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The Annotated Account of the First Crossing of the Rub Al Khali Desert by a non-Arab.Bertram Thomas spent his working life from 1916, to his death in 1950 in the Arab World. In …

Reframes Polynesia and Melanesia through analysis of nineteenth-century travel writing   In Pacific Possessions: The Pursuit of Authenticity in Nineteenth-Century Oceanian Travel …

Auf der Suche nach einer grüneren WeltDie Schwestern Julia und Lisa Hermes sind auf der Suche nach einer nachhaltigeren, einer grüneren, einer solidarischeren Welt. Per Anhalter, …

In 1960, John Steinbeck set out in his pick-up truck with his dog Charley to rediscover and chronicle his native USA, from Maine to California.He felt that he might have lost touch …

This is London in the eyes of its the homeless, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers and sex workers. This is London in the voices of Poles, Arabs, Afghans, Nigerians, Romanians and …

~ Colour photo edition ~ Searching for Unique is meant for travellers seeking hidden sights that most people overlook or simply do not know exist. Discover more than twenty-five …

In A Journey through the West, Thomas Rodney writes vividly about flea-infested taverns, bad roads, drunken crew members, squatters, Indians sodden berths, food from the wild and …

One of seven touching true stories from Wish You Were Here!, the tale of Butlin's holiday camps.'When I got to the camp I felt as if I'd suddenly walked into Utopia - it was so …

Even in the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Isabelle Bird, by then an established travel writer, was able to refer to the Malay Peninsula as an almost unknown land. …

Im Sommer 1845 verschwanden auf ihrer Suche nach der Nordwest-Passage die Expeditions-schiffe HMS "Erebus" und "Error" spurlos im Nordatlantik. Zahllose Suchexpeditionen, die sich …