Best Travel Essays Memoirs Books
Best Free Travel Essays Memoirs Books of 2024
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Have Laptop Will Travel Book Reviews
Philip NicozisisIf you’re dreaming of extensive travel without an end in sight, then this book is for you. Prominent Palm Beach entrepreneur and manabouttown Philip Nicozisis becomes a "digit...
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A Visit to the United States in 1841 Book Reviews
Joseph SturgeThe worldwide abolition of slavery is the objective underlying Joseph Sturge's account of his travels in the United States in 1841. This influential Quaker activist shared his...
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 8. Book Reviews
Mark TwainThere was one other passenger who fell under my eye a good deal, for he seemed determined to be friendly with me, and I could not have gotten rid of him without running some chance...
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My Cave Life in Vicksburg Book Reviews
Mary Ann LoughboroughIt has been said that the peasants of the Campagna, in their semiannual visits to the Pontine marshes, arrive piping and dancing; but it is seldom they return in the same merry moo...
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The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay Book Reviews
Arthur PhillipThis book is an account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island Those occupations, which pleased Phillip while they were new, no longer pleased him ...
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Following the Equator, Part 3 Book Reviews
Mark TwainIn Following the Equator, an account of that travel published in 1897, the author unmasks and criticizes racism, imperialism and missionary zeal in observations woven into the narr...
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The Lightning Conductor Book Reviews
Charles Norris WilliamsonThis book has all the elements of the normal Williamsons' book: someone is in disguise, people are taking a roadtrip and waxing poetic about the sights they see, and there are...
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 10. Book Reviews
Mark TwainThis MardiGras pageant was the exclusive possession of New Orleans until recently. But now it has spread to Memphis and St. Louis and Baltimore. It has probably reached its limit. ...
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Go Outside and Come Back Better Book Reviews
Ron Lizzi★★★★★ BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST (Nature) Foreword Reviews Go Outside and Come Back Better is nature’s brochure, an inspirational travel essay woven through a landscape photography ...
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. Book Reviews
Mark TwainObserve, now, how history becomes defiled, through lapse of time and the help of the bad memories of men. Jimmy Finn was not burned in the calaboose, but died a natural death in a ...
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Diary of a Pilgrimage Book Reviews
Jerome Klapka JeromeDiary of a Pilgrimage is a novel by Jerome K. Jerome published in 1891. It tells of a trip undertaken by Jerome and his friend "B" to see the Oberammergau Passion Play in...
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Following the Equator, Part 7 Book Reviews
Mark TwainTravelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. ...
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The Journey to the Polar Sea Book Reviews
John FranklinA travel narrative of the author has been presented in this book in which his journey to the Polar Sea as well as his experiences throughout the journey has been quoted. His Majest...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Book Reviews
William StevensonThe earliest traces of navigation and commerce are necessarily involved in much obscurity, and are, besides, few and faint. It is impossible to assign to them any clear and definit...
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Roughing It Book Reviews
Mark TwainAfter a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman (not included in the account), he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secret...
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Through the Brazilian Wilderness Book Reviews
Theodore RooseveltIn 1914, with the wellwishes of the Brazilian government, Theodore Roosevelt, expresident of the United States; his son, Kermit; and Colonel Rondon travel to South America on a que...
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Flash-lights from the Seven Seas Book Reviews
William Le Roy StidgerThe author's narratives of travel do not belong in the guidebook category or in that of the scientific geography. But if you wish to know what it would be like to visit yourse...
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Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Book Reviews
Robert CurzonThis is a travel book. A more enlarged account of the Monasteries of the Levant would, I think, be interesting for many reasons if the task was undertaken by some one much more com...
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 6. Book Reviews
Mark TwainWe met two steamboats at New Madrid. Two steamboats in sight at once! an infrequent spectacle now in the lonesome Mississippi. The loneliness of this solemn, stupendous flood is im...
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Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 Book Reviews
Eleazer Stillman IngallsIn offering this journal to the public, the writer makes no pretensions to authorship, but believes that, although it be written in plain, offhand style, nevertheless, some portion...
