Nominated for the Edward Stanford Travel Awards (Wanderlust Adventure Book of the Year). Trade publications - galley mailing Galleys to: New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Bookforum, Washington Post Book World, New York of Review of Books, Booklist, LA Times Book Review, USA Today Book Review, Seattle Times Book Editor, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe Advances to: New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times Book Review, Paris Review, Slate - Book Review, Guernica, Harper's, Pacific Standard, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR Books, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, Time Magazine Book Reviewer, Huffington Post Book review, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The New Republic, the Atlantic, The New Criterion, Newsday, and more Broad sheet travel sections - pitch extract Washington Post LA Times The New York Times USA Today Washington Post Boston Globe Travel/Walking Magazines - press release Arnie Weissman Afar Magazine Travel + Leisure Backpacker Outdoor Life Roads and Kingdoms Galleys to : National Geographic, Outside Magazine, and more Social Media outreach Leon has 15.9 K twitter followers Shelf-Awareness give-away and a follow up campaign to 800+ indie stores Broadcast Ted X talks NPR - Galley sent to Midday, Fresh Air, NPR Books Radiolab A Public Affair Podcasts https://indietravelpodcast.com http://extrapackofpeanuts.com/category/podcast/ https://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/Travel/-/Walks-of-a-Lifetime-Podcast/19412 Jewish Magazines Moment Magazine Middle-east/commercial publications Aramco Author Tour Book Launches - November 2017 Luxury Travel Stores National Geographic Society or the Explorers Club Bookstores McNally Jackson Shakespeare & Co Book Tour Spring 2018 Universities: Princeton, Columbia, Harvard Societies: National Geographic Society Bookstores: Tattered Cover, Harvard Bookstore.