Patagonia is a strange and terrifying place, a vast tract of land shared by Argentina and Chile where the violent weather spawned over the southern Pacific charges through the Andes with gale-force winds, roaring clouds, and stinging snow. Squarely athwart the latitudes known to sailors as the roaring ... more »

Thinking about getting away to sunny Ibiza or Formentera in the Mediterranean? - then EZE IBIZA is for you! With masses of useful info (including maps and pics ) on all those beaches, coves and other fun places all over the islands, you can, for the first time, plan out on both a day-by-day and night ... more »

Mobsters. Big hair. The smelly Turnpike. The poor cousin of its glittering neighbor Manhattan. Could that really be all there is to New Jersey? In Living on the Edge of the World , the best and brightest young writers from the much maligned state answer back with edgy, irreverent pieces of nonfiction ... more »

Thinking about getting away to sunny Majorca , the most popular summer holiday destination in the Mediterranean? - then EZE MAJORCA is for you! With loads of useful info (including maps and pics ) on all those beaches, coves and other fun places all over the island, you can, for the first time, plan ... more »

"Let's get lost together . . . " Lost in My Own Backyard brings acclaimed author Tim Cahill together with one of his--and America's--favorite destinations: Yellowstone, the world's first national park. Cahill has been "puttering around in the park" for a quarter of a century, slowly ... more »

Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy. A companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany is Frances ... more »

Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence. Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the ... more »

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In the tradition of A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun , acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true. By turns hilarious and harrowing, here is the story of his family's move from the gray skies of London to the sun-drenched ... more »

"In 1999, when mankind had successfully mapped the surface of the Moon, Venus, and Mars, there were still sections of Borneo that man had nothing to say about other than 'all elevations unknown.'" In the spring of 1999, armed with little more than a description from a book and a map labeled ... more »

The true story of three enthusiastic (but inexperienced) adventurers who attempt to become the first team to raft the entire length of the Amazon River-all 4,007 miles--and (barely) live to tell about it. To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline junkies, it sounded like an irresistible challenge: tackle ... more »

Die griechische Hauptstadt, Austragungsort der Olympischen Spiele 2004, gleicht einem spritzigen Cocktail aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Marco Polo Reiseführer enthalten - neben den wichtigen Infos über Formalitäten von Auskunft bis Zoll - Hinweise auf Hotels, originelle Restaurants und Strände, Kneipen ... more »