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What Would Sheng Du Book Reviews
Lauriecell DuWhat Would Sheng Du Backpacking Adventures is a boot about traveling, letting go, living your dreams and tips and tricks of backpacking.
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The New Jerusalem Book Reviews
Gilbert Keith ChestertonChesterton's classic 'philosophical travelogue' details his thoughts and conclusions during a visit to the Middle East in 1920. With his characteristic bluntness le...
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Blackout in Ushuaia Book Reviews
Michelle RichmondAn essay about a journey to Ushuaia, Argentina, the town at the end of the world. Originally published by Lonely Planet and performed for Austrlian National Radio's First Pers...
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Roaming the Taklamakan Desert Book Reviews
Michael LøfquistXinjiang, a remote and desolate region of western China, boasts the largest sand desert in the world, the Taklamakan Desert.  It is also home to several muslim Turkic grou...
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Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 Book Reviews
James RichardsonIn the following pages, author has encroached upon his Reports, to describe several of the Oases of The Desert, besides giving as much of the routes as was necessary to render the ...
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Book Reviews
John MandevilleA book account of his supposed travels. By aid of translations into many other languages it acquired extraordinary popularity. Despite the extremely unreliable and often fantastica...
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Rick Steves Hunger and Hope Book Reviews
Rick StevesIn this FREE companion ebook to the public television special, Rick Steves' Hunger and Hope , travel expert Rick Steves ventures beyond Europe to learn about the key realities...
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The Journey Book Reviews
Benji ZachariahCreative activist Benji Zachariah shares stories and interactions from a two month Eurasian journey he led last summer. From adventure in Iceland's lunar landscapes to discove...
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Explore Chicago Tours Book Reviews
Birkdesign Inc., Chicago & City of Chicago - Department of Cultural AffairsExplore Chicago Tours invites you to take a unique Chicago neighborhood adventure. Experience the city’s diverse communities and the rich history, culture and traditions that await...
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The Lake of the Sky Book Reviews
George Wharton JamesThis book is a travelogue, detailing the features and sights of Lake Tahoe in the high Sierras of California and Nevada, USA. A well written guide profusely illustrated.
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Roughing It, Part 2. Book Reviews
Mark TwainRoughing It is semiautobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in In...
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Foot-prints of Travel Book Reviews
Maturin Murray BallouThe kangaroos are found in various parts of Victoria, in their wild state. They are usually discovered in the thick woods, sitting upright in circles of a dozen or more, as grave a...
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A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 Book Reviews
Otto von KotzebueThese are the travel essays that describe the voyage round the world in the specified years thus quoting and covering all the places around world that were visited in the voyage ac...
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Die Harzreise Book Reviews
Heinrich HeineHeinrich Heine beschreibt in dem Werk seine Reise als Student von Göttingen durch den Harz über den Brocken bis nach Ilsenburg. Er begegnet dabei bekannten und unbekannten Zeitgeno...
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Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Book Reviews
Richard Francis BurtonDuring the hot season of 1863, "Nanny Po", as the civilized African calls this "lofty and beautiful island", had become a charnelhouse, a "dark and dismal ...
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Hiking the Most Dangerous Trail in the U.S.A. Book Reviews
Matt GibsonIt has been said to be one of the most spectacular and dangerous trails in the world. "Angel's Landing" stands more than 1,200 feet about the valley floor in Zion Na...
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What I Saw in America Book Reviews
Gilbert Keith ChestertonLike many writers and thinkers of his era, British author G. K. Chesterton toured the United States to get a clearer sense of the country's culture and zeitgeist. The collecti...
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Colombia in 20 Days Book Reviews
Juan Pablo GaviriaVOLUME 6 & 7  This book is the result of a motorcycle photo diary through Colombia, and this is the last installment (covering volumes 6 and 7).  
...
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Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Book Reviews
Nathaniel HawthorneA travel writing by Hawthrone that is very occasional in nature. This travel writing also reflects his interesting observations and his descriptions that have been penned down in t...
