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An area of darkness
By V. S. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. 1964
The family have become more and more West Indian in their way of life, but remained Indian at heart. Naipaul…
was only dimly aware of his origins, India having become "an area of darkness", and it was to acquaint himself with his background that he undertook a year's travelling in India. 1964.Madrid
By Nina Epton. 1964
Madrid
By Nina Epton. 1964
A nation of trees: Australian rites
By Rosemary Millington. 1964
In Shackleton's wake
By Bob Roberts, Arved Fuchs. 2001
In order to reenact the voyages of Ernest Shackleton, a small group of people undertook a simulated version of what…
happened. They started with a boat, losing their drinking water and eventually the boat itself, and continued on foot, replacing the Antarctic with South Georgia. 2001.At home and abroad
By V. S Pritchett. 1989
These essays of the novelist and critic cover his travels to South and North America, most of Western Europe and…
Great Britain over a forty year period. His observations of landscape and human nature illuminate the social and political insights he offers en route. It includes 8 short pieces written in the 1920's on the poor whites of Appalachia. 1990, c1989.Letter from the Khyber Pass: and other travel writing
By George Woodcock. 1993
When George Woodcock travelled, he set out on his journeys well-prepared and full of curiosity. This collection of his travel…
writing brings together material written over nearly forty years. His destinations include Zapotec villages in Mexico, the West Coast of Canada, and the Khyber Pass in West Pakistan. 1993.Cameroon with Egbert
By Dervla Murphy. 1989
Dervla Murphy and her teenage daughter, Rachel, travelled through the west African nation of Cameroon with a pack horse named…
Egbert. They wandered through jungles, up mountains and across plains. The author includes a tart commentary on the local customs, history and problems of contemporary Africa. 1989.A yak for Christmas
By Louise Hillary. 1969
A book of travel about central Asia, particularly the Mount Everest region of Nepal. Mrs. Hillary writes an interesting and…
charming narrative of her family's adventures and misadventures while roughing it. 1969.Ma course autour du monde
By Mario Bonenfant. 1983
Safari en Afrique
By Jean-Jacques Ouellet. 1988
Tous les hommes le font: parcours de la sexualité masculine
By Michel Dorais. 1991
Comment fonctionne l'érotisme masculin? Qu'est-ce qui suscite le désir, l'excitation ou la passion chez les hommes? Voilà quelques-uns des principaux…
thèmes abordés dans ce livre. Descriptions régulières de nature sexuelle. 1991.The Europe I saw
By Elizabeth Wiskemann. 1968
Two middle-aged ladies in Andalusia (The century travellers)
By Penelope Chetwode. 1985
The author makes her tour of the most inaccessible region of Spain riding on the back of the second middle-aged…
lady in the title: her mare, La Marquesa. Together they encounter the people, the architecture and the sanitation. 1985.The middle passage: impressions of five societies, British, French and Dutch, the West Indies and South America
By V. S. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. 1962
Naipul's first work of travel writing is an account of his journey in 1950 from London to his birthplace, Trinidad.…
He offers a record of his impressions there and elsewhere in the West Indies and South America, and examines their common heritage of colonialism and slavery. 1962.The innocents abroad
By Mark Twain. 1872
Based on letters Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, "The…
innocents abroad" (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. 1872.The ultimate guide to sex and disability: for all of us who live with disabilities, chronic pain, and illness
By Miriam Kaufman, Cory Silverberg, Fran Odette. 2003
Guide drawn from authors' professional and personal experiences and from an informal survey of people living with various disabilities. Topics…
include sexual health, self-esteem, communication, and debunking myths. Explicit descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Explicit strong language. 2003.Worlds apart
By Ilka Chase. 1972
The actress-author describes her visits to Russia, the ruins in Yucatan, the carnival at Rio, and her safari to Botswana…
in Africa. Practical suggestions on where to go, what to wear, and what to eat are included in this irreverent account. 1972.The roots of the blues: an African search
By Samuel Barclay Charters. 1981
The author travelled through West Africa on a quest for the origin of the blues. What began as a genealogical…
study became a personal and musical pilgrimage. The account is also a travelogue of the Africa he uncovered. 1981.The coming of Saska
By Doreen Tovey, Maurice Charles John Wilson. 1976
Author describes the adventures she and her husband encountered in their English village and on a trip to Canada. Meeting…
a rare wolverine and other mishaps such as getting locked out of their camper in the middle of the night in wolf territory enlivened their trip. c1976.