Travel : Adventure

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 the Amazon with nothing more than a rubber raft between them and fate. more...

Price: $22.95

Twenty miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border, the rugged, beautiful Sierra Madre mountains begin their dramatic ascent. Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon. The rules of law and society have never taken hold in the Sierra Madre, which is home to bandits, drug smugglers, Mormons, cave-dwelling Tarahumara Indians, opium farmers, cowboys, and other assorted outcasts. Outsiders are not welcome; drugs are the primary source of income; murder is all but a regional pastime. The Mexican army occasionally goes in to burn marijuana and opium crops -- the modern treasure of the Sierra Madre -- but otherwise the government stays away. In its stead are the drug lords, who have made it one of the biggest drug-producing areas in the world. Fifteen years ago, journalist Richard Grant developed what he calls "an unfortunate fascination" with this lawless place. Locals warned that he would meet his death there, but he didn't believe them -- until his last trip. During his travels Grant visited a folk healer for his insomnia and was prescribed rattlesnake pills, attended bizarre religious rituals, consorted with cocaine-snorting policemen, taught English to Guarijio Indians, and dug for buried treasure. On his last visit, his reckless adventure spiraled into his own personal heart of darkness when cocaine-fueled Mexican hillbillies hunted him through the woods all night, bent on killing him for sport. With gorgeous detail, fascinating insight, and an undercurrent of dark humor, God's Middle Finger brings to vivid life a truly unique and uncharted world. more...

Price: $15.00

An illustrated guide, phrasebook, and maps. Indulge Yourself with a personal tour guide on Your PDA. Fully illustrated. Historical overviews. Interesting facts. Street and attractions maps. Museums hours and ticket info. Restaurant information. Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. Plan the trip during a flight. Use the guide as postcards to show places you visited. Add Bookmarks. Text annotation and mark-up. Table of Contents. Andalusia: Overview | History | Divisions | Music | People | Nationalism | Cuisine | Al-Andalus | Golden Age | Geography: Rivers | Mountains | Bay of Gibraltar | White Towns | Transport: Airports | Highways. Spanish Phrasebook: About | Intro | Phraselist | Andalusian Spanish. Maps: Cities: Córdoba | Granada | Seville | Cádiz | Jerez de la Frontera | Andalusia: Provinces | Sevilla | Province of Cádiz | Costa del Sol | Spain: General | Detailed | Provinces | Railways. PROVINCES OF ANDALUSIA. Córdoba Province: Overview | Córdoba: Intro | History | Get In | Get Around | Sleep | Eat | Drink | See | Do | Buy. Granada Province: Overview | Granada: Intro | Get In | Get Around | Sleep | Eat | Do | See | History | Mudejar Style | Other Cities: Guadix | Almuñecar | Motril | Baza | Montefrío. Seville Province: Overview | Seville: Intro | History | Culture | Get in | Sleep | Eat | Drink | See | Do | La Cartuja | Buy | Get Out | Sports | Other Cities: Utrera | Lebrija | Dos Hermanas | Osuna | Italica. Málaga Province: Overview | Málaga: Intro | Get in & Get Around | History | Eat | Drink | Sleep | Sights | Notable People | Marbella: Intro | History | Get In | Get Around | Eat | Drink | Sleep | Do | Sights | Buy | Costa del Sol: Benalmádena | Elviria | Fuengirola | Mijas | Nerja | Ojén | Torremolinos | Estepona | Puerto Banús | Arroyo de la Miel | Other Cities: Antequera | Vélez-Málaga | Ronda | Frigiliana. Huelva Province: Overview | Huelva | Palos de la Frontera | Almonte | Donana National Park. Jaén Province: Over more...

Price: $9.99

Even with the wind on our side and all eight of us pulling, we had never yet managed to change the complex sails....Now we had to pull against the full force of the wind, in a storm, in the middle of the night.... So begins Nick Thorpe's unlikely journey to sail 2,500 miles from northern Chile to Easter Island on the Viracocha -- a boat made of reeds. Captain Phil Buck's desire to test the waters in this pre-Incan boat was twofold: to reopen the controversial migration theories of Thor Heyerdahl, who sailed his boat the Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 1947, and to have one heck of a time in the process. more...

Price: $13.00

Covering Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Labrador and Cape Breton Islands, this travel guide to the Atlantic Provinces is the most comprehensive on the market. It takes in everything, from the Fundy Coast and the Acadian Peninsula to the fjords of Gros Morne and Lord Baltimore's Lost Colony. more...

Price: $15.00