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 11. Book Reviews
Mark TwainWe had a heavy thunderstorm at Natchez, another at Vicksburg, and still another about fifty miles below Memphis. They had an oldfashioned energy which had long been unfamiliar to m...
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Kokoro Book Reviews
Lafcadio HearnThe papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan – for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). This word signi...
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Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico Book Reviews
Samuel de ChamplainThis book contains essays and travelogs of the West Indies and Mexico. It includes authors relevant experience and encounters during the journey.
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The Highlands of Ethiopia Book Reviews
William Cornwallis HarrisThe highlands of Ethiopia described, during eighteen months residence of a British embassy at the Christian court of Shoa.
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Following the Equator, Part 4 Book Reviews
Mark TwainTravelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. ...
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 2. Book Reviews
Mark TwainThe boat backed out from New Orleans at four in the afternoon, and it was 'our watch' until eight. Mr. Bixby, my chief, 'straightened her up, ' plowed her along...
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Following the Equator, Part 5 Book Reviews
Mark TwainThis is a travel book travels through the Pacific Australia, New Zealand, India, Africa mainly with stops at various islands and smaller countries.
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 3. Book Reviews
Mark TwainDuring this big rise these smallfry craft were an intolerable nuisance. We were running chute after chute, a new world to me, and if there was a particularly cramped place in a chu...
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 4. Book Reviews
Mark TwainIt was always the custom for the boats to leave New Orleans between four and five o'clock in the afternoon. From three o'clock onward they would be burning rosin and pitc...
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Seeing the Universe from Here Book Reviews
G. Wayne CloughAs the Smithsonian Institution's twelfth Secretary, Dr. G. Wayne Clough traveled extensively to connect with researchers and gain a better understanding of the scope of the In...
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Highroads of Geography Book Reviews
AnonymousFather kissed us and said, "Goodbye, dears. Be good children and help mother as much as you can. The year will soon pass away. What a merry time we will have when I come back ...
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Hermes Book Reviews
Melissa ChanWhile stranded during a delay at Toronto Pearson Airport, one woman learns the stories of five young female travellers. From Western Europe to Southeast Asia to the Caribbean to th...
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Hills and the Sea Book Reviews
Hilaire BellocHills and the Sea, first published in 1906 to critical acclaim, collects thirtyeight of Hilaire Belloc's essays, spanning several periods of time and travel. Belloc captures t...
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Little Travels and Roadside Sketches Book Reviews
William Makepeace Thackeray"Rose Cottage Hotel" at Richmond, one of the comfortablest, quietest, cheapest, neatest little inns in England, and a thousand times preferable, in my opinion, to the &qu...
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Concrete and Cocktails Book Reviews
Jon Bounds & Danny SmithCan you drink in all of Birmingham's independent hostelries in one day? Yes of course, although it might not be sensible. An unchained psychogeographic adventure from the edit...
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A Little Swiss Sojourn Book Reviews
William Dean HowellsA charming brief account of a two months' autumnal stay on the shores of the Lake of Geneva. Howells, who was there with his family traveling from England to Italy, has a shar...
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A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State Book Reviews
Marcus Roberts Phipps DormanNavigation is not easy here, for a reef runs parallel to the coast and the channel between, is neither broad nor deep. The town is built on the shores of a bay and faces an island ...
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Life on the Mississippi Book Reviews
Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting...
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Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas Book Reviews
Henry Rowe SchoolcraftA travelogue of the author’s tour of the Ozark Mountains in the early 1800s. Includes extensive geological details, and a short history of Western exploration and settlement in the...
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Our Hundred Days in Europe Book Reviews
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.This is travel story book. I doubted whether I could possibly breathe in a narrow stateroom. In certain localities I have found myself liable to attacks of asthma, and, although I ...
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A Woman who went to Alaska Book Reviews
May Kellogg SullivanIt's easy to also book a land package that enables people to see more of the country by train. This a travalogue that offers varied descriptions of Alaska.
Best Paid Travel Essays Memoirs Books of 2024
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Have Laptop Will Travel Book Reviews
Philip NicozisisIf you’re dreaming of extensive travel without an end in sight, then this book is for you. Prominent Palm Beach entrepreneur and manabouttown Philip Nicozisis becomes a "digit...
