When Wanderers Cease to Roam: A Traveler's Journal of Staying Put

And the Pursuit of Happiness

Maira Kalman · 471 pages

Filled with original art and photographs by the author who is also an illustrator and designer, each chapter represents a month of Kalman's yearlong travel across the U.S. and her reflections on democracy. She starts with a celebration of Barack Obama's Presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., continues with the month of February and Abraham Lincoln, and explores democracy and the pursuit o

A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside

Susan Branch · 272 pages

Dan and Phil Go Outside

Dan Howell, Phil Lester · 224 pages

Dan Howell and Phil Lester avoiders of human contact and direct sunlight actually went outside. Travelling around the world on tour, they have collected hundreds of exclusive, intimate and funny photos, as well as revealing and captivating side notes, to show the behind-the-scenes story of their adventure. Fans of the YouTubers Dan Howell (danisnotonfire) and Phil Lester (AmazingPhil) will love th

Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York

Roz Chast · 172 pages

"For native Brooklynite Roz Chast, adjusting to life in the suburbs (where people own trees!?) was surreal. But she recognized that for her kids, the reverse was true. On trips into town, they would marvel at the strange world of Manhattan: its gum-wad-dotted sidewalks, honey-combed streets, and 'those West Side Story-things' (fire escapes). Their wonder inspired 'Going into Town,' part playful gu

The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns · 417 pages

In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.

Lewis & Clark

Stephen E. Ambrose, Sam Abell · 255 pages

"Interweaves choice entries from the explorers' journals with the author's own latter-day chronicle of how he and his family continue to discover the Trail today."--Jacket.

Gordon Ramsay's Uncharted: A Culinary Adventure With 60 Recipes From Around the Globe

Gordon Ramsay · 368 pages

City of Glass: Doug Coupland's Vancouver

Douglas Coupland · 152 pages

Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs

National Geographic Society · 504 pages

Maps

Aleksandra Mizielinska, Daniel Mizielinski · 144 pages

Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas

Ruskin Bond · 251 pages

Jamie Does...

Jamie Oliver · 259 pages

This cookbook will celebrate the vibrant food of six very different countries. Cheap, short-haul flights and long weekend getaways have become increasingly popular and within a few short hours of the UK there are new and exciting worlds of food waiting to be discovered as Jamie finds out.

Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth

The Onion · 245 pages

A news-parody compendium of world non-facts features maps and incorrect statistics for all of the world's independent nations, from Afghanistan to the Ukraine, and includes the world's rejected flag designs and the planet's most annoying handicrafts.

Signspotting: Absurd and Amusing Signs from Around the World

Doug Lansky · 208 pages

Boston, 1776

J. D. Dickey · 417 pages

Relive the chaos, courage, and color of the American Revolution’s capital city while meeting those who led the fight in the nation’s War of Independence. Features nine immersive walking tours on seven period-style maps— plus 45 historical images! Welcome to Revolution City—where the air smells of tar, booze, gunpowder . . . and rebellion. In Boston, 1776, author J. D. Dickey leads us through the t

The Stones of Florence

Mary McCarthy · 230 pages

Picture-and-text book on Italy. Includes all aspects of Florentine life, from art and architecture to religion and politics.

The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World

Roz Hopkins · 444 pages

The Africa Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent

Lonely Planet, Matt Phillips · 263 pages

Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia

Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid · 368 pages

To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story

Casey Scieszka · 478 pages

Casey and Steven met in Morocco, moved to China then went all the way to Timbuktu. This illustrated travel memoir tells the story of their first two years out of college spent teaching English, making friends across language barriers, researching, painting, and learning to be themselves wherever they are.

Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders

Joshua Foer, Ella Morton, Dylan Thuras, Atlas Obscura · 475 pages

"Wonder meets wanderlust in an extraordinary new travel book. Created by the founders of AtlasObscura.com, the vibrant online destination and community with over 3 million visitors a month, Atlas Obscura is the bucket-list guide to over 700 of the most unusual, curious, bizarre, and mysterious places on earth" -- Get off the beaten path, and brush off your bucket list! Inspiring equal parts wonde

America Obscura

Edited by Atlas Obscura, Doug Baldinger, and Louise Story

Atlas of Cursed Places: A Travel Guide to Dangerous and Frightful Destinations

Olivier Le Carrer · 142 pages

This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity, and death. The locations gathered here include the dangerous Strait of Messina, home of the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis; the coal town of Jharia, where the ground burns constantly with fire; Kasanka National Park in Zambia, where 8 million migrating bats darken the skies; the Nevada Tri

Himalaya

Michael Palin · 304 pages

Palin explores many countries of the Himalaya region which are little known to the West. This record of his journey contains the customary catalogue of disasters, crises, misunderstandings and colourful characters encountered on the way.