Travel & Tourism

Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and reconnecting with the wild....

Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail.

Rain in the Mountains brings together some of Ruskin Bond’s most beautiful works from his years spent in the foothills of the Himalayas in Mussoorie. Through vivid images and lucid writing, Bond evokes the everyday sights and sounds, and captures the essence of mountain life....

When he set out to visit all of the planet’s countries by age thirty-five, compulsive goal-seeker Chris Guillebeau never imagined that his journey’s biggest revelation would be how many people like himself exist—each pursuing a challenging quest....

One of the most important and influential books of the past half-century, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance tells the iconic story of a father and son's motorcycle trip across America in the 1960s....

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley....

Encore enfant, Pierre Loti avait rêvé devant les images évocatrices de la cité d'Angkor. Ce n'est que bien longtemps après qu'il réalise son rêve...

Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This fascinating parable explores the need to find one's own path....

Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger’s stunning account of five years spent crossing the Arabian Peninsula by foot and on camels, with nomadic Bedouin tribesmen as guides....

Vagabonding is about taking time off from your normal life - from six weeks to four months to two years - to discover and experience the world on your own terms....

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time....

Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land....

Turkey's greatest living novelist guides us through the monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets, and waterways of Istanbul - the city of his birth and the home of his imagination....

Dysentery, drunken soldiers, and corrupt officials provide the background for Rush drummer Neil Peart's physical and spiritual cycling journey through West Africa....

Arising out of Naipaul’s lifelong obsession and passion for a country that is at once his and totally alien, India: A Million Mutinies Now relates the stories of many of the people he met traveling there more than 50 years ago....

From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up....

In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency”, Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left 100 years earlier, and produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest....

The Last Great Mountain tells the story of the first ascent of Kangchenjunga the third highest but reputedly the hardest mountain in the world. It was an astonishing achievement for a British team led by Everest veteran Charles Evans....

కాశీయాత్ర చరిత్ర ఏనుగుల వీరాస్వామయ్య రచించిన కాశీ యాత్ర చరిత్ర విశేషాల మీద సమగ్రమైన రచన. తెలుగులో యాత్రాసాహిత్యానికి ఈ పుస్తకమే ఆద్యమని భావిస్తారు.

The Brahmaputra is by some margin the largest river in India. After its confluence with the Ganga in Bangladesh, it becomes the largest in Asia. In The Braided River, journalist Samrat Choudhury sets out to follow its braided course....

தேவன் எழுதிய முதல் பயணக் கட்டுரைத் தொடர் 'நடந்தது நடந்தபடியே'. அமரர் ராஜுவின் சித்திரங்களுடன் விகடனில் மூன்று மாதங்களுக்கு வந்த சிறிய தொடர் இது....

With a brand-new, original introduction from Rick reflecting on his decades of travel, For the Love of Europe features 100 of the best stories published throughout his career. Covering his adventures through Europe, these are stories only Rick Steves could tell....

Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni's quest to retrace the trail of Rama's fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had little idea where it might be....

The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums BC.

Have you ever wanted to take a year off from your life? A meandering, serendipitous journey around the world with your family? It sounds impossible....

Lebendig, spannend und emotional schildert Hanne Baensch in ihrer Tagebuch-Erzählung ihre Erlebnisse während einer dreimonatigen Auszeit in den österreichischen Alpen. Von der Führungskraft für Human Resources wurde sie von heute auf morgen zur Hüttenwirtin und sah sich bisher ungewohnten Herausforderungen gegenüber. Sie nimmt den Leser mit auf eine Reise in die Berge, zu einer Vielfalt von Erfahrungen und menschlichen Begegnungen und nicht zuletzt zu sich selbst.

Con leggerezza e una certa dose di autoironia Larsson trasporta i suoi temi classici, come il viaggio, lo sradicamento e il bisogno di libertà, dal mondo avventuroso dei mari a quello più quotidiano e urbano del trasporto pubblico, offrendoci un racconto che susciterà immediata simpatia in tutti quelli che hanno vissuto, anche solo brevemente, la frustrante esperienza del pendolarismo.

Explore eventos ao redor do mundo que não apenas entretêm, mas também fortalecem identidades nacionais, religiosas e comunitárias. Cada capítulo oferece um mergulho nas origens, evoluções e particularidades de cada festa, ilustrando como a alegria, a reverência e a celebração atravessam fronteiras, unindo a humanidade em um espetáculo global de cores, sabores e tradições.

‘Als de kofferbak opengaat zie ik een massa vlees op bebloed plastic. Deze wrakkige auto is een rijdend graf voor kilo’s dood vee. Bovenop ligt een afgehakte runderkop. Mannen sleuren en vechten met hompen vlees. Het stinkt. De aanblik van deze markt in Oost Siberië bevestigt mijn voornemen: nu, maar ook straks, in Mongolië, gaat mijn spijsverteringssysteem voor lokaal voedsel op slot. Voor mij geen ingewanden van schapen of ranzig rundvlees. Ik ben heel blij met mijn voorraadje eten uit een westerse supermarkt.’

