Travel writing

Women have been writing about their travels for generations, putting a uniquely feminine slant on life on the road and the people and places they encounter along the way.

"e;If you look at a map, you will see that the island chain known as the Caribbean, or, to confuse you, the West Indies, lies between Florida and South America and resembles a string of gems or possibly drool.

Marco Polo Didnt Go There is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer USA Today has called Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age.

Since 1993, readers have looked to Travelers' Tales for award-winning stories about the world, adventure, spirituality, and the transformative experiences that accompany life on the road.

Here is an entertaining collection of John Muirs most exciting adventures, representing some of his finest writing.

In December 1965, in a smoke-filled hotel room in Morocco, South African journalist Terry Bell accepted a challenge: to paddle a kayak from London to Tangier.

Outdoor adventure has inspired some of the most exciting literary nonfiction of recent years, and explore has published exemplary models of the genre: Ian Brown on backcountry bonding in the Rockies, Adam Killick on surviving a hurricane at sea, and J.

To smooth over five decades of constant clashing, determined daughter Jane Christmas decides to take her arthritic, incontinent, and domineering mother, Valeria, to Italy.

To celebrate her 50th birthday and face the challenges of mid-life, Jane Christmas joins 14 women to hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

The remarkable true story of one mans daring solo flight around the world in a tiny amphibious plane.

Not a Place on Any Map, winner of the 2016 Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award, explores the switch-backing emotional terrain of traumas and triumphs, as well as the disparate landscapes where they unfold.

Kerry's marriage is disintegrating and Sebastian is disconnected from his father.

Since the suicide of Maris, his beloved wife of forty-two years, Noel Braun struggled to find himself.

Riding a motorbike in howling high winds and freezing temperatures to reach Nordkapp, the northern most point of Europe could have been disastrous.

As you travel Africa, you will find the way of ubuntu - the universal bond that connects all of humanity as one.

In every religion I can think of, there exists some variation on the theme of abandoning the settled life and walking ones way to godliness.

They say that tourist ships to Antarctica, even more than ordinary human conveyances, are loaded down with aching hearts.

Award winning author Reg Egan's third book, 'Of Rivers, Baguettes and Billabongs', is an insightful look at the history and lives affected by two rivers in two different continents: the Darling in Australia and the Dordogne in France.

A fascinating personal account of walking solo all 2,184 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Atlanta Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine, which took five months and two pairs of boots

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Truly hilarious books are rare.

When and how did we humans lose our connection with nature - and how do we find it again?

When and how did we humans lose our connection with nature - and how do we find it again?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAROne woman, one bike and one richly entertaining, perception-altering journey of discovery.

In the spring of 1973, aged 19, Mark Goodwin volunteered to teach English and Maths at a school in South Sudan.

In Heavy Time psychogeographer Sonia Overall takes to the old pilgrim roads, navigating a route from Canterbury to Walsingham via London and her home town of Ely.

'We hear the patrol boat before we see it.

Arguably the most famous road in Wales, the A470 is 186 miles from shore to shore through the backbone of Wales, linking north to south.

The Silver Invicta is a stream of impressions from a fishing life, in its varying moods, coloured with plenty of whisky and eccentric company.

***NOW A MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ZAC EFRON, RUSSELL CROWE AND BILL MURRAY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'An extraordinary story.

An alternative view of the North West of England that delves into its stranger past.

What happens when you leave city life and move to five acres on a hunch, with a husband who's an aspiring alpaca-whisperer, and a feral cockerel for company?

Yoga and Reiki Master Teacher, Emma Despres, has always been drawn to travel and learning about new cultures.

In February 2016, Gabriel Stewart embarked on a walk around the UK with just a backpack, a camera and a tent for company.

Tom is on the menu at a dog-meat restaurant in Hanoi when he is rescued by an Irish couple escaping economic woes back home.

'Timely and powerful.

Keen to see some of Europe, partners Abi (she/her) and Lili (they/them) get on their bikes and start pedalling.

Memories of a Retired Fell-Walker is a delightful book full of charm, comradeship and nostalgia.

Globetrotter, artist and linguist, living in the South of France in Provence, the author travelled widely during the sixties and seventies.

Remarkable Road Trips collects over 50 of the most spectacular, dangerous, and thoroughly memorable road trips from around the worldEntries range from the shortest - the Guoilang Tunnel hewn into the side of a cliff face in China, to the longest, the Dempster Highway in desolate stretches of Arctic Canada.

It used to be the easiest way in the wine world to get a laugh - start extolling the virtues of English wine.

"e;An engrossing portrait"e; IndependentBased on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist and author Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent.

"e;Sayarer is a precise and passionate writer .

Winner of the STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR"e;This book seems prophetic in the wake of Donald Trump and the current controversy over 'fake news'"e; Daily Telegraph"e;One can't help thinking that the future of travel writing lies in this adventurous, postmodern genre"e; Sara WheelerDocumenting Sayarer's real life journey hitchhiking across the US, this fascinating memoir tells the story of the forgotten people lost in their own country, grappling to find a voice in the vast political landscape of the US.

BY THE AUTHOR OF INTERSTATE, WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEARTen years after breaking a world record for cycling around the world, award-winning travel writer Julian Sayarer returns to two wheels on the roads of Israel and occupied Palestine.

The redoubtable Peggy Haswell was a young pioneer, flying to The Gambia just after World War Two.

In her new book, Helen Womack turns herself upside down on a journey of self-discovery to Oz.