A cultural commentator evaluates walking from a range of disciplines to consider how the activity has inspired sporting events, mystical revelations, and artistic legacies.

Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.

This book brings together a variety of experiences and adventures from the travels of the best-selling author to such places as Corsica, Burma, Cape Cod, East Africa, Afghanistan, a leper colony, and the New York subways.

"After a violent encounter that leaves four Mexican soldiers dead, Hackberry escapes the country in possession of a stolen artifact, earning the ire of a bloodthirsty Austrian arms dealer who then places Hack's son Ishmael squarely in the cross hairs of a plot to recapture his prize, believed to be the mythic cup of Christ. Along the way, we meet three extraordinary women: Ruby Dansen, the Danish immigrant who is Ishmael's mother and Hackberry's one...

This hardcover book is slender but full of good stuff. It includes rare first serial articles by many writers of distinction, including William Broyles, Jay McInerny, David Roberts, Tim Cahill, Rout Blount Jr., Barry Lopez, Tom Robbins, Max Apple, Alex Shoumatoff, Edward Hoagland, James Salter, and Bobbie Ann Mason. Their travels (with the adventure travel company Sobek Expeditions, co-founded by editor Richard Bangs) took them far and wide, from...

"Sylvester lives in a pet food warehouse in California's Central Valley and is adored by all who work there. One day the curious cat slips inside one of the 20-foot containers that comes and goes so frequently - CLANG - the door shuts and off goes Sylvester on the adventure of his life begins. Back at the warehouse, Sylvester's human friends frantically search for their cat - all receive the surprise of their lifetime when he finally does return."--Amazon.com...