A Wide Range

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Chris Santella

Once in A Lifetime Trips

Clarkson Potter/Random House

From the jungle to the city, the ocean to the sky, Chris Santella has accumulated fifty of the most remarkable travel possibilities in Once in a Lifetime Trips: The World’s 50 Most Extraordinary and Memorable Travel Experiences.  Polar bear safaris in Manitoba, paleontology sites in Mongolia, and cycling tours through southern France are just a few of the reasons why this book is a must-have for any intrepid voyager.

Teresa Rodriguez Williamson

Fly Solo

Perigee/Penguin

Founder of online travel magazine Tangodiva.com, Williamson uses her travel expertise and insider’s knowledge to scope out the best places for solitary travel in Fly Solo: The 50 Best Places on Earth for a Girl to Travel Alone.  With locations compiled and organized by attributes like safety, friendliness, cultural events, and even a quiz that determines the reader’s best travel plans, Fly Solo has been featured on “Live with Regis & Kelly” and in The San Francisco Chronicle and USA Today.

Georgeanne Brennan

A Pig in Provence

Chronicle Books

Georgeanne Brennan moved to Provence in 1970, seeking a simpler life. She set off on her many adventures in Provençale cuisine by tracking down a herd of goats, a cool workshop, some rennet, and the lost art of making fresh goat cheese. Throughout her time in Provence, Brennan transformed from novice fromagère to renowned, James Beard Foundation Award–winning cookbook author and food writer.  A Pig in Provence is the story of making a life beyond the well-trodden path. Sprinkled with recipes that offer samples of Provençale cooking, A Pig in Provence is a travel memoir that urges you to savor every morsel.

Maya Frost

The New Global Student

Tarcher/Penguin

Maya Frost teaches parents and children to think outside the box by escaping the overly competitive world of American schooling and getting a valuable international education instead.  The New Global Student has been featured in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and USA Today and has been praised by Peter Benson, Ph.D., Peg Tyre, John Zogby, and Daniel Pink, who calls it, “essential reading for any family yearning to step off the treadmill and plunge into the world.”

Chris Santella

Fifty Best Places to Play Golf Before You Die

Stewart, Tabori & Chang

A classic for passionate golfers and armchair travelers, this book presents the world's greatest golf venues, the personal favorites of renowned players, course architects, and other experts in the sport. From Ballyliffin, Ireland's northernmost course, whose rumpled fairways wander along the North Sea in the shadows of Glashedy Rock, to New Zealand's Cape Kidnappers, perched atop dramatic cliffs some 500 feet above the ocean, the book's beautiful photographs capture what makes these courses standouts for ardent golfers.

Mark Adams

Turn Right at Machu Picchu

Dutton/Penguin Group

What happens when an adventure travel writer—who’s never actually done anything adventurous—tries to recreate the original expedition to Machu Picchu?  Mark Adams’s riveting book has landed him on “The Daily Show” and in The New York Times.  He’s been praised by A. J. Jacobs, John Hodgman, and Sebastian Junger, who wrote, “The Inca ruins at Machu Picchu are one of the world's enduring mysteries, and Adams has written such a bold, compelling account that many  will be trekking up those same outrageous mountains to see them for ourselves.”