Travel writing

SELECTED FOR THE BBC AND READING AGENCY'S BIG SPORTING READ 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 SPORT'An amazing adventure.

In 2013 Ian Crofton undertook a journey he had been pondering for years: a walk along the Border between Scotland and England.

The Highland Line is the most profound internal boundary in Britain.

In my madness I bought the ticket.

A survivors true account of death, despair, and heroism in Death Valley in the heat of the California Gold Rush.

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.

In the fall of 1978 Ray Ordorica packed everything he thought he would need into his Toyota LandCruiser and drove north to Alaska.

An Angle on the World is a brilliant tribute to Bill Barich's extraordinary range as a writer.

Paris has long been a storied center of art and culture, and of romance, but in the 1920s its magnetism was especially irresistible.

Throughout history, many people have escaped to nature either permanently or temporarily to rest and recharge.

The peatlands of the Outer Hebrides are half land, half water.

'Brigid writes with warmth and appreciation of communities that she knows and loves, and she inspires us to explore them' - Rick Stein'Whenever I am talking to customers about the NC500, I always recommend your book for the wonderful photographs and all the extra information it contains' David Duguid, Picaresque BooksThis is the essential guide to the north of Scotland, on a route which begins in Inverness, weaves westwards to Applecross and then northwards towards Torridon.

Mitten im Herzen Asiens, wo Großbritannien, Russland und China ihre Finger nach einem möglichen Zusammentreffen ausstreckten, liegt der geheimnisvolle Landstrich, der in den meisten Geographiebüchern nur auf einer halben Seite erwähnt wird .

Mitten im Herzen Asiens, wo Großbritannien, Russland und China ihre Finger nach einem möglichen Zusammentreffen ausstreckten, liegt der geheimnisvolle Landstrich, der in den meisten Geographiebüchern nur auf einer halben Seite erwähnt wird .

It's through people-to-people encounters that we expand our sense of mutual understanding and respect.

This is a frantic, mystical journey through Africas biggest metropolis: Lagos.

Where can travel writing go in the twenty-first century?

"Lieber bei der Verwirklichung eines Traumes sterben als kurz vor dessen Verwirklichung scheitern.

Very few French writers have ventured to write on the social, religious, political and cultural issues of Pakistani society, but Claudine is an exception.

After leading a sheltered life for sixteen years, Pessi, Bertie, Randy and Maachh are thrust into the world of the National Defence Academy.

In 1991, Monisha's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home.

Have Pen, Will Travel is a highly engaging collection of reportage and travel pieces that appeared originally in leading journalist and author M.

 "Ich weiß nicht, ob es Tarzan, Jane oder Mogli war, wodurch ich als Kind mit dem Dschungel- und Baumhausfieber infiziert wurde.

'In the wake of the strongest earthquake in Italy for nearly forty years and the many aftershocks that followed, Italians began speaking of the earth beneath our feet as la terra ballerina, the dancing earth.

One of the most important travel books ever written is the story of Dr.

The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the RenaissanceIn 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan diplomat, was seized by pirates while travelling in the Mediterranean.

Antes de "La tormenta perfecta", antes de "En el corazón del mar", la dramática historia de supervivencia en el mar de Steven Callahan estuvo en la lista de libros más vendidos del New York Times durante más de treinta y seis semanas.

Un gran viaje en moto a uno de los lugares más remotos del planeta.

In 1940 Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California.

The Federal Writers Project creates an image of South Carolina of years pastAll of us, at one time or another, have had a strong desire to be able to get into a time machine and be transported magically to an earlier place and time.

In the late eighteenth century and throughout the nineteenth century, an unprecedented number of Indigenous people - especially Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabeg, and Cree - travelled to Britain and other parts of the world.

In the decade of economic expansion following the Second World War, many ordinary Americans travelled abroad for the first time.

In the decade of economic expansion following the Second World War, many ordinary Americans travelled abroad for the first time.

In the late eighteenth century and throughout the nineteenth century, an unprecedented number of Indigenous people - especially Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabeg, and Cree - travelled to Britain and other parts of the world.

»Das ist ein Buch über die Welt, als sie noch ein Abenteuer war.

This is a relentless, spellbinding tale of the capture and escape of two Yankee prisoners at the turning point of the Civil War.

Auszug: "Auf den Höhen des roten Kliffs bei Wenningstedt auf der Insel Sylt ist’s gewesen, als ich zum erstenmal die brausende Nordsee erblickte .

What is a meaningful life?

Der Giro d'Italia als furioser literarischer RoadtripSchon als Kind versprach Fabio Genovesi seinem Onkel: »Eines Tages fahre ich den Giro d'Italia.

Vom Zauber der Wildnis und lebendigen GroßstädtenTansania vereint eine einzigartige Mischung aus faszinierenden Nationalparks, tropischen Küsten und kultureller Vielfalt.

What is a meaningful life?

Raus aufs Wasser, rein ins LebenInmitten der Krisen beschließt Marc Bielefeld, den Blick auf andere Horizonte zu richten.

'We were married after three years at opposite ends of the world.

'We were married after three years at opposite ends of the world.

Bill Bryson tiene la rara habilidad de sentirse descolocado donde quiera que vaya, incluso (quizá especialmente) en su tierra natal.

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award 2024A fascinating, lyrical account of an east-west walk across Britain's westernmost and most mysterious region.

Inspirierende Einblicke in den Entstehungsprozess von Dokumentarfilmen, notiert aus der Perspektive einer Filmemacherin: Elke Werry erzählt in diesem Buch von Filmreisen zu Drehorten, die jenseits der üblichen Reiserouten liegen.