Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books
by Daniel Hardie
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
There is always something a little magical in the air when we combine nature and in turn wildlife into our lives.
Embracing the awesome power of this planet and all of its inhabitants has many benefits not only to a wildlife enthusiast but for the conservation and rights of animals everywhere.
In...
Deep Blue Home
An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2010
At the center of Deep Blue Home—a penetrating exploration of the ocean as single vast current and of the creatures dependent on it—is Whitty’s description of the three-dimensional ocean river, far more powerful than the Nile or the Amazon, encircling the globe. It’s a watery force connected...
Radical Sabbatical
A Hilarious Journey From a Stifling Rut to a Life Without Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
An Amazon Kindle Bestseller and Hot New Release about a true adventure in the jungles of Costa Rica! Two cubicle convicts. One jungle village. A life without boundaries. In this real-life comedic memoir, Laura Berger and Glen Tibaldeo expose the blessings and ironic struggles...
Zero Days
The Real Life Adventure of Captain Bligh, Nellie Bly, and 10-year-old Scrambler on the Pacific Crest
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
In April 2004, Barbara Egbert and Gary Chambers and their precocious 10-year-old daughter Mary embarked on a 2,650-mile hike from Mexico to Canada along the famed Pacific Crest Trail. This the well-told tale of their epic adventure, which required love, perseverance, and the careful rationing of toilet...
Hidden Cities
Travels to the Secret Corners of the World's Great Metropolises; A Memoir of Urb an Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
In this fascinating glimpse into the world of urban exploration, Moses Gates describes his trespasses in some of the most illustrious cities in the world from Paris to Cairo to Moscow.
Also, exclusive to this e-book, are firsthand accounts from the author's fellow travelers and family.
Gates...
Bonobo Handshake
A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes-who teach her a new truth about love and belonging.
In 2005, Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal from a man she barely knew and agreed to join him on a research trip to the Democratic Republic...
A Drink of Dry Land
Journeys Through Namibia
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
Two journalists – passionate about travel and the ‘vast, dry cathedral called Namibia’ – set out to meander through this land and to relish the pure space and the joy of road travel. The journey shaped up as something special. Along the way, thirty years of memories returned. Chris Marais...
Everest Base Camp
A trekking guide of the route to the worlds highest mountain
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
This historic trek through the Sagarmatha National Park to the base of Everest may be one of the greatest adventures you ever undertake. You will find yourself standing, looking in awe, before some of the world's highest peaks. Every bend in the path will bring a new view, a fresh experience. It is...
by Jeff Alt
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Jeff Alt takes you along every step of his 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail adventure filled with humorous, frightening, and inspirational stories including bears, bugs, blisters, captivating characters, skunk bed mates, and hilarious food cravings. As Alt walked more than 5 million steps through freezing...
All You Need Is Luck
When the Kids Left Home, so Did They.<Br> the Hilarious Adventures of a Couple Who Made World Travel a Way of Life.
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2002
All You Need is Luck is the very funny story of an ordinary couple who decided to take a chance and do something extraordinary which others only dream about. Sixteen years ago Frank and Maria Nelson traded in excellent jobs, financial security, the safety net of family and friends, plus deep roots...
En Route
A European Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Nightmares of border posts and being saved by dirty undwear, marriage with a Sat Nav system and visiting Eurpoe's finest capitals... An incredible three week adventure, complete with photographs.
Comrades on the Colca
A Race for Adventure and Incan Treasure in One of the World's Last Unexplored Canyons
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
A modern-day, real life adventure, this book will take readers along for a rollicking ride through South America on a race to the bottom of the Earth. When the author first met Polish explorer, Yurek Majcherczyk on a commercial feasibility expedition down Ecuador’s Quijos River in 1989, he did not...
by Danielle Landis
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
In 2004, Danielle and her high-spirited, bohemian, very sage grandfather, “Papa,” are planning a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Italy when a dramatic medical diagnosis makes the quest to get there urgent. A mysterious box of 1937 photos and letters shows up, and the original plan turns into an epic adventure...
by Tom Chesshyre
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
"… one of the best ways to get to know a country is to take yourself to the less touristy, less obvious destinations. And let’s face it: things don’t get much less touristy than Slough…"
As staff travel writer on The Times since 1997, Tom Chesshyre had visited over 80 countries...