Adventure & Literary Travel 84

Charles G. Harper (1863–1943) English author and illustrator, wrote a number of self-illustrated travel books, that explored the regions, roads, coastlines, and historical and literary connections o……続きを見る

IM HERZEN EUROPÄER ist eine Reise- und Kulturbuchserie zum Einstimmen auf Land und Leute. Dieses eBook ist ein aktualisiertes, einzelnes Hauptstadtkapitel aus der gedruckten Gesamtausgabe 'Im Herzen……続きを見る

IM HERZEN EUROPÄER ist eine Reise- und Kulturbuchserie zum Einstimmen auf Land und Leute. Dieses eBook ist ein aktualisiertes, einzelnes Hauptstadtkapitel aus der gedruckten Gesamtausgabe 'Im Herzen……続きを見る

In 28 chapters - one for each capital - Christa Klickermann, a passionate business woman, mother and grandmother, takes the reader on a very personal and informative journey of discovery through the……続きを見る

"In 1932, Durgabati Ghose, an upper middle-class Bengali woman accompanied her husband on a trip across Europe. The Westward Traveller (originally Paschimjatriki) is an enchanting written record of ……続きを見る

"A funny and fascinating tale by a very modern emigrant" - Gary Finnegan, Author of 'Beijing for Beginners' From Sea to Sea: A Year of Work and Travel in Canada is not the typical se……続きを見る

Steve Backshall's love affair with the mountains has taken him to some of the world's wildest places, environments that have the power to make a human being feel very small, very vulnerable and very……続きを見る

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The Pennine Way. The grandfather of walking trails in the UK. For over 60 years walkers have been drawn to its journey across wild and empty moorland, murky bogs, cloud covered summits and endless r……続きを見る

In 2008, a small-scale flour miller from British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast created a handmade bike mill to attract a dedicated farmers’ market following. Chris Hergesheimer wanted to challenge the b……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Extrait : "Me voilà à Marseille, et je crois toucher à l'Égypte. Marseille est maintenant à sept journées d'Alexandrie. Les noms des bateaux à vapeur qui rapprochent le Delta du Rhône et le Delta du……続きを見る

A rediscovered mountaineering classic and t****he extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to revea……続きを見る

DESCRIPTION Kira Salak became the first person in the world to kayak alone 600 miles on the Niger River of Mali to Timbuktu, retracing the fatal journey of the great Scottish explorer Mungo Park. En……続きを見る

DESCRIPTION A vivid, varied account of a globally-minded woman’s intriguing adventures and evolving worldview, Santha Ramu Rau’s “informal” autobiography covers a life defined by almost perpetual mo……続きを見る

C'est à Besné que j'ai pris ma plume afin de partager mon voyage en Inde dans la région du Rajasthan . Je suis partie en Inde sans rien aller chercher mais je suis revenue avec beaucoup de chose. Mo……続きを見る

For many people, moving to a mountain town is the realization of a dream, the final step in a pilgrimage to a relaxed lifestyle in a rugged and beautiful setting. After a long journey that began whe……続きを見る

What a contrast he presented to any other kind of a fish! How many beautiful species have we seen lying on sand or moss or ferns, just come out of the water! But I could remember no other so rare as……続きを見る

There are 100,000 freighters on the seas. Between them they carry nearly everything we eat, wear and work with. In this unique investigation, Rose George joins the crew of a container ship to chart ……続きを見る

Get set for a swashbuckling series of adventures. In this volume, Robert Louis Stevenson -- famed author of such classics as Treasure Island and Kidnapped -- presents a series of articles and essays……続きを見る

The Decadent Traveller is a timely antidote to the nightmare world of backpacks, duty-frees and gastro-enteritis. It contains enough excitement and excess to last most armchair travellers their read……続きを見る

Situated on Lake Malaren on one of the world's most beautiful harbours, Stockholm has set the benchmark for civilized city-living since the time of the Vikings. Its medieval regal period saw the Vas……続きを見る

Cape York is one of the largest wilderness areas left in Australia and nobody knows it like Ron and Viv Moon who have been travelling there for 36 years. With over 35 extensive trips to and through ……続きを見る

This e-book provides the reader curiousity about the social and cultural constitution of the twelve major cities of Brazil.続きを見る

Neal Ascherson is one of Britain's finest writers in an undefinable genre that fuses history, memoir, politics and meditations on places. His books on Poland and his collected essays on the strange ……続きを見る

From the day she sank in April 1912 to the present, one of the enduring mysteries of the Titanic disaster was the singlefunneled, fourmasted mystery ship, sighted as the White Star liner, outward bo……続きを見る

In this uproarious memoir and meticulously researched cultural journey, writer Michael Moran keeps company with a gallery of fantastic characters. In chronicling the resurrection of the nation from ……続きを見る

Part of a remarkably talented family, Henry James is regarded as one of the most important American writers of the nineteenth century. Although he is best known for novels such as The Wings of the D……続きを見る

Scottish-born naturalist and writer John Muir undertook a daring adventure in 1867, just a few years after the Civil War. After recovering from an injury at a saw mill, Muir decided that he wanted t……続きを見る

**‘Fantastic debut’ Time Out 5-Star Review 'Its randomness is its joy' The Independent 'A picaresque travelogue about chasing an idea through down-home modern America.' The Times** What do you do if……続きを見る