Written in the second century AD by a Greek traveller for a predominantly Roman audience, Pausanias' Guide to Greece is an extraordinarily literate and well-informed guidebook.
In 1938 Graham Greene was commissioned to visit Mexico to discover the state of the country and its people in the aftermath of the brutal anti-clerical purges of President Calles.
Lose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the Greek island of Rhodes after World War II by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.
Catching all the fascination and humour of travel in out-of-the-way places, One's Company is Peter Fleming's account of his journey through Russia and Manchuria to China when he was Special Correspondent to The Times in the 1930s.
Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later.
Lose yourself in this classic travelogue evoking the idyllic South of France by the king of travel writing and real-life family member of The Durrells in Corfu.
Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides are widely regarded as among the best pieces of travel writing ever produced.
Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man who walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later.
Fabiana inició un viaje en bicicleta con la idea de recorrer España, las dunas del Sahara en África, llegar a la frontera con Argelia y de allí regresar a Europa para visitar otros países.
Im August 1913 unternahm der berühmte Schriftsteller Emil Ludwig im Auftrag der "Neuen Rundschau" eine mehrmonatige Reise nach Afrika, während der er Aden, Britisch- und Deutsch-Ostafrika, Sansibar, Sambesia und Südafrika besuchte.
Ralph Roger Glöcklers Reise nach Corvo, ein impressionistisches Gemälde der kleinsten Insel des Archipels der Azoren, schildert die Suche nach dem Mythos des Kommunitarismus, einer geradezu urchristlichen Lebensweise, und dem, was davon übrig blieb.
Ralph Roger Glöcklers Erzählung beruht auf den überlieferten, durch die Kirche zensierten und bisher unveröffentlichten Notizen der Nonne Teresa da Anunciada (1658–1738), die im Kloster "Nossa Senhora da Esperança" in Ponta Delgada auf der Azoreninsel São Miguel lebte und den Kult um die Büste des "Senhor Santo Cristo" begründete.
An omnibus containing Austin Mitchell's classic books THE HALF-GALLON QUARTER-ACRE PAVLOVA PARADISE and PAVLOVA PARADISE REVISITED, available for the first time in ebook.
As Marco Polo (1254-1324) returned home across the Indian Ocean, after years in the service of Genghis Khan, he picked up a fabulous array of stories from sailors and merchants, about the peoples of the region, some reliable, some wholly implausible, but all fascinating.
Take a literary stroll through the streets of Paris, visit its world-famous monuments, delve into its history and wander amongst its poets and artists.
The literary world was shocked when in 1889, at the height of his career, Robert Louis Stevenson announced his intention to settle permanently on the Pacific island of Samoa.
