Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books
World Stompers
A Global Travel Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
Written to motivate and inspire young people in their quests to travel the world, this book introduces a new way of traveling-freestyle traveling-where all that’s required is an adventurous spirit and an insatiable curiosity about the workings of the world. This global travel manifesto clears up...
Alone Against the North
An Expedition into the Unknown
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
**Winner of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario's 2016 Young Authors Award
Winner of the 2017 Louise de Kiriline Award for Nonfiction
The age of exploration is not over.**
When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on the planet, he hoped to set foot where...
Mud, Sweat, and Tears
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
“Bear Grylls is a veritable superhero….The former UK Special Forces paratrooper has braved the world’s harshest environments.” —Hampton Sides, Outside Magazine
“Bear Grylls is one tough, crazy dude.” —Washington Post
THE THRILLING #1-BESTSELLING MEMOIR BY THE ADVENTURE...
by Garry Douglas Kilworth
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Garry (Douglas) Kilworth is a varied and prolific writer who has travelled widely since childhood, living in a number of countries, especially in the Far East. His books include science fiction and fantasy, historical novels, literary novels, short story collections, children's books and film novelisations....
Where the Hell is Matt?
Dancing Badly Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Matt Harding created an Internet sensation with his awkward, limb-flailing dance of joy. His travels, and his bad dancing, have been viewed online nearly 75 million times. It started as a lark on a curbside in Hanoi, Vietnam. He did it for fun, but Matt’s irreverent spirit caught on, and soon thousands...
Tent Life in Siberia
An Incredible Account of Siberian Adventure, Travel, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2007
This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.
by Ian Usher
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
What on earth would make someone decide to put their whole life up for sale… on eBay?
When Ian Usher decided that it was time to leave the past behind and move on to the next chapter of his life, that is exactly what he did. The results were surprising, entertaining and challenging.
However,...
Shopping for Buddhas
An Adventure in Nepal
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Jeff Greenwald's classic travelogue follows his quest for the "perfect" Buddha statue. At turns hilarious and moving, his quest features a cast of amazing characters - from a passionate palmist to a flying lama - who provide unforgettable glimpses into the daily life and culture of the former...
Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities
A Guidebook and Planner for Families and Folks with Disabilities traveling to Disneyland Resort Park and Disney California Adventure Park
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Destination Disneyland Resort with Disabilities is a guidebook which will assist people with disabilities to enjoy their experience to the fullest at Disneyland Resort. Families of children who have disabilities, adults who have disabilities, caregivers, travel agents and tour guides will all benefit...
The Adventurist
My Life in Dangerous Places
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2001
The Adventurist is one man's story, a story that will change the way you think about travel, survival, where you have been, and where you are going.
Enter the world of Robert Young Pelton (if you dare), adventurer extraordinaire, author of Come Back Alive and The World's Most Dangerous Places...
Get Sponsored
A Funding Guide for Explorers, Adventurers, and Would-Be World Travelers
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Christopher Columbus needed a sponsor for a dangerous expedition, but the king of Portugal wasn’t interested. He repackaged his proposal for the queen of Spain. She put Columbus on retainer, and the rest is history. Columbus may not have been the first to discover America, but he had a great publicist.
That’s...
Secrets for Travel Survival
Overcoming the Obstacles to Achieve Practical Travel Fun
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Terrorists have seized the airport "Eighty year old grandmother strip searched by airport security" "Flight 4820 has been cancelled" (sorry, your travel plans have been cancelled, too) "Frontier Airlines has declared bankruptcy ... Delta and Northwest are merging" "Venezuela’s...
Beyond Lion Rock
The Story of Cathay Pacific Airways
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
In 1946 Roy Farrell and Syd de Kantzow's beloved, battered wartime DC-3 touched down in Shanghai for the first time. On board was a cargo of morning coats and toothbrushes from New York, forging the first post-war supply route across the treacherous eastern Himalayas. The international airline now...
Wanderlust
A Social History of Travel
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Where did passports come from? Why did 1930s stewardesses carry wrenches? And how did teetotalers shape the modern vacation? Wanderlust answers these questions and more, as author Laura Byrne Paquet delves into the social history of travel. Now a multi-billion dollar industry, travel is also one of...