Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books
Range Rats at Sea
Tracking Satellites, Sailing the Tropics, and Searching for the Sybaritic Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2001
The Range. Think of it as a shooting gallery that circles the globe. A vital link was forged in 1966, when NASA converted a World War II tanker into the USNS Vanguard, one of the most sophisticated communication centers ever to sail the high seas.
Range Rats At Sea is an account of one crewmember's...
Hell's Half Mile
River Runners' Tales of Hilarity and Misadventure
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
“A high-water mark in river running humor from the guides and the misguided.” —Tim Cahill, author of Pass the Butterworms and Pecked to Death by Ducks
“Full of great tales, funny stories, and river lore, it will make some river runners eager to get back into the boats—and some wishing...
by Sizuca Abe
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
It’s early spring in the Japanese region of Nagano, and snow still covers the mountains as far as the eye can see. A young woman and her companion go trudging through that world of endless silvery white in search of just the right spot to create a cave to sleep in that night. And then, with that task...
by Wills, Dixe
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
From the tiny island that shaped the entire English language, to the island that terrified Dylan Thomas, there's more to Britain's tiny islands than you might think! Have your own tiny adventure by visiting any of the 60 remarkable little islands around Britain featured here. Although Britain boasts...
Land of Eagles
Riding Through Europe's Forgotten Country
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2009
Albania is the least-known and least developed country in Europe. It has a long, rich and troubled past, characterised by unrest and isolationism. Today, very little is known of its people - beyond those who have emigrated to other countries in Europe - and its landscapes have remained virtually untravelled...
by Candy Kross
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
I had graduated college and wanted to spread my wings and venture out into the world. I had been attending college for four years and needed a refreshing break. I had made a lot of money that I had saved away from being a Dominatrix and decided that it was now time to enjoy it. A friend...
Socialist Dreams and Beauty Queens
A Couchsurfer?s Adventures in the New Venezuela
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Couchsurfer, hitchhiker, and rogue wanderer Jamie Maslin embarks on a couchsurfing adventure to the homeland of firebrand,” populist,” anti-American” president Hugo Chavez: the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Alone in the crime capital of the world Maslin immediately finds himself in...
by Lucy Irvine
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
'Writer seeks "wife" for a year on tropical island.'
The opportunity to escape from it all was irresistible. Lucy Irvine answered the advertisement - and found herself alone on a remote desert island with a 'husband' she hardly knew.
Lucy Irvine fell in love with the seductive,...
by Don Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
"On a tiny French island, a couple of American dreamers redefine their lives by restoring a ruin...The French House moves to a soulful, very funny rhythm all its own."-Meryl Streep
Don and Mindy Wallace have always been Francophiles, so when they had the opportunity to buy a home on a small...
The Flour Peddler
A Global Journey into Local Food from Canada to South Sudan
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
In 2008, a small-scale flour miller from British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast created a handmade bike mill to attract a dedicated farmers’ market following. Chris Hergesheimer wanted to challenge the belief that there is only one way—the big way—to grow, process and market grain and flour. For...
EXPEDITIONS
Gold, Shamans, and Green Fire
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2013
Journey from the banks of a prolific gold bearing river named Hell to a century-old, last will and testament whose riddle led the Catholic Church and British and Colombian explorers to an uncharted area of Ecuador in a futile search for high-grade emeralds. EXPEDITIONS propels you on a thrilling journey...
The Worrier's Guide to the End of the World
Love, Loss, and Other Catastrophes--through Italy, India, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
A funny and heartwarming story of one woman's attempt to walk off a lifetime of fear--with a soulmate, bad shoes, and lots of wine.
Torre DeRoche is at rock bottom following a breakup and her father's death when she crosses paths with the goofy and spirited Masha, who is pusuing her dream of...
by John Ahern
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
One Family. 30 Countries. No Turning Back.
John Ahern had a good job, a big house, a loving wife and two great kids. But he felt he was somehow failing as a husband and father. Craving a great adventure to bring his family closer together, he sabotages his high-flying career, rents out the...
by Riaan Manser
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
South Africa’s best-known adventurer Riaan Manser takes on his toughest – and coldest - challenge ever, to kayak around Iceland accompanied by Dan Skinstad, who suffers from mild cerebral palsy.
Confronted by icy seas, raging winter storms and logistical nightmares, the two adventurers...