If you’ve ever studied a foreign language, you know what happens when you first truly and clearly communicate. As Zora O’Neill recalls, you feel like a magician. If that foreign language is Arabic, you just might feel like a wizard. Join O’Neill for a grand tour through the Middle East, to laugh with her in Egypt, delight in the stories she passes on from the Gulf region, and find yourself transformed by her experiences in Lebanon and Morocco.

In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year old Rick Steves made the trek, and like a travel writer in training, he documented everything along the way: jumping off a moving train, making friends in Tehran, getting lost in Lahore, getting high for the first time in Herat, battling leeches in Pokhara, and much more. The experience ignited his love of travel and forever broadened his perspective on the world.

In examining the 424 units of the U.S. national park system, geographers Joe Weber and Selima Sultana focus attention on the historical geography of the system as well as its present distribution, covering the diversity of places under the control of the National Park Service (NPS). This includes the famous national and the lesser-known national monuments, memorials, lakeshores, seashores, rivers, recreation areas, preserves, reserves, parkways, historic sites, historic parks, and a range of battlefields.

Wie klingt eigentlich Oshiwambo, die Sprache, die von der Mehrheit der Menschen in Namibia gesprochen wird? Welche Sicherheitsvorkehrungen solltest du auf deiner Namibiareise treffen? Wann ist in diesem Land eigentlich die Regenzeit und in welchen Gebieten? Welche Entstehungsmythen stecken hinter dem Etosha Nationalpark oder dem Fish River Canyon? Wie war das eigentlich nochmal genau mit der Befreiung der letzten Kolonie des afrikansichen Kontinents und was dürfen Reisende, vor allem aus Deustchland, auf keinen Fall über den Genozid an den Ovaherero und Nama vergessen?

Knowing nothing of Singapore, young Englishman Neil Humphreys arrives in the land of 'air-conned' shopping centres and Lee Kuan Yew. From the aunties in the hawker centres to expats dressed as bananas, from Singlish to kiasuism, and from Singaporeans at home to Singaporeans abroad, Humphreys explores all aspects of Singaporean life, taking in the sights, dissecting the culture and illuminating each place and person with his perceptive and witty observations.

Award winning television actress and host Belinda Lee has travelled the world in the course of her work. The bilingual thespian has met many remarkable individuals who have embraced the road less trodden and left the rat race. They volunteer their time in unusual social causes including building schools, rescuing street children and helping those suffering from the ravages of war. This collection of heart-warming stories introduces listeners to these amazing people who celebrate the human spirit and restore your faith in the good of humanity.

"أحمد الشقيري يجعلك تسافر برفقته إلى اليابان فاحزم أمتعتك وكن جاهزًا

اسمي في الجواز وديان ارتبط بي وبعائلتي السفر حتى قبل أن أولد فعمل أبي مبني عليه ومسماه الوظيفي مرتبط به أحببت أن أزيد أفراد عائلتي بضمكم إليها

După succesul Însemnărilor de pe o insulă mică, Bill Bryson porneşte într-o nouă călătorie de explorare a Marii Britanii, de data aceasta de-a lungul "Liniei Bryson", un traseu imaginar stabilit chiar de el între punctele cele mai îndepărtate ale insulei. Cu mult umor, cu ironie tonică şi adesea cu melancolia pe care numai un îndrăgostit de Marea Britanie o poate resimţi, autorul ne conduce prin fermecătoare peisaje rurale, zone urbane prospere sau sordide şi locuri ale memoriei colective adesea căzute în uitare.

Roma. Cosa associa a questa città - pensa che Roma sia la Città Eterna? La città che sente essere sempre stata lì? La città che l'ha affascinata e accompagnata nelle sue lezioni di latino? Per lei Roma è la città dove gli antichi romani passeggiavano nel Foro Romano e i gladiatori combattevano feroci battaglie nel Colosseo? Le piacerebbe conoscere la città dove hanno regnato i grandi imperatori come Cesare o Augusto e sogna di camminare un giorno sulle orme di Romolo e Remo, i padri fondatori di Roma? Oppure pensa: Roma?

மஹாத்மா பிறந்த மண்ணில் கிடைத்த மிக வித்தியாசமான அனுபவங்களையும், விவரங்களையும் பற்றி விவரிக்கும் பயண நூல். சவுத் ஆப்ரிக்காவிலே இருக்கும் உலகத்துலேயே மிகப்பெரிய வைல்ட் லைப் சாங்க்ச்சுவரி என்று சொல்ல கூடிய க்ரூகர் பார்க்கிலே மூன்று நாள் தங்கிய அந்த அனுபவங்கள். எப்படி ஒட்டகச்சிவிங்கி குட்டி போடுவது, சிங்கம் எப்படி வேட்டையாடுகிறது இவையெல்லாம் பார்த்த அனுபவங்கள் இதிலே விவரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.