travel

Chronicles the adventures of King Peggy, Peggielene Bartels, a Washington, D.C. secretary who suddenly found that she was king of a town of seven thousand in Ghana, and once there found many challenges to be faced and difficulties to be overcome.

A memoir in which photographer, skier, and skateboarder Kevin Connolly tells what it was like to grow up without legs, discussing his loving parents, his dad's continuing efforts to invent devices to make his life easier, his participation in sports, and his habit of taking pictures of people who stare at him--a project that became a traveling exhibit.

A historical travelogue in which Ian Frazier explores the geography, resources, native peoples, history, climate, and other aspects of Siberia at the end of the Soviet Union.

Chronicles the life and legacy of Roald Amundsen, describing his accomplishments as a Norwegian explorer in the Polar Regions, and discussing such accomplishments as being the first to travel the Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, being the first man to reach both the North and South Poles, and related topics.

The author, a Ugandan human rights advocate, tells how he and his American wife used their modest resources and contributions from friends and churches to open a school for children in Uganda who had lost one or both parents to AIDS.

Tim Butcher, a reporter for "The Daily Telegraph," details his experiences after being sent to Africa in 2000 to trace the roots of the Congo; and while he follows the historic route laid down by the nineteenth-century explorer Henry Morton Stanley, Butcher encounters missionary aid workers, a pygmy leader, and more.

The author describes the five months he spent working with scientist Bill Fraser's team in Antarctica to study Adv?lie penguins and discusses his observations on the rising temperatures in the region in the early twenty-first century and how this could impact the rest of the world.

Best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter, Ann, chronicle their travels together between 1998 and 2000, when they embarked on a journey of self-discovery and reconnection through Greece and France.

Presents a memoir of Chinese food culture recalled by Fuchsia Dunlop, the first Westerner to be trained at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, China's leading cooking school.

Jesse Ventura reflects on his experiences as governor of Minnesota and his life since he held office, discussing the reasons he left, his opinions about the two party system, the events of September 11, 2001, and other topics.