-
A Visit to the United States in 1841 Book Reviews
Joseph SturgeThe worldwide abolition of slavery is the objective underlying Joseph Sturge's account of his travels in the United States in 1841. This influential Quaker activist shared his...
-
Life on the Mississippi, Part 8. Book Reviews
Mark TwainThere was one other passenger who fell under my eye a good deal, for he seemed determined to be friendly with me, and I could not have gotten rid of him without running some chance...
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My Cave Life in Vicksburg Book Reviews
Mary Ann LoughboroughIt has been said that the peasants of the Campagna, in their semiannual visits to the Pontine marshes, arrive piping and dancing; but it is seldom they return in the same merry moo...
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The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay Book Reviews
Arthur PhillipThis book is an account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island Those occupations, which pleased Phillip while they were new, no longer pleased him ...
-
Following the Equator, Part 3 Book Reviews
Mark TwainIn Following the Equator, an account of that travel published in 1897, the author unmasks and criticizes racism, imperialism and missionary zeal in observations woven into the narr...
-
The Lightning Conductor Book Reviews
Charles Norris WilliamsonThis book has all the elements of the normal Williamsons' book: someone is in disguise, people are taking a roadtrip and waxing poetic about the sights they see, and there are...
-
Life on the Mississippi, Part 10. Book Reviews
Mark TwainThis MardiGras pageant was the exclusive possession of New Orleans until recently. But now it has spread to Memphis and St. Louis and Baltimore. It has probably reached its limit. ...
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Go Outside and Come Back Better Book Reviews
Ron Lizzi★★★★★ BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST (Nature) Foreword Reviews Go Outside and Come Back Better is nature’s brochure, an inspirational travel essay woven through a landscape photography ...
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. Book Reviews
Mark TwainObserve, now, how history becomes defiled, through lapse of time and the help of the bad memories of men. Jimmy Finn was not burned in the calaboose, but died a natural death in a ...
-
Diary of a Pilgrimage Book Reviews
Jerome Klapka JeromeDiary of a Pilgrimage is a novel by Jerome K. Jerome published in 1891. It tells of a trip undertaken by Jerome and his friend "B" to see the Oberammergau Passion Play in...
-
Following the Equator, Part 7 Book Reviews
Mark TwainTravelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. ...
-
The Journey to the Polar Sea Book Reviews
John FranklinA travel narrative of the author has been presented in this book in which his journey to the Polar Sea as well as his experiences throughout the journey has been quoted. His Majest...
-
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Book Reviews
William StevensonThe earliest traces of navigation and commerce are necessarily involved in much obscurity, and are, besides, few and faint. It is impossible to assign to them any clear and definit...
-
Roughing It Book Reviews
Mark TwainAfter a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman (not included in the account), he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secret...
-
Through the Brazilian Wilderness Book Reviews
Theodore RooseveltIn 1914, with the wellwishes of the Brazilian government, Theodore Roosevelt, expresident of the United States; his son, Kermit; and Colonel Rondon travel to South America on a que...
-
Flash-lights from the Seven Seas Book Reviews
William Le Roy StidgerThe author's narratives of travel do not belong in the guidebook category or in that of the scientific geography. But if you wish to know what it would be like to visit yourse...
-
Visits To Monasteries in the Levant Book Reviews
Robert CurzonThis is a travel book. A more enlarged account of the Monasteries of the Levant would, I think, be interesting for many reasons if the task was undertaken by some one much more com...
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Life on the Mississippi, Part 6. Book Reviews
Mark TwainWe met two steamboats at New Madrid. Two steamboats in sight at once! an infrequent spectacle now in the lonesome Mississippi. The loneliness of this solemn, stupendous flood is im...
-
Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 Book Reviews
Eleazer Stillman IngallsIn offering this journal to the public, the writer makes no pretensions to authorship, but believes that, although it be written in plain, offhand style, nevertheless, some portion...
