Category Archives: Travel Guides
One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship : Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing.
One Hand for Yourself, One for the Ship is a course on single-handed sailing by the man most qualified to give it. It is a highly personal perspective on both the science and art of this ultimate challenge, and it bears the unmistakable stamp of one who has lived on and for the sea.
Cruising in Seraffyn
The cruising tale is full of the sights and sounds, the fragrances and native customs of foreign lands, especially Central American and the Caribbean. It is a story of a leisurely sail through the Gulf of Cortez and on through Panama Canal to the Azores and England. Cruising in Seraffyn is also a carefully thought
Capt. Joshua Slocum
A devoted chronicle…of a man who showed emourmous skill, resource and courage in the first voyage of its kind in history. Joshua Slocum was a sensational seaman. New York Times Book Review
The Great Cruising Cookbook
Here`s a book to hurl at the culinary barbarian on your crew, though it`s a lot more than a simple defense against digestion…John Payne, who writes with wit and clarity, makes the business of learning to be a good sea cook much more entertaining than it might otherwise be…All in all, this is an excellent
Marine Salvage – A Guide For Boaters & Divers
While the word salvage conjures for some the visions of the recovery of a treasure from the wreck of a long lost Spanish galleon and for others rescue tugs driving through mountainous seas to aid a stricken vessel, in reality plenty of small salvage operations occur all the time and they have now become a
Alaska Benchmark Road & Recreation Atlas
Alaska truly is the Last Frontier. No other publication can display this rugged scenery and recreation potential with more precision than Benchmark`s Alaska Road & Recreation Atlas. The Landscape Maps reveal landforms with amazing realism and detail, clearly showing how the state`s vast network of roads, waterways, and recreation landmarks fit into the landscape. A
For Isabel: A Mandala
Isabel disappeared many years ago. Tadeus Slowacki, a Polish writer, her former friend and lover, has come back to Lisbon to learn of her whereabouts. Rumours abound: Isabel died in prison under Salazar`s regime, or perhaps wasn`t arrested at all. As Tadeus interviews one old acquaintance of hers after the next, a chameleon-like portrait of
Walking Easy in the Italian Alps
A pocket-sized guide that provides detailed information on 50 scenic Alpine day-walks that range from comfortable, level strolls to steeper, more challenging hikes – all within the capacity of the recreational walker. Non-hiking excursions to areas of local interest are also highlighted. This book features tips on everything from what clothes to wear to choosing
Twist
Set in the politically charged climate of the Basque Country in the 1980s, Twist relates the disappearance and brutal murder of two ETA militants at the hands of the Spanish army. The novel centers on their friend and fellow activist Diego Lazkano, who, since revealing his comrades to the authorities, has been tormented by guilt.In
Letters from Russia
Translated by Anka MuhlsteinThe Marquis de Custine`s record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world`s most fascinating and troubled countries. It is also a wonderful piece of travel writing. Custine, who met with people in all walks of life, including the Czar himself,
Incest
The narrator is falling out from a torrential relationship with another woman. Delirious with love and yearning, her thoughts grow increasingly cyclical and wild, until exposing the trauma lying behind her pain. With the intimacy offered by a confession, the narrator embarks on a psychoanalysis of herself, giving the reader entry into her tangled experiences
Portrait of A Turkish Family
Portrait of a Turkish Family is a masterpiece of memoir writing. Irfan Orga was born into a prosperous family in the twilight of the Ottoman Empire. His mother was a beauty, married at thirteen, who lived in the seclusion of a harem, as befitted a Turkish woman of her class. His grandmother was an eccentric
Syria – Through Writers` Eyes
Syria: Through Writers` Eyes is a carefully chosen selection of literary extracts that capture the allure, culture and history of Syria.The historical wealth of Syria is triumphantly visible and diverse. It is one of the best-kept secrets of the passionate Mediterranean traveller. That it is also a remarkably hospitable country, where the way of life
Visit To Don Otavio
Mexico, through the eyes of Sybille Bedford is a country of passion and paradox: arid desert and shrieking jungle, harsh sun and deep shadow, violence and sentimentality. In her frank descriptions of the horrors of travel – through bug-infested jungle, trapped in a broiling stationary train, or in a bus with a dead fish slapping
Begums, Thugs & White Mughals
Fanny Parkes, who lived in India between 1822 and 1846, was the ideal travel writer – courageous, indefatigably curious and determinedly independent. Her delightful journal traces her journey from prim memsahib, married to a minor civil servant of the Raj, to eccentric, sitar-playing Indophile, fluent in Urdu, critical of British rule and passionate in her
Croatia – Through Writer`s Eyes
Croatia – Through Writers’ Eyes” contains work from some of the greatest travel writers of our time, even finding space to hold some of literary great Evelyn Waugh’s musings on this amazing country. With its unspoiled dramatic coast, Croatia is a place of bewitching beauty, one of the hidden jewels of the Mediterranean. Yet most
Chantemesle
This lyrical evocation of growing up on the banks of the Seine was originally published in 1964. In this minutely observed landscape, where even the wind is a character in its own right, we meet blind Battouflet, the singing hermit of the hillside, solemn Clotilde, the author`s first girlfriend who lives in a chateau in
A Reed Shaken by the Wind
The Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq were one of the most isolated communities in the world. Few outsiders, let alone Europeans, had been permitted to travel through their homeland, a mass of tiny islands lost in a wilderness of reeds and swamps in southern Iraq. One of the few trusted outsiders was the legendary explorer,
Sicily – Through Writers` Eyes
Horatio Clare is an exciting young author who has brought together the best writing, both old and new on the romantic and enigmatic island of Sicily. Sicily is a destination with a rich and fascinating cultural history, stretching back thousands of years and incorporating Norman Princes, Arab Emirs, a decadent Bourbon court, Mafia bosses and
