Presents adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. This title features women such as a student in Niger who finds 'the most wretched place on earth' transformed when she befriends a two-year-old.

This bestselling, award-winning series presents the finest accounts of women who have traveled to the ends of the Earth to discover new places, people--and themselves. From breaking the gender barrier on a soccer field in Kenya to learning the art of French cooking in a damp cellar in the Loire Valley, the points of view and perspectives are global and the themes eclectic.