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Life is a Road, the Soul is a MotorcycleLife is a Road, the Soul is a Motorcycle
Best Price: $10.65
I read many of the stories in the book, prior to there being a book. The author's Texas-sized...
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City: Including Ogden, Provo, and the Uintas (60 Hikes within 60 Miles)60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Salt Lake City: Including Ogden, Provo, and the Uintas (60 Hikes within 60 Miles)
Best Price: $10.51
Fortunately, I recently went on a guided hiking tour of Switzerland with the author, Greg Witt. ...
Explore: Stories of Survival from Off the Map (Adrenaline)Explore: Stories of Survival from Off the Map (Adrenaline)
Best Price: $5.79
EXPLORE adds 18 well-selected tales of adventure to the Adrenaline series. They blend of humor,...
The Panama Hat TrailThe Panama Hat Trail
Best Price: $7.51
I very much enjoyed this book as a lead-up to my visit to the home of the Panama Hat, which as...
Fodor's African Safari, 1st Edition: From Budget to Big Spending Where and How to Find the Best Big Game Adventure In Southern and Eastern Africa (Special-Interest Titles)Fodor's African Safari, 1st Edition: From Budget to Big Spending Where and How to Find the Best Big Game Adventure In Southern and Eastern Africa (Special-Interest Titles)
Best Price: $4.12
I found this book almost useless. It's publication date was 2004 and so a lot of information is...


Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah (Volume 1)Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah (Volume 1)
Best Price: $4.93
I confess: Richard F Burton is one of my heroes. In part, it's because much of my life has been...
Adventure Guide: Hawaii the Big Island (Adventure Guides Series)Adventure Guide: Hawaii the Big Island (Adventure Guides Series)
Best Price: $18.60
I had hoped to find a new guidebook for the Island of Hawaii. Sadly, this was not it. The book...
Adventure Guide Naples, Sorrento, The Amalfi Coast: Capri, Ischia, Pompeii, Positano (Adventure Guides Series) (Adventure Guides Series)Adventure Guide Naples, Sorrento, The Amalfi Coast: Capri, Ischia, Pompeii, Positano (Adventure Guides Series) (Adventure Guides Series)
Best Price: $11.90
ADVENTURE GUIDE TO NAPLES, SORRENTO, AMALFI COAST BY MARINA CARTER is another of Hunter...
The World Stormrider Guide Volume 2 (Stormrider Guides)The World Stormrider Guide Volume 2 (Stormrider Guides)
Best Price: $25.23
If you need to prepare a surf trip, you want to go at the best (known) spot, or you're just...
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (Volume Two)Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (Volume Two)
Best Price: $4.95
The two volume Dover edition is much much better. This is watered down, and doesn't contain the...


Around the World in 80 Rounds: Chasing a Golf Ball from Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight SunAround the World in 80 Rounds: Chasing a Golf Ball from Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun
Best Price: $12.96
I enjoyed this book because it is a intresting stoy about someone getting off the couch and...
The Rudder Treasury: A Companion for Lovers of Small CraftThe Rudder Treasury: A Companion for Lovers of Small Craft
Best Price: $10.28
Each chapter of this book is an old article from the good years of Rudder Magazine (1893 -...
Boundary Waters Canoe Area: The Eastern Region (Boundary Waters Canoe Area)Boundary Waters Canoe Area: The Eastern Region (Boundary Waters Canoe Area)
Best Price: $8.78
As we read the descriptions of "Easier" and "Challenging" routes we realized...
Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways (Road Trip USA)Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways (Road Trip USA)
Best Price: $11.95
Great insight into what is on the back roads in the US. We are from Australia and planning a...
Motorcycle Journeys Through the Alps & BeyondMotorcycle Journeys Through the Alps & Beyond
Best Price: $18.70
This book is, hands down, the best guide book for motorcycling the Alps. John writes in a very...

