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Journalist examines the life of Sally Ride (1951-2012), the first American woman astronaut to go to space. Details Ride's childhood…
and early life in California, her selection as an astronaut, and post-mission endeavors to encourage girls' interest in science fields. Discusses Ride's private life and relationships. 2014
Autobiography of sailor and sports journalist Jobson relates his promotion of yacht racing, particularly the America's Cup. Discusses his childhood…
love of the water, his time at SUNY Maritime College, and the innovations he introduced to the sport. Describes his 2003 diagnosis of lymphoma and subsequent treatments and remission. 2011
Journalist/filmmaker vacations in seven polluted places, including Chernobyl, site of the 1986 Ukrainian nuclear disaster; Alberta, home of Canada's oil-sand…
mines; and India, where the Yamuna river is full of sewage and industrial runoff. Describes the environmental devastation and discusses the motivations of polluters and activists. Some strong language. 2012
Selection of thirty essays that originally appeared in Condé Nast Traveler between 1988 and 2011. In "The Peak of My…
Desire" Russell Banks--author of The Lost Memory of Skin (DB 74780)--reminisces about his attempt to climb the Andes in Ecuador. 2011
Chronicles the discovery of gold in 1890s Alaska and the Canadian Klondike through the lives of three of the participants:…
cowboy-turned-Pinkerton-detective Charlie Siringo; George Carmack, who lived with a local tribe and became rich from mining; and con man Jefferson "Soapy" Smith. 2011
Acclaimed British novelist chronicles his 1842 trip to the United States and offers observations about North American society. Includes Dickens's…
celebrated visit with Laura Bridgman at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind. Introduction and notes by Patricia Ingham. 2004
Author of Madness, Betrayal, and the Lash (DB 72284) and Scurvy (DB 59013) profiles the life of Norwegian adventurer Roald…
Amundsen (1872-1928). Examines Amundsen's explorations and navigation of the Northwest and Northeast Passages and details his trips to the North and South Poles. 2012
Actor and travel writer McCarthy discusses the impact his travels have had on his psyche. Describes climing Mt. Kilimanjaro; visiting…
Baltimore, Maryland; and boating on the Amazon. Details the ways the trips helped him grow up, learn about himself, and better relate to others. 2012
Author of The Wild Places (DB 69068) examines the sport of mountain climbing from its earliest days in the late…
1700s to the early 2000s. Discusses the dangerous draw for explorers like George Mallory, whose attempt to summit Everest led to his death in 1924. Includes Macfarlane's personal experiences. 2003
Author of Roads to Quoz (DB 68364) compiles fifty-six short works on his travels all over the world. In "Crossing…
Kansas" the native Missourian pokes fun at just-passing-through vacationers' misconceptions about that state. "Into the Antipodes" relates a journey to New Zealand. 2013
Journalist recounts her walk along St. Declan's Way, from the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary to Ardmore in County…
Waterford, as she sought to reconnect with her Irish heritage. Describes local scenery and life. Explores Christian and pagan tales related to sites along the ancient road. 2011
Author of Our Man in Havana (DB 26596) recounts the 1935 trip he took through the interior of Liberia. Discusses…
his preparations for the trip, challenges his group faced, and his impressions of the people he met and environment he encountered. Includes an introduction by Paul Theroux. 1936
Woman chronicles a three-week trip through Europe and Turkey with a man she had met on a dating site only…
a few weeks earlier. They traveled with no luggage and no set agenda or reservations. Discusses their adventures, the philosophy of minimalism, and the development of their relationship. 2016
Journalist recounts a summer internship with Zagreb Film in 1968. Discusses the mentors she encountered at the studio, reconnecting with…
the history of her family--many of whom had died in the Holocaust--and reevaluating what it meant to be American when living in a culture markedly different from her own. 2015
Author of 33 Men (DB 73380) recounts the journey of Salvador Alvarenga and Ezequiel Córdoba, lost at sea off the…
coast of Mexico during a storm in 2012. Describes conditions aboard their small fishing vessel, shark attacks, Córdoba's death, and Alvarenga's eventual return to land in 2014. Strong language. 2015
Collection of thirty-two essays by authors of fiction about their travel adventures. Includes stories from Frances Mayes, author of Under…
the Tuscan Sun (DB 44847); Joyce Carol Oates, author of Carthage (DB 78237); Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (DB 55503); and more. 2012
Examination of those who choose a career in the field of archaeology--the study of the material remains of culture. Discusses…
the ways in which people are drawn into the field--such as a love of Indiana Jones--challenges archaeologists face in the twenty-first century, and day-to-day lives of practitioners. 2014
Tells the story of British WW I veteran James Howard "Billy" Williams, who found his calling working with logging elephants…
in Burma. When WW II broke out, Williams used his strong bond with the animals to lead the Elephant Company, which was instrumental in defeating the Japanese who invaded Burma. 2014
Considers the life of influential Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1490-1559), who traversed over 2,500 miles across the…
American southwest and was later governor of the Río de la Plata province in South America. Some violence. 2014
Natural-history documentarian details the life of herpetologist and reptile curator at the Bronx Zoo Raymond Ditmars (1876-1942). Describes Ditmars's early…
interest in snakes and reptiles, work he contributed to the creation of antivenin, educational films he created in the 1910s and 1920s, and obsession with the bushmaster viper. 2015