Walking category: 349 books
Walking Home From Mongolia
Ten Million Steps Through China, From the Gobi Desert to the South China Sea
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Starting in the Gobi desert in winter, adventurer Rob Lilwall sets out on an extraordinary six-month journey, walking almost 5000 kilometres across China. Along the way he and his cameraman Leon brave the toxic insides of China's longest road tunnel, explore desolate stretches of the Great Wall and...
by Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for...
by julia r merrifield, julia r may
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2012
Ever heard of a bloke called Offa? King of Mercia, he instigated the building of a defensive dyke. 12 centuries later a long distance path was laid out, roughly following the line of Offa’s Dyke, and thirty years later still two friends set out to walk it. How difficult could it be, walking from...
Dawdling Through The Dales
Walking the Dales Way Long Distance Footpath
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
The Dales Way long distance footpath runs for over eighty miles from Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere, encompassing the beautiful scenery of North Yorkshire and Cumbria and two National Parks. It is a varied walk of ever-changing scenery of lush river valleys, limestone pavements, moorland and mountains,...
Pedestrianism
When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Strange as it sounds, during the 1870s and 1880s, America's most popular spectator sport wasn't baseball, boxing, or horseracing—it was competitive walking. Inside sold-out arenas, competitors walked around dirt tracks almost nonstop for six straight days (never on Sunday), risking their health...
by Helen Fairbairn
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
In a country richly endowed with wild mountain ranges, secluded valleys and untamed coastlines, the best natural landscapes can only be explored on foot. Here are over sixty of the greatest one-day walking routes in Ireland, varying from short strolls to full-day treks. Every part of the Republic...
Boston
A Historic Walking Tour
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the Massachusetts State House as the �Hub of the Universe.� In Boston: A Historic Walking Tour, readers are guided on a series of downtown walking tours that radiate out from this Boston landmark. Featuring different excursions that explore Boston�s prominent neighborhoods...
Walking in Essex
25 walks and a 96 mile 'across Essex' route
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2019
This guidebook describes 25 coastal and inland day walks covering the whole of the county of Essex, stretching from the Lea Valley in the west and the Thames in the south over to the North Sea and up to the River Stour in the north. Walks range from 4 to 18 miles and are mostly circular. Also included...
Walking Boston
34 Tours Through Beantown's Cobblestone Streets, Historic Districts, Ivory Towers and Bustling Waterfront
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Boston is a walker's town. It's as clear as the brick red path marking the Freedom Trail, the bright blue signs of the Harborwalk, and the green of the Emerald Necklace series of parks. Boston's nearly 400-year history has led to the development of hidden neighborhoods, historic sites, and iconic...
Walking Baltimore
An Insider's Guide to 33 Historic Neighborhoods, Waterfront Districts, and Hidden Treasures in Charm City
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Walking Baltimore includes Charm City's well-known neighborhoods -- Downtown, the Inner Harbor, Mount Vernon, and Fells Point. But in the voice of its insider author, the book also covers lesser-known and far-flung corners, revealing what makes Baltimore such a wonderful and fascinating destination...
Walking on Guernsey
Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
This guidebook describes 25 short easy walks exploring the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm. 20 of the walks described are on Guernsey. The routes are mostly circular, mainly on paths, tracks and quiet roads, and can easily be combined to make longer outings. Most walks are between...
by Alun Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Rucksack Guide: Mountain Walking and Trekking is your
essential handbook for when on the mountain. It offers concise guidance
and support for whatever situations you might find yourself in,
including:
technical skills - tips and reminders on the key techniques
weather - from interpreting...
by Kev Reynolds
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Over 100 walking routes in the Bernese Alps are described in this guidebook. It is an indispensable companion to the Bernese Oberland region that boasts famous peaks such as the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau. But there are lesser-known mountains, too, that are just as scenically dramatic, and in their...
Walking in Sussex
Long distance and day walks
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Walking in Sussex describes 40 day walks and 11 long-distance paths, as well as offering a host of shorter day walks. It includes routes that delve into a rural heartland, that follow streams and rivers, that trace the bank of hammer pond and lake, and those that follow the glistening sea on one side,...