Adventure & Literary Travel 86

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet. South America has long been known for its bountiful flora and fauna. The richness in bird life has attracted visitors from all over the world and has help……続きを見る

After Justin and Linda Tyers lost everything in a devastating house fire, they rebuilt their lives by building a classic wooden yacht from scratch – starting by felling the trees. This story was tol……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. ‘Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in ……続きを見る

From the author of the award-winning White Fever, Kolyma Diaries is an excursion into one of the world's last remaining badlands, a place full of Gulag ghosts and living wrecks. All along the 2000 k……続きを見る

Fans of geography and travel writing should definitely spend some time with Alfred Russell Wallace's fascinating volume The Malay Archipelago. Compiled through decades of research, this book provide……続きを見る

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist,……続きを見る

Deep within the Mojave Desert, along sandy washes, at the edge of mountain passes and lost bajadas, are some of the most interesting historic and geological sites in California. Ecologically and env……続きを見る

Take a trip back in time on the Oregon Trail. This series of non-fiction essays from Francis Parkman details life on the nineteenth-century American frontier, detailing the summer a young Parkman tr……続きを見る

Roger Taylor follows on from his highly praised Voyages of a Simple Sailor, taking us on three more extraordinary voyages aboard his junk-rigged Corribee Mingming. This simple, rugged 21’ yacht, dev……続きを見る

Travel writing has always been intimately linked with the construction of American identity. Occupying the space between fact and fiction, it exposes cultural fault lines and reveals the changing de……続きを見る

A loving and hilariousーif occasionally spikyーvalentine to Bill Bryson’s adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter. Twenty years ago, Bill Bry……続きを見る

A road trip about memory, mateship and mortality. It was late afternoon and a few of us were sitting about in the sun having a drink on my birthday when the friend I've known the longest sat down op……続きを見る

In 2004 Carol Young set herself a challenge walking in stages from Land’s End to John O’Groats, on her own. For someone who had only once travelled away from home alone, it was quite a challenge, p……続きを見る

Searching for Shangri La is a compilation of 12 quirky stories by Ron Emmons, who has written travel guides for National Geographic, Frommer’s and Rough Guides. Kicking off the collection, ‘No Place……続きを見る

Dans un mémoire humoristique et humoristique, l'auteur relate dans ses lettres les expériences les plus marquantes de ses années d'étudiante en tant qu'assistante dans une école d'Albi, dans le sud ……続きを見る

Beatrix Potter is one of the world's most beloved authors. Famous for her tales of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck and Jeremy Fisher – Beatrix fell in love with the Lake District, finding Hill Top ……続きを見る

This book tells the incredible story of one woman's adventure into the heart of the rainforest. As a young child, Sarah Woods imagined going on epic voyages to exotic, illusory lands filled with biz……続きを見る

Join Carole Jean for a wild ride that starts in Oakland, California and winds through Paris, London, Frankfurt, Ireland, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Most of the trips were fun; some……続きを見る

In einer Welt voll Geschwindigkeit und Leistungsdruck zerbrechen immer mehr Menschen an ihrer Lebenssituation. Depression und Burn-out sind die Folgen. "Wie komme ich da wieder raus?" Petra Albenber……続きを見る

Das "Reise-Tagebuch eines Pilgers" eröffnet dem Leser ungewöhnliche Perspektiven auf den sonst schon viel beschriebenen Jakobsweg. Der Autor und Pilger Alfred Berghammer erzählt über die drei Monate……続きを見る

Tim and Rachel shared an adventurous first date that included a dangerous trek through an adult Halloween costume contest in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis. When they were married a ……続きを見る

Factory, mine and mill. Industry, toil and grime. Its manufacturing roots mean we still see the North of England as a hardworking place. But, more than possibly anywhere else, the North has always k……続きを見る

“Life is out there for anyone who seeks it and here is a great example. Colin and his crewmates seize this opportunity to sail the Gambo across the northern Atlantic despite fear and common sense wa……続きを見る

Explore the best moments, mischief, and mayhem from the adventure travel website No Map Nomads. Whether by boot, by (motor)bike, by boat, or by whatever it takes, Raven and Weifarer will take you al……続きを見る

'They are memorials to times and countries whose best is probably past and gone . . . I was lucky to have known them when I did, before darkness began to fall from the air.' In this much-loved volum……続きを見る

Discover Dorset like never before with Ramblers Short Walks in Dorset. This practical e-guidebook contains 20 short walks in Dorset, all of which are 5 miles or under, and are ideal for families and……続きを見る

This early work by Jerome K. Jerome was originally published in 1891 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Diary of a Pilgrimage' is a novel set during a journey t……続きを見る

This antiquarian book contains Edward Thomas’s biography of George Borrow, "George Borrow - The Man and His Books". This fascinating and uniquely insightful look into the life and work of George Bor……続きを見る

For two months prior to the general elections in May 2009 NDTV anchor and TV reporter Sunetra Choudhary, along with her colleague Naghma Sahar, clambered onto a bus equipped with some Club Class sea……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 der gedruckten Gesamtausgabe 'Im Herzen Eur……続きを見る