Classic travel writing books

From the author of the beloved novel The Towers of Trebizond, a book about Portugal that is part travel-ogue, part...  Read More >>

Despite being blown up in a TV building in Sarajevo and handed over to rebels in Sierra Leone, Glen Felgate is unprepared...  Read More >>

‘See America by Greyhound’ was Paul Watkins’ magic ticket to 35 US States.­ In the company of his four-legged friend...  Read More >>

Susan was always a nomad. From reporting an attempted coup in Seychelles, via hand-feeding rhinos in Tanzania, she...  Read More >>

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This volume follows Rev. Thomas Bowles on his travels from Sri Lanka to Egypt and the Levant. His travel journals...  Read More >>

Entre tibetanos son las memorias, originalmente publicadas en 1901, de la misionera Susie C. Rijnhart en el Tíbet....  Read More >>

A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity...  Read More >>

Alexis de Tocqueville famously wrote about democracy in America, but he also lauded Catholic society in Quebec,...  Read More >>

The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance- an African diplomat's...  Read More >>

The fascinating account of a young Swiss doctor exploring the famous town of Bethlehem more than 170 years ago  Read More >>

From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern...  Read More >>

A couple of years ago, the author moved next door to the King of Thailand working as an editor of an online magazine...  Read More >>

This Element examines the impact of the 1511 Portuguese conquest of the port-kingdom of Melaka on early travel literature....  Read More >>

A collection of the greatest women's travel writing ever written.  Read More >>

In 1898, Cariboo rancher Norman Lee set out to drive 200 head of cattle from his home in the Chilcotin area of BC...  Read More >>

A chance visit to Egypt in 1873 by Amelia B. Edwards changed the future of British Egyptology forever. Her travelogue,...  Read More >>

The American naturalist recounts his 1867 trip from Indiana to Florida and describes the effects of the Civil War...  Read More >>

Spanish Practices weaves together nearly half a century of observations by Rico, an Englishman married into an eccentric...  Read More >>

Memoirs of Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, spanning his travels and expeditions between 1885 and 1908. It contains...  Read More >>

About the Book A CULT CLASSIC, BISHWANATH GHOSH'S CHAI, CHAI IS BACK ON STANDS WITH AN ATTRACTIVE NEW COVER. Some...  Read More >>

An inspiring adventure, that throws down a gauntlet about what can be achieved in a family holiday, a 300 mile walk...  Read More >>

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Beautiful Gift edition of this travel writing classic. Available for the first time in 20 years in a stunning new...  Read More >>

Massmarket edition of the hardback bestseller- In The Story of the World in 100 Moments Oliver presents a remarkable...  Read More >>