Nature, Culture & Cuisine
Award-winning travel writer and photographer
There’s always something worth wondering about.
Wild animals. Human ingenuity. Astonishing places. There's so much to discover—and sometimes all it takes is a story or photo to make us see the world a little differently.
WILD THING, I THINK I LOVE YOU!
Let your order do something wild!
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You’ll find plenty to love in these encounters with wildlife around the world: Elephants, lemurs, brown bears, bald eagles, leatherback turtles, wildebeest, toucans, lizards, lions, rhinos, and even earthworms.
TRUE STORIES FROM A CURIOUS TRAVELER
An award-winning collection of stories from around the world—full of surprise, wonder, and fun!
Lost, Kidnapped,
Eaten Alive!
Turmoil: Escape kidnappers in a foreign desert, lock the keys in your car in the middle of the Outback, accidentally marry a Maasai warrior…
Your Crocodile
has Arrived
Oddities: Enjoy a whole-body chocolate massage, pilgrimage to visit a sacred tooth, see a 20-foot-long earthworm, befriend a Brazilian shaman…
An Elephant Ate
My Arm
Intrigue: Perform a photographic invasion of Libya, eat a Japanese pizza that seems to be alive, visit a glass case full of shrunken heads, walk on a man-eating lake…
AWARDS
