Travel and holiday guides

"e;The birth of 'New War' in ItalyIt is easy to consider the Renaissance as a time of enlightenment typified principally by the artistic and scientific genius of Leonardo da Vinci and his peers; but giant leaps forward are never confined to one aspect of society and the application of new ideas is always adapted to various purposes and the meeting of differing objectives.

An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet’s most ferocious and fascinating predators.

A ';rich, unblinking' (USA TODAY) memoir that moves from grief to reckoning to reflection to solace as a marine biologist shares the solo worldwide journey she took after her fianc suffered a fatal box jellyfish attack in Thailand.

A collection of short stories and poems that chronicle Edmond Gagnon's adventures and misadventures around the world.

One hundred years ago, Trieste was the chief seaport of the entire Austro-Hungarian empire, but today many people have no idea where it is.

News reports including a segment on 60 Minutes have depicted the entire country of Mexico as being an absolute mess, awash in blood and guns on every street corner.