travel

Tapped by President Franklin Roosevelt to travel to Europe and learn what the Nazis are planning, twenty-two-year-old John F. Kennedy, son of the U.S. ambassador to Britain, joins the president's efforts to stop the flow of German money that is influencing the 1940 U.S. election.

Chronicles the voyages of Columbus after his famous 1492 landfall in the Americas, explaining how they reflected Columbus's uncanny navigational skills before taking an extreme toll on his health and personal circumstances.

Describes the author's visit to South America's lesser-known Guianese coast, where he toured the coastal towns, torrential rivers, and dense forests of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, in an account that also describes the region's remarkable wildlife and violent history.

Celebrates the phenomenon of adult fans of LEGO products, elevating the toy into a pop-culture icon, art medium, and key factor in robotics technology, as the author copes with becoming a master model builder and a father.

The Los Angeles Times Moscow bureau chief describes her witness to events at the front lines of the war on terror in multiple countries, sharing her insights into the high cost of violence as weighed against the war's democracy-based objectives.

Author recounts his travels through thirteen Muslim countries in the Middle East: the ordinary people, the conflicts, and the land.

David Byrne, former frontman for the Talking Heads, shares his thoughts on bicycling through cities around the world, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of getting around on two wheels, and sharing his insights on some of the problems plaguing urban areas, art, class systems, self-censorship, and other topics.

A history of the idea of Israel offers insight into the views of people behind the polemics and politics of today's Israel, exploring how Israel was transformed sixty years ago from an idea into a place that is once again subject to destruction.

Janna Cawrse describes her experiences after she quit her job, got married to her long-time, on-and-off again boyfriend, and set off with him on a two-year, 17,000 mile voyage across the Pacific, during which they shared many dangers and adventures, and learned what it means to be a couple.