Adventure & Literary Travel 45

Tourists come to Bangkok for many reasons: a night of love, a stay in a luxury hotel, or simply to disappear for a while. Lawrence Osborne comes for the cheap dentistry, and then stays when he finds……続きを見る

Some of the maps in this title are best viewed on a tablet device. A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most r……続きを見る

Richard Jefferies was the most imaginative and least conventional of nineteenth-century observers of the natural world. Trekking across the English countryside, he recorded his responses to everythi……続きを見る

"This is the true story of the murder of Artemio Bruni, a peasant farmer in the mountains of Casentino, north-eastern Tuscany, in the winter of 1907. Artemio was my husband's great-grandfather. "For……続きを見る

One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's best e……続きを見る

You can save money, time and memories by using Mexico's bus system, the largest in the world. Mexico has almost 800 bus companies that can get you into every nook and cranny of that fascinating coun……続きを見る

In this inspiring and original book, former editor of The Times, Sir Peter Stothard, re-traces the journey taken by Spartacus and his army of rebels. In the final century of the first Roman Republic……続きを見る

The Nation's Most Influential Sourcebook On Ancient China, Visiting China, Great Wall of China, China Study, China Travel Guide and China History続きを見る

WHO ARE THE CHINESE? Through on-the-ground interviews, Ana Fuentes uncovers the real China and offers a panoramic look at Chinese culture from the point of view of its citizens. She spent nearly 4 y……続きを見る

Written to motivate and inspire young people in their quests to travel the world, this book introduces a new way of travelingーfreestyle travelingーwhere all that's required is an adventurous spirit……続きを見る

Renowned travel authority and NBC Today show travel editor Peter Greenberg shares his insider secrets. Americans now travel more than ever before. Yet as our traveling has increased, the service we ……続きを見る

For centuries Italy has been many things to many people. In this brilliant anthology and traveler's companion, twenty-eight first-rate women writers reveal why the land that is the heart and soul of……続きを見る

Photographer Ponting joined Robert Scott's expedition to the South Pole in 1910. His remarkable book not only tells of the life among Scott's crew on board and at camp, but also provides numerous ph……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

Adventurer turned environmentalist Robert Swan illuminates the perils facing the planet come 2041ーthe year when the international treaty protecting Antarctica is up for reviewーand the many steps t……続きを見る

Here, Belloc writes of a trip through Sweden and Denmark in 1938, a nostalgic trip taken forty-three years after his first Scandanvian trip in 1895.This volume includes Belloc's history and topograp……続きを見る

When you come from a mixed race background as Paisley Rekdal does ー her mother is Chinese American and her father is Norwegian– thorny issues of identity politics, and interracial desire are never ……続きを見る

Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folklore - yet i……続きを見る

Ben Hatch is on the road again. Commissioned to write a guidebook about France (despite not speaking any French) he sets off with visions of relaxing chateaux and refined dining. Ten thousand miles ……続きを見る

The first volume in the acclaimed Squire Quartet., available for the first time on ebook. Thomas C. Squire, popular presenter of television documentaries, one time secret agent, a hedonist whose wor……続きを見る

Botswana is one of the few unspoilt environments left in the world. A country of striking diversity, it offers unrivalled opportunities to observe Africa's wildlife, in national parks like Chobe, Ma……続きを見る

Journey across the haunting desert landscapes of Arizona, New Mexico, and California in this stirring collection of travel essays from esteemed journalist Josephine Clifford. Regarded as a significa……続きを見る

One of the finest nineteenth-century first-person narratives of a sea voyage in existence, and a principle source for Sea of Glory, The Private Journal of William Reynolds brings to life the boister……続きを見る

A journalistic account of gay and lesbian life in the diverse gay communities of Thailand, Germany, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, and other locales, sheds light on the cultural, political, and……続きを見る

This is the true story of Howard Marks. He was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three ……続きを見る

Cyprus, spring 1972. Tensions are rising between the Greek South and the Turkish North. Within two years, the country will become divided. It is at this distinctive time in history British travel wr……続きを見る

NOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES: CAROL DRINKWATER'S SECRET PROVENCE Life and love, olive groves and bee hives in Provence - further adventures in the bestselling Olive Farm series from the author of THE F……続きを見る

After a decade of making documentaries about offbeat characters on the fringes of US society, Louis had the urge to return to America and track down the people who most fascinated him. It would be a……続きを見る

The Nobel Prize-winning author delivers an impassioned and prescient travelogue of his journeys through his ancestral homeland. • “An intricate, splendid, and utterly memorable book.” ーThe New York……続きを見る

INDIA BITES YOU SOMEHOW - TRUE-LIFE TALES of 40 Westerners Discovering the Sacred Within the Chaos of One Magnificent Country Will your next step lead you to nirvana or land you in cow dung? INDIA B……続きを見る