Three Englishmen and their guide trek into the remote interior of Africa in search of a lost white race. Through unknown territories, their perilous journey finally takes them to Zu-Vendis, a kingd...
In June 1960, Alzada Kistner and her husband David, an entomologist, left their eighteen-month-old daughter in the care of relatives and began what was to be a four-month scientific expedition in t...
Based on his successful National Public Radio series, Gifford’s book draws on twenty years of first-hand observation of this rapidly transforming country. On his journey, he takes the listener through China’s past and present while he tries to make sense of this complex nation’s potential future.
With The Sex Lives of Cannibals , J. Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a hilarious account of life in the farthest reaches of the...
This extraordinary classic has been variously acclaimed as one of the great books of adventure, travel, anthropology, and spiritual awakening. In 1938 and 1939, a French nobleman spent fifteen mont...
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's tale of his hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots has gained thousands of fans all over the world...
Returning to their home after an extended absence, Carol and her husband Michel are looking forward to summer together on the farm. A shocking blow leaves Carol alone. The future is uncertain...
Winchester, hit by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, set out across the globe to visit the distant islands that are all that remains of what made Britain great...
Walk with The Pembrokeshire Wizard, a self guided audio adventure for active families, consisting of a dramatised audio guide book, an accompanying Guide Booklet on pdf, and a Quiz Game download...
Determined to pin down mythical tales of his own clan history, Pete is thrust into a world-wide adventure that reveals an unsettled and poignant history, while unearthing a good pint in the most...
At age twenty-six, Maarten Troost decided to pack up his flip-flops and move to a remote South Pacific island. He should have known better. Falling into one misadventure after another, Troost tells the laugh-out-loud true story of a harrowing and hilarious two-year odyssey in the “worst place on...
This travelogue of Spain's Granada and the Alhambra depicts secret chambers, desperate battles, imprisoned princesses, palace ghosts, and fragrant gardens, described in a dreamlike eloquence that w...
This is the true story of a trip to the beach that never ends. It's about a husband and wife who escape civilization to build a small restaurant on an island paradise - and discover that even...
One part adventure story, one part archaeological detective work, one part spiritual exploration, Walking The Bible vividly recounts an inspiring personal odyssey -- by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel.
At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestseller Abraham, travels ten thousand miles through the East to find out