Travel : Essays & Travelogues

Expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 and honored with the Nobel Prize fifteen years later, poet Joseph Brodsky in many ways fit the grand tradition of exil......

In the spirit of Gary Snyder, one man’s year spent traveling by kayak, bike, and on foot in his attempt to radically simplify his life Author: Hoeltin......

A journey through modern Iran and Afghanistan that sheds light on present conflicts by tapping the most surprising of sources—a thousand-year-old epic p......

Recent figures suggest that there will be 1.6 billion arrivals at world airports by the year 2020. Extreme Pursuits looks at the new conditions of global tra......

Offering an in-depth personal account of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian war, this autobiography follows the author as he departed for conflict-ridden Eastern ......

In 2001, martial arts-trained biker Glen Heggstad began a journey from California to the tip of South America on his motorcycle and made it as far as Colombi......

This Dublin based series of outstanding erotic stories moves on to Dublin, the birthplace of Guinness, James Joyce and so much more.  Publisher: Xcite ......

Since the publication of A Woman's World in 1995, Travelers' Tales has been publishing award-winning books by and for women. We continue this tradition with ......

The Best Travel Writing 2009 is the sixth volume in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writingâÂÂfrom N......

The Best Travel Writing 2010 is the seventh volume in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing â fr......

Recounting his two-year, 3,000-mile kayak voyage from Japan's bamboo forests to the tundra of Siberia and Alaska, Turk--in the thrilling tradition of "Kon Ti......

"âJohn Hildebrand sets out in a canoe . . . to explore the great riverway of northwestern Canada and Alaska. . . . The geography is closely rendered and the...

Journeys Beyond the Pale is the first book to examine how Yiddish writers, from Mendele Moycher Sforim to Der Nister to the famed Sholem Aleichem, used motif......

Brian Bouldrey traveled to the island of Corsica, with its wine-dark Mediterranean waters, powdered-sugar beach sand, sumptuous cuisine, and fine wine. And t......

Elspeth Huxley captivated readers throughout the world with her 'memories of an African childhood' in THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA and THE MOTTLED LIZARD. In thi......

Ian was more than a little apprehensive when his turn came to kiss the Blarney Stone. Not only had they just met, but it seemed this stone wasn't at all...

Offering an intimate look at the people and places of Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan, this memoir by adventurer and historian Mathew Wilson recounts journe......

This book is a fascinating account of the author's day-to-day experiences and impressions as he traversed the African continent. The overland trek from Moroc......

This book (colour edition) is a fascinating account of the author's day-to-day experiences and impressions as he traversed the African continent. The overlan......

If you've ever wanted to backpack in Europe... If you want to relive your adventures... If you love good travel writing... Better than guidebooks, these firs......