In The Map Back to You, Diedre McLeod gifts readers with an honest account of how solo travel can serve as a reset button for your life. She takes us right into the heart of her own burnout, moving from the pristine floors of a...

Dale Zurawski’s The Travel Bitch: Bouncing Across the Globe on a Bipolar High really begins after an Amazon trip sends her back to childhood, in a home changed by her father’s death. Later, a bipolar diagnosis gives a name to the behavior that had already...

The Geography of Desire: A Memoir of West Africa by Linda Gambill follows a young woman who leaves a complicated life in Tennessee to join the Peace Corps in The Gambia in the late 1970s. Drawn by a need for change and independence, she arrives...

Sometimes triumph follows tragedy. For Greg West, a series of misfortunes began in 2008, culminating in the death of his wife. In 2009, he lost his job. He was lonely, but met Stephanie, who had moved into the neighborhood some years before. He decided to...

The Doors Between Our Selves is a poetic memoir by Sanda Berar. Growing up in Romania, she experienced a warm, familial childhood. Thanks to the author’s brave spirit, she's had a transient life, moving from Romania to Finland and finally to Seattle, Washington. But throughout...

Can a camera (and thus photography) change your life? This is the theme that Alix Lee explores in The Way of the Shoestring Outdoor Photographer. In this book, the author recounts his travel experiences visiting Hong Kong in the 1900s and the Isle of Man...

True Tales of a Traveller: One Day in Bangkok & Other Stories by Alix Lee is a collection of travel adventures, solo backpacking around the world, that remind us in this internet-accessible age that it wasn’t always as easy as just calling up Google Translate...

Travelling Solo Later in Life is a warm and practical blend of personal stories, travel advice, and reflections on independence through solo travel. Mary L. Strobbe takes readers through her journeys across continents, sharing everything from packing tips and booking strategies to cultural insights and...

Despite past relationships, James is an adventurous bachelor from Canada approaching forty with no partner to answer to. He is well-traveled and a lawyer who is quite accomplished. One day, he decides to go on a sea voyage, and after waiting for some time, he...

The Smart Travelista's Guide by Linda King is a concise and practical handbook for travelers looking to make the most of airline loyalty programs and unlock the potential of free flights. In this third book of her Smart Travelista series, King shares actionable strategies that...