What do "Deep water pier", "Nine dragons city" and "Mandarin’s lake" have in common with "Wong Tai Sin", the name of a Taoist deity? They’re all di...

A young man takes a summer job with a horse packer in the Sierra Nevada mountains — and receives a valuable education in the art of living — in Lif...

Robin McGrath acts as a navigator, guiding locals and visitors alike around parts of Labrador -- particularly the interior -- that are too often ov...

Meet Tyrone Lock: born of farmers' stock; overeducated, underemployed. An inveterate pick-nose and clandestine squeezer of Revels in the supermarke...

Guide to over 70 motorcycle trips, from the Grand Canyon to Bisbee, with crossovers into Colorado, Utah and Nevada. Arizona attractions, lodging, m...

The Mediterranean coast of Turkey, also known as the "Turquoise Coast", is rich with natural beauty and historic remains. In the spring and summer ...

Muskoka is a beloved region for summertime frivolity-a popular destination for tourists and cottagers. The region is also home to a remarkably vari...

Ten measures of beauty descended to the world; nine were taken by Jerusalem. Talmud, Kiddushin 49b Ever since King Solomon built the Holy Temple on...

When you cross an Oxford graduate with a young man seeking gold and adventure in the remote wilderness, the result is Nahanni Journals. In this fas...

Discover the nature of an Amazonian country far off the beaten track …Suriname is a treasure trove of natural riches. The most densely forested cou...

Ancient, mysterious, magical New Mexico is also elusive, retiring from the camera's eye. Yet here is a portrait gallery that shows New Mexico in de...

This gorgeous engagement calendar is packed full of practical information on cultural happenings in New Mexico's urban centres, small towns and Pue...

Languages: Danish, English and Japanese. Niels Bukh and his elite gymnasts from the Academy of Physical Education in Ollerup (Denmark) toured the w...

In this entertaining volume, you'll find Governor General Award-winner Margaret Avison and American sci-fi novelist Piers Anthony rubbing shoulders...

This is the second volume of a series of ten books that discuss the collections of the Tropenmuseum and the histories and stories that accompany th...

Setting off on foot from Winchester, Ken Haigh hikes across southern England, retracing one of the traditional routes that medieval pilgrims follow...

The First New Zealand Himalayan Expedition, in 1951, was initiated by Earle Riddiford, who with Ed Cotter and Pasang Dawa Lama made the first ascen...

Robert Pepper Smith's trilogy of novels chronicling the lives of those with deep roots in the orchard lands of British Columbia comes full circle w...

Brooke Allen first travelled to Syria in 2009, expecting it to be much as American news media routinely depicted it -- an ultra-conservative Muslim...

The attractiveness of Austria has long made it into a desirable travel destination for European and American visitors. People came to enjoy the bea...

A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered a...

Along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the beach and the infrastructure supporting it continue to be the area's economic engine, however, the region’s...

A dreamer of dreams, an adventurer, and a man of many ideas, Roger Pocock was an inveterate, world-ranging traveler who lived the life that all adv...

Babes in the woods. That's how Ruth and Cliff Kopas were described by one of many colourful characters the pair encountered on their amazing journe...

A kayak may seem an unlikely place for adventure, but that's exactly what you'll find in Paddling in Paradise. Author Alison Hughes has created the...

The true story of how Rick Ranson and his friend John Van Landeghem, both barely out of high school, took on the might of the Red and Mississippi r...

Paris, one of the world's great cities, has a long and rich tradition of embracing people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. For over two centuries, Af...

In 1897 W G Collingwood and Jón Stefánsson undertook a journey to Iceland in order to visit, explore and paint the locations of some of the most pr...

A concise, full-colour visitor’s guide to dozens of historical churches scattered throughout Vancouver Island, from humble country chapels to soari...

The perfect resource for planning a quick snowshoeing adventure in the heart of Canada’s glittering Rocky Mountains. Snowshoeing continues to be on...