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Highly observant, with a keen sense of the incongruous, Eric Newby is always entertaining as he transports the reader around the world, from his earliest childhood adventures among the shops,...

Tim Bowden loves travelling and camping and has a great interest in Australian history. So, when he decided to take off to Western Australia with his wife Ros and their...

In public spaces everywhere, one thing is true: representation matters. Filled with breathtaking photography, inspiring stories, profiles, and spotlights from Outdoor Afro group members, prominent Black leaders in outdoor spaces,...

This book chronicles the round-the-world microlight expedition that killed two pilots. The story was sensational and hit the news with its mishaps and 'tragedies', but the record-breaking flight was an...

When postgrad student Martin Plowman became fascinated by the weird world of UFOs, alien abductions and conspiracy theories, he didn't realise it would lead to an amazing seven-year journey that...

In 2005, Charles Firth travelled to the US and over a period of six months invented five fictional American characters, each of whom represent a different point of view in...

A delightful colour illustrated account of a voyage around the Welsh coast visiting various islands, reflecting the magical atmosphere of the islands, their history and landscape, wildlife and peaceful corners,...

Exploring the world through travel is a vital way to shape our political views and our social awareness. These days, it's more important than ever to engage in travel as...

Wonderfully written, critically acclaimed account of the author's struggle to restore a house and set up home in Morocco Look into the eyes of a jinn and you stare into...

The Americans called it "Torpedo Junction," the Germans "Devil's George," but historians know it as the Battle of the Atlantic. Lasting from 1941-1944 it was the longest sustained campaign of...

1,500 kilometers.500,000 years of history.One crazy family. Three hundred thousand people complete the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage every year, but not many of them attempt both the French and Spanish...

A charmin account of the magic of escape and the possibilty of a true home away from home. Full of music, laughter, and food, it is a celebration of life...

A completely original, passionately rendered portrait of the nations of North America and their complicated relationships with one another, by a New York Times journalist who has lived in all...

Share the story of a journalist's journey round and across Australia. Ernestine Hill's The Great Australian Loneliness is the account of a remarkable journey - 100,000 miles across the Australian...

The Mekong is one of the world's great rivers, and by far the largest in Southeast Asia. Empires have risen and fallen in the lands through which the Mekong flows,...

Showcases the famous McLaren Vale wine region bordered by the Onkaparinga River to the north, the Willunga hills to the south and St Vincent's Gulf to the west. This beautiful...

Patricia Storace begins by telling of her first day in Greece. She brings to bear on modern Greece a deep knowledge of the classics, of the Greek myths and of...

Featuring more than 80 adventures around the world, this collection tells what it is like to backpack around India with your mother, be crowned Queen Mother of an African village,...

Welcome to our village. Meet Elpida, who cures bad backs with a raw egg and spells.Ajax the death-dealing butcher.Saint John the goat-headed saint . . . beautiful Eleni yearning for...

'With a glint in his eye, Rob turns and asks me if I want to 'touch his furry puma'. we are only hours into the trip and things have already...

The stark, vast beauty of the remote Arctic Europe landscape has been the focus of human exploration for thousands of years. In this striking blend of travel writing, history and...

"Vagabond is classic travel writing at its finest... Mark takes you on a journey through the heart of Spain which is rich in detail and bursting with life." - Sir...

In the West, we have everything we could possibly need or want-except for peace of mind. So writes Linda Leaming, a harried American who traveled from Nashville, Tennessee, to the...

Not since the fantastic story of the Kon-Tiki expedition has there appeared such as exciting saga of a primitive raft expedition across the Pacific for scientific investigation. From Raft to...

Incorporated in 1905, The Explorers Club in its earliest years met in simple rented rooms. In 1965, the Club bought a Tudor-style mansion on East 70th Street in the historic...

Featuring a vivid selection from biographies, novels, letters, poems, diaries and memoirs, this volume traces the story of St Petersburg from earliest times. Through these pieces, readers can observe the...

What happens when you take a clumsy Australian of Anglo Indian descent, a backpack, stick him on a bus in Europe and close the door? A good question, the answer...

Having risen to the challenge of seas, poles, dhows and deserts, the highest mountains in the world were a natural target for Michael Palin. In a journey rarely, if ever,...

Charley Boorman is back in the saddle for a brand-new, adrenaline-fuelled adventure! He begins his journey racing north from Sydney up the Gold Coast, where he hitches a ride in...

Bikes have always been Charley s first love, but he also enjoys a challenge. So when the chance comes to travel across three continents by any means , he jumps...

Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century English gentleman in British India--a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to light In 1841, twenty-year-old...

LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - THE BILL ROLLINSON PRIZE FOR LANDSCAPE & TRADITION RUNNER UP Join travel writer Tom Chesshyre for a Lakeland adventure like no other. Explore...

This volume is a memoir of a visit made by Andrew Riemer to his country of origin in 1991. He migrated to Australia from Hungary with his family when he...

From the drama of its geological wonders to its unique flora and fauna, the abundance of its birdlife and the stark beauty of its arid interior, Australia's remarkable diversity is...

It was the craziest decision I have ever made, yet I would make it a million times again. She gave me no choice - she intoxicated me. He liquorice eyes....

'Danticat offers an invaluable primer to the Haitian American experience in all its inherited trauma. Arguably she does for the Haitian diaspora what Junot Diaz has done for Dominican Americans'...

In The Story of Scandinavia , political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture....

Centuries ago, Europeans desperate for gold and a route to the East found a lush, green paradise populated by native tribes in the New World. Despite a clash of cultures,...

Snapshot: A Portrait of Success is a beautifully photographed book that focuses on 18 prominent Australian entertainment, business and sports personalities. It tell a key story for each person that...

175 photos illustrate this account by photographer Ponting of his journey with Capt. Robert Scott to the Antarctic, a voyage from which Scott did not return.