Walking Travel

* Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times “A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces...

When Sean Dietrich—known to millions as "Sean of the South"—and his wife, Jamie, set out to walk the Camino de Santiago, they weren't just looking for a hike. They were looking for a way to carry their lives across five hundred miles of Spanish mud, ancient stone, and the kind of exhaustion that strips a soul down to its genuine marrow. Combining grit, humor, ancient wisdom, and quiet wonder into an inspiring tale of endurance, I Would Walk Five Hundred Miles is a modern chronicle of the human spirit.

Embark on a journey like no other. The Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St James, is one of the most famous pilgrimage routes in the world. Leading to the shrine of St James in Spain’s Santiago de Compostela, this historic journey has been undertaken by millions of people from all walks of...

For those who dream of the Camino… and those who long to return to it. Do you feel the need to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and step away from the pressure of modern life? At the age of 30, Pauline leaves behind her stressful career in the banking sector and sets off alone on a 1,200-mile (2,000 km) pilgrimage across France and Spain toward Santiago de Compostela. What begins as a physical journey soon becomes a profound inner transformation. Through exhaustion, solitude, doubts, unexpected encounters, and moments of grace, Pauline gradually reconnects with joy, nature, simplicity,...

Walking in This World picks up where Julia Cameron's best-selling book on the creative process, The Artist's Way, left off to present readers with a second course, part two in an amazing journey toward discovering our human potential. Full of valuable new strategies and techniques for breaking through difficult creative ground, this is the "intermediate level" of the Artist's Way program.

> Walking is not as well known as Thoreau's other works Walden, The Maine Woods, and Civil Disobedience. But it is a good place to start exploring his writing because it was his last book, in 1862, published by the Atlantic Monthly shortly after his death. It is less well known because it is general, as opposed to singular, in focus. It is his summing up of his thoughts on life: One should saunter through life and take notice; one need not go far.

Planning to walk a Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain? This is the book for you. This audiobook is a collection of tips to help you plan, prepare, train, shop for, and walk the famous Camino de Santiago, written by someone who spent seven weeks walking the Via de La Plata route of the Camino de Santiago. You’ll learn what gear you’ll need, how to choose the right boots, and how to break them in properly. You’ll discover the best ways to condition yourself to walk the Camino de Santiago.

'A deeply involving, humane book' ROWAN WILLIAMS 'Intimate, humorous, yet profoundly moving' STANLEY WELLS 'Deeply enjoyable' HARRIET WALTER A compelling blend of memoir, travelogue and investigation, Walking Shadow sheds new light on the past while Doran himself emerges from the darkness of...

This isn’t just a Venice Travel Guide. It is a better way to travel! Instead of simply checking off monuments, immerse yourself in the rhythms of Venice and the Veneto, where sacred traditions, seasonal festivals, and everyday rituals shape life in Italy’s most romantic region. Experience Venice through moments, not just monuments. With over 120 festivals woven into the seasons, this guide ensures that no matter when you travel, you will find yourself in the heart of a celebration. Planning your Italian dream vacation? Discover Venice, where canals, bridges, and basilicas shimmer with ...

Embark on a remarkable journey with Sauerwein as he faces the daunting reality of turning 60, brimming with fear and an urgent need to prove his vitality to the world. In a bold attempt to defy the inexorable march of time, he sets out alone on an extraordinary pilgrimage, a 500-mile odyssey along the revered Camino de Santiago. As his birthday draws near amidst the blossoming of early summer, Sauerwein finds himself standing at the precipice of the unknown, driven by an enigmatic yearning he struggles to comprehend. Along this treacherous path, he encounters an unyielding parade of trials ...

In May 2006, armed only with a small rucksack and a staff, Tony Kevin, an overweight, sedentary, 63-year-old former diplomat, set off on an eight-week trek across Spain. But this was not just a very long walk — it was a pilgrimage. From Granada, in the southeast, to Santiago de Compostela, in the far northwest, Tony followed the Via Mozarabe and the Via de la Plata, two of the many pilgrim trails that crisscross Spain and Portugal and that all lead to a single destination.

Every year, over three hundred thousand people complete the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela. Part memoir, part history, ( and part attempt at humour), The Camino de Santiago: One Wanderful Walk recounts a solo woman traveler’s personal adventure on this route in 2019. Each person who walks on this ancient route walks in the footsteps of someone who has come before. And, some steps are bigger than others! These are compelling stories set in beautiful Spanish landscapes and in bustling cities, and they are the stories of the human ...

Yellowstone is a land of extreme diversity. Nowhere else will you find wolves, bison, and grizzlies living among the largest concentration of hot springs and geysers in the world. The park’s 2.2 million acres is an incongruous landscape of bubbling hot, lunar-like geothermal features, lush green rolling meadowlands, snow covered mountain peaks, colorful canyons, waterfalls, lakes and untamed rivers. It is a park so large, so complex and so fascinating it seems fitting that it owns the title as our world’s first national park! Travel Audios’ park approved audio tour will help you understand what you are seeing and smelling! It is not a mile-by-mile guide; it can be listened to anywhere. It features an impressive group of knowledgeable Park Ranger geologists, biologists and naturalists who explain the geological processes that created the landscape and why this area in Wyoming is such a geothermal hot spot. They’ll tell you about their studies and observations of the park’s wildlife and their experience with massive forest fires.

What happens when the road demands more than your body can give—but your spirit refuses to quit? In My Way on the Camino Portuguese, John Seegers shares the honest, humorous, and deeply personal story of his pilgrimage from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela. Battling knee pain, fatigue, and self-doubt, Seegers doesn’t just walk the Camino—he wrestles with it, adapts to it, and ultimately finds meaning in its every challenge and detour. Told with warmth and wisdom, this memoir captures the unique rhythm of walking alone while surrounded by strangers who briefly become companions, guides...

WALKING WILD is not your typical safari — no game drives, no cool sundowners and definitely no fences. Instead, it's 605 km of dust, sweat and unforgettable moments as an unlikely group of strangers sets out to walk the entire length of Kruger National Park. Over six stages and three years, they walked from Crooks' Corner in the far north to Malelane in the south, averaging 20 km a day with heavy backpacks and only the wild for company.

Grand Teton National Park owes its spectacular scenery to earthquakes. Born of earthquakes and sculpted by ice, it’s an active and dynamic landscape. It boasts the youngest and steepest mountain range in the Rockies, contains some of the oldest rocks on earth, features glaciers, glacier-carved lakes, sagebrush flats, abundant and visible wildlife and a myriad of wildflowers.

Hiking My Own Hike tells the story of Jon “The Incident” Fuller’s epic Appalachian Trail thru hike. In 2023, Jon hiked 2,198.4 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. There are literally hundreds of Appalachian Trail thru hiking memoirs. I read more than a hundred of them myself in the two decades before my 2023 thru hike. Why should you pick this one? Read this book if you want a realistic account of thru hiking that doesn’t gloss over thru hiking’s difficulties and hardships. My account will make you feel the highs and the lows of thru hiking, the ...

With his characteristic blend of scientific insight, personal biography, and poetic narrative, The Complete John Muir Collection is a fascinating audiobook for nature lovers, hiking enthusiasts, conservationists, and anyone passionate about the rich history behind America’s most beloved national park.

“Imagine The Life of Pi, The Alchemist, and The Midnight Library rolled into one fantastical fable.” —The New York Times Book Review * “An epic adventure…rich with all the possibilities the world can hold.” —People NATIONAL BESTSELLER A dazzlingly epic debut that charts the...

The pioneering advocate of wilderness preservation, John Muir (1838-1914) was influential in the creation of many national parks.