Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books
by Heinrich Heine
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), one of Germany’s most revered poets, is equally well-known for his idiosyncratic prose, the vibrant voice of which feels astonishingly modern in its familiar tone and thematic acrobatics. Travel Pictures comprises the accounts of four journeys taken at different times...
Europe from a Backpack
Real Stories from Young Travelers Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
If you've ever wanted to backpack in Europe... If you want to relive your adventures... If you love good travel writing... Better than guidebooks, these first-person accounts paint vivid pictures of a traveler's experience in Europe. Like familiar music and favorite scents, they'll awaken a taste for...
Abroad
British Literary Traveling between the Wars
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1982
A book about the meaning of travel, about how important the topic has been for writers for two and a half centuries, and about how excellent the literature of travel happened to be in England and America in the 1920s and 30s.
Safari
A Memoir of a Worldwide Travel Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
"It's here, in nature, that we are completely unified with all of life."
Geoffrey Kent had nothing but an East African shilling and an old Land Rover when he launched a safari business in 1962 with his parents in Nairobi. Today he is the chairman and CEO of Abercrombie & Kent,...
by Lloyd Figgins
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
The rewards you can reap from exploring this amazing planet are incalculable. Every year, more and more of us are discovering the joy, the excitement, the sheer sense of adventure in roaming the world.But travelling, particularly to the more remote and volatile corners of the globe, can be...
A Year in the World
Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2006
A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF UNDER MAGNOLIA
The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself—and her readers—in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve...
The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009
True Stories from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
This best-selling, award-winning series presents the finest accounts of women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples - and themselves. The common threads connecting the stories are a woman’s perspective and lively storytelling to make the reader laugh, cry, wish...
Exotic Life
Travel Tales of an Adventurous Woman
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Winner of the Best Women's Adventure Memoir in the BAIPA Book Awards. "Exotic Life is a sprawling anthology of 19 travel tales. Alpine is an inspiration to women travelers everywhere. She fearlessly wanders through one obscure destination after the other, leaving her complete trust in the experience....
by Paul Trammell
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
"Fear is here for us to face, and adventure waits on the other side. "
An immersive non-fiction adventure story, "Becoming a Sailor" captures the scene as one would experience it. Readers will feel that they are sailing in the ocean on a dark and windy night, beating into...
The Immeasurable World
Journeys in Desert Places
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
**Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year (UK)
"William Atkins is an erudite writer with a wonderful wit and gaze and this is a new and exciting beast of a travel book."—Joy Williams
In the classic literary tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Geoff Dyer, a rich and exquisitely...
by Gregory Bond
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
In the heart of central Florida, Disney World is one of the most magical places on earth. With the world’s best theme parks, water parks and dozens of other attractions, Disney World in Orlando is an epicenter of excitement and fun. There are four main theme parks: Magic Kingdom, MGM Studios, Epcot,...
The Best Travel Writing 2009
True Stories from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
The points of view and perspectives in The Best Travel Writing 2009 are global, and the themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity, misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine. Reading these stories is like sitting in a cafe filled with fellow travelers...
by Barbara Athanassiadis
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
About the book My VENICE
"An intimate look at the Myth, History and the magic of its Arts"
"...I liked the way the city had attracted my attention. But, in order to discover it, I asked it to stop hiding behind its masks. I wanted it real. To allow me to discover its secrets,...
Lafcadio Hearn: American Writings (LOA #190)
Some Chinese Ghosts / Chita / Two Years in the French West Indies / Youma / selected journalism and letters
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
A translator of Flaubert and Gautier, Lafcadio Hearn was the master of a gaudy and sometimes self-consciously decadent literary style, but he was also a tough-minded and keenly observant reporter, with an eye for the offbeat, the sensual, and occasionally the gruesome. The writings of his American...