Classic travel writing books

A raucous, first-hand account is unvarnished Japan seen from the inside, detailed in fifty-eight astonishing stories....  Read More >>

The Diary of a Dude Wrangler is the quintessential book that describes living on a dude ranch in Wyoming.  Read More >>

A wide-ranging study of women's travel writing between 1714 and 1789, including the writings of elite women on sensitive...  Read More >>

Language extinction on an enormous scale has been occurring for over a century and has sped up dramatically over...  Read More >>

Mrs Felton was the wife of John Felton, a private teacher and the author of An Improved Method of Performing Commercial...  Read More >>

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In 1790, Xavier de Maistre was sentenced to forty-two days under house arrest for his participation in a duel. Bored...  Read More >>

Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir - A Study in Early Mohammadan Architecture is a 1914 work by Gertrude Bell that explores...  Read More >>

First published in 1919, Syria - The Desert and The Sown is an extensively-illustrated chronicle of Gertrude Bell's...  Read More >>

Safar Nameh - Persian Pictures - A Book Of Travel is a 1894 account of Gertrude Bell's trip to Persia to visit...  Read More >>

Garrett Rittenberg set out for Italy to satisfy a long held desire to experience and become intimately acquainted...  Read More >>

The much-loved classic from one of the founding fathers of modern conservation.  Read More >>

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Ernest Shackleton recounts his experience leading one of the most dramatic expeditions and subsequent rescue missions...  Read More >>

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With the help of generous excerpts from Jacob Gotfried Haafner's own writings, including material newly translated...  Read More >>

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. His works often focus on history,...  Read More >>

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Language is still a relatively under-researched aspect of the Grand Tour. This book offers a comprehensive introduction...  Read More >>

This collection of essays from G.K. Chesterton includes the following works: What is America? A Meditation in a...  Read More >>

Turner's Harbors of England, is a book which has never received from readers of Mr. Ruskin's writings the attention...  Read More >>

Classic accounts of Albania in the 19th century.  Read More >>

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