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From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

by Cheryl Strayed ...

Narrated by Bernadette Dunne ...

Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection.A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to ... Read more

$24.00 USD

Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection.A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to
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San Francisco Travel Tips and Hacks

by Ideal Travel Masters ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G ...

Unabridged

17 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.San Francisco is a top destination for travelers and it's easy to see why. With so much to do and see, it can be hard to know where to start.In this guide, we'll share some of our favorite tips and hacks for San Francisco plus 39 facts you did not know about the city. Whether you're a first time visitor or have been before.So, without further ado, let ... Read more

$4.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.San Francisco is a top destination for travelers and it's easy to see why. With so much to do and see, it can be hard to know where to start.In this guide, we'll share some of our favorite tips and hacks for San Francisco plus 39 facts you did not know about the city. Whether you're a first time visitor or have been before.So, without further ado, let
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Chasing Lights

by Gunnar Branson ...

Narrated by Gunnar Branson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

What happens after everything ends?On a heavy Chicago afternoon in June, with the world locked away by COVID quarantines, Gunnar Branson stood alone outside a garage. He watched his wife, college-aged daughter, and two cats drive away. A thirty-year marriage ended as he stood in the alley. Dark thunderheads loomed overhead, alternating with bursts of hot sun. A light breeze fluttered the linden ... Read more

$11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

What happens after everything ends?On a heavy Chicago afternoon in June, with the world locked away by COVID quarantines, Gunnar Branson stood alone outside a garage. He watched his wife, college-aged daughter, and two cats drive away. A thirty-year marriage ended as he stood in the alley. Dark thunderheads loomed overhead, alternating with bursts of hot sun. A light breeze fluttered the linden
... Read more
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Where the Water Goes

Life and Death Along the Colorado River

by David Owen ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

9 hours 26 min

**“Wonderfully written…Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hope for other problems.” —Wall Street JournalAn eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes.**The Colorado River is an essential resource for a surprisingly large part of the ... Read more

$20.00 USD

**“Wonderfully written…Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hope for other problems.” —Wall Street JournalAn eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes.**The Colorado River is an essential resource for a surprisingly large part of the
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Grit and Ghosts

Following the Trail of Eight Tenacious Women across a Century

by Robin Foster ...

Narrated by Janet Stead ...

Unabridged

7 hours 48 min

As a student and teacher of history, Robin Foster is well aware that humans have persisted through major hardships as long as they have existed. When faced with the anxious dread many felt at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foster began seeking stories of tenacious women of the American West who had survived their own hardships in a world that threw the unexpected at them. During one of ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

As a student and teacher of history, Robin Foster is well aware that humans have persisted through major hardships as long as they have existed. When faced with the anxious dread many felt at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foster began seeking stories of tenacious women of the American West who had survived their own hardships in a world that threw the unexpected at them. During one of
... Read more
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Exploring the Beauty of America

Epic RV Road Trips

by Hanley Stanley ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Matt G ...

Unabridged

26 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Embark on a journey of discovery with Exploring the Beauty of America: Epic RV Road Trips. This meticulously crafted guidebook takes you through some of the most iconic and breathtaking routes across the United States, providing detailed itineraries, practical tips, and rich narratives that bring each destination to life.From the Pacific Coast Highway ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Embark on a journey of discovery with Exploring the Beauty of America: Epic RV Road Trips. This meticulously crafted guidebook takes you through some of the most iconic and breathtaking routes across the United States, providing detailed itineraries, practical tips, and rich narratives that bring each destination to life.From the Pacific Coast Highway
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Tall Tales of Alaska Juneau AK

A Quaint Alaska Town with a Gold Mining Problem

by W. R. Kozey ...

Narrated by W. R. Kozey ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Northern Narratives
Unabridged

1 hour 8 min

Juneau, Alaska, the gateway to the Alaskan gold rush. Tall Tales of Alaska: Juneau, AK whisks you away to the capital of Alaska when it was still an American territory.The passage of time has transformed this once sleepy fishing village to a bustling pioneer gold mining town, and again into the renowned tourist destination that it is today-now welcoming nearly two million people every summer! ... Read more

$6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Juneau, Alaska, the gateway to the Alaskan gold rush. Tall Tales of Alaska: Juneau, AK whisks you away to the capital of Alaska when it was still an American territory.The passage of time has transformed this once sleepy fishing village to a bustling pioneer gold mining town, and again into the renowned tourist destination that it is today-now welcoming nearly two million people every summer!
... Read more
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William Stanek's Death Valley

A Literary Field Guide to Death Valley National Park

by The Editors of Our American National Parks ...

