Travel writing

First Published in 1936 America After Sixty Years presents the travel diaries of two generations of Englishmen, W.

Sixty Miles from Contentment is a revitalization of a pulsating American scene in the nineteenth-century.

Sixty Miles from Contentment is a revitalization of a pulsating American scene in the nineteenth-century.

When this book was first published in 1958, Arabia was even then one of the least known corners of the globe.

When this book was first published in 1958, Arabia was even then one of the least known corners of the globe.

Eminent and highly respected nature writer Richard Mabey regards Whistling in the Dark as one of his Top Ten most significant books.

A wild ride on the madcap streets of Guatemala City.

A Pink Suitcase brings together a talented group of daring women as they journey across the globe on adventures that are as unforgettable as they are moving.

Travel never goes quite like we expect.

Bill Porter is the ideal travel companion.

Foreward Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Gold Winner for Travel.

Other Voices, Other Towns has, in reality, taken Caleb Pirtle III a lifetime to write.

City Secrets Rome: The Essential Insider's Guide brings together the recommendations of artists, writers, historians, architects, chefs, and other experts whose passionate opinions and highly informed perspectives illuminate well-known sites as well as overlooked treasures.

Going on safari requires preparation and no book leaves a traveler better prepared than this one.

"e;In the middle of the night I crawled out of my tent into a silvery vastness truly unchanged since Genghis Khan and his hordes loped west more than half a millennium ago.

Read the stories of several amazing characters as they pass through a mountain store and hostel on the Appalachian Trail.

The first-hand account of an intrepid woman's exploration of Japan's interior in 1878.

A general guide for visitors of the Casco Bay islands in Maine and greater Portland, this book includes profiles of the major islands in the bay; features on local history, island geology, and island wildlife; information about mainland departure points and tips on how to get to the islands; and maps of the individual islands profiled in the book.

For more than ten years, Elizabeth Peavey has been traveling around the state of Maine, and writing about her wide-ranging experiences and discoveries in Down East magazine.

Virginia Thorndike, Maine's own version of Studs Terkel, traveled to all the Maine coast islands that still maintain a year-round population and persuaded the islanders to talk openly about their lives.

Author Corey Ford writes the classic and moving story of naturalist Georg Whilhelm Steller, who served on the 1741-42 Russian Alaska expedition with explorer Vitus Bering.

This enduring story of life, adventure, and love in Alaska was written by a woman who embraced the remote Alaskan wilderness and became one of its strongest advocates.

Behind a gruesome ISIS beheading video lies the untold story of the men in orange and the faith community that formed these unlikely modern-day saints and heroes.

Mission to Tibet recounts the fascinating eighteenth-century journey of the Jesuit priest ippolito Desideri (1684 - 1733) to the Tibetan plateau.

'Sixty Degrees North is a story that we tell, both to ourselves and to others.

Walking To America follows and recreates the immense journey, in search of a new life and of a miracle doctor who could cure the blindness of one of their number.

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.

One of the greatest travellers in Scotland, Martin Martin was also a native Gaelic speaker.

From the vibrant souks of Tripoli and Beirut to the quiet calm of the Chouf Mountains and Qadisha Valley, Lebanon is a land of bold colours, exquisite flavours and hidden beauty.

Orange Blossom & Honey is a culinary journey across Morocco, from the souks of Marrakesh, through the Sahara, and onto the blustery shores of the Atlantic coast.

A Childhood Dream.

Over ten feet long, it weighs in at nearly a quarter of a ton.

In 1912, a young D.

Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 1,500 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world.

Johann Georg von Hahn - a nineteenth-century Austrian diplomat and explorer - is generally considered to be the founder of Albanian Studies as a scholarly discipline.

"e;Are we the same, I wonder, when all our surroundings, association, acquaintances are changed?

In October 1945 at the age of 19, John Freely passed the southernmost tip of Crete on his way home from the war in China, just as Odysseus did on his homeward voyage from the battle of Troy.

Unease has marked relations between modern travel writers and the people of Cyprus.

While writing a novel set in South America, John Hopkins travelled back there to "e;reacquaint himself with the scene"e;.

Tangier in the 1960s and '70s was a fabled place.

John Hare is a star author and one of the most well-known explorers of his generation.

Until the 1880s, British travellers to Arabia were for the most part wealthy dilettantes who could fund their travels from private means.

Greece and Asia Minor proved an irresistible lure to English visitors in the seventeenth century.

Lady Anne Blunt was a woman ahead of her time.

Rising up from the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has a rich and ancient history spanning over 2,000 years.

KIPLING may be best known as a commentator on the British Empire, but he was also a vivid observer and chronicler of the sea - and of ships and all who sailed in them.

It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, New York, in 1961 - Two Princeton graduates - John Hopkins and Joe McPhillips - have returned from Peru.

The Manga is one of Africa's most wild and remote regions: a hostile and unforgiving landscape inhabited by nomads.

Cambridge, 1961.