Embark Travel Guide

Centuries before pioneers like Columbus and Magellan chartered the globe, Venetian merchant Marco Polo cemented his place as history’s...

French writer, pioneering aviator, and poetic philosopher Antoine de Saint-Exupéry conveyed whimsy and wisdom through his beloved novella...

Ernest Hemingway crafted his vivid literary works like A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea-based...

Harper Lee etched her name in literary history through the seminal coming-of-age novel To Kill a Mockingbird and contributions to Truman...

In 1804, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on a monumental expedition across the western frontier at President...

English writer, philosopher, and pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft left an indelible mark during her brief yet influential life....

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” -Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Frankenstein was the book that set off my wanderlust for...

I’m probably a pretty basic Kafka Stan (The Metamorphosis is my favorite book). That said, I still appreciate his works as the...