Adventure & Literary Travel 73

In the 1920s, Gordon West and his wife decided they wanted to go somewhere unexplored and unspoiled, right off the beaten tourist route.They settled on the little-known island of Majorca. Travelling……続きを見る

Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, ……続きを見る

Have you been taken to what you've been assured is the perfect house deep in the French countryside, only to find there's no electricity or running water? Gone to the doctor with a nasty cough, and ……続きを見る

The wilderness is much closer than you think. Passed through, negotiated, unnamed, unacknowledged: the edgelands - those familiar yet ignored spaces which are neither city nor countryside - have bec……続きを見る

For decades, Colombia was the 'narcostate'. Now travel to Colombia and South America is on the rise, and it's seen as one of the rising stars of the global economy. Where does the truth lie? Writer ……続きを見る

This scarce book was first published in 1908. It is a fascinating account of the Norwegian polar explorer, Amundsen's, exploration of the Northwest Passage. Not only the first person to traverse the……続きを見る

Considered by Graham Greene to be Maugham's best work, Don Fernando is a paean to a golden age of enormous creative energy. It discusses the writings of St. Teresa and the paintings of El Greco, and……続きを見る

In 2001 a group of authors including Andrew O'Hagan, Tony Hawks and Irvine Welsh were given the opportunity to visit Sudan, one of the world's most inaccessible countries. The resulting book: The We……続きを見る

SINCE its first appearance in three volumes (1938–40) Kilvert’s Diary has become established as a minor classic. Its recognized place among the very best of English diaries has been gained by specia……続きを見る

When celebrity journalist Anna Hunt takes a break from her glamorous, high-powered and fast-paced job to live in Peru for three months, none of her friends take her seriously. A burn-the-candle-at-b……続きを見る

A broken heart and a moment of drunken bravado inspires middle-aged, and typically rather cautious, journalist Mike Carter to take off on a life-changing six month motorcycle trip around Europe. Nev……続きを見る

With a 1958 portable typewriter in his suitcase, the writer wanders Havana’s crumbling back alleys, bullet-sprayed museums, and grand hotels where the relics of the Revolution and the ghost of Hemin……続きを見る

Written by a Greek traveller in the second century ad for a principally Roman audience, Pausanias' Guide to Greece is a comprehensive, extraordinarily literate and well-informed guidebook for touris……続きを見る

This vintage volume contains Lord Dunsany's 1937 novel, "My Ireland". Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett (1878 - 1957) was an Irish writer and dramatist, most famous for the novels, mostly in the fan……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a fascinating account of a six week-long tour through France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Also including letters describing a sail ……続きを見る

'You will hear it for yourselves, and it will surely fill you with wonder...' In this selection from Marco Polo's famous travel book, the intrepid Venetian describes the customs of India, recounts t……続きを見る

In his days as a young seaman Stuart MacDonald dreamt of sailing away on his own, but a career at sea and later in business got in the way. Finally at the age of sixty four he quit work and set off ……続きを見る

Christine et son mari ont une famille recomposée ordinaire. Enfermé dans son quotidien, le couple n'arrive à s’évader qu'en rêvant de voyages. Très vite……続きを見る

Kapitän Emil Feith gerät auf dem Nordatlantik in den schwersten Orkan der Wetteraufzeichnungen. August Jakobs, Kapitän der Fähre "Amrum", wird in der Jahrhundert-Sturmflut vor der Hallig Langeneß zu……続きを見る

For Somerville this was a kind of pilgrimage, a journey unlike any he had undertaken in 20 years of travel-writing. It was an expedition where he traded the usual comforts and certainties for a real……続きを見る

When Philip Marsden moved to a remote, creekside farmhouse in Cornwall, the intensity of his response took him aback. It led him to wonder why we react so strongly to certain places and set him off ……続きを見る

De l’enfance pauvre à Levallois aux asiles de nuit parisiens, des bureaux de placement à la mobilisation ー en Suisse ー lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, le récit d’&……続きを見る

A Strange Kind of Paradise is an exploration of India’s past and present, from the perspective of a foreigner who has lived in India for many years. Sam Miller investigates how the ancient Greeks, t……続きを見る

Promenade d’un Français en Suède et en Norvège - Jacques de Latocnaye Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. J……続きを見る

A 1400KM-EXPEDITION. 2MEN. 1REMARKABLE STORY ON THE INDOMITABLE HUMAN SPIRIT On 1 December 2013, two men set out on a unique journey between New Zealand's highest mountains. On a shoestring budget a……続きを見る

The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazinein August and September 1915 before being published in book form ……続きを見る

About the book Feeling ROME "An intimate portrait of the Eternal City" Visiting a city and then describing it in a guide book is very different than living it, breathing in the atmosphere, enjoying ……続きを見る

Il progetto di storytelling partecipativo dei territori ha sfornato il suo primo prodotto culturale digitale. Da leggere tutto d'un fiato, Lentamente Otto storie di viaggi slow raccoglie gli 8 migli……続きを見る

Und, wie war es? Wer kennt sie nicht, diese Frage nach einer Reise. Voller Eindrücke weiß man nicht, wo man anfangen soll und belässt es häufig bei einer Kurzbeschreibung. Madlen Brückner und Lars D……続きを見る

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (geboren 14. September 1769 in Berlin; gestorben 6. Mai 1859 ebenda) war ein deutscher Naturforscher mit weit über die Grenzen Europas hinausreichen……続きを見る