Series Audiobook 8 - Beautiful America 250th and Counting
Unabridged

4 hours 49 min

Death Valley is not one heat story. It is a vertical park. The white floor of Badwater, the badlands around Furnace Creek, dunes, canyon mouths, alluvial fans, desert roads, and the high Panamints belong to dramatically different physical worlds. A traveler can move from below sea level toward mountain country in the same park, carrying the wrong assumptions from one elevation into another. ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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Death Valley is not one heat story. It is a vertical park. The white floor of Badwater, the badlands around Furnace Creek, dunes, canyon mouths, alluvial fans, desert roads, and the high Panamints belong to dramatically different physical worlds. A traveler can move from below sea level toward mountain country in the same park, carrying the wrong assumptions from one elevation into another.
... Read more
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Walking on Ice

A memoir of life and love in the Alaskan wilderness

by Emma Stevens ...

Narrated by Emma Stevens ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Walking on Ice Memoir Trilogy
Unabridged

6 hours 57 min

Walking on Ice is the 1st book in a trilogy of memoirs which are part romance and part “girl’s own adventure”. The story begins in the warm climes of New Zealand in the South Pacific when an on-line friendship between an American & a New Zealander blossoms into romance, and concludes among the Eskimo in the wintry wilds of remote Alaska. For adventurous romantics and arm-chair travellers alike. ... Read more

$10.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Walking on Ice is the 1st book in a trilogy of memoirs which are part romance and part “girl’s own adventure”. The story begins in the warm climes of New Zealand in the South Pacific when an on-line friendship between an American & a New Zealander blossoms into romance, and concludes among the Eskimo in the wintry wilds of remote Alaska. For adventurous romantics and arm-chair travellers alike.
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A Race to the Bottom of Crazy

Dispatches from Arizona

by Richard Grant ...

Narrated by Raphael Corkhill ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

Bestselling author Richard Grant delves into the heart of Arizona, exploring its complex political issues, climate change challenges, and immigration dynamics to reveal the intricate forces shaping its identity and future.When Richard Grant and his wife moved with their four-year-old daughter back to Tucson, Arizona, where the couple first met, he expected to easily rekindle his love of the region ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Bestselling author Richard Grant delves into the heart of Arizona, exploring its complex political issues, climate change challenges, and immigration dynamics to reveal the intricate forces shaping its identity and future.When Richard Grant and his wife moved with their four-year-old daughter back to Tucson, Arizona, where the couple first met, he expected to easily rekindle his love of the region
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Slow Travel New Mexico

Unforgettable Personal Experiences in the Land of Enchantment

by Judith Fein ...

Narrated by Cynthia Farrell ...

Unabridged

10 hours 9 min

Winner of the 2024 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for TravelSlow travel is the secret to opening doors, meeting people, participating in surprising events, experiencing joy, and making each trip—no matter how short or long—deeper, richer, and an adventure that is uniquely yours.Award-winning travel journalists and Santa Fe residents Judith Fein and Paul Ross crisscross New Mexico, finding ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Winner of the 2024 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for TravelSlow travel is the secret to opening doors, meeting people, participating in surprising events, experiencing joy, and making each trip—no matter how short or long—deeper, richer, and an adventure that is uniquely yours.Award-winning travel journalists and Santa Fe residents Judith Fein and Paul Ross crisscross New Mexico, finding
... Read more
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The Oregon Trail

by Francis Parkman ...

Narrated by Robert Morris ...

Unabridged

12 hours 40 min

This is the classic account of Francis Parkman’s rugged trip over the eastern part of the Oregon Trail with his cousin Quincy Adams Shaw in the spring and summer of 1846. They left St. Louis by steamboat and traveled on horseback, in company with guides and occasionally other travelers. They encountered storms and buffalo hunts, meeting Indians, soldiers, sportsmen, and emigrants.The Oregon Trail ... Read more

$22.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This is the classic account of Francis Parkman’s rugged trip over the eastern part of the Oregon Trail with his cousin Quincy Adams Shaw in the spring and summer of 1846. They left St. Louis by steamboat and traveled on horseback, in company with guides and occasionally other travelers. They encountered storms and buffalo hunts, meeting Indians, soldiers, sportsmen, and emigrants.The Oregon Trail
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Canyons of the Colorado

by John Wesley Powell ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

7 hours 38 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first passage of European Americans through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first passage of European Americans through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as
... Read more
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William Stanek's New Mexico & the Ancient Southwest

A Literary Field Guide to New Mexico & the Ancient Southwest National Parks & Scenic Sites

by The Editors of Our American National Parks ...

