Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books

For fans of Downton Abbey, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, and everything traditionally British…  Eccentric dons. Black dinner gowns. Medieval libraries.  At age nineteen, J.A. Jernay touched down in England, an innocent travelling abroad. The destination—  Oxford University. ...

Family Fun in Thailand is a must-have travel guide for everyone holidaying in Thailand with children. Over 120 attractions are listed in some of Thailand’s most popular and beautiful towns and cities, together with important information about costs, directions, and content. From the golden...

In this extensive ebook I will be sharing with you all my knowledge about travelling around Australia. Discover where you should visit, read all about the different states, learn about different tours to do, use our handy tour guides and so much more. We will also give you all the different...

From its obscure origins as a fishing village along a marshy estuary, Tokyo grew into one of the world's largest and most culturally vibrant metropolises. For all its modernity and craving for the new, it is a city impregnated with the past. In the backstreets of districts that have inspired the setting...

In the days before air travel, journeys to foreign lands were rather difficult undertakings that were usually reserved for the most stalwart of travelers. This is a major reason why the popularity of the travel writing genre skyrocketed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Stephen...

The Crossroads of the West and East You need to visit Turkey to understand it. Amazing nature, ruins and bazaars are impressive. When you have an opportunity to go and travel across the country, you get inspired by the surroundings, the people, the arts, the architecture and almost everything...

When Jack Defiant's dermatologist diagnoses him with a deadly melanoma, he has to leave teaching after his chemotherapy goes awry with kidney failure and severe nerve damage. Upon recovery he lands a job with the world's premiere travel company where he takes calls in Portuguese from the uber rich...

Edging Spain, southern France, and Portugal, a midlife couple tracks landscapes between bliss and burnout, art and love. After the rigors of wild camping, a Formentera cottage offers cozy comfort, honeymoon bliss, creative freedom. Noella sketches in watercolor, while Wilson skirts the boundaries...

Mr. & Mrs. Italy’s handpicked accommodations are more than just places to stay!   Debra and David Levinson are known as “Mr. & Mrs. Italy” for their exceptional knowledge of one of the world’s most popular travel destinations. Since 1998, Mr. & Mrs. Italy have travelled throughout...

The author was stationed in Newfoundland over forty years ago and has made several visits to Canada since. The following are trip reports on some of these trips. Also included is his uncles diary on going to the Klondike. Total Tripping: Canada is just one of the collections that spans the years 19792006...

Total Tripping: FMexico is just one of the collections that spans the years 19792012 and consists of Carl Lahsers travel diaries, short stories, and poetry collections. The collection is arranged into two series: Publications and Photographs and Notes. The Publications series is arranged into three...

I certainly hope Iran hasn’t seen the last of me yet… I simply had to pay tribute to such a beautiful country with such wonderful people and such an amazing culture…   Having very little memory very few memories of Iran… and less and less as time goes by… I chose to...

Winner of the 'Travel Narrative Book of the Year' in 2005 by the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW), 'The Coast Road' presents an idiosyncratic and illuminating snapshot of England and what it is to be English today. In this travelogue, award-winning writer Paul Gogarty travels 3,000 miles in...

This antiquarian book contains Edward Thomas’s biography of George Borrow, "George Borrow - The Man and His Books". This fascinating and uniquely insightful look into the life and work of George Borrow constitutes a must-read for those with an interest in this most esteemed author, and it is not...