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In trouble again: a journey between the Orinoco and the Amazon
Par Redmond O'Hanlon. 1989
O'Hanlon takes readers on a four-month journey up the Orinoco River and across the Amazon basin in search of the…
Yanomami Indians. His book contains humour, adventure, and a wealth of information. 1989.In Xanadu: a quest
Par William Dalrymple. 1989
This is an account of a quest, a journey which began in the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and took William…
Dalrymple and his companions across the width of Asia, along dusty, forgotten roads, through villages and cities full of unexpected hospitality and wildly improbable escapades, to Coleridge's Xanadu itself. 1989.In the kingdom of the thunder dragon
Par Joanna Lumley. 1997
In 1931 Joanna Lumley's grandparents undertook a three and a half month journey across the small and secret Himalayan kingdom…
of Bhutan, to honour the King with an award. Joanna retraces their steps to meet the King's descendants and discover for herself the charm of this forgotten land. Trekking on foot and pony across remote mountain passes and valleys, she visits the rural villages and the towering monasteries. She finds that little has changed since her forebears passed through, and is overwhelmed by the magic and beauty of Bhutan. 1997.I drank the water everywhere
Par Charles N Barnard. 1975
Description of the voyages and travels undertaken by a world traveller, a former "Saturday Evening Post" editor. Among the places…
visited are Kwajalein, China's South Coast, the Champagne District of France, and the Greek Islands. c1975.An evening among headhunters: & other reports from roads less traveled
Par Lawrence Millman. 1998
In this collection of essays, an inveterate traveller visits some of the more remote precincts on the planet. Includes stories…
about relaxing in slow-paced Tonga, encountering ghosts in Samoa, dining on boiled walrus north of Hudson's Bay and social faux pas in Ecuador. Some strong language. 1998.Have a little faith: a true story
Par Mitch Albom. 2009
The book begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy.…
Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left years ago. Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and well-to-do, Albom observes how these very different men employ faith similarly in fighting for survival. 2009.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.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.