Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books
From China to Peru
A Memoir of Travel
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
"I fly to faraway places in the hopes of finding the distinguishing thing. The frequent flier miles are a bonus." With a title borrowed from Samuel Johnson, insatiable globe-trotter Russell Fraser fondly recalls his travels in China, Peru, Italy, France, Russia, Scotland, the Persian Gulf,...
Ticket to Paradise
A Journey to Find the Australian Colony in Paraguay Among Nazis, Mennonites and Japanese Beekeepers
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
In the wilds of Paraguay live blue-eyed South Americans with surnames like Smith and McCreen. This is the intriguing story of their ancestors, an idealistic Australian journalist called William Lane, and a colony called New Australia. In 1893, Australian journalist William Lane dreamed of creating...
Native State
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2003
A captivating, deeply affecting memoir chronicling a journey from a Hollywood childhood as the son of a fading show business figure to a bohemian life in Europe and back to his native state of California, where the author must face the man who had driven him away.
Summoned from abroad to attend...
Woman Alone
A Six-Month Journey Through the Australian Outback
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
For fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love.
At twenty-seven, Laine Cunningham seemed to have it all: tons of friends, a college degree, plenty of all-night parties, and a secure job. Yet every morning she dragged herself through a life that was corporatized...
Crossing Continents with Top Deck
The Travel Revolution of the 70s-90s
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Top Deck double deckers offered a revolutionary form of long-distance transport from the 70s to the 90s. The large British Lodekkas carried under-35s vast distances through SE Asia, the Middle East and Australia in a new innovative mode of no-frills adventure tourism.
Taken on by Top Deck as...
by Michael Sommers
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Whether you're sipping caipirinhas by the beach or paddling through the Amazon, discover the true meaning of Brazilian alegria with Moon Brazil. Inside you'll find:
Flexible itineraries including the three-week best of Brazil, two weeks in São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, and a two-week Amazon...
Tall Ships
History Comes to Life on the Great Lakes
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Seeing a tall ship under full sail is an unforgettable experience--it's like a trip back in time! From full-rigged ships that look like the pirate vessels of old to replicas of the sleek Baltimore schooners that helped win the War of 1812, tall ships still ply the waters of the Great Lakes, and each...
8 Men and a Duck
An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
8 Men and a Duck charts the hilarious and unnerving Pacific voyage as it rolls between waves of high drama and high farce: from the five-day launch off a Chilean beach, to the bungled phone call that triggered a naval rescue alert, to the sad fate of Pedro the duck, to the constant race against the...
Aristocrats and Archaeologists
An Edwardian Journey on the Nile
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
A collection of letters in a small painted box passed down through three generations of a London family is the starting point for a vivid account of a three-month journey up and down the Nile in a bygone age. The letters, like a time capsule, bring to life a lost world of Edwardian travel and social...
Tribe Wanted
My Adventure on Paradise or Bust
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2008
Paradise or Bust is the fascinating adventure story of Tribewanted, a revolutionary eco-tourism project founded by twentysomething Ben Keene.
As featured in the BBC documentary series, Keene's story follows the ups and downs of a global online network of like-minded travellers and an indigenous...
by Michael P. Ghiglieri
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Fasten your life jackets for a ride you'll never forget. Now the excitement of a raft trip through the Grand Canyon has been re-created by a seasoned whitewater guide with a passion to share one of the world's most fantastic journeys. Michael Ghiglieri, a professional river guide for more than 17...
Mud, Sweat, and Gears
A Rowdy Family Bike Adventure Across Canada on Seven Wheels
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
“Mud, Sweat, and Gears is not only an incredible human-powered journey, but it’s also about the intricate, poignant and often hilarious family dynamics that result. The Metal Cowboy’s most compelling book yet.” —Heidi Swift, The Oregonian
After...
The Non-Boring Safe Travel Guide
Travel Safety Tips and Travel Health Advice
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Practical Safe Travel Tips and Travel Health Advice
Planning on travelling but worried about getting sick? Or maybe you're happy to travel but your parents are convinced that you will end up robbed, raped, and left bleeding in a ditch and suffering from malaria?
So you want foolproof...
by Madeleine Zeldin
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
When her beloved soul friend husband, Gerald, passed away a few years ago, and her friends and sons moved to distant cities, she found herself alone for the first time in her life. Gerald, a professional artist, had his studio in their home. Their home was always filled with family life, art, music,...