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by Henry Miller
4.0(3,461)
In Greece, a poor Henry Miller, at Lawrence Durrell's urging, meets George Katsimbalis, a man whose colossal spirit helps Miller find a profound sense of self.
by Alyson Noel
3.6(3,443)
Banished to a remote Greek island for the summer, a newly popular teen discovers that true connection and self-discovery can blossom far from the parties and superficial crushes she left behind.
by Jack London
4.0(3,418)
Jack London examines the squalor of London's East End, documenting the dehumanizing conditions of its impoverished residents with the neutral eye of an explorer and the concern of a humanitarian.
by Emmanuel Guibert
4.3(3,342)
Amidst the brutal Soviet-Afghan War, a photographer's gripping visual diary, intertwined with Guibert's art, chronicles a perilous journey with Doctors Without Borders to heal a ravaged nation.
by Laura Resau
4.1(3,175)
Torn from her Andean village at seven to serve a mestizo family, Virginia navigates a world of prejudice and cultural clashes, ultimately finding her voice and identity in Ecuador.
by Damon Galgut
3.6(3,134)
A young man travels three continents, seeking love and belonging, only to find his attempts at connection repeatedly fall apart into longing, desire, and disaster.
by Robin Lee Graham
4.2(2,822)
A 16-year-old sails solo around the world in a 24-foot sloop, finding love, fatherhood, and self-discovery over five years and 33,000 miles of ocean.
by Karen Connelly
4.2(2,792)
Imprisoned for protest songs, a Burmese dissident spends seven years in solitary confinement. He uses Buddhist patience to connect with his jailers and forms a freeing friendship with a young orphan within the brutal prison walls.
by Amitav Ghosh
3.8(2,782)
Amitav Ghosh searches for a medieval Indian slave in Egypt, only to find himself connected to a modern Egyptian village's life and customs.
by Jamil Ahmad
3.5(2,585)
Tor Baz, 'The Wandering Falcon,' navigates the brutal yet beautiful Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a world of ancient traditions, love, and survival at the crossroads of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.
by Autumn Cornwell
4.0(2,484)
Sixteen-year-old Vassar Spore's carefully planned life of AP classes and Pulitzer Prizes shatters into Southeast Asian backpacking, unexpected romance, and a family secret that redefines her future.
by Aimee Friedman
3.9(2,484)
In a summer split by a single choice, Summer Everett navigates two parallel realities of romance, self-discovery, and a family secret, one in French lavender fields and the other in her hometown.
by Terence McKenna
4.2(2,333)
Terence McKenna recounts his Amazonian journey with psychoactive plants, exploring the line between madness and enlightenment and questioning our ideas about time and consciousness.
by Heidi R. Kling
3.8(2,189)
After a personal tragedy and a national disaster, a grieving teen finds unexpected love with an Indonesian orphan. Their dangerous journey forces them to face hard truths about their pasts.
by Andrew Weil
3.9(2,108)
Improve your body's natural healing with Dr. Weil's eight-week plan, combining diet, exercise, and mindfulness for lasting health.
by Ernest K. Gann
4.5(2,101)
Join a pilot's intense journey through the dangerous, early days of commercial aviation, as Ernest K. Gann reveals the triumphs and terrors of flying.
by Randy Wayne White
4.0(2,049)
Marine biologist Doc Ford goes into the Everglades to find a friend's missing husband and confronts a guru's plan that endangers people and the environment.
by Rebecca West
4.2(1,997)
Rebecca West travels through Yugoslavia before WWII, exploring its history, culture, and her own reflections to understand the Balkans' turbulent nature.
by Robert Louis Stevenson
3.7(1,732)
Robert Louis Stevenson and his donkey, Modestine, embark on an arduous twelve-day trek through France's rugged Cévennes mountains.
by Ian Frazier
3.9(1,641)
Ian Frazier explores the realities of the Oglala Sioux on the Pine Ridge Reservation, showing a culture sustained by humor, resilience, and the past in the face of modern challenges.
by Irfan Orga
4.2(1,540)
In fin-de-siècle Istanbul, an Ottoman family, led by an autocratic grandmother and a child-bride mother, copes with the collapse of their empire, fortune, and way of life, from opulent hamam rituals to the reality of a new Turkish republic.
by Adam Rapp
3.6(1,485)
A meth-addicted fourteen-year-old punk navigates a raw, cross-country odyssey of seedy motels and dangerous strangers, writing letters to his dying gay brother in Memphis, hoping to reach him before time runs out.
by J.M. Roberts
4.0(1,395)
From the African savannah to the post-9/11 world, this sweeping chronicle traces the diversity of human civilization, power shifts, and the triumphs and struggles of people across continents.
by Rose Macaulay
3.7(1,358)
On a camel-back journey through 1950s Turkey, an eccentric Englishwoman navigates ancient empires, modern evangelists, and the pain of lost love.