Adventure Literary Travel category: 5767 books

GREECE, The Dance of the Seas "An intimate look at the Myth, History and the magic of the Greek Islands" “We got closer and closer to the island, gazing at the seagulls that flew around us. No one was talking. There was no need. Each one of us was in his own world: that particular...

This book is an Aladdin’s cave of treasure for the reader who enjoys writing that engages the senses as well as one’s appreciation of great writing. It flows in a lyrical way, carrying the reader smoothly along on a never-ending river of images. For me, the imagery evoked in just a few sentences...

Ten More for the Road is the third book in my "…for the Road" series of motorcycle adventure and travel stories and observations from the open road. I've presented each story in the same easy reading style as the assortments in my other two "…for the Road" books -- Ten...

Ten for the Road gives you a mix of travel and adventure stories and observations drawn from my many years of motorcycle jaunts throughout the United States and Canada to popular destinations and rides down roads less traveled. Even if you don't ride a motorcycle, you'll finds plenty of travel...

This stunning Bali travel pictorial features stunning photography that highlights the breathtaking landscapes of Bali and the diverse customs and traditions of the Balinese people. The tropical Indonesian paradise of Bali has extraordinarily vivid beauty. Terraced rice paddies seemingly rise...

Nabbing flights for less than a fiver, Andrew Fraser took off on a month long jaunt around ten European cities for £144. In this entertaining account of his trip, he not only describes what he saw, but also how he did it, coaching aspiring travellers in how to create their own dream travel itineraries...

Between the late 1890s and the early 1900s, the young Irish writer John Millington Synge journeyed across his home country, documenting his travels intermittently for ten years. His body of travel writing includes the travel book The Aran Islands, his literary journalism about West Kerry and Wicklow...

These short travel essays from around the globe get to the heart of what the words travel and adventure really mean. In Search of Adventure explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of what traveling the world has to offer. The “Trampled Underfoot” section features tales of woe on the road-the worst...

Foreward Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Gold Winner for Travel. Winner 1st place for best travel memoir at the 2014 North American Book Awards. Also winner of the silver Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year 2014. From licking a Monet in Paris, to pushing an abusive macho honeymooner...

The focus of this volume is the intersection and the cross-fertilization between the travel narrative, literary discourse, and the New Philosophy in the early modern to early eighteenth-century historical periods. Contributors examine how, in an historical era which realized an emphasis on nation...

The finale to a travel adventure of a lifetime! Written by award-winning nature writer, Magi Nams, Tang of the Tasman Sea is Book 3 of the New Zealand travel adventure trilogy, Cry of the Kiwi: A Family's New Zealand Adventure. Back on South Island, the Nams family battles adventure inertia and homeschool...

A travel adventure not to be missed! Set against a backdrop of volcanoes and giant trees on New Zealand's North Island, This Dark Sheltering Forest recounts a family's scientific research and travel adventure of a lifetime. Amid downpours and summer heat, the Nams dodge danger on muddy, pitted tracks...

An eye-opening and fascinating journey from an acclaimed travel writer who circled the globe without ever leaving the ground. In this age of globalism and high-speed travel, Seth Stevenson, the witty, thoughtful Slate travel columnist, takes us back to a time when travel meant putting one foot...

Part of The Traveler's Handbook series, The Adventure Traveler’s Handbook provides a mixture of on-the-ground tips and inspirational stories for both new and experienced outdoor explorers. Featuring all aspects of adventure travel from technical planning and training, to travel safety and winter survival skills, it is an indispensable guide to exploring bold new ways to travel.