Vintage, March 2000. Trade Paperback. From Oscar Wilde to James Joyce, from Virginia Woolf to Frank McCourt: three centuries of Irish, English, and American writers in search of the real Ireland. From the editor of the outstandingly popular Italy in Mind comes another superb collection: three centuries of fiction, poems..... More
Vintage, April 1997. Paper Back. E.M. Forster observed, "One does not come to Italy for niceness. One comes for life". And there is life abounding in this rhapsodic, witty, and lushly atmospheric anthology, in which forty-one literary travelers train their sensibilities on various aspects of the Italian scene. Italy in..... More
Mariner Books, April 2005. Trade Paperback. In Spoken Here, Mark Abley takes us on a world tour from the Arctic Circle to Oklahoma to Australia in a fervent quest to document some of the world's most endangered languages. His mission is urgent: Of the six thousand languages spoken in the..... More
Tribeca Trib Inc., January 1999. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto in dustjacket with mild edgewear. Dark blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering. Bright clean copy without internal markings. Tight binding. 128 pages. More
Seal Press, October 2003. Trade Paperback. Ayun Halliday may not make for the most sensible travel companion, but she is certainly one of the zaniest, with a knack for inserting herself (and her unwitting cohorts) into bizarre situations around the globe. Curator of kitsch and unabashed aficionada of pop culture..... More
Karl Baedeker, January 1902. Hardcover. 'avec 45 cartes et 36 plans de villes'. Limp boards. More
Beacon Pr, June 1987. Trade Paperback. More
J.M. Dent, April 1913. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. 5th printing. Army green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Mildly faded at margins with top & bottom of spine worn & slightly darkened. One of the most striking end page illustrations are these (Style #1) Everyman's Library designs. They are..... More
Hamish Hamilton, January 2002. Hardcover. From the author of The Consolations of Philosophy, this is an inspirational and witty guide to how to make our travels go better. More
Harper & Row, January 1975. Paper Back. Scarce paperback edition of this classic tale of the road. Unfortunately there is silverfish bites along the fore-edge and bottom corner of the first five inside pages, though this damage does not effect the text. Otherwise a decent reading copy (or starter copy);..... More
Penguin USA, July 1990. Trade Paperback. In this text, Bruce Chatwin writes of his father, of his friend Howard Hodgkin, and of his talks with Andre Malraux and Nadezhda Mandelstram. He also follows unholy grails on his travels, such as the rumour of a "wolf-boy" in India, or the idea..... More
Wildsam Field Guides, March 2018. Paper Back. Wildsam Field Guides: Austin reveals the Texas city through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike. The soul of Austin (and..... More
Wildsam Field Guides, November 2014. Trade Paperback. Wildsam Field Guides: New Orleans reveals this one-of-a-kind city through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike. Revel in the eccentric..... More
Wildsam Field Guides, November 2013. Paper Back. Wildsam Field Guides: San Francisco reveals this legendary city through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike. See what's special about..... More
Broadway Books, December 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. From the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body comes a travel diary documenting a visit to Kenya. All royalties and profits go to CARE International. In the early fall of 2002, famed travel writer Bill Bryson journeyed to..... More
Bantam Dell Pub Group, July 2000. Trade Paperback. A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body. After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the United States with his English wife and four children (he..... More
Broadway, July 2000. Hardcover. 2nd printing. More
Souvenir Press, April 2006. Trade Paperback. This rich and fascinating celebration of Venice presents a series of unconventional impressions of the heart of Venice and its dazzling spectrum of people. With a wealth of eyewitness accounts and comments by its famous visitors, including Joseph Brodsky, Benjamin Disraeli, Thomas Mann, Marcel..... More
Random House, February 1996. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear on the jacket. More
Vintage, April 1996. Trade Paperback. The author of A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg and Pecked to Death by Ducks gives new meaning to the words "going to extremes" in this exhilarating--and frequently hilarious--collection of adventure travel writing. "Cahill . . . (writes) with the precision ofJohn McPhee and Joan..... More
Random House (NY), January 1993. Hardcover. An all-new collection of hilarious gonzo travelogues from the author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh. Whether he's exploring the world's deepest cave, fighting oil-well fires in Kuwait, or encountering the world's most ghastly outhouse--the hideous throne of terror--in Guatemala, Cahill delivers thrills so vivid..... More
Vintage, February 1989. Trade Paperback. More
Univ Tennessee Press, May 2005. Trade Paperback. Carlos C. Campbell's love affair with the Great Smoky Mountains lasted for morethan fifty years. One of the principal figures in the movement to have theSmokies established as a national park, Campbell helped to ensure that futuregenerations would enjoy the mountains just as..... More
Boston Mills Press, April 1996. Trade Paperback. Windsor, Leamington, Sarnia, Grand Bend, London, Stratford, Port Dover, Waterloo, St. Jacobs, Guelph, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and lots more. More
Touchstone Books, January 1993. Trade Paperback. More
