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Bill Bryson's African Diary
Author: Bill Bryson; CARE International Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9780385605144

Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the... [view more]

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Spirit of India
Author: Gill Davies; Philip De Ste. Croix
ISBN: 9781407524450

This beautfully illustrated book takes a journey through the majestic subcontinent of India, exploring people, places, and wildlife in greatly contrasting habitats, Each very different environment is... [view more]

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Riding the Trains in Japan
Author: Patrick Holland
ISBN: 9781921924125

Arriving late in Kyoto Patrick Holland cannot find a room for the night. Homeless and disorientated and in a place where loitering is not encouraged his only solution is to ride the trains. The... [view more]

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From the Ocean to the Sky
Author: Edmund Hillary
ISBN: 9780670331727

"For more than five years I had dreamed of a new adventure," writes Sir Edmund Hillary, "to travel with a group of friends from the mouth of the Ganges River upstream against the current as far as we... [view more]

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What Am I Doing Here?
Author: Bruce Chatwin
ISBN: 9780099769811

In this collection of profiles, essays and travel stories, Chatwin takes us to Benin, where he is arrested as a mercenary during a coup; to Boston to meet an LSD guru who believes he is Christ; to... [view more]

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The Afghan Amulet
Author: Sheila Paine
ISBN: 9780718137298

Intrigued by an exquisite and mysterious amulet on an antique dress from Kohistan, 'land of mountains' in Pakistan, Sheila Paine began an epic quest that took her from the peaks of the Himalaya to... [view more]

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Between the Woods and the Water: On Foot to Constantinople from The Hook of Holland - The Middle Danube to the Iron Gates
Author: Patrick Leigh Fermor
ISBN: 9780140094305

The acclaimed travel writer's youthful journey - as an 18-year-old - across 1930s Europe by foot began in A Time of Gifts, which covered the author's exacting journey from the Lowlands as far as... [view more]

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Over at Uncle Joe's : Moscow and me
Author: Oriana Atkinson
ISBN: 0001000001364

illustrations by Paul Galdone. 1947 FIRST EDITION The Bobbs-Merrill Co. New York. Hard cover: red cloth, gold ink embossed title, fine. No Dust Jacket. Endpapers: intact, corner snipped from... [view more]

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Virgile's Vineyard
Author: Patrick Moon
ISBN: 0001000001338

a Year in the Languedoc Wine Country. Published by John Murray: London in 2003. First edition signed by author. Indented line/fault along whole length of front cover board and dust jacket.... [view more]

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The Golden Haze: with Captain Cook in the South Pacific
Author: Roderick Cameron
ISBN: 0001000001328

Compares the South Seas islands as they were during Captain James Cook's three voyages of discovery (about 200 years ago)and in the early 1960s. Includes entries on the Transit of Venus; the... [view more]

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Dastgah: diary of a head trip
Author: Mark Mordue
ISBN: 9781865084145

Mark Mordue travels from Tehran to Nepal all the way to New York. This books maps a one year journey of private reflections, poetry and dreams, building a refined diary that walks the line between... [view more]

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India in Slow Motion
Author: Mark Tully
ISBN: 9780670885589

"India in Slow Motion is the account of a journey that, for Tully and Wright, has no true beginning or end. Covering a diverse range of subjects - from Hindu extremism to child labour, Sufi mysticism... [view more]

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Whatever You Do, Don't Run
Author: Peter Allison
ISBN: 9781741753196

A warm, funny and utterly engaging collection of tall and true tales from a young Aussie safari guide who has spent the last twelve years leading tours in the African bush.... [view more]

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On Rue Tatin
Author: Susan Loomis
ISBN: 9780732273484

Paperback format of last year's hit about living and cooking in a small French town with over 50 recipes. Susan Loomis arrived in Paris twenty years ago with little more than a student loan and the... [view more]

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All Toledo
Author:
ISBN: 97808437806011

In soft cover, 96 pp. Text and colour photographs. Tourist souvenir. Left side of cover slightly faded. ... [view more]

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All Madrid
Author:
ISBN: 9788437804248

In soft cover, 96 pp. Text and colour photographs. Tourist souvenir.... [view more]

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The Confessions of a Beachcomber
Author: E. J. Banfield (Editor)
ISBN: 9780702222856

Facsimile reprint of an edition first published in London in 1908. Includes the original text and all 53 original illustrations and map (some were omitted from editions and reprints since 1908). This... [view more]

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The World Beard and Moustache Championships
Author: Michael Ames; F. Stone Roberts
ISBN: 9781582345680

An illustrated romp through one of the oddest and most fiercely competitive global competitions: the World Beard and Moustache Championships. Since its humble beginnings in Germany in 1990, the... [view more]

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Morocco
Author: Heidi Edsall; Paula Hardy; Mara Vorhees
ISBN: 9781740596787

* All-woman author team provides a female perspective on the country * New preplanning sections a bonus for travelers * Arts and Culture chapter written by expert fluent in Moroccan Arabic and Berber... [view more]

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In the South Seas
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 9780701207663

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the... [view more]

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