HMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is the celebrated craft afloat and one of the greatest technical achievements of the 20th century. Whether you are a cruise buff, or planning your own stay aboard this ship, this book provides you with information, stories, and pleasures.
Anthology of short excerpts from the writings of more than 50 famous literary and historical figures on the subject of cycling and journeys by bicycle from around the world - Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ernest Hemingway, Jerome K Jerome, DH Lawrence, Dervla Murphy, Eric Newby, Dorothy Sayers, Mark Twain and HG Wells among many others.
Michael Kohn, former editor of the Mongol Messenger, is one step ahead of the journalistic posse in this epic Western set in the Far East. Kohn's memoir is an irresistible account of a land where falcon poachers, cattle rustlers, exiled Buddhist leaders,death-defying child jockeys and political assassins vie for page one.A turf war between lamas, ......
On a whim, several mates fly to Nepal, and ride vintage motorbikes from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp and beyond to Tibet, and meet all manner of oddities and new friends on the way. The spectacular and bizarre are captured in vivid photographs from throughout the trip.
In the late 1970s, adventure bus journeys were the most exciting form of international travel. Buses crossed continents to the fabled cities of Asia, Europe, Africa and South America, carrying adventurous travellers across scenic lands and harsh deserts. Many of the passengers were Australians and New ......
Commemorating Cicerone's 50th year, Fifty Years of Adventure is a compilation of tales by Cicerone authors. A story to celebrate each year Cicerone has been publishing outdoor activity guidebooks, the collection is a delicious hotