Travel writing

Coast to Coast Road Trip USA with Young Children

by Samuel J. Swayne

Join in every step of the way in this family adventure of a lifetime. From the first conceptual idea, to an agonising decision to quit work in a recession, through to organising themselves and their young children...

Meet Me in Gaza: Uncommon Stories of Life inside the Strip

by Louisa B. Waugh

How do people and goods get in and out of Gaza? Do Gazans ever have fun? Is the Strip beautiful? And do TV reports actually reflect ordinary life inside the world’s largest open-air prison? Meet Me in Gaza...

Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo

by Tim Parks

The best-selling author of Italian Neighbors returns with a wry and revealing portrait of Italian life-by riding its trains.Tim Parks's books on Italy have been hailed as "so vivid, so packed with delectable...

Questions of Travel: A Novel

by Michelle de Kretser

Laura Fraser grows up in Sydney, motherless, with a cold, professional father and an artistic bent. Ravi Mendis lives on the other side of the world--exploring the seductive new world of the internet, his father...

Exploring the Isles of the West: Skye and Tiree to the Outer Isles

by Marc Calhoun

A compilation of the author's years of exploring the islands, recounting not only the physical journeys but his own journey from tourist to serious explorer dedicated to seeing and learning as much as possible...

Exploring the Isles of the West: Firth of Clyde to the Small Isles

by Marc Calhoun

A compilation of the author's years of exploring the islands, recounting not only the physical journeys but his own journey from tourist to serious explorer dedicated to seeing and learning as much as possible...

Mud, Sweat & Gears: Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats (Via the Pub)

by Ellie Bennett

The tale of a scenic cycling trip—including an index of the 50 finest beers tasted on the trip

"One more wouldn't hurt," said Mick. I looked at him doubtfully. "I'm not sure. It's gone three o'clock already....

The Turk Who Loved Apples: And Other Tales of Losing My Way Around the World

by Matt Gross

The popular New York Times travel reporter’s spirited case for chucking guidebooks and becoming the independent travelers we all deep

Remember Greece

by Dilys Powell

Summer shone late over Western Europe in 1939, but in Icaria the sun had done its work by the fourth week of August figs bursting, grapes heavy under their bloom, and the paths on the hillsides powdering beneath...

Diary of Gaspar de Portola During the California Expedition of 1769-1770

by Gaspar De Portola

Gaspar de Portolà de Rovira (1716-1784) was a Spanish soldier, governor of Baja and Alta California (1767-1770), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey. He was born in Os de Balaguer, province of Lleida,...

Ancient Scottish Lake-Dwellings - Or Crannogs with a Supplementary Chapter on Remains of Lake-Dwellings in England

by Robert Munro

A must read for anybody with an interest in the ancient history of Great Britain, a well researched and in-depth account of life for people living around British lakes thousands of years ago.

Laredo on the Rio Grande

by Kathleen Da Camara

Laredo, Texas has a rich and fascinating history being on the border with America's neighbor to the south Mexico. This is a window into everyday life of the city, a must read for any keen amateur historian.

Lands and People of the Bible

by James Baikie

A fascinating history of the ancient middle east. Including biographies of the people of Palestine, Babylonia, Egypt and many other nations.

We Called It Culture - The Story of Chautauqua

by Schuyler Cammann

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Daniel Boone - Master of the Wilderness

by James Baikie

John Bakeless's biography of Daniel Boone first published in 1939. Wildly renowned as the first historically significant, definitive biography of Boone. Daniel Boone, the icon of the American pioneer, born in...

The Southern Gates of Arabia - A Journey in the Hadbramaut

by , Freya Stark

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Life In A Postcard

by Rosemary Bailey

'I wake to the sun striking gold on a stone wall. If I lean out of the window I can see Mount Canigou newly iced with snow. It is wonderful to live in a building with windows all around, to see both sunrise...

After the Dance: Travels in a democratic South Africa

by Robbins David

In April 1994, amid international acclaim, South Africa stepped back from the slough of endemic political violence and danced its first bold dance with constitutional democracy. After the Dance sets out to capture...

Iceland, Defrosted

by Edward Hancox

This is the story of one Englishman's obsession with a half-frozen, roughly duck-shaped island in the cold North Atlantic. 'Iceland, Defrosted' is less about wars over cod, flight-halting volcanoes and globe-shattering...

Summers in Supino: Becoming Italian

by Maria Coletta McLean

An Italian Canadian woman recounts her annual summer trips with her husband to her ancestral village of Supino, Italy, in this heartwarming hybrid of travel guide and memoir. Written with humor and heart, it...