Anthony Bourdain reinvented the food travel genre with A Cook's Tour. In his groundbreaking first series that originally aired on the Food Network, Bourdain travels the world in search of extremes of emotion and experience.

Anthony Bourdain reinvented the food travel genre with A Cook's Tour. In his groundbreaking first series that originally aired on the Food Network, Bourdain travels the world in search of extremes of emotion and experience.

This program explores the effects of mountain tourism on a small village in rural Nepal and the often ironic nature of the resulting cross-cultural encounters. Recommended for Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, The Anthropology of Tourism, Global Economics, and Mountaineering enthusiasts

When workers in the remote mining town of Rejection, Nevada fall victim to an unseen predator, the mine's owner Hiram Gunner, great-grandfather to Tremors' Burt Gummer, hires a mercenary to destroy the carnivorous creatures.

Long suppressed by missionaries and then by Soviet anti-religious campaigns, Siberian shamanism has experienced an unprecedented revival following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the number of shamans continues to rise. But who are these new shamans? Are they tricksters, magicians, businessmen, or cultural activists?

For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There’s a name for this kind of endeavor—voluntourism—and...

Tourism is Kenya's third largest source of income. Last year alone, more than half a million tourists spent their holidays here. But what don't the tourists see? Masai Mara: the Masai Mara is one of the best-known game parks in the world. All around the game park, mock villages have been built. Laden with baubles, the Masai embark on an aggressive sales pitch to the tourists. These fake villages are all that most tourists see while on safari. Meanwhile...

Two country handymen and a seismology student discover a desolate town infested with gigantic man-eating creatures that live underground.

"Challenges the practices of the travel industry, sharing stories of memorable discoveries and misadventures that demonstrate how to enjoy a technology-balanced vacation." -- Kugel takes the modern travel industry to task, determined to reignite humanity's age-old sense of adventure that has virtually been vanquished by spontaneity-obliterating websites. Sharing tales of his own perfectly imperfect adventures, Kugel explains how to make the most...