Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books
Ten Years a Nomad
A Traveler's Journey Home
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
Part memoir and part philosophical look at why we travel, filled with stories of Matt Kepnes' adventures abroad, an exploration of wanderlust and what it truly means to be a nomad.
"Matt is possibly the most well-traveled person I know...His knowledge and passion for understanding the world...
by John Steinbeck
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1995
A Penguin Classic
In the two years after the 1939 publication of Steinbeck’s masterful The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck and his novel increasingly became the center of intense controversy and censorship. In search of a respite from the national stage, Steinbeck and his close friend, biologist...
The Tale of the Rose
The Passion That Inspired The Little Prince
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
In the spring of 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry left his wife, Consuelo, to return to the war in Europe. Soon after, he disappeared while flying a reconnaissance mission over occupied France. Neither his plane nor his body was ever found. The Tale of the Rose is Consuelo’s account of their extraordinary...
The Seed Buried Deep (The Expedition Trilogy, Book 2)
True Story of the First Human-Powered Circumnavigation of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
“This tightly written tale rollicks along at a great pace.”—FINANCIAL TIMES
When adventurer Jason Lewis regained consciousness beside a busy Colorado highway, lower limbs shattered by a hit-and-run driver, he knew he was lucky to be alive. But would he ever walk again,...
Don't Save Anything
Uncollected Essays, Articles, and Profiles
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
James Salter was an extremely beloved author and this is the first publication of his work to be published posthumously.
Salter is a PEN/Faulker and PEN/Malamud award winner
An important addition for accounts with serious literary sections, with shelving also encouraged in travel and criticism
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by Bruce Chatwin
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
International Bestseller: The famed travel writer and author of In Patagonia traverses Australia, exploring Aboriginal culture and song—and humanity’s origins.
Long ago, the creators wandered Australia and sang the landscape into being, naming every rock, tree, and watering hole in the...
Moon USA National Parks
The Complete Guide to All 59 Parks
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
They've been dubbed America's best idea for a reason: get inspired, get outdoors, and discover the wild beauty of the United States with Moon USA National Parks. Inside you'll find:
Coverage of all 59 national parks, from the misty mountains of the east and the redwoods of the west, to the glaciers...
The Longest Way Home
One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
WITH AN IRREPRESSIBLE TASTE for adventure, candor, and a vivid sense of place, award-winning travel writer and actor Andrew McCarthy takes us on a deeply personal journey played out amid some of the world’s most evocative locales.
Unable to commit to his fiancée of nearly four years—and...
Still Points North
One Alaskan Childhood, One Grown-up World, One Long Journey Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Part adventure story, part love story, part homecoming, Still Points North is a page-turning memoir that explores the extremes of belonging and exile, and the difference between how to survive and knowing how to truly live.
Growing up in the wilds of Alaska, seven-year-old Leigh Newman spent...
by Ted Simon
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Ted Simon is the author of the classic travel book JUPITER'S TRAVELS. It documents his four-year journey round the world by motorbike, travelling through Europe, Africa, South and North America, and Asia. A number one bestseller in the late 1970s, it is still regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle...
Hot Countries
A Travel Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
First published in 1930, this discursive and absorbing travel-book offers, as the author says in his new Foreword, "a picture of a way of living that exists no longer."
Hot Countries tells of a series of journeys in the Far East, the West Indies and the South Sea Islands when he was a young and light-hearted novelist seeking colour, romance and adventure.
Dances With Marmots
A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
The inspiring account of a 2650 mile solo hike from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail.
Despite never having hiked before, George Spearing decided to take 'leave of absence' from his job as a firefighter in the New Zealand Fire Service and walk the length of America.
This is the story...
Figures in a Landscape
People and Places
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
"A portrait of an optimist with curiosity and affection for humanity in all its forms."**—**The New York Times Book Review
"Theroux is at the top of his game with his third collection of essays, a magisterial grouping of intimate remembrances, globe-trotting adventures, and...
A Female Guide to Solo Travel
Girl about the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Second Edition - Updated May 2019
Is there any greater feeling than the freedom of travelling solo? Being able to go where you want, when you want, and with absolutely anyone that you want. Travelling solo has an anonymity to it; you can redesign yourself and be who you want to be with no one...