Title: A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with remarks on their economy. Publisher: British Library, Historical Pri......more
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English Traits is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883. Hansebooks is editor of the litera......more
Touring. Seeing. Knowing. Travel often evokes strong reactions and engagements. But what of the ethics and politics of t......more
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Dansk Himalaya Ekspedition gennemf rte den f rste rent danske Himalaya ekspedition i 1988. Bogen Ama Dablam , som udkom......more
"This brilliantly written reconstruction of Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1595 South American journey combines painstaking schola......more
Traces the author’s 2016 travels in and around Sorrento, Italy, including Naples, the Amalfi Coast, and the islands of I......more
A city of tropical heat, sweat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadence--a city that always surprises--Havana is bro......more
Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian stre......more
About a quarter century ago, a previously unknown writer named William Least Heat-Moon wrote a book called Blue Highways......more
The contributors to Sounds of Vacation examine the commodification of music and sound at popular vacation destinations t......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more
Here is the ultimate American road book, one with a perspective unlike that of any other. In January 1947 Simone de Beau......more
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of thes......more
In July 1824, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley arrived in New York City at the end of a month-long voyage from Liverpool. T......more
Otto and his wife, Gertrud, had travelled to many places around the world-but by November 2006, they were looking for so......more
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Whether it’s a culinary adventure in vibrant Mexico City, a historic and meditative train ride through Siberia, or a sol......more
Whether it’s a culinary adventure in vibrant Mexico City, a historic and meditative train ride through Siberia, or a sol......more
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Traveling coast to coast across the USA is the dream journey for many. Although this can be done in the comfort of a car......more
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Gerald Durrell s last book, The Aye-Aye and I records his final animal-collecting expedition, a trip to Madagascar in 19......more
From the incomparable John Baxter, the bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, a sumptuous and defin......more
Lodestars Anthology: Pathways contains 14 of the best and most carefully selected paths and trails in the world. This bo......more
After Kim and her husband, Brian, decide to quit their jobs to travel around the world, they re given a yellow envelope ......more
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Why would someone sell nearly everything he owns, then pack up and travel for three years--alone--on a motorcycle? One d......more
Assouline began with an idea and a belief: the first, a notion that beauty, perfected, has meaning that is capable of tr......more
To step on board a steamer in a Spanish port, and three hours later to land in a country without a guidebook, is a sensa......more
Adventure is a state of mind. An addiction to the unexpected, the unknown, freedom, and risk. It s Steve McQueen driving......more
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Details the embedded artistry and archeology during the Second Afghan War, with sketches, observations, and insights. ’L......more
The author began his bike ride across the U.S. from Chaska, Minnesota, to Truckee, California, without a route, a timeli......more
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An inspirational book about the freedom and mobility of van life and creating an alternative, on the road, lifestyle Wri......more
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President Roosevelt’s African safari in 1909, which was undertaken for the Smithsonian Museum, took about one year. Duri......more
*Winner of the Gold trophy for Best Food Book and Grand Prix award at the Gourmet Voice Food Media awards in Cannes, Fra......more
Francois Jean De Beauvoir, Marquis De Chastellux was born in Paris, France in 1734. He joined the French Army as a Secon......more
Post was a missionary working to convert the Native Americans to the Moravian church (eventually he converted to the Epi......more
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