Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books
Hitchhiking to Serendip
In Which a British Serviceman Ignores All Advice and Hitchhikes Across 1950s Pre-Revolutionary Africa
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
It is the 1950s. The final years of colonialism in Africa and the beginning of the long struggle for independence. A young and very naïve RAF serviceman stationed in Rhodesia (Simbabwe) ignores warnings that white men never hitchhike in Africa, takes a map, a pack, and his insatiable curiosity and sets...
by Muyassar Sattarova
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
In what country do you live? Do you have any attraction places for tourists there? Then, you can use your chance to travel freely. I`m not going to teach you to cheat, but offer some tips to see the whole world and make new friends simultaneously. Travel exchange may puzzle you if you have never thought...
Travelpedia
A Quick Guide on How to Travel Efficiently, Healthy and Safely
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
A thorough and eye-opening guide to seasoned adventurers and first-time travelers alike, Travelpedia: A Quick Guide to Travel Efficiently, Healthy, and Safely is your trusty source in making sure that your next trip will be the one of a lifetime! Written by Emergency Medicine physician and...
by Lars Holger Holm
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Travelling the world, generally speaking, gives a human being an opportunity to free himself from prejudice and to regard the world as it is rather than the way it ‘ought to be’. If that is not in itself reason enough to travel, it also gives him stories to tell. It is my hope that the reader...
The Sun Sets Anywhere
Travel Stories from around the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
The Sun Sets Anywhere is a collection of ten nonfiction stories that take place across six continents. Clara Pang weaves revealing narratives from the places she has lived and the experiences she has had in them—how easy it was to connect with the people in South Africa and how hard in India,...
Amazing Women
4 German Girls, 25,000+ of Miles, 18 Months 0 Money
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Sigrid Carter's life story is worthy of becoming a movie. This was true before she even turned thirty. As an adventurous girl in her twenties, she and two girlfriends from Germany hitchhiked from Colorado to the Pacific coast of Mexico, where the trio took a canoe into the ocean, got lost, and found...
Travels with Harley
Journeys in Search of Personal and National Identity
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Far more than an account of an 8,000 mile motorcycle adventure across the United States, Travels with Harley is a stirring memoir of an Army veteran’s 30-year quest for peace and personal and national identity. Only through service to others, he learns, can Americans of all ages find their identity...
Last Man Off
A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
“A sinister version of The Perfect Storm. Thrilling.”—Sunday Times (UK)
For readers of The Perfect Storm, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Into the Wild
There’s nothing that armchair adventure lovers relish more than a gripping true story of disaster and heroism, and Last...
The First Indian
The First Indian Solo Circumnavigation Under Sail
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
An engrossing narrative of one man’s struggle to achieve his dream against all odds, this is both a fast-paced adventure and a telling commentary on how heroes are often made despite the system they operate in, by dint of sheer perseverance and commitment to a chosen path. Above all, it’s a paean...
To the Brink (The Expedition Trilogy, Book 3)
True Story of the First Human-Powered Circumnavigation of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
“An Epic.”—THE GUARDIAN
We rejoin The Expedition for its third and final instalment with Jason, now seasoned adventurer, and April, American schoolteacher at sea for the first time, battling to keep their pedal-powered boat Moksha from being dashed against Australia’s...
by Julian Sayarer
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Julian Sayarer grew up riding a bicycle. Working as a bike courier in London, he learned the world record for a circumnavigation by bike had been broken, and that cycling into the sunset had been bought by banks and big business. Determined to do things differently, Julian set out to take back the...
Investment Biker
Around the World with Jim Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
Legendary investor Jim Rogers gives us his view of the world on a twenty-two-month, fifty-two-country motorcycle odyssey in his bestselling business/adventure book, Investment Biker, which has already sold more than 200,000 copies.
Before you invest another dollar anywhere in the world (including...
Strange Stones
Dispatches from East and West
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage—a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his...
Impossible Owls
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR ART OF THE ESSAY.
One of Amazon, Buzzfeed, ELLE, Electric Literature and Pop Sugar's Best Books of 2018. Named one of the Best Books of October and Fall by Amazon, Buzzfeed, TIME, Vulture, The Millions and...