To the Ends of the EarthTo the Ends of the Earth
Best Price: $3.61
An unfair introduction to Theroux travels. It whets the appetite for those who have read just...
Submerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology TeamSubmerged: Adventures of America's Most Elite Underwater Archeology Team
Best Price: $10.24
Sometimes it's hard to tell by the title what a book is all about. "Submerged -- Adventures...
Ohio Oddities: A Guide to the Curious Attractions of the Buckeye StateOhio Oddities: A Guide to the Curious Attractions of the Buckeye State
Best Price: $7.88
Having lived in Ohio for only seven years - being a transplant from Tennessee, I have made it a...
Cicerone Aconcagua: Highest Trek in the World : Practical Information, Preparation and Trekking Routes in the Southern Andes (Cicerone British Mountains)Cicerone Aconcagua: Highest Trek in the World : Practical Information, Preparation and Trekking Routes in the Southern Andes (Cicerone British Mountains)
Best Price: $14.02
This is a complete guide to climbing Aconcagua, highest peak in South America at 6962m, the...
How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure)How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure)
Best Price: $15.52
What can I say? It's already considered the greatest adventure book in the genre. If you've...

The Road That Has No End:  How We Traded Our Ordinary Lives For a Global Bicycle Touring AdventureThe Road That Has No End: How We Traded Our Ordinary Lives For a Global Bicycle Touring Adventure
Best Price: $13.77
I have read both of their books , i am doing the same life changing leave it all behind trip in...
Blue Highways:  A Journey Into AmericaBlue Highways: A Journey Into America
Best Price: $5.98
A little over twenty-five years ago William Trogden, who took the name of his Native American...
D & S Belize (Diving & Snorkeling)D & S Belize (Diving & Snorkeling)
Best Price: $15.28
The pictures are great.. but the book is not really about snorkeling. We went where the...
River-Horse:  A Voyage Across AmericaRiver-Horse: A Voyage Across America
Best Price: $1.58
It is a disappointment that many Americans don't read after graduation...let alone know anything...
Cheating DeathCheating Death
Best Price: $5.85
In Cheating Death, Larry Kaniut offers a series of short, unconnected tales of potentially...

The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park (Travel and Local Interest)The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park (Travel and Local Interest)
Best Price: $15.27
This book is a great resource tool. A fairly inclusive area guide with historical, geological...
Finding Gold in the Desert (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting) (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting)Finding Gold in the Desert (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting) (Prospecting and Treasure Hunting)
Best Price: $3.10
I took this book out, along with a dozen others on prospecting, at my local library. I found it...
High Latitudes: An Arctic JourneyHigh Latitudes: An Arctic Journey
Best Price: $8.90
A sad book. High Latitudes focuses on the disintegrating culture of North Canadian Natives. Much...
The Best of Outside: The First 20 YearsThe Best of Outside: The First 20 Years
Best Price: $8.60
Briefly: This is an absolutely amazing collection of travel writing, perhaps the paragon...
View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer EverestView from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest
Best Price: $2.93
Sir Edmund Hillary was clearly a remarkable man with his life marked particularly by the first...

The High Lonesome: Epic Solo Climbing StoriesThe High Lonesome: Epic Solo Climbing Stories
Best Price: $6.00
The picture on the cover and the fact that I enjoy John Long's writing is what motivated my to...
Pasquale's Nose: Idle Days in an Italian TownPasquale's Nose: Idle Days in an Italian Town
Best Price: $2.87
I could not get interested in this at all. Maybe 4-5 pages held my interest. Each chapter...
100 Great Journeys100 Great Journeys
Best Price: $16.21
As a retired English teacher and history buff, I found the book both intriguing and enjoyable. ...
Kaua'i (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)Kaua'i (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)
Best Price: $4.87
This book is thin and not as well done as other lonely planet books. For a trip to Kaua'i, I'd...
Adrift: Seventy Six Days Lost at SeaAdrift: Seventy Six Days Lost at Sea
Stranded out in an ocean with a five foot raft, three pounds of food and a few pints of water....

