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More Travel Narratives
 
Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin
Setting out to follow the path of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg,
Palin and a film crew record their wonderful adventure

Investment Biker by Jim Rogers
Tales of a 22 month, 65,000 mile odyssey on a motorbike

Sea Change by Peter Nichols
A memoir of a solo transatlantic journey that becomes a
journey of survival as the engineless boat springs a leak

A Walk Through Europe by John Hillaby
Come along on a 1,300 mile trek from the North Sea to the Mediterranean
with a walker who knows the legends and history of the route he takes

The Crofter & The Laird by John McPhee
A close look at the last vestiges of the feudal system on an island in the Scottish Hebrides

Annaghkeen by Deborah Love
Another look at a remote island, this one in Ireland, that is also a portrait of a marriage

Exit into History by Eva Hoffman
A native daughter returns to the emerging countries of Eastern Europe with an
outsider's eye to give an intimate portrait of everyday life in a world of constant change

France Without Reservations by Maurice K. Thompson
A lively look at what it's like to travel off the beaten path

Miles Away by Miles Morland
The story of what happens when you quit a job and take a walk, when
you've never before deviated from the norm or done more than stroll.

Traveler's Tales: Spain
Varied tales from many sources to enrich a travel experience in Spain

That Last Old Place by Datus C. Proper
Discover the simple pleasures of Portugal as the author seeks
them out in one of Europe's lesser known corners

Open Lands by Mark Taplin
The author hits the road to explore the lives of ordinary Russians
in land that had been closed to the outside world until 1992.

A Fez of the Heart by Jeremy Seal
Finding a dusty fez inspires the author to set off for Turkey to trace the amazing history of this distinctive headgear and discover the richness of the country along the journey.

Digging to China by J.D. Brown
Subtitled "Down and Out in the Middle Kingdom," this is a remarkable narrative of a civilization little known in the western world from the vantage of one trying to subsist as a teacher in the local economy

Journey Across Tibet by Sorrel Wilby
Solo travel is the epitome of adventure and this account of a three month trek made
across uncharted territory by a young Australian woman fits the picture precisely

Turning Japanese by David Mura
Calling himself as American as apple pie, the author leaped at the
chance to spend a year discovering the land of his grandfathers

Native Stranger by Eddy L. Harris
A chronicle of a black American's year-long journey through Africa
where he discovers, surprisingly, his American heritage

 

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