Essays & Travelogues

Plimptonesque jaunts and essays on winter sports and arctic travel, by a contributing editor to Outside Magazine.Book InformationISBN 9781558213203Author Peter StarkFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint The Lyons PressPublisher Rowman &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913372791Author Donald C StarrFormat HardbackPage Count 371Imprint Mystic Seaport MuseumPublisher Mystic Seaport MuseumWeight(grams) 812g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780702237775Author Ben GroundwaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint University of Queensland PressPublisher University of Queensland PressWeight(grams)...

A general guide for visitors of the Casco Bay islands in Maine and greater Portland, this book includes profiles of the major islands in the bay; features on local history, island geology, and island wildlife; information about mainland departure points...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739325435Author Mark PlayneFormat HardbackPage Count 222Imprint Wild TalesPublisher Wild Tales

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909893375Author Deborah MilesFormat HardbackImprint Stanhope BooksPublisher Stanhope Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621240006Author Christine JeromeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Breakaway BooksPublisher Breakaway BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

The late nineteenth century was a golden age for European travel in the United States. For prosperous Europeans, a journey to America was a fresh alternative to the more familiar 'Grand Tour' of their own continent, promising encounters with a vast, wild...

Histories of revolutions often focus on military, political, or economic upheavals but sometimes neglect to connect these larger events to the daily lives of "ordinary" people. Yet the peoples' perception that "things are worse than...

Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desire...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910553695Author Rex DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications Limited

Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists: Changing patterns of travel to the Middle East from medieval to modern times comprises a varied collection of seventeen papers presented at the biennial conference of the Association for the Study...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788232531Author Con CurtisFormat HardbackPage Count 309Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

The Best Travel Writing, Volume 11 is the latest in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The points of view and perspectives are global, and...

In the first quarter of the 20th century, China was in turmoil, facing an existential crisis. Chinese politicians and intellectuals looked to the Turkish Republic as a role model. Turkey defeated foreign invading forces and renegotiated unfair treaties,...

Searching for My Shangri La is the author’s second of book on the region, after Midlife Meanderings in SE Asia. It is about continuing an independent and unstructured journey through this fascinating part of the world on a shoe-string budget. Largely...

Sally Magnusson brings together thirty well-known names together to discuss their most sacred spots, including golfing legend Catriona Matthew, the Duke of Buccleuch, Richard Scott, Chief Social Policy Adviser to the Scottish Government, Linda Bauld and...

Much more than a travel narrative 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family's Journey Around the World is a glimpse at what it means to be a "global citizen"--a progressively changing view of the world as seen through the eyes of an American family of four. ...

Since publishing the original edition of A Woman's World in 1995, Travelers' Tales has been the recognized leader in women's travel literature. The Best Women's Travel Writing 2010 is the sixth book in an annual series that presents stimulating,...

With cheaper publishing costs and the explosion of periodical publishing, the influence of New World travel narratives was greater during the nineteenth century than ever before, as they offered an understanding not only of America through British eyes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954788780Author John WallerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Yiannis BooksPublisher Yiannis Books

Veteran Washington Post reporter and award-winning writer Eugene L. Meyer directs a tour across the AcaAFree StateAca that is part love letter, part oral history, part obituary. He explores what makes Maryland special, the people who make it unique, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789881900203Author Cecilie Gamst BergFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 449g

First published in 1844, these letters are the collected observations of Sophia Poole, who lived in Cairo from 1842 until 1849 with her brother, the well known Orientalist Edward Lane, and her two children. During her residence, Poole learned Arabic and...

Adventure is currently enjoying enormous interest in public culture. The image of Tarzan provides a rewarding lens through which to explore this phenomenon. In their day, Edgar Rice Burrough's novels enjoyed great popularity because Tarzan represented...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927330746Author Jeremy KroekerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Rocky Mountain Books,CanadaPublisher Rocky Mountain Books,CanadaWeight(grams) 438g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926700427Author Geordie TelferFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Blue Bike BooksPublisher Blue Bike BooksWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935295068Author Katharine BranningFormat HardbackPage Count 330Imprint Blue Dome PressPublisher Blue Dome PressWeight(grams) 476g

Nova Scotias maritime heritage is brought to life in the story of an adventurer who travelled the world on an epic solo voyage in a 23-foot sailboat in the 1930s. With only his dog, Togo, as a companion, Captain William Crowell overcame the challenges of...

'26.6.2008. 9.00 hours. Cloud level has risen sufficiently to see the heights of the island of Hoy. The margin of existence that I had noticed in North Ronaldsay, with its apparent make do approach to the problem of sea encroachment, is displayed along...

In 1866, worn out by fighting in the American Civil War, the writer Samuel Hazard arrived in Cuba to begin work on a guidebook to the island. Over a period of several months, as his health recovered, he travelled throughout what was then still a Spanish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901746952Author Dingo SmartFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Empire Publications LtdPublisher Empire Publications LtdWeight(grams) 294g

Mungo Park set off from his home in the Scottish borders in May 1795 at the age of 23 to discover the course of the River Niger in West Africa. When he reappeared in England more than two and a half years later, he had been presumed dead, and the tale of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894694797Author Irene ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Granville Island PublishingPublisher Granville Island PublishingWeight(grams) 444g

In 1762 the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed that we are blind half our lives because of what we miss during the night. Yet we fear the dark, and are led to believe that bad things happen during the small hours, especially in cities. This is...

Bruce Springsteen -- 'The Boss' -- has towered over the rock world since he shot to international fame with 'Born to Run' and other classics in the early 1970s. He has always been an outspoken advocate of his home state of New Jersey, which has produced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781897609378Author Oliver GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Sarsen PressPublisher Revilo Language CardsWeight(grams) 314g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894974707Author Peter ChristensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co...

"An important strength of this collection is the ethnographic grounding of the chapters, which directly engage rich ethnographic understandings with Simmel's work. This book is a useful addition to the anthropological literature on travel and...

An award-winning writer reveals a changing China-one conversation and adventure at a time.When Stephan Orth lands in China, he knows it's his last visit, having lied about his job as a journalist to get into the country. So, he makes the most of it,...