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Are We Nearly There Yet?: A Family's 8,000-Mile Car Journey Around Britain
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Include books by the same authorOne Year Off: Leaving It All Behind for a Round-the-World Journey with Our Children
David Elliot Cohen · 312 pages
Three Ways to Capsize a Boat: An Optimist Afloat
Chris Stewart · 182 pages
If you're wondering what Chris Stewart did before he and Ana moved to El Valero, their Spanish farm, here's one of the answers. He took to the sea, landing a job as skipper for the summer, sailing on a Cornish Crabber around the Greek islands. It was his dream job; but there was only one tiny problem. He had never sailed before!
The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese
Michael Paterniti · 349 pages
In the picturesque village of Guzma n, Spain, in a cave on the edge of town, there is a cramped limestone chamber known as "the telling room." This is where villagers have gathered for centuries to share their stories and secrets--usually accompanied by copious amounts of wine. It was here, in the summer of 2000, that Michael Paterniti found himself listening to a Spanish cheesemaker as he spun an
Don't Ask Any Old Bloke for Directions: A Biker's Whimsical Journey Across India
P.G. Tenzing · 232 pages
Stephen Fry in America
Stephen Fry · 320 pages
Britain's best-loved comic genius, Stephen Fry, turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his chariot of Englishness, a black London cab.Stephen Fry has always loved America. In fact, he came very close to being born here. His fascination for the country and its people sees him embarking on an epic journey across America, visiting eac
Toujours Provence
Peter Mayle · 241 pages
Peter Mayle's love affair with the south of France continues and deepens. Now he's got most of the building work organized, he's had time for a few trips - to the Cannes Film Festival, the Menerbes dog show and the wine caves at Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
America Unchained: A Freewheeling Roadtrip In Search Of Non-Corporate USA
Dave Gorman · 381 pages
A Walk in the Woods
Bill Bryson · 304 pages
Bill Bryson describes his attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail with his friend "Stephen Katz". The book is written in a humorous style, interspersed with more serious discussions of matters relating to the trail's history, and the surrounding sociology, ecology, trees, plants, animals and people.
Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
Bruce Feiler · 321 pages
Learning to Bow has been heralded as one of the funniest, liveliest, and most insightful books ever written about the clash of cultures between America and Japan. With warmth and candor, Bruce Feiler recounts the year he spent as a teacher in a small rural town. Beginning with a ritual outdoor bath and culminating in an all-night trek to the top of Mt. Fuji, Feiler teaches his students about Ameri
The Curse of Lono
Hunter S. Thompson · 205 pages
Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson travels to Hawaii to cover the 1980 Honolulu Marathon.
I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago
Hape Kerkeling · 333 pages
Kein Witz: Hape Kerkeling, Deutschlands vielseitigster TV-Entertainer, geht zum Grab des heiligen Jakob: 600 Kilometer durch Frankreich und Spanien bis nach Santiago de Compostela, und erlebt die außergewöhnliche Kraft einer Pilgerreise.Es ist ein sonniger Junimorgen, als Hape Kerkeling, bekennende couch potato, endgültig seinen inneren Schweinehund besiegt und in St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port aufbricht.
The Gringo Trail: A Darkly Comic Road-Trip Through South America
Mark Mann · 328 pages
'... there I was in the middle of Bogotá, coked up to my eyeballs, in a hallway holding two machetes, while some drunk Colombians argued about whether or not to blow up a bar with a live hand grenade...' Asia has the hippie trail. South America has the gringo trail. Mark Mann and his girlfriend Melissa set off to explore the ancient monuments, mountains and rainforests of South America. But for th
McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland
Pete McCarthy · 352 pages
How to Walk a Puma: My (mis)adventures in South America
Peter Allison · 228 pages
Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Palin · 256 pages
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
Sarah Macdonald · 297 pages
For Fukui's Sake: Two Years In Rural Japan
Sam Baldwin · 210 pages
I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany
Mark Greenside · 244 pages
Author and teacher Mark Greenside recounts his struggles to fit into the life of a small Celtic village in Brittany.
The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes
Steve Hely, Vali Chandrasekaran · 315 pages
Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted
Annie Hawes · 345 pages
A small stone house deep among the olive groves of Liguria, going for the price of a dodgy second-hand car. Annie Hawes and her sister, on the spot by chance, have no plans whatsoever to move to the Italian Riviera but find naturally that it's an offer they can't refuse. The laugh is on the Foreign Females who discover that here amongst the hardcore olive farming folk their incompetence is positiv
What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim: A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago
Jane Christmas · 288 pages