Adventure & Literary Travel 13

This sourcebook for scientific discovery is stuffed full of incredible facts and compelling data, offering readers insights, observations, and spirited examinations of the natural world. Desert Dino……続きを見る

**Winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award ‘A striding, glorious book . . . A flat-out masterpiece’ The New York Times Book Review** Caught between hostile nati……続きを見る

This story of a middle-aged woman's odyssey down the Mississippi River is a funny, beautifully written, and poignant tale of a journey that transforms a life In fall 2005 acclaimed travel writer Mar……続きを見る

Veteran travel writer Eric Newby has a massive following and is cherished as the forefather of the modern comic travel book. However, less known are his adventures during the years he spent as an ap……続きを見る

Enos A. Mills was considered to be the Father of Rocky Mountain National Park. Aside from this, he was also an author, photographer, nature guide, innkeeper, lecturer, and adventurer. A prolific wri……続きを見る

'I hereby bet Tony Hawks the sum of One Hundred Pounds that he cannot hitchhike round the circumference of Ireland, with a fridge, within one calendar month' A foolhardy attempt to win a drunken bet……続きを見る

There have been many books about Antarctica in the past, but all have focused on only one aspect of the continent - its science, its wildlife, the heroic age of exploration, personal experiences or ……続きを見る

The third book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy, with a preface by the author. India: A Million Mutinies Now is a truly perceptive work whose insights continue to inform travellers of all……続きを見る

Barbara “Bobbe” Belmont, the girl from Midnight Express, grew up on suburban Long Island. After graduating from a convent college in 1968, she turned her back on tradition and roamed the globe, imme……続きを見る

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to one of the most beautiful cities in the world - Rio de Janeiro, site of the world-famous Carnaval. The Cidade Maravihosa (Marvelous City) is located be……続きを見る

Peter Fleming was special correspondent for The Times in the 1930s, He was tasked with 'investigating the communist situation in south China', little did his bosses realise he would create a new typ……続きを見る

A stunning and compelling novel of love and ambition. Nadine is a 35-year-old journalist at a crossroads in her life. She longs for Pulitzer-prize winning success but her career seems to be going no……続きを見る

Writer and psychologist Stephen Cartmell set off to explore Britain using the cultural melting pot of the UK's 60 racecourses as his staging posts. During his travels the author observed the frequen……続きを見る

A humorous account of the author's two years living in Kenya and working for the UN. Lonergan's memoir tells two parallel stories: one of the vivid contrasts in Kenyan society and the other recounti……続きを見る

There's trouble brewing in the Property Owners' Association. Greed, jealousy and hunger for power are a deadly mix when individual freedoms clash with group desires in this mountain subdivision. ……続きを見る

When Mark Heyward first went to Indonesia, to teach at a small school in East Kalimantan, little did he realise how life changing his decision would prove to be. Within three years his Australian li……続きを見る

Robert Louis Stevenson's 1878 travelogue, An Inland Voyage, details his canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. Pioneering new ground in outdoor literature, this was Stevenson's first book……続きを見る

“Surely one of the most ingenious love lettersーfull of violence, fear, humour, and cunningーever addressed to a city.” ーGeoff Dyer This dazzling portrait of Johannesburg is one of the most hauntin……続きを見る

**The bestselling, award-winning author of Bad Land realizes a lifelong dream as he navigates the waters of the Mississippi River in a sixteen-foot motorboat, producing yet another masterpiece of co……続きを見る

This is the harrowing account of arguably the most ill-fated expedition in the long maritime history of the Low Countries. At the end of the 16th century five heavily armed ships sailed from the por……続きを見る

Possibly the most gung-ho man on television Daily TelegraphBritains fishermen are no ordinary men. Their working day is long, tough, grueling and dangerous and now their livelihood is at risk.In his……続きを見る

Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai Airport, in the shadow of shining new luxury hotels. Its residents are garbage recyclers and construction workers, economic migrants, all of them living in t……続きを見る

In 1895, Joshua Slocum set sail from Boston. Three years later, he returned, making the first solo circumnavigation of the globe. classic travel book, the author sails solo around the world in 1895 ……続きを見る

I have edited my memories in the hope that nobody shall feel disturbed by the text. The events are all true but be warned, my memories may not be all that accurate.. Most events took place when I wa……続きを見る

Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park allows visitors to keep the diamonds they find. This author found a rare, flawless, golden yellow 2.04-carat diamond. It was independently appraised by a jewe……続きを見る

3 works of Thomas Mitchell Surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia (1792-1855) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Thomas Mitchell. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jum……続きを見る

Is It Really Too Much To Ask? is the fifth book in Jeremy Clarkson's bestselling The World According to Clarkson series. Well, someone's got to do it: in a world which simply will not see reason, Je……続きを見る

Cycling the End to End is so much more than just sitting on something no bigger than, and as hard as, the sole plate of an iron and pedalling, as Julia was to discover. Every experience seemed to be……続きを見る

Instead of heading for the ski slopes or south for fun in the sun and sand, University of Virginia business school buddies, Timm and Mylan, opt for winter "vacation" aboard a merchant cargo ship car……続きを見る

Ever heard of a bloke called Offa? King of Mercia, he instigated the building of a defensive dyke. 12 centuries later a long distance path was laid out, roughly following the line of Offa’s Dyke, an……続きを見る