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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorBlue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Tony Horwitz · 496 pages
"James Cook's three epic journeys in the eighteenth century were the last great voyages of discovery. When he embarked for the Pacific in 1768, a third of the globe remained blank. By the time he died in 1779, during a bloody clash in Hawaii, the map of the world was substantially complete. Cook explored more of the earth's surface than anyone in history - sailing from the Arctic to the Antarct
The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain
Paul Theroux · 353 pages
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon
Chuck Palahniuk · 144 pages
The author takes readers on a walking tour of Portland, Oregon, revealing the city's quirky, cheap, and wild side as he visits unusual museums, offbeat annual festivals, scenes of ghostly hauntings, and strange local customs.
Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France
Peter Mayle · 226 pages
More of the pleasures of a year in Provence, this text presents portraits of the pleasures of life in the Luberon.
The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
Helen Russell · 354 pages
When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disneyland, but Denmark, a land often thought of by foreigners as consisting entirely of long dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries. What is the secret to their success? Are happy Danes born, or mad
An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington
Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant · 275 pages
Karl Pilkington isn't keen on traveling. So what happened when he was convinced to go on an epic adventure to see the Seven Wonders of the World? Travel broadens the mind, right? You'd think so...
McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland
Pete McCarthy · 352 pages
Bill Bryson: The Complete Notes
Bill Bryson · 679 pages
Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid
J. Maarten Troost · 304 pages
The bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals returns with a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China--a complex, fascinating country with enough dangers and delicacies to keep him, and readers, endlessly entertained. Maarten Troost has charmed legions of readers with his laugh-out-loud tales of wandering the remote islands of the South Pacific. When the travel bug hit
Hokkaido Highway Blues. Hitchhiking Japan
Will Ferguson · 384 pages
Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine · 222 pages
An interactive multimedia exploration of the authors' trip around the world in search of endangered species. Contains the unabridged text of the book Last chance to see, a reading of the entire book by Douglas Adams, and over 800 full-screen color photographs. Allows the user to either read or listen to the book, to choose any chapter within the book, and to explore the many sidebars that provide
Burma Chronicles
Guy Delisle · 272 pages
Guy Delisle uses a graphic novel format to reflect on the experiences he had while working in a Burma--Myanmar--where his wife's career allowed him to explore Burma's rural and impoverished regions.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed · 315 pages
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she'd lost everything when her mother died young of cancer. Her family scattered in their grief, her marriage was soon destroyed, and slowly her life spun out of control. Four years after her mot
A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
Anthony Bourdain · 288 pages
Extreme Rambling: Walking Israels Separation Barrier - For Fun.
Mark Thomas · 346 pages
The Israeli security wall is going to be some 700 miles long when completed and will surround most of the West Bank. Seen by some as a cynical land grab and others as an apartheid barrier, opinions on it are hugely divided. But who are the people who live in the shadow of this wall and how does it affect their lives? Mark Thomas decides to combine his two great loves, walking and talking, and trav
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
Susan Jane Gilman · 313 pages
They were young, brilliant, and bold. They set out to conquer the world. But the world had other plans for them. Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman's new memoir is a hilarious and harrowing journey, a modern heart of darkness filled with Communist operatives, backpackers, and pancakes. In 1986, fresh out of college, Gilman and her friend Claire yearned to do something daring and original that d
America Unchained: A Freewheeling Roadtrip In Search Of Non-Corporate USA
Dave Gorman · 381 pages
The Wonder Trail: True Stories from Los Angeles to the End of the World
Steve Hely · 311 pages
"Steve Hely, writer for The Office and American Dad! and recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, presents a travel book about his journey through Central and South America. Part travel book, part pop history, part comic memoir, Hely's writing will make any reader want to reach for their backpack and hiking boots. The Wonder Trail is the story of Steve's trip from Los Angeles to the bott
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
Chris Stewart · 304 pages
Himalaya
Michael Palin · 304 pages
Palin explores many countries of the Himalaya region which are little known to the West. This record of his journey contains the customary catalogue of disasters, crises, misunderstandings and colourful characters encountered on the way.
How Not to Travel the World: Adventures of a Disaster-Prone Backpacker
Lauren Juliff · 319 pages
I had no life experience, zero common sense and had never eaten rice. I suffered from debilitating anxiety, was battling an eating disorder and had just had my heart broken. I hoped by leaving to travel the world I would be able to heal myself. Instead, Lauren's travels were full of bad luck and near-death experiences. Over the space of a year, she was scammed and assaulted; lost teeth and swallow
Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa
Richard Grant · 336 pages
In his last book, the adventure classic God's Middle Finger, he narrowly escaped death in Mexico's lawless Sierra Madre. Now, Grant has plunged with his trademark recklessness, wit, and curiosity into East Africa. Setting out to make the first descent of an unexplored river in Tanzania, he gets waylaid in Zanzibar by thieves, whores, and a charismatic former golf pro before crossing the Indian Oce