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Rowed trip: from Scotland to Syria by oar
By Colin Angus, Julie Angus. 2009
2006. Adventurers Julie and Colin Angus were checking a map of Europe when Julie noticed an interconnected water route from…
Colin's parents' homeland of Scotland past her mother's homeland, Germany, and on to her father's, Syria. What started as a funny idea of rowing to visit relatives resulted in an odyssey by oar (and bike) where Julie and Colin tested their relationship while exploring their roots. Some strong language. 2010, c2009.Roses round the door
By Doreen Tovey. 1982
The author describes her introduction to the English countryside, as well as to the village "characters" she and her husband…
meet on their quest to find a country home of their own. 1982.Rome and a villa
By Eleanor Clark. 1974
Romewalks
By Anya M Shetterly. 1984
Rose Elliot's new complete vegetarian
By Rose Elliot. 2010
This book includes hundreds of pasta, pulse and rice dishes; hot and cold desserts; pizza and bread making; cakes, biscuits…
and teabreads. It also includes new recipes such as Purple Sprouting Broccoli with Lemon Butter Sauce, Wild Mushrooms en Croute and Boozy Banoffee Pie. 2010.Road trip Rwanda: a journey into the new heart of Africa
By Will Ferguson. 2015
Twenty years after the genocide that left Rwanda in ruins, the author travels deep into the once-mysterious "Land of a…
Thousand Hills" with his friend and cohort Jean-Claude Munyezamu, a man who had escaped Rwanda just months before the killings began. From the legendary Source of the Nile to Dian Fossey's famed "gorillas in the mist," from innovative refugee camps along the Congolese border to the world's most escapable prison, from tragic genocide sites to open savannahs and a bridge to freedom, from schoolyard soccer pitches to a cunning plan to get rich on passion-fruit, they discover a country reborn. 2015.Rob Rainford's born to grill: over 100 recipes from my backyard to yours
By Rob Rainford, Mike McColl, Rita DeMontis. 2012
Chef Rob Rainford provides over 100 recipes all designed for your backyard barbeque. Includes 20 international menus, suitable for both…
charcoal and gas grilling, and recipes for novices and grill masters alike. All you need to master your grill, embrace the outdoor cooking experience, and wow your friends and family with delicious dishes from around the globe - all in your own backyard. 2012.Roasting In Hell's Kitchen: temper tantrums, f-words, and the pursuit of perfection
By Gordon Ramsay. 2006
Gordon Ramsay is known as a rude, stubborn, loud, and pathologically driven chef. Here, he tells the inside story of…
his life: his difficult childhood, his father's alcoholism and violence, his brother's heroin addiction, his short-circuited soccer career, and his fanatical pursuit of gastronomic perfection. He also dishes the dirt on the rich and famous, and takes you behind the scenes of some of the great restaurants. Strong language. 2006.River in the desert: modern travels in ancient Egypt
By Paul William Roberts. 1993
Roberts visits Cairo and Alexandria, scales the great pyramids, experiences Sufi rites, sails the Nile, crosses the Arabian desert by…
camel, and through his meetings with politicians, scholars, artists and archaeologists, finds reasons to question old assumptions about modern and ancient Egypt. 1993.Rick Hansen: man in motion
By Jim Taylor, Rick Hansen. 1987
Hansen, a paraplegic since 1973, tells of the events that led to his incredible 25,000 mile wheelchair journey around the…
world. He describes the hardships and accomplishments of the trip that raised millions of dollars and public awareness for the physically disabled. Bestseller 1987.Riding the desert trail by bicycle to the source of the Nile: By Bicycle Up The Nile
By Bettina Selby. 1988
On an impulse, Bettina Selby decided to travel the length of the Nile Valley. She designed a special bicycle for…
the journey and, suitably equipped with insect repellents, sun hat, water purifier and a Swiss army knife, she set off on her 4500 mile adventure. 1988.Riding the mountains down: Journey By Bicycle From Karachi To Kathmandu
By Bettina Selby. 1984
Revoir Hélène
By Bertrand De Jouvenel. 1986
Hélène De Jouvenel est atteinte d'un cancer. Pendant trois ans, Bertrand, son mari, tiendra son journal personnel et lui confiera…
ses sentiments, ses angoisses et l'amour profond qu'il éprouve pour celle qui a partagé sa vie. 1986.Ribbon of highway: by bus along the Trans-Canada
By Kildare Dobbs. 1992
Return to Tibet
By Heinrich Harrer. 1984
Reflections: 1923-1988
By Graham Greene, Judith Adamson. 1990
"Reflections" is a selection of previously uncollected travel reports, essays and reviews. Spanning nearly seven decades, the pieces encompass an…
extraordinary range of subjects. While articles from the twenties and thirties cover trips to many parts of Europe, Greene also found material closer to home. Critical reviews evoke the atmosphere of wartime England; later articles examine events in Indo-China, Cuba, Haiti, Paraguay and Chile. 1990.Reprieve: a memoir
By Agnes De Mille. 1981
Reflections in a writer's eye: travel pieces
By Angus Wilson. 1986
A collection of the author's travel writings dating from 1957 to 1984. Whether visiting South Africa and observing apartheid, or…
glimpsing Khrushchev in the Soviet Union, Wilson reveals his intense pleasure in travel. 1986.Relative stranger: a life after death
By Mary Loudon. 2006
The author's quest to find her sister Catherine, a schizophrenic, in Catherine's home, in her last hospital room, her paintings,…
her letters, her clothes. But in facing the truths about Catherine's life and death, she asks hard questions about sanity, family responsibility, love, and about what it means to say that a life is - or is not - worth living. 2006.Récits de table: d'ici et d'ailleurs
By Lysiane Gagnon. 2014
" À travers une vingtaine de textes inédits ayant pour dénominateur commun " la table ", la journaliste Lysiane Gagnon…
partage ses observations et ses réflexions sur la cuisine, la restauration, les traditions, les habitudes et les modes alimentaires. Dans ce livre, l'auteure traite de l'évolution de la critique gastronomique au Québec et ailleurs, des nouvelles tendances en matière d'alimentation, que ce soit du bio, du " manger local " ou du " manger cru ", des rites du repas chinois, à la façon dont les Japonais découpent le thon qui servira aux sushis. Elle réfléchit à propos des petites luttes de pouvoir au sein des couples lors de la préparation des repas, aux excès des foodies démesurément obsédés par la bouffe, ainsi qu'au phénomène des chefs-vedettes. " -- 4e de couv.