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Fresh-air fiend: travel writings 1985-2000
Par Paul Theroux. 2000
A collection of essays and articles written over a fifteen year period about the author's various experiences on five continents.…
In addition to the travel pieces, Theroux also includes his reminiscences, experiences as a kayaker and cyclist, readings from books of travel, profiles and appreciations of other writers, and works on the practices of other cultures. 2000.Full circle: Pacific Journey
Par Michael Palin. 1997
The author circumnavigated the Pacific Rim, travelling through the eighteen countries bordering this ocean. Volcanoes marked the journey, as well…
as mountains and gorges, glaciers and icebergs, great rivers and windswept beaches. From visiting a Gulag camp in Siberia to eating maggots in Mexico, rustling camels in Australia to singing with a choir in Vladivostok, he reveals a colourful, often hair-raising but almost always beautiful world. 1997.Home and away
Par Ronald Wright. 1993
Author Ronald Wright takes the reader on journeys of adventure: a mythical bullfight in the Peruvian Andes; the cities of…
Anatolia, carved eight stories into the earth; the jungles of Belize; the bars of southern Mexico; and the deceptive beauty of the tropical Marquesas Islands. 1993.First dive to shark dive
Par Peter Lourie. 2011
Eight feet in the Andes
Par Dervla Murphy. 1983
The eight feet belonged to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter Rachel and Juana, their staunch and beloved mule. They set…
out to travel some 1300 miles through the Andes from Cajamarca to Cuzco. Along the way they met the descendants of the Incas, suffered hard-ships such as landslides and tormenting insects and revelled in the grandeur of their wild surroundings. 1983.Circling the midnight sun: culture and change in the invisible Arctic
Par James Raffan. 2014
Over the course of three years, James Raffan circumnavigated the globe at 66.5 degrees latitude: the Arctic Circle. Armed with…
passion for the north, interest in diverse cultures and an unquenchable sense of adventure, he set out to put a human face on climate change. In “Circling the Midnight Sun” he presents a warm-hearted, engaging portrait of the circumpolar world, but also a deeply affecting story of societies and landscapes in the throes of enormous change. c2014.Canada's first nations: a history of founding peoples
Par Olive Patricia Dickason. 1992
Dickason traces the history of Canada's first nations, from the earliest habitation of North America through European settlement and to…
the present. She discusses current issues and controversies, including Meech Lake, the Oka crisis, and the debate over self-government. 1992.Bury my heart at Wounded Knee: an Indian history of the American West
Par Dee Alexander Brown. 1970
The author sets out to tell of the conquest of the American West as the victims experienced it, using their…
own words whenever possible; of the greedy invaders, murdering and destroying Indians who had set out to live in peace with their white neighbours. 1970.Australian adventure
Par Constance Helmericks. 1971
Among the cities
Par Jan Morris. 1985
During three decades of more or less constant travel Jan Morris has probably described more of the world, and especially…
the urban world, than almost any other writer. This is a retrospective selection of travel pieces, ranging from the 1950s to the 1980s and including such diverse places as Berlin, Shanghai and Swaziland. 1985.Along the edge of the forest: an Iron Curtain journey
Par Anthony Bailey. 1983
An intrepid British traveler records his journey through West Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Austria. Bailey begins his trip in…
the medieval city of Lubeck, driving a 1973 Saab along roadways that parallel the intra-German border of watchtowers. 1983.A tramp in Africa
Par David Lessels. 2006
Follow the trails of the Scottish explorer, David Lessels, fulfilling a dream to travel the length of Africa, confronting serious…
challenges to his freedom as he walked and hitch-hiked through history, in the early 1950s. This traveller's tale is studded with gems and facts - some of which may be the only written accounts of the early development of unique African cultures. 2006.Abel's outback: explorations and misadventures on six continents, 1990-2000
Par Allen J Abel. 2001
For many years, as a news correspondent, television host, and journalist, Allen Abel has travelled to some of the world's…
most fascinating, remote, or newsworthy spots to bring back his stories. This is a collection of travel pieces about his adventures on all six continents over a ten-year period. 2001.A traveller's life
Par Eric Newby. 1982
World traveller Eric Newby shares the most memorable episodes from his varied careers, and takes the reader from the remote…
interior of Afghanistan to a tour of the London sewer system. 1982.À côté du désir d'éternité: fragments d'Egypte
Par Michel Onfray. 2006
A book of travellers tales
Par Eric Newby. 1985
Excerpts from travel-related works of more than 300 writers, from antiquity to the present. Hannibal, Henry Fielding, Mark Twain and…
D.H. Lawrence show Europe to the reader while Marco Polo, T.E. Lawrence and Alexander the Great lead the trail through Asia. c1985.The full Montezuma: around Central America and the Caribbean with the girl next door
Par Peter Moore. 2001
Travel writer Peter Moore recently invited the new love of his life, a.k.a. the girl next door, to join him…
on a romantic sojourn through Central America. The trip would take them into an area of the world emerging from decades of civil war, an area racked with poverty, disease and natural disasters. Over the next six months they battled hurricanes, mosquitoes, uncooperative border officials and over-sexed Mexican commuters, and along the way they learnt rather more about each other than they really wanted to. 2001.In 2006 singer-songwriter Flip Grater went on an epic tour of New Zealand to promote her debut album. Traveling the…
length and breadth of the country she sang for her supper in small towns and big cities, blagging accommodation, food and most importantly recipes along the way. With a cast of unusual characters, this book is the ultimate cookbook/tour diary, and a snapshot of Kiwi subculture punctuated by 48 delicious recipes. c2007.De Kebec à Québec: cinq siècles d'échanges entre nous
Par Denis Bouchard, Éric Cardinal, Ghislain Picard. 2008
"Alors que notre société se questionne fortement sur les relations que nous entretenons avec les diverses ethnies qui vivent au…
Québec, nous oublions souvent de réfléchir sur nos rapports avec les Autochtones. Depuis le début de la Nouvelle-France, les Blancs et les Autochtones se sont côtoyés et ils ont appris à vivre ensemble au fil du temps. De nos jours, nous semblons ne plus nous souvenir des rapports amicaux d'échange et d'entraide que nous avons établis avec les Premières Nations du Québec. Il est donc impératif de rétablir les ponts et de s'interroger sur l'avenir de nos relations. Éric Cardinal a rédigé cet ouvrage en collaboration avec Denis Bouchard et Ghislain Picard, qui ont cette passion commune de la Nouvelle-France et des Premières Nations. À travers leurs discussions à bâtons rompus, l'idée de ce livre est venue." -- 4e de couv.Regard persan
Par Sara Yalda. 2007
Sara retourne en Iran, qu'elle a quitté depuis vingt-sept ans. Le monde cosmopolite de son enfance a disparu. Elle découvre…
une société schizophrène qui vacille de l'apparent au caché, du dehors hostile au dedans où l'on brave tous les interdits. Plus elle côtoie ses compatriotes et plus ils lui paraissent insaisissables. Sous les voiles, les femmes se fardent, critiquent, résistent. La dissimulation est devenue leur seconde nature. Comment peut-on être Persan ? se demande Sara. Étrangère chez elle, Sara déchiffre l'Iran, royaume de l'ambiguïté, en même temps qu'elle explore son passé ressuscité. Un père qu'elle espérait avoir oublié, un frère dont elle reconnaît à peine le visage, la maison de son enfance transformée en école de la République islamique... Récit des origines autant que vagabondage dans l'Iran d'Ahmadinejad, de Téhéran à Ispahan, ce premier livre à la fois mélancolique et drôle est une naissance. À soi. -- 4e de couv.