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Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt by Daniel Barbarisi

Chasing the Thrill: Obsession, Death, and Glory in America's Most Extraordinary Treasure Hunt

Daniel Barbarisi

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history travel adventurous dark fast-paced
Relativity: A Very Short Introduction by Russell Stannard

Relativity: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Russell Stannard

3 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2008 (editions) user-added

nonfiction philosophy science informative medium-paced
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

My Family and Other Animals

Corfu Trilogy #1

Gerald Durrell

10 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 1956 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

Michael Finkel

224 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography science travel adventurous reflective fast-paced
Off the Map: Lost Spaces, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Islands, Feral Places and What They Tell Us About the World by Alastair Bonnett

Off the Map: Lost Spaces, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Islands, Feral Places and What They Tell Us About the World

Alastair Bonnett

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past by Jessica J. Lee

Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past

Jessica J. Lee

304 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature reflective slow-paced
Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip by Richard Ratay

Don't Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip

Richard Ratay

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous reflective fast-paced
Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb

Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris

Graham Robb

475 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history travel challenging informative slow-paced
The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World by Jessica Nabongo

The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

Jessica Nabongo

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Bill Bryson

397 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous funny medium-paced