southwest desert with nothing and no one but...

Author: Robert M. SapolskyISBN-10: 8200049965ISBN-13: 9798200049967Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2013Format: CDWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 5.60h x 5.80w x 1.10d

When travelling, do you want to. . . -communicate accurately? -do more than just 'get by'? -make connections in a new language? Through twenty common scenarios plus culture and travel advice, you'll soon be practising the most frequent words and expressions you need for...

Jam-packed fun facts, travel tips, and beverage recs, this guide includes some of the country's most notorious crime scenes, hauntings, and supernatural sightings. You'll also find Christine and Em's personal recommendations to the best local bars and ice cream parlors, oddity museums, curiosity shoppes,...

A CAPTIVATING JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD FROM THE CREATOR OF JAMES BONDIan Fleming's world travels and interests, as well as his journalism and wartime experiences, lent authority to everything he wrote. In 1959, the Sunday Times commissioned Fleming to write a series of dispatches...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocative book about life in Provence. With tales only one who lives there could know--of finding gold coins while digging in the...

Bound on a lecture trip around the world, Mark Twain turns his keen satiric eye to foreign lands in Following the Equator. This vivid chronicle of a sea voyage on the Pacific Ocean displays Twain's eye for the unusual, his wide-ranging curiosity, and his...

The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables explores L. M. Montgomery's deep connection to the landscapes of Prince Edward Island that inspired her to write the beloved Anne of Green Gables series. From the Lake of Shining Waters and the Haunted Wood to Lover's...