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Readers' Choice Book Awards Bronze Winner, Adult NonfictionSome journeys we choose. Others choose us.In the aftermath of tragedy, Barry Hoffner wanted to feel the pulse of the world again. The whole world.When Barry Hoffner lost his wife and travel partner, Jackie, in a sudden tragedy, his grief was a black hole that consumed everything. But amid the quiet wreckage of loss, something unexpected stirred: the call to move, to reconnect, and to live fully again.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A gripping, triumphant adventure” (Los Angeles Times) from the bestselling author of The Circle—the incredible true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana’a by civil war.Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemen’s c...

In this inspiring travelogue, celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo—the first Black woman on record to visit all 195 countries in the world—shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections. It was a daunting task, but Jessica Nabongo, the beloved voice behind the popular website The Catch Me if You Can, made it happen, completing her journey to all 195 UN-recognized countries in the world in October 2019....

His only weapon was a cellphone. When civil war broke out in his home country in 2011, Hassan Al Kontar was a young Syrian living and working in the UAE. He refused to return to Syria for compulsory military service and lived illegally before being deported to Malaysia in November 2017. Four months later, unable to obtain a visa for any other country, he became trapped in the arrivals zone at Kuala Lumpur Airport. Exiled by war and trapped by geopolitics, Al Kontar used social med...

A story of visiting—and surviving—every nation on Earth: "Part travel adventure tale and part madcap farcical comedy . . . Hunter Thompson meets Anthony Bourdain." — Chicago TribuneThis is the inspiring story of an ordinary guy who achieved two great goals that others had told him were impossible. First, he set a record for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world, during the course of which he blasted his way out of minefields, survived a ...

Based on the Nas Daily video series with over 13 million dedicated followers comes the surprising, moving 1,000-day journey of a lifetime in book form.In 2016, Nuseir Yassin quit his job to travel for 1,000 consecutive days. But instead of the usual tourist traps, Nas set out to meet real people, see the places they call home, and discover what unites all of us living on this beautiful planet—from villages in Africa and slums in India, to the high-rises of Singapore...

Marco Polo Didn’t Go There is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer USA Today has called Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age.” For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel sensibility into the far fringes of five continents for such prestigious publications as National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com, and The New York Times Magazine. This book documents his boldest, funniest, and most revealing journeys-from...

A groundbreaking collection of poetry, personal narratives, and art from refugee youth from around the world—featuring a foreword by Ben Stiller, actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador."One of Ahmed's poems explores why he survived the bomb that destroyed his childhood home. It says, "tragedies always end with a period, but yours ended with a semicolon." This book is what comes after the semicolon. The chorus of voices of young people from places as diverse as ...

Outstanding stories of discovery in unexpected places by Kevin Baker, Lauren Groff, Gary Shteyngart, Paul Theroux, and many more.In his introduction to this superb collection, guest editor Andrew McCarthy— New York Times-bestselling author of the travel memoir The Longest Way Home—offers a thrilling itinerary of great nonfiction, whether it's the story of a marine returning to Iraq a decade after his deployment, a writer retracing the footsteps of ...

New York Times bestselling author Steven V. Roberts follows the stories of thirteen immigrant families in From Every End of This Earth, a poignant and eye-opening look at immigration in America today. He captures the voices of those living the promise of a new land—and the difficulties of starting over among strangers whose suspicions increasingly outweigh their open-armed acceptance. As the political debate rages on, Roberts sheds light on the enormous contributions immi...

A gripping testament of resilience, family, and faith, this is the incredible and true story of an American traveler who was captured and wrongfully imprisoned in Syria while on a journey to experience every country in the world.What would you do if your son suddenly disappeared in Syria, and you had no idea what had happened to him? Would you contact the FBI? The State Department? Pray? Would you Google “What to do if your son disappears in Syria”?When the...