Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, this book takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Singapore...

Compiled from the favorite trips of National Geographic's travel writers, Journeys of a Lifetime spans the globe to highlight the best of the world's most famous and lesser known sojourns. It presents an incredible diversity of possibilities, from ocean cruises around Antarctica to horse treks in the Andes. Every continent and every possible form of transport is covered.... scores of creative ideas:...

Too busy with school, soccer, and other activities, a young boy who wants to cheer up the sad, lonely Moon presents the reader with a step-by-step plan for becoming the the first human to bicycle to the moon.

Follows the newlyweds Albin and Melanie Ulle as they journey around the world for fourteen weeks and go to approximately one hundred places.

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant send their friend Karl on a trip around the world without telling him about the rough conditions he'll be facing.

Board a commuter train in New York, then follow the journey west and see the stations, the scenery, the different types of trains, and all the people who travel and work on the railroad system.

Offers a tour of the world's most unique and amazing places, highlighting natural and man-made wonders from around the globe, from Iceland to Honduras to Easter Island.

"When Sebastian launches himself on a journey in a hot air balloon made entirely of Grandma's afghans and patchwork quilts, his boring day turns into the adventure of a lifetime"--

A boy takes an imaginary trip around the world on the red car he gets for his birthday.