著者:Harry Pearson
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2013年06月06日
Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three. Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which is damp, safe and of l……続きを見る
著者:Wayne J. Lutz
出版社: Powell River Books
発売日: 2012年12月31日
Updated 12-15-2013. Cabins float in a cut-off fjord of British Columbia's South Coast, where mountains drop into the sea and lifestyles focus on self-reliance and a different sense of purpose. Up th……続きを見る
This is book 3 in the series "A Trip Around the Sun". In this travel book you'll travel through Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, including take a driving adventure through Patagonia, al……続きを見る
著者:C. D. Miller
出版社: First Edition Design Publishing
発売日: 2012年02月02日
Welcome to Harry Potter Places Book Two--OWLs: Oxford Wizarding Locations, the second of five guidebooks designed to help Potterites visit Potterverse places in the UK, including real-life places me……続きを見る
A lot of the value in nineteenth-century travel writing lies in the unapologetic point of view. This collection illustrates its value as a historical resource, too, with three charmingly lopsided so……続きを見る
'How is the mind agitated and bewildered, at being thus, as it were, placed on the borders of a new world!' - William Bartram 'Thus you see, dear sister, the manners of mankind do not differ so wide……続きを見る
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年12月18日
Thelma and Louise get sporty (and survive) in this anthology of true stories about women whose idea of fun involves sharing adventures--big and small--in the great outdoors.
In essays that not only ……続きを見る
著者:Paul Bernard
出版社: Grounded Media
発売日: 2013年01月29日
A wry, witty and revealing review of the last 25 years working 'behind the scenes' in the film industry; from 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' to 'Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince', taking in, 'India……続きを見る
Nelson Algren's two travel writing books describe his journeys through the seamier sides of great American cities and the international social and political landscapes of the mid-1960s. Algren at Se……続きを見る
著者:Tim Cahill
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年03月30日
In Pass the Butterworms Cahill takes us to the steppes of Mongolia, where he spends weeks on horseback alongside the descendants of Genghis Khan and masters the "Mongolian death trot"; to the North ……続きを見る
Oakland is a blues city, brawling and husky . . .
Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its twinkling sister city across the Bay, Oakland is itself an American wonder. The city is surrounded by and f……続きを見る
Can a family of five from deep in the heart of Dixie find happiness smack dab in the middle of France?
French By Heart is the story of an all-American family pulling up stakes and finding a new home……続きを見る
著者:Vanessa Woods
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年06月07日
A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes-who teach her a new truth about love and belonging.
In 2005, Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal f……続きを見る
著者:Jonathan King
出版社: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
発売日: 2016年01月12日
Over the last 40 years, Jonathan King has brought history to life, re-enacting events such as the First Fleet’s voyage across the high seas to Botany Bay, the mutiny against ship’s captain William B……続きを見る
'Sometimes you just have to do something, don't you? Sometimes an injustice comes along and you think 'No, this cannot be', and rather than just turn off the TV, you know it's time to act'
So begins……続きを見る
This edition is published in 2 volumes sold separately. Elibron Classics. Replica of 1908 edition by Archibald Constable & Company Limited, London. Oversize maps are available as a free downlo……続きを見る
著者:John Pollack
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2004年01月06日
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Most people have childhood dreams; few ever pursue them. At the age of 34, John Pollack quit a prestigious speechwriting job on Capitol Hill to pursue an idea he had harbored si……続きを見る
'Oh! Monsieur is Persian? That's most extraordinary! How can someone be Persian?' Two Persian travellers, Usbek and Rica, arrive in Paris just before the death of Louis XIV and in time to witness th……続きを見る
著者:Tony Kevin
出版社: Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
発売日: 2016年01月06日
In May 2006, armed only with a small rucksack and a staff, Tony Kevin, an overweight, sedentary, 63-year-old former diplomat, set off on an eight-week trek across Spain. But this was not just a very……続きを見る
著者:Simon Winder
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2010年02月05日
The Sunday Times Bestseller and insipration behind David Mitchell's Unruly.
'Entertaining and informative . . . Delightful' – Independent
There are many reasons to be fascinated by Germany: forests,……続きを見る
著者:Tim Cahill
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年09月07日
In Hold the Enlightenment, America’s favorite and funniest adventure writer returns with his most entertaining collection of essays yet, as he travels the globe and faces down challenges that are an……続きを見る
著者:Signe Pike
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年11月02日
**One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2010
"Part travel memoir, part anthropological study, [Pike] captures the hopefulness of childhood & the magic of believing." ーHarper's Bazaar**
Signe Pike le……続きを見る
K2 is the world's second highest mountain, but its savage reputation is second to none. The loss of Alison Hargreaves and six companions in 1995 was a grim echo of the multiple deaths in 1986 and of……続きを見る
For John and Ana their 55,000km motorcycle ride around Africa was not a race. Sparked by two unexpected events, the nomadic adventure lasted for 14 months across 29 countries. Crazy Oyibo recounts t……続きを見る
There's a whole big world out there. Here's how every woman can get out and conquer it-solo.
This is an inspiring guide for women who want to "fly solo"-yet stay safe, sane, and solvent during their……続きを見る
My Life as an Explorer is a classis of Polar literature, written by the one man to do more to further the exploration of both Polar Regions than any other person. First sailing to the Antarctic in t……続きを見る
著者:John Simpson
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2009年09月30日
'Highly entertaining' – The Times
The second volume of autobiography from legendary foreign correspondent, John Simpson.
There are only a handful of places left on this earth where you can't buy a M……続きを見る
著者:Mark Twain
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2000年01月01日
A marvelously vivid, many-sided portrait of America's frontier days.
Mark Twain's rambling took him all over the American West during teh 1860's. He prospected for gold and silver, speculated on tim……続きを見る
As an adult, I knew I would have to visit India, the place of my birth. My father was a British Indian Army Officer and my mother, the daughter of a soldier, was brought to India when she was 20 mon……続きを見る
Crazy adventures in Central America from the author that brought you the "Trip Around the Sun" series of books. Here she brings more tales of adventure, this time in Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua……続きを見る