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What Would Sheng Du Book Reviews
Lauriecell DuWhat Would Sheng Du Backpacking Adventures is a boot about traveling, letting go, living your dreams and tips and tricks of backpacking.
-
The New Jerusalem Book Reviews
Gilbert Keith ChestertonChesterton's classic 'philosophical travelogue' details his thoughts and conclusions during a visit to the Middle East in 1920. With his characteristic bluntness le...
-
Blackout in Ushuaia Book Reviews
Michelle RichmondAn essay about a journey to Ushuaia, Argentina, the town at the end of the world. Originally published by Lonely Planet and performed for Austrlian National Radio's First Pers...
-
Roaming the Taklamakan Desert Book Reviews
Michael LøfquistXinjiang, a remote and desolate region of western China, boasts the largest sand desert in the world, the Taklamakan Desert.  It is also home to several muslim Turkic grou...
-
Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 Book Reviews
James RichardsonIn the following pages, author has encroached upon his Reports, to describe several of the Oases of The Desert, besides giving as much of the routes as was necessary to render the ...
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville Book Reviews
John MandevilleA book account of his supposed travels. By aid of translations into many other languages it acquired extraordinary popularity. Despite the extremely unreliable and often fantastica...
-
Rick Steves Hunger and Hope Book Reviews
Rick StevesIn this FREE companion ebook to the public television special, Rick Steves' Hunger and Hope , travel expert Rick Steves ventures beyond Europe to learn about the key realities...
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The Journey Book Reviews
Benji ZachariahCreative activist Benji Zachariah shares stories and interactions from a two month Eurasian journey he led last summer. From adventure in Iceland's lunar landscapes to discove...
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Explore Chicago Tours Book Reviews
Birkdesign Inc., Chicago & City of Chicago - Department of Cultural AffairsExplore Chicago Tours invites you to take a unique Chicago neighborhood adventure. Experience the city’s diverse communities and the rich history, culture and traditions that await...
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The Lake of the Sky Book Reviews
George Wharton JamesThis book is a travelogue, detailing the features and sights of Lake Tahoe in the high Sierras of California and Nevada, USA. A well written guide profusely illustrated.
-
Roughing It, Part 2. Book Reviews
Mark TwainRoughing It is semiautobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in In...
-
Foot-prints of Travel Book Reviews
Maturin Murray BallouThe kangaroos are found in various parts of Victoria, in their wild state. They are usually discovered in the thick woods, sitting upright in circles of a dozen or more, as grave a...
-
A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 Book Reviews
Otto von KotzebueThese are the travel essays that describe the voyage round the world in the specified years thus quoting and covering all the places around world that were visited in the voyage ac...
-
Die Harzreise Book Reviews
Heinrich HeineHeinrich Heine beschreibt in dem Werk seine Reise als Student von Göttingen durch den Harz über den Brocken bis nach Ilsenburg. Er begegnet dabei bekannten und unbekannten Zeitgeno...
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Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Book Reviews
Richard Francis BurtonDuring the hot season of 1863, "Nanny Po", as the civilized African calls this "lofty and beautiful island", had become a charnelhouse, a "dark and dismal ...
-
Hiking the Most Dangerous Trail in the U.S.A. Book Reviews
Matt GibsonIt has been said to be one of the most spectacular and dangerous trails in the world. "Angel's Landing" stands more than 1,200 feet about the valley floor in Zion Na...
-
What I Saw in America Book Reviews
Gilbert Keith ChestertonLike many writers and thinkers of his era, British author G. K. Chesterton toured the United States to get a clearer sense of the country's culture and zeitgeist. The collecti...
-
Colombia in 20 Days Book Reviews
Juan Pablo GaviriaVOLUME 6 & 7  This book is the result of a motorcycle photo diary through Colombia, and this is the last installment (covering volumes 6 and 7).  
...
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Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Book Reviews
Nathaniel HawthorneA travel writing by Hawthrone that is very occasional in nature. This travel writing also reflects his interesting observations and his descriptions that have been penned down in t...
