This breakneck autobiography allows readers to participate in Pelton's mission - understanding the hearts and minds of the people he meets. A funny and joyous book by a man passionate to learn about the stranger and wilder places in the world, "The Adventurist" takes readers places they might never willingly go. ...

Carson describes his travels and adventures throughout the Southwest and depicts his exploits with Indians and Mexicans. ...

Part memoir, part how-to the book describers the wreak of a cruising sailboat moored during hurricane George and the step-by-step details of its repair ...

This book celebrates Liam O'Flaherty and his land, featuring biographical information, excerpts from his short stories and novels, and period photographs. A perfect gift for the lover of Ireland's landscape and literature. ...

Gordon Chaplin and Susan Atkinson set sail through Central America and the Pacific Ocean on a thirty-six foot sailing boat. One fatal night their risk taking and sailing idyll turns sour, as they find themselves trapped in the path of a furious tropical storm. In just a few hours Gordon lost everything he loved. ...

For many years William Woodrow sought to become a Dalesman, something not lightly nor easily achieved. In this book he describes the many aspects of this remote region, homeland of his wife, that drew him to it and examines the way in which the countryside developed, the ways in which it has changed, and the underlying human history that formed it. His love for the Dales shines through, though tinged with sadness at what has happened to them. ...

Wilfrid Noyce was the first member of the 1953 Everest expedition to accomplish the ascent of the South Col, the small plateau just below the summit, from which Edmund Hilary's party set out to conquer the world's highest mountain. An accomplished poet and writer. Noyce's account communicates all the drama, excitement and vitality of one of the greatest feats of exploration of all time. ...

Featuring appalling rock overhangs, horrifying chasms, and waterfalls flanked by near-vertical precipices, this tale of travel through the wildest regions of the Andes is no Caribbean cruise story. The Panama Canal and the coasts of Columbia, Peru, and Bolivia are all described in a fast, furious fashion by a seasoned travel writer who survives a car ride along a mountain pass that claims an average of one vehicle a week. Also included are ...

Faced with a government they could not trust and a war they did not want, the burn outs went to Haight Ashbury, the drop outs went around the world. ...

The diary of a wife who, with their five-year old daughter, accompanied her husband on a three-and-a-half year whaling voyage. ...