Caves: Exploring Hidden Realms (Imax)Caves: Exploring Hidden Realms (Imax)
Best Price: $11.92
CAVES: EXPLORING HIDDEN REALMS by Michael Ray Taylor (0792279042, $35.00) provides some...
The Outdoor Book for Adventurous Boys: Over 200 Essential Skills and Activities For Boys of All AgesThe Outdoor Book for Adventurous Boys: Over 200 Essential Skills and Activities For Boys of All Ages
Best Price: $1.99
This is a must have book. Age range that is enjoying it here is 8-14. It is one of the first...
A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range Third Edition(Climber's Guide to the Teton Range)A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range Third Edition(Climber's Guide to the Teton Range)
Best Price: $21.99
This is the classic guide book for the Tetons. Many pictures and topos are provided to help...
Paddling MichiganPaddling Michigan
Best Price: $11.58
This is pretty good book. My only complaint is that it makes no reference to the stretch of the...
D & S Great Barrier Reef (Diving & Snorkeling)D & S Great Barrier Reef (Diving & Snorkeling)
Best Price: $15.06
This is a great, specializated guide with the best diving and snorkeling tours in the impressive...

A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage Along the Yukon RiverA Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage Along the Yukon River
Best Price: $7.95
In A Land Gone Lonesome Dan O'Neill floats the Yukon River area visited by John McPhee over 30...
Dive in StyleDive in Style
Best Price: $26.39
When we got this book last Spring, my wife & I already had a trip planned to Mexico. We were...
The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea RobbersThe Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers
Best Price: $5.90
The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers is a great book! ...
True North: Exploring the Great Wilderness by Bush PlaneTrue North: Exploring the Great Wilderness by Bush Plane
Best Price: $7.06
. . . in ways you cannot imagine! He does it all from years and years of journeys in small...
Hiking the Carolina MountainsHiking the Carolina Mountains
Best Price: $13.57
Having hiked extensively in the Carolina Mountains for 40 years, I open new trail guides with a...

Best Easy Day Hikes Santa Fe, 2nd (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)Best Easy Day Hikes Santa Fe, 2nd (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)
Best Price: $3.86
Linda Regnier Black and Katie Regnier have written a very nice guide to 25 relatively easy hikes...
Rock Climbing ColoradoRock Climbing Colorado
Best Price: $19.45
this book has an excellent overview of the climbing areas in the state. there are not many...
Almost an Island: Travels in Baja CaliforniaAlmost an Island: Travels in Baja California
Best Price: $8.00
I loved this book! It is very informative as well as an interesting read.
Motorcycle Journeys Through the Rocky Mountains (Motorcycle Journeys)Motorcycle Journeys Through the Rocky Mountains (Motorcycle Journeys)
Best Price: $16.46
This book is very informative. It has been a tremendous help in planning my motorcycle trips....
Through the Dark Continent:Volume 1Through the Dark Continent:Volume 1
Best Price: $8.85
The natives of Africa who worked with Stanley called him Bulla Marari - "The Rock...

Rockhounding UtahRockhounding Utah
Best Price: $5.98
This book is so popular with rockhounder's and has been used so extensively, that the sites...
Ski North America: The Ultimate Travel GuideSki North America: The Ultimate Travel Guide
Best Price: $3.49
I really enjoy this book. I've checked it out at least five times. Each resort section has alot...
Globe Trekker's World: What's On in the World . . . and When (Pilot Guides)Globe Trekker's World: What's On in the World . . . and When (Pilot Guides)
Best Price: $0.99
The PBS series, "Globe Trekker", is a fairly addictive travel program that targets the...
Jaguars Ripped My FleshJaguars Ripped My Flesh
Best Price: $3.99
I have read another book by Cahill; Pecked to death by ducks, wich I found funnier and more...
Trekka Round the WorldTrekka Round the World
Best Price: $15.16
Excellent accounting of Mr. Guzzwell's travels over the years he was sailing his small boat...
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