Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books

Endless stretches of golden sand, legendary surf, and epic outdoor adventures: Discover the true meaning of living Aloha with Moon Maui. Inside you'll find: Flexible itineraries, from day plans for each region to a week-long Maui adventure, including coverage of neighboring islands Moloka'i and...

Uganda and Rwanda are small countries, but they are BIG on adventure. Options are plentiful, ranging from jet boating to bungee jumping. They also offer unique wildlife safaris, such as gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking. You’ll also find many other primates, hundreds of species of...

Get ready for an adventure of a lifetime... *Meet Santa Claus! *Go dog-sledding! *Enjoy an exciting icebreaker cruise! *Stay in an ice hotel or igloo! *Learn how to ice fish! *Discover delicious Finnish food & holiday treats! *Visit the world’s only Arctic Zoo! *Learn firsthand about Polar Night...

You can travel internationally, and travel well, for less than you spend each month to put a roof over your head. You just need to pick the right places. Places where a fistful of dollars will pay for weeks of hotels, train rides, and meals. How about $4 beach bungalows? Two or three pints...

In November of 1959, Ron Bowman quit his job as a newspaper reporter, sold his car and bought a 150cc Lambretta scooter. He intended to ride it from his hometown of Thorold, Ontario, Canada all the way to Peru. As far as he knew, no one had ever made such a journey, but he was going to try. Three...

Nepal is located between India and China and this landlocked strip of country has the majestic Himalaya Mountains as its backbone.  Nepal offers unforgettable scenery as well as adventure, culture, romance and excitement. This is the land of sherpas and snowy peaks, yetis and yaks, and exotic...

The influence of the sea is unpredictable. Sometimes it frightens you away, other times it lures you in, holds you captive, or calls you to its depths. Whatever sway the sea has on your soul, pick up this book and these stories will sweep you away on the tides. Dip a toe in the water and experience...

It is usual on holiday to relax on the beach; eat at a restaurant; maybe stroll around a little town - but this, it seems, isn't enough for some people.   Here is the amusing and true story of entrepreneurs Roy and Gillian Hiscott, who went on a cheap deal holiday week on the Algarve and...

Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love meets Chelsea Handler's My Horizontal Life. The result is an irreverent, bawdy and at times painfully honest look at the oft-ignored realities of travel. Catch a ride on packed buses, smoky trains, tiny planes, bouncy Jeeps, tipsy mopeds, tuk-tuks, rickshaws, horses,...

VOYAGE OF THE CAPRICORN LADY BOOK TWO The Shadow of His Smile Voyage of the Capricorn Lady, Book Two, The Shadow Of His Smile, continues the true story about a Caribbean Charter yacht couple, Captain Judith Gilman and her husband, Captain Dan T. Gilman III. After they lost their business and...

Although the author and his wife have been anchored to their last address for the past seventeen years, the theme of this book is to not sink roots. It starts with a day-to-day narrative of travel in Europe while the author enjoyed the thrillsand challengesof a years sabbatical. After a tour of England...

"A Moritz Thomsen-like path less traveled, a Pete Hessler-esque possession of language and culture...that best and rarest of ex-pats: the Yankee gone native." Tony D'Souza, author of Whiteman. Where you headed? asked the man in a pick-up. Lihosit should have answered, High adventure. The...

Stunning Maya ruins, dreamy beaches, and epic outdoor thrills from cenote diving to kiteboarding: Experience the best of the Yucatán with Moon Yucatán Peninsula. Inside you'll find: Flexible itineraries including a ten-day eco-adventure and a two-week road trip across the whole peninsula Strategic...

A family holiday with toddlers can be challenging at the best of times. Despite the obstacles, photojournalist Catherine Lanz and her husband Byron decide to do it the hard way. Finding themselves at one of life’s crossroads, they resolve to take the gap and show their children the landscapes, wildlife...