Adventure & Literary Travel 39

Sun, sea, sand… oh, and plenty of sex! Available for the first time on ebook, the classic sex comedy from the 70s. When you’re a Holiday Host at Melody Bay Holiday Camp you’re expected to provide mo……続きを見る

A Tramp Abroad is a work of travel literature, including a mixture of autobiography and fictional events, by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, ……続きを見る

Getting paid to go on holiday may sound like a great lifestyle. But there's a lot of hard graft involved - particularly, breaking into this industry in the first place. Few industries have changed a……続きを見る

Eight years ago, Alice Steinbach, a Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist for the Baltimore Sun, decided to take a break from her life. She took a leave from job, friends, and family for a European journ……続きを見る

A first-hand journal about the Goldings' travels through Egypt, soon after winning the Nobel Prize, living on a motor cruiser on the Nile. Nothing went quite as planned, but William Golding's vivid ……続きを見る

One of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration, these two Icelandic sagas tell of the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Together, the dire……続きを見る

Zahra, aged 3, and Hawra, just a few months old were the only survivors of a missile strike in Baghdad in 2003. Their parents and their five siblings all died. Unable to have children herself, Hala ……続きを見る

A family's thrilling voyage around the Caribbean and across the Atlantic Ocean 'A great read for anyone daring to throw caution to the wind' Coast Three years after his return from the Alaskan wilde……続きを見る

The author has found over 200 diamonds at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park. Two of them have weighed over two carats each. He shares his true experiences and explains how he and his brother a……続きを見る

An enthralling journey into the shadowy republic of Haiti. In the land of Vodou, zombies and the Tontons Macoute. In this classic account, history jostles with adventure, high comedy is touched with……続きを見る

A rip-roaring yet intimate biography of the mighty Nile by Robert Twigger, award-winning author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS. 'A tour de force' FINANCIAL TIMES. So much begins on the banks of the Nile: al……続きを見る

Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a captivating journey around London to discover the unknown tales of our capital's history. Travelling through the villages and districts that make up……続きを見る

The White Island is, and always has been, a magnet for hedonists. Its history reads like a history of pleasure itself. It is also a story of invasions and migrations, of artists and conmen, of drop-……続きを見る

Eighteen years later, in 1999, Lucy took her three children to the farthest corner of the Solomons to live for a year on remote Pigeon Island. This time the invitation had come from an intrepid eigh……続きを見る

This ebook edition does not include illustrations. ‘The Earth is a true delight: full of awe-inspiring details… it blends travel, history, reportage and science to creat an unforgettable picture of ……続きを見る

STEP INTO THE DREAMLIKE CITY OF MARRAKECH Where passionate music, magic potions and the drama of Africa are cooled by the intuitive genius of Arabic culture. Miranda Innes and her partner were lured……続きを見る

Tom and Swan explore Ketchikan Alaska and their spirituality before heading north to Cordova to meet up with Swan’s dad. Tom and Paul have an oil and water relationship until shocking events on Eddi……続きを見る

Italy’s tumultuous history can be traced through its food. In an epic scooter trip from the Ionian Sea to the far north, distiguished food writer Matthew Fort explores the local gastronomy and culin……続きを見る

The phenomenal bestseller on Islam from one of Australia's most trusted journalists and popular personalities. What is Islam? What is it that Muslims believe, and why? Why do they fight not just war……続きを見る

When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal, here reprinted in a shortened form, shows a natur……続きを見る

This historic trek through the Sagarmatha National Park to the base of Everest may be one of the greatest adventures you ever undertake. You will find yourself standing, looking in awe, before some ……続きを見る

Over 100,000 miles to cover, one man, one bike and one hungry stomach. Having created his alter-ego, the Hungry Cyclist and with thousands of pedal-powered miles before him, Tom Kevill-Davies pushed……続きを見る

Kodiak is a tough town to be young and broke. Tom takes the first job he’s offered and lands feet first on a commercial fishing boat. He quickly learns it’s a tough life but the adventure of it keep……続きを見る

Garry (Douglas) Kilworth is a varied and prolific writer who has travelled widely since childhood, living in a number of countries, especially in the Far East. His books include science fiction and……続きを見る

Since the Indian economy was liberated from bureaucratic, socialist controls in 1991, it has developed rapidly. A country once renowned for the backwardness of its industries, its commerce and its f……続きを見る

Israel Armstrong, one of literature’s most unlikely detectives, returns for more crime solving adventure in this hilarious third novel from the Mobile Library series. Israel has been invited to atte……続きを見る

Unpublished for 90 years, Agatha Christie’s extensive and evocative letters and photographs from her year-long round-the-world trip to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and America as par……続きを見る

The Danube is Europe's Amazon. It flows through more countries than any other river on Earth - from the Black Forest in Germany to Europe's farthest fringes, where it joins the Black Sea in Romania.……続きを見る

When Rob Ferguson went off to the five former Soviet ’Stans of Central Asia to work on a project to save the rapidly disappearing Aral Sea, he expected to have challenges and adventures, but he didn……続きを見る

Originally published in 1900, this fascinating account of the big game of the United States and its chase with horse hound and rifle, is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all ……続きを見る