Browse Books in Essays & Travelogues

Bottomfeeder
A Seafood Lover's Journey to the End of the Food Chain

Burmese Lessons
Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for New Writers and the Governor General's Literary Award

The Missionary, The Violinist and the Aunt Whose Head was Squeezed

Ghost Pine
all stories true

Ghost Pine: All Stories True

The Wisdom of Donkeys
Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World

A Woman in the Polar Night

Pilgrim in the Palace of Words
A Journey Through the 6,000 Languages of Earth

One More Day Everywhere
Crossing 50 Borders on the Road to Global Understanding

Running Away to Sea
Round the World on a Tramp Freighter

The Travels of Mirza Abu Taleb Khan
in Asia, Africa, and Europe, during the years 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, and 1803

The End of the River
Dams, Drought and Déjà Vu on the Rio São Francisco

Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs

Bottomfeeder

Saudade
The Possibilities of Place

Expedition to the Edge
Stories of Worldwide Adventure

No Such Thing as a Free Ride?
A Collection of Hitchhiking Tales, North American Edition

Lost Canoe
A Labrador Adventure

The Darien Gap
Travels in the Rainforest of Panama

Beyond the Great Wall
Recipes and Travels in the Other China: A Cookbook

To Dakar and Back
21 Days Across North Africa by Motorcycle

What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim
A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago

Poets and Pahlevans
A Journey into the Heart of Iran

Nomad's Hotel
Travels in Time and Space