Travel Books

Travel Books from around the world with stories and information to enhance your visit. Or simply enjoy reading about far-off places.

Europe

Asia

North America

A Fete Worse Than Death
Iain Aitch

This is an insightful look at what it is like to be British, not what it should be like, but what it is like.

Iain Aitch Books

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The New Waterfront
Ann Breen and Dick Rigby

This is a celebration of design of waterfronts leading up to the turn of the century.

Ann Breen and Dick Rigby Books

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Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson casts his humorous eye over Europe recalling his travels with a backpack.

Bill Bryson Books

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On the Road Again
Granta Magazine

This issue contains articles on Saigon, Spain, Russia, Italy, Turkey as well as short Fiction.

Granta Magazine

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Toujours Provence
Peter Mayle

The second in Mayle's Provence series, Peter gets himself into many a pickle and enjoys it.

Peter Mayle Books

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Full Tilt
Dervla Murphy

Dervla describes her adventures cycling from Dunkirk to Delhi in 1963.

Dervla Murphy Books

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Transylvania and Beyond
Dervla Murphy

Dervla travels throughout Romania after the fall of the Ceausescu dictatorship and finds a warm and hospitable people.

Dervla Murphy Books

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A Place Apart
Dervla Murphy

A Place Apart is Dervla's inquisitive look into Northern Ireland. What she finds genuinely amazes and excites her.

Dervla Murphy Books

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Round Ireland in Low Gear
Eric Newby

Lashed by storms of winter, fuelled by Guinness and warmed by thermal underwear, they set out on their travels along the highways and byways of the Isle of Erin.

Eric Newby Books

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Coasting: A Private Voyage

Jonathan Raban

COASTING is part travel book, part autobiography and part novel. It portrays the author`s experiences in England and himself.

Jonathan Raban Books

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Asia

Driving Over Lemons

Chris Stewart

Chris Stewart gave up a promising career with Genesis to work as a sheep shearer and a travel writer. He has no illusions and is honest in saying that it was the best move he could make.

Chris Stewart Books

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A Walk Across America
Peter Jenkins

A gargantuan walk from New York to the Gulf of Mexico taken with a close eye on the goings on of the people who live there.

Peter Jenkins Books

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Holidays in Hell
P J O'Rourke

Holidays in Hell is a package tour of traveller's tales from places as appealing to the average `sun `n` sensation seeker as the inner circles of Dante`s Inferno.

P J O'Rourke Books

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Old Glory

Jonathan Raban

Jonathan fulfilled his ambition by taking to a skiff with an outboard motor and travelling most of the length of the Mississippi. This is what he found.

Jonathan Raban Books

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