-
Life on the Mississippi, Part 11. Book Reviews
Mark TwainWe had a heavy thunderstorm at Natchez, another at Vicksburg, and still another about fifty miles below Memphis. They had an oldfashioned energy which had long been unfamiliar to m...
-
Kokoro Book Reviews
Lafcadio HearnThe papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan – for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). This word signi...
-
Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico Book Reviews
Samuel de ChamplainThis book contains essays and travelogs of the West Indies and Mexico. It includes authors relevant experience and encounters during the journey.
-
The Highlands of Ethiopia Book Reviews
William Cornwallis HarrisThe highlands of Ethiopia described, during eighteen months residence of a British embassy at the Christian court of Shoa.
-
Following the Equator, Part 4 Book Reviews
Mark TwainTravelogue published by American author Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a "revolutionary" typesetting machine. ...
-
Life on the Mississippi, Part 2. Book Reviews
Mark TwainThe boat backed out from New Orleans at four in the afternoon, and it was 'our watch' until eight. Mr. Bixby, my chief, 'straightened her up, ' plowed her along...
-
Following the Equator, Part 5 Book Reviews
Mark TwainThis is a travel book travels through the Pacific Australia, New Zealand, India, Africa mainly with stops at various islands and smaller countries.
-
Life on the Mississippi, Part 3. Book Reviews
Mark TwainDuring this big rise these smallfry craft were an intolerable nuisance. We were running chute after chute, a new world to me, and if there was a particularly cramped place in a chu...
-
Life on the Mississippi, Part 4. Book Reviews
Mark TwainIt was always the custom for the boats to leave New Orleans between four and five o'clock in the afternoon. From three o'clock onward they would be burning rosin and pitc...
-
Seeing the Universe from Here Book Reviews
G. Wayne CloughAs the Smithsonian Institution's twelfth Secretary, Dr. G. Wayne Clough traveled extensively to connect with researchers and gain a better understanding of the scope of the In...
-
Highroads of Geography Book Reviews
AnonymousFather kissed us and said, "Goodbye, dears. Be good children and help mother as much as you can. The year will soon pass away. What a merry time we will have when I come back ...
-
Hermes Book Reviews
Melissa ChanWhile stranded during a delay at Toronto Pearson Airport, one woman learns the stories of five young female travellers. From Western Europe to Southeast Asia to the Caribbean to th...
-
Hills and the Sea Book Reviews
Hilaire BellocHills and the Sea, first published in 1906 to critical acclaim, collects thirtyeight of Hilaire Belloc's essays, spanning several periods of time and travel. Belloc captures t...
-
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches Book Reviews
William Makepeace Thackeray"Rose Cottage Hotel" at Richmond, one of the comfortablest, quietest, cheapest, neatest little inns in England, and a thousand times preferable, in my opinion, to the &qu...
-
Concrete and Cocktails Book Reviews
Jon Bounds & Danny SmithCan you drink in all of Birmingham's independent hostelries in one day? Yes of course, although it might not be sensible. An unchained psychogeographic adventure from the edit...
-
A Little Swiss Sojourn Book Reviews
William Dean HowellsA charming brief account of a two months' autumnal stay on the shores of the Lake of Geneva. Howells, who was there with his family traveling from England to Italy, has a shar...
-
A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State Book Reviews
Marcus Roberts Phipps DormanNavigation is not easy here, for a reef runs parallel to the coast and the channel between, is neither broad nor deep. The town is built on the shores of a bay and faces an island ...
-
Life on the Mississippi Book Reviews
Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel book, recounting...
-
Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas Book Reviews
Henry Rowe SchoolcraftA travelogue of the author’s tour of the Ozark Mountains in the early 1800s. Includes extensive geological details, and a short history of Western exploration and settlement in the...
-
Our Hundred Days in Europe Book Reviews
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.This is travel story book. I doubted whether I could possibly breathe in a narrow stateroom. In certain localities I have found myself liable to attacks of asthma, and, although I ...
-
A Woman who went to Alaska Book Reviews
May Kellogg SullivanIt's easy to also book a land package that enables people to see more of the country by train. This a travalogue that offers varied descriptions of Alaska.
