Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People
- Location(s): Germany
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1919-1945
Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what’s right in front of your eyes? The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of...
- Location(s): Lesser Antilles
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Four women, four very different life changing events that had them heading for Antigua for some much-needed time out. The women have one thing in common: they had to run away far and fast and the dream Antiguan resort...
- Location(s): Europe
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): 20th Century
This newly translated collection of stories brilliantly evokes the shifting scenes and restlessness of summer. A professor arrives in a beautiful Spanish village only to find that her host has left and she must cope with fractious neighbours alone;...
- Location(s): Pakistan
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
- Era(s): Contemporary
Spellbound by his grandmother s Anglo-Indian heritage and the exuberant annual visits of her friend the Begum, Isambard Wilkinson became enthralled by Pakistan as an intrepid teenager, eventually working there as a foreign correspondent during the War on Terror....
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Travles through this bleak area of the map. Not so bleak, actually! Track the authors travels on a map, enjoy the wry humour,as he travels around this little known part of the world.
- Location(s): Gabon
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1890s
Unique perspective: Until 1893, Mary Kingsley led a secluded life in Victorian England. At age 30 however, Kingsley defied convention and arranged a trip to west Africa to collect botanical samples for a book left unfinished by her father....
- Location(s): Dubrovnik
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1960’s
“This is a terrible chronicle of debauchery. It is by my standards anyway, because I’m a very typical, ordinary, middle-class wife. You might not think it, perhaps, from what I’ve been telling you, but don’t be hard on me...
- Location(s): Santiago de Compostela
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Almost 300,000 people `officially’ complete the journey to Santiago each year – hundreds of thousands more travel at least part of the way. In this book, Richard Frazer discovers on his pilgrimage to the shrine of St James the...
Travels With Boogie: 500 Mile Walkies and Boogie Up the River
- Location(s): England
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Humour
- Era(s): End 20th Century
Travels with Boogie is the story of two city slickers – one an unattractive but streetwise mongrel from Stockwell, the other the long-suffering author – and how they came to terms with England’s countryside and waterways. First they had...
- Location(s): Australia, Los Angeles, New Zealand (Aotearoa), The Cook Islands
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): 2010's
In 2000, after her children set off for new lives on the other side of the globe, Vivien Fallows embarked on a solo travel mission. At the request of her husband, Vivien shared the stories in a diary, which...
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