Series Audiobook 15 - Beautiful America: National Parks & Scenic Journeys
Unabridged

4 hours 15 min

New Mexico carries several landscapes at once: desert, mountain, volcanic ground, river, basin, cave, ruin, living homeland, and immense sky. William Stanek's New Mexico & the Ancient Southwest is built around the relationships among those worlds-and around the responsibility required when beautiful landscapes are also places of enduring cultural meaning. This is not a tour of "ancient mysteries." ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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New Mexico carries several landscapes at once: desert, mountain, volcanic ground, river, basin, cave, ruin, living homeland, and immense sky. William Stanek's New Mexico & the Ancient Southwest is built around the relationships among those worlds-and around the responsibility required when beautiful landscapes are also places of enduring cultural meaning. This is not a tour of "ancient mysteries."
... Read more
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William Stanek's Grand Teton

A Literary Field Guide to Grand Teton National Park

by The Editors of Our American National Parks ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Beautiful America 250th and Counting
Unabridged

4 hours 40 min

Grand Teton rewards proportion. The mountains rise with such immediacy that the park can seem simple: range, lakes, road, view. It is not. William Stanek's Grand Teton reveals the larger valley system beneath the famous skylineâ€"the southern threshold, central lakes, river and wetland country, northern waters, east-side views, quieter roads, historic landscapes, and the choices that determine ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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Grand Teton rewards proportion. The mountains rise with such immediacy that the park can seem simple: range, lakes, road, view. It is not. William Stanek's Grand Teton reveals the larger valley system beneath the famous skylineâ€"the southern threshold, central lakes, river and wetland country, northern waters, east-side views, quieter roads, historic landscapes, and the choices that determine
... Read more
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Over The Edge

Revised and Expanded Third Edition

by Michael P. Ghiglieri, Thomas M. Myers ...

Narrated by Sean Pratt ...

Unabridged

27 hours 25 min

This is a vastly expanded and revised edition of the 2001 classic, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon, now updated after a decade,containing many gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Seven Natural Wonders."If you believe that everything interesting about Grand Canyon has already been written, you're dead wrong. Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon ... Read more

$24.99 USD

This is a vastly expanded and revised edition of the 2001 classic, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon, now updated after a decade,containing many gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Seven Natural Wonders."If you believe that everything interesting about Grand Canyon has already been written, you're dead wrong. Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon
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William Stanek's Crater Lake

A Literary Field Guide to Crater Lake National Park

by The Editors of Our American National Parks ...

Series Audiobook 17 - Beautiful America 250th and Counting
Unabridged

2 hours 35 min

Crater Lake begins with absence. A great volcanic mountain changed catastrophically, and the hollow it left became one of America's most visually concentrated landscapes. Blue water, caldera walls, snow, pumice, forest, sky, and long seasonal closure all begin with that missing mountain. William Stanek's Crater Lake turns the famous first sight into a deeper reading. Rim roads, overlooks, walks, ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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Crater Lake begins with absence. A great volcanic mountain changed catastrophically, and the hollow it left became one of America's most visually concentrated landscapes. Blue water, caldera walls, snow, pumice, forest, sky, and long seasonal closure all begin with that missing mountain. William Stanek's Crater Lake turns the famous first sight into a deeper reading. Rim roads, overlooks, walks,
... Read more
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Crisis on Mount Hood

Stories from a Hundred Years of Mountain Rescue

by Christopher Van Tilburg ...

Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

In Crisis on Mount Hood, author and emergency room doctor Christopher Van Tilburg looks at the history of America's oldest all-volunteer mountain rescue team, the Hood River Crag Rats, and his own three-decade commitment to search and rescue. Centered on Oregon's iconic 11,249-foot-high Mount Hood, considered by many to be the world's most-climbed glaciated peak, this dramatic narrative leads ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In Crisis on Mount Hood, author and emergency room doctor Christopher Van Tilburg looks at the history of America's oldest all-volunteer mountain rescue team, the Hood River Crag Rats, and his own three-decade commitment to search and rescue. Centered on Oregon's iconic 11,249-foot-high Mount Hood, considered by many to be the world's most-climbed glaciated peak, this dramatic narrative leads
... Read more
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California Characters

An Array of Amazing People

by Charles Hillinger ...

Narrated by Dennis McKee ...

Unabridged

10 hours 41 min

For forty-six years, Charles Hillinger journeyed around the world writing human-interest stories for the Los Angeles Times. He also helped to create and produce special features for the popular NBC television show Real People.From this work comes California Characters, a collection of stories of intriguing, eccentric, or simply amazing individuals profiled by Hillinger. Many of these people have ... Read more

$20.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

For forty-six years, Charles Hillinger journeyed around the world writing human-interest stories for the Los Angeles Times. He also helped to create and produce special features for the popular NBC television show Real People.From this work comes California Characters, a collection of stories of intriguing, eccentric, or simply amazing individuals profiled by Hillinger. Many of these people have
... Read more
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William Stanek's Joshua Tree

A Literary Field Guide to Joshua Tree National Park

by The Editors of Our American National Parks ...

Series Audiobook 9 - Beautiful America 250th and Counting
Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

Joshua Tree is where two deserts meet beneath a geometry of rock and light. The famous trees matter, but they are not the whole park. Granite piles, hidden valleys, broad basins, cactus country, washes, mountain views, exposed roads, night skies, and changing elevation create several different desert experiences inside one boundary. William Stanek's Joshua Tree helps readers recognize those worlds ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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Joshua Tree is where two deserts meet beneath a geometry of rock and light. The famous trees matter, but they are not the whole park. Granite piles, hidden valleys, broad basins, cactus country, washes, mountain views, exposed roads, night skies, and changing elevation create several different desert experiences inside one boundary. William Stanek's Joshua Tree helps readers recognize those worlds
... Read more
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Ghost Towns of California: Lost Gold Rush Communities, Deserted Highways, and the Haunting Stories Left Behind

by Martin Kellerman ...

Narrated by Martin Kellerman ...

Unabridged

1 hour 58 min

Explore haunting ghost towns and lost Gold Rush communities where ambitious pioneers collided with unforgiving nature. Perfect for your next road trip or an evening of armchair travel, this atmospheric history uncovers the spectacular rise and sudden collapse of the West's forgotten settlements.Wander through parched desert camps, snowbound Sierra mining outposts, and bustling company towns ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore haunting ghost towns and lost Gold Rush communities where ambitious pioneers collided with unforgiving nature. Perfect for your next road trip or an evening of armchair travel, this atmospheric history uncovers the spectacular rise and sudden collapse of the West's forgotten settlements.Wander through parched desert camps, snowbound Sierra mining outposts, and bustling company towns
... Read more
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The California Days of Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Brian C. Wilson ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

8 hours 35 min

In the spring of 1871, Ralph Waldo Emerson boarded a train in Concord, Massachusetts, bound for a month-and-a-half-long tour of California—an interlude that became one of the highlights of his life. On their journey across the American West, he and his companions would take in breathtaking vistas in the Rockies and along the Pacific Coast, speak with a young John Muir in the Yosemite Valley, stop ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In the spring of 1871, Ralph Waldo Emerson boarded a train in Concord, Massachusetts, bound for a month-and-a-half-long tour of California—an interlude that became one of the highlights of his life. On their journey across the American West, he and his companions would take in breathtaking vistas in the Rockies and along the Pacific Coast, speak with a young John Muir in the Yosemite Valley, stop
... Read more
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Tip of the Iceberg

My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier

by Mark Adams ...

Narrated by Mark Adams ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

****The National Bestseller**From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontier**In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and ... Read more

$20.00 USD

****The National Bestseller**From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontier**In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and
... Read more
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Ghost Towns of Arizona: Haunted Histories, Lost Mines, and Desert Legends Brought to Life

by Daniel Forsythe ...

Narrated by Daniel Forsythe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 1 min

Discover the haunting history of the American Southwest through eerie desert ruins, lost mines, and forgotten boomtowns. Perfect for your daily commute or a scenic road trip, this immersive historical adventure resurrects a lawless era. Hear the gripping stories of ruthless prospectors, overlooked laborers, and the brutal boom-and-bust economics that shaped these sunblasted borderlands.Wander past ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Discover the haunting history of the American Southwest through eerie desert ruins, lost mines, and forgotten boomtowns. Perfect for your daily commute or a scenic road trip, this immersive historical adventure resurrects a lawless era. Hear the gripping stories of ruthless prospectors, overlooked laborers, and the brutal boom-and-bust economics that shaped these sunblasted borderlands.Wander past
... Read more

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