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WHAT IS LONGITUDE?
Think of us as a bookstore organized geographically. We've got expert book and map recommendations, featuring hard-to-find maps, field guides, classic accounts of exploration, travel narratives, books on art and archaeology, novels, essays and well-written academic books. Turn to Longitude whenever you travel.

Click on a region to get our latest recommendations for places around the world, more than 100 at last count. Each destination features an essential reading package of four or five books and a map, available at the click of a mouse.
 
OUR LOGO
We're not sure what it means but we sure like the way it looks. Flying fish soar through the air on overdeveloped pectoral fins — sometimes for hundreds of meters. You may have seen flying fish on a sushi menu as sayori or, more typically, stranded on the deck of a boat after an unfortunate landing. Two species of plunge-diving sea birds, the red-footed and brown booby, snatch them on the wing. Like our logo? You can ask Ben to design you one too.
 
ESSENTIAL READING
For each destination, we feature "Essential Reading" four or five books and a map that are a comprehensive introduction to the region for the traveler. We favor well-written, concise books that capture the spirit of a place, including guidebooks, memoirs, histories, field guides, natural histories, novels or other great books. Humor helps too.

We hope you find our selection of books informative, entertaining and useful — our reputation depends on it. Despite our best efforts, we might have forgotten to include your favorite book or somehow included a long-winded, boring book that's not worth the trouble. Please send your book recommendations, "thumbs up" or 'thumbs down" to Darrel at Longitude.
 
WANT MORE?
Contact us if you don't see what you want. You'll get knowledgeable, prompt service. The world is a big place, the book market is volatile, and we're happy to search out something special for you. We've also got good access to out-of-print books.

 

 
Darrel Schoeling, a 15-year veteran of adventure travel, has organized and led tours to far-flung destinations from Antarctica (where he was expedition leader for seven seasons), to the North Pole, Baja California, the Galápagos Islands, Antarctica, Costa Rica, the Canadian Arctic, Greenland, British Isles, French Polynesia, Kenya, and Madagascar. He has worked with the Discovery Tours at American Museum of Natural History (where he was once on staff), Quark Expeditions, Micato Safaris and other specialists in educational travel since 1985. Darrel brings to Longitude a wealth of knowledge about the adventure travel industry, natural history, books, travelers and what they want.

Active in conservation issues, Darrel was a founding member and executive secretary of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. He also participated in several Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings on the U.S. delegation, and lectured widely on responsible tourism. A graduate of Brown University in biology (where he met Daniel), Darrel previously taught at the Collegiate School in New York, and worked as chief naturalist guide on a tour vessel in the Galápagos, which is how all this got started.
 
Daniel Kaizer, a trained ecologist and former book editor, brings diverse business talents to Longitude. A graduate of Brown University, he holds a master's degree in ecology from Florida State University (where he was a National Science Foundation fellow), and an MBA with honors from Columbia. He held the post of Senior Associate at McKinsey and Co. management consultants.

Before co-founding Longitude with Darrel, he was Associate Director at Victim Services, a 500-employee New York non-profit, board member and treasurer at Harlem United, an AIDS service organization, and helped launch the Management Assistance program at the Robin Hood Foundation. He is an avid reader and traveler.

 


In November 1999, Longitude made the great leap into the dot com world as a travel content provider with the launch of longitudebooks.com. You'll find our book recommendations online at a growing number of partner sites, including iExplore, INTRAV, Lindblad Expeditions, and Wilderness Travel. We've got the best solution out there for adding travel book recommendations to web sites. To learn more about Longitude and our book services, have a look at Longitude's news and reviews, and recent press releases.


 
NEWS AND REVIEWS
Click on News and Reviews to see excerpts from recent news articles about Longitude.


 
PRESS RELEASES

April 16, 2000
Longitude on the Move

January 27, 2000
Longitude Seeks Strategic Partners

November 13, 1999
Longitude, the Book Service for Travelers