Category Archives: Travel Guides
Thunder and Sunshine: Riding Home from Patagonia
At the age of 24, Alastair Humphreys set off to try to cycle round the world. By the time he arrived back home, four years later, he had ridden 46,000 miles across five continents on a tiny budget of just ยฃ7,000.Thunder and Sunshine is the sequel to the best-selling Moods of Future Joys. Here Alastair
Touch the Sky
Touch the Sky recounts the experience of Tess Burrows climb to the summit of Africa’s highest mountain. This gutsy and compassionate grandmother has spent more than a decade pushing herself to incredible limits to fulfil her dream. She has climbed the world’s highest summits and trekked to both the North and the South Poles to
Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African
On the cusp of middle age, Simon Fenton leaves Britain in search of adventure and finds Senegal, love, fatherhood, witch doctors and a piece of land that could make a perfect guest house, if only he knew how to build one. The Casamance is an undiscovered paradise where mystic Africa governs life, people walk to
Junkie Buddha: A Journey of Discovery in Peru
Our healing journeys differ. Some move country or hit the bottle. Diane`s healing journey was travel. Her son loved travelling and mountain climbing in South America. He`d walked the Inca Trail and longed to return to the sacred citadel of Machu Picchu. On the first anniversary of his death, fragile and aching with grief, she
Two Vagabonds in Languedoc
“Two Vagabonds in Languedoc” – written in 1925 – is Jan and Cora Gordon`s charming and evocative sketch of the French village of Najac. Return today to the very same village on the border of the Departments of Tarn and Aveyron and many of the landmarks mentioned are still there; nowadays life goes on much
Romanian Furrow
“Romanian Furrow”, written in 1933, is an enchanting and evocative chronicle of a journey made by a young Englishman, Donald Hall, to Romania in search of a rural lifestyle that was rapidly disappearing in Western Europe. Hall set out not only to observe but to actively participate in peasant life and in this quest he
Halfway House To Heaven – Unravelling The Mystery Of The Majestic River Oxus
The Oxus in Afghanistan`s High Pamir is one of the greatest rivers of the world, and also one of the least known. Running through the core of Central Asia, it is unusual in a myriad of ways – the most surprising of which is that it never reaches the sea. Through the centuries, the `majestic`
This Infant Adventure
The contribution of diplomatic, military, and naval exploits in the formation of the British Empire are well recorded, but far less well-known are those of botanic gardens which, in their own unsung way, helped to underpin the Empire`s commercial success and were also instrumental in furthering botanical knowledge around the world. Christian Lamb, distinguished plantswoman
In The Dolphins Wake
An amusing and erudite account of Harry Bucknall`s 183-day journey through the Greek islands from Venice, in the West, to Istanbul, in the East In the summer of 2006, Harry Bucknall traveled from Venice to Istanbul–a journey across the Aegean of more than 5,500 miles that included the glories of Mount Athos, 36 islands, and
German Lingo Learner
A humorous approach to German that shows that you can speak the lingo simply by using plain English. Essential phrases will trip off your tongue, gems like: “It fell into the sauerkraut and disappeared”, “Do I have to join the tour?”, and “Do you work out, or is that your natural build?”
Riding With Ghosts
Riding with Ghosts is Gwen Maka’s adventurous 7,500 miles journey cycling across western America, from Seattle to Mexico and beyond, from the American West’s deserts and vanished Indian trails to the snowy peaks of the Rocky Mountains, Mexico’s Baja coast and to Central America.With a nicely balanced mix of beautiful descriptions and entertaining narrative, the
Swedish Food and Cooking
Discover the delights of this distinctive Scandinavian cuisine, in a beautiful new book about an increasingly fashionable – and healthy – way of cooking. This work contains 60 delectable Swedish recipes – including regional dishes such as fried mustard herrings, homemade black pudding with fresh lingon and pancetta, reindeer stroganoff, and waffles with spiced blueberry
First Contact
A story of old-fashioned adventure driven purely by curiosity and a refusal to believe that everything has been done.This is a true story of modern day exploration and the discovery of cannibal tribes in the 21st century. It will appeal to anthropologists as much as it will to adventurers and those with a thirst for
Ancient Greece
The history and culture of Ancient Greece are at the heart of European civilisation and continue to be widely studied in schools and universities, appealing to those with an interest in history, literature or art. No other book provides such a concise and well-informed introduction to the subject, especially not at such a reasonable price!
Last Of The Nomads
Warri and Yatungka were the last of the desert nomads to live in the traditional way. This is the intriguing story of their rescue and how they survived alone for thirty years.
The Good Life Gets Better
The Good Life Gets Better sees Dorian Amos and his family up sticks and go panning for gold in the Yukon. Having settled in the harsh Canadian wilderness of The Klondike Valley and battled freezing temperatures, a hostile environment and wild animals Amos gets infected with a ‘gold fever’ that leads the family on yet
Siberian Dreams
Every year thousands compete to win the RGS/BBC Journey of a Lifetime award and fulfill their travel dreams. However, Andy Home`s dream would be most people`s nightmare. Andy went to Siberia, to the Russian industrial mining city of Norilsk where temperatures drop to minus 50, half the year is spent in perpetual darkness, and the
Ten Lessons From The Road
In Ten Lessons from the Road Alistair Humphreys sums up what he learned from his 46,000-mile cycle trip round the world, described in his two books Moods of Future Joys and Thunder and Sunshine.This pocket size hardback, illustrated with numerous photos from the author’s challenging journey, would make a lovely little present to encourage converting
Riding the Outlaw Trail
Inspired by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Simon Casson and Richard Adamson follow on horseback the trail of their boyhood heroes. They ride 2,000 miles through America’s toughest and most treacherous terrain, crossing deserts, mountains, canyons and the high-plains of the Old West . They have to endure harsh conditions and cope with natural
Triumph Around the World
Robbie Marshall had it all – love, children and a successful business. So why did he trade it all in for the saddle of a Triumph Trophy and an out-of-date world atlas? Robbie knew that if he did not indulge his desire to explore, he would regret it for the rest of his life. After
