Tristan Jones In a salty, slashing style, Tristan Jones unfolds his extraordinary saga—a six-year voyage during which he covered a distance equal to twice the circumference of the world—revealing both...

John Updike A born-again computer whiz kid bent on proving the existence of God on his computer meets a middle-aged divinity professor, Roger Lambert, who'd just as soon leave faith...

Tony Horwitz Amazon.com Review Captain James Cook's three epic 18th-century explorations of the Pacific Ocean were the last of their kind, literally completing the map of the world. Yet despite...

Tuvia Tenenbom "I Sleep in Hitler's Room" tells the scary, and hilariously funny, story of an American Jewish journalist and theater director in today's Germany. First published January 1, 2011

Aspen MatisGirl in the Woods is Aspen Matis's exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada—a coming of age story, a survival story, and a triumphant story of overcoming...

Mike Marriner, Nathan GebhardSO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH YOUR LIFE? “You should be a lawyer, a doctor, an accountant, a consultant, blah, blah, blah. Everywhere you turn people...

Jason WebsterHaving pursued a conventional enough path through school and university, Jason Webster was all set to enter the world of academe as a profession. But when his aloof Florentine...

Sarah MacdonaldIn her twenties, journalist Sarah Macdonald backpacked around India and came away with a lasting impression of heat, pollution and poverty. So when an airport beggar read her palm...

Isabel Losada'Sometimes you just have to do something, don't you? Sometimes an injustice comes along and you think 'No, this cannot be', and rather than just turn off the TV,...

Karl PilkingtonEveryone's favorite idiot is back, in this hysterical follow-up to An Idiot Abroad. Safely home from his latest travels, Karl Pilkington has decided it is time to share his...

Rusty YoungMARCHING POWDER is the story of Thomas McFadden, a small-time English drug smuggler who was arrested in Bolivia and thrown inside the notorious San Pedro prison. He found himself...