Travel Writing

John Demont.Categories: TravelTravel Writing

A Wise, Passionate Account Of The Pleasures Of Traveling Solo In Our Increasingly Frantic Daily Lives, Many People Are Genuinely Fearful Of The Prospect Of ...

When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the br...

Offers road maps of Canada, including detailed maps of major cities and their surroundings, as well as information about how to deal with driving hazards, m...

Lois Pryce was working at the BBC in London, firmly set on the career track. But unbeknownst to her coworkers, Lois was leading a parallel life as well, tha...

as Moving As His Bestselling Works Of Fiction, Nicholas Sparks's Unique Memoir, Written With His Brother, Chronicles The Life-affirming Journey Of Two Bro...

Hanoi. The mysterious mountain jungles. The demimondes of the Hue court and the Saigon cafes. A rural commune. A raucous tailor shop. Just as they traverse...

Puglia Is The Heel Stretching Down From The Spur Of The Italian Boot. It Boasts Very Beautiful Landscapes, Wonderful Old Cities With Romanesque Cathedrals, ...

A young Canadian woman describes her decision to seek out adventure before settling down to a conventional life, her journey to the tiny Buddhist kingdom of...

Over Eight Visits To Paris, Deirdre Kelly Has Found Herself First As A 19-year-old And Then Later As A Budding Writer, A Dance Critic, And A Fashion Reporte...

Beginning in the late '60s, hundreds of thousands of Westerners descended upon India, disciples of a cultural revolution that proclaimed that the magic and ...

The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China—a complex, fascinating c...

From the author of The Transitive Vampire, comes an invitation to a strangely illuminated City of Light, Paris out of Hand. This seductively beautiful rep...

Anthony Doerr has received many awards — from the New York Public Library, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Library Association. Then...

As a journalist for the Independent, Emma Bamford is swept along with the London rat race, lost among the egos of Fleet Street. Surrounded by budget cuts a...

Embracing the true American experience, the author details his fascinating odyssey through America where he encountered a vast array of colorful characters ...

Here are the most remarkable stories imaginable of maroons, castaways, and other survivors from the 1500s to the present - their moral dilemmas, their per...

Brought up on stories and myths of the Kalahari Bushmen, Rupert Isaacson journeys to the dry vast grassland — which stretches across South Africa, Botswan...

An inspiring exploration of the forty most memorable travel destinations in the world. As travelers become more experienced and sophisticated, they beco...

Jamaica Kincaid's Among Flowers: A Walk In The Himalaya Is The Classic Travel Memoir About A Master Novelist's Journey To The Himalaya In Search Of Seeds......

In 1965, Ginsberg Travels To Cuba, Where Ignoring All Advice, He Behaves In His Usual Wonderfully Provocative Way And Is Deported Under Armed Guard To, Of A...

A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself...

Overview: Once Upon A Time An Indian Writer Named Amitav Ghosh Set Out To Find An Indian Slave, Name Unknown, Who Some Seven Hundred Years Before Had Travel...

A Best Book of the YearUSA Today * Time Magazine * Washington Post * Miami Herald * Richmond Times Dispatch * Christian Science Monitor * Daily Beast * Min...

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in ...

Following the triumph of thier trip through France to Carcassonne, these two pensioners (and thier whippet, Jim) now cast off in thier narrowboat down the I...

Spanning the globe with dozens of top places to go each season, National Geographic's expert travel writers and photographers invite you to experience the w...

In 1993, Sigrid Rausing, A Young Student Working On A Phd In Anthropology, Went To Spend A Year Living In Estonia, A Remote Baltic State That Had Just Gaine...

Lorsqu'il décide de parcourir en solitaire les 40 000 kilomètres de l'équateur, Mike Horn se lance un défi inouï. Des côtes d'Afrique aux portes de l'...

301pages. 22x14x3cm. Broché.Categories: TravelTravel Writing

Agnes and Margaret Smith were not your typical Victorian scholars or adventurers. Female, middle-aged, and without university degrees or formal language t...

"Without doubt JBS, as many know him, is one of the world's most eminent explorers"- Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bt. OBE\For over 60 years John Blashford-Snell has...

The Nile, like all of Egypt, is both timeless and ever-changing. In these pages, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey downriver that i...

Joseph Brodsky.Categories: TravelTravel Writing

One of the most popular destinations for North American motorcyclists is Nova Scotia and its famous Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island. This new travel guide...

Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany,...

... Journey Into The Past And Present Of The Lands East Of Poland And West Of Russia. Germans -- Poles & Lithuanians -- Russians, Belarusians, & Ukr...

Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger...

Wildlife in North America is under pressure, both from hunters and poachers and from habitat loss. Bears and other large animals naturally wander across an...

"There was a smell in the air of tar and rope and rusted chain, a smell of tidal water. Down harbour, around the point, was the open sea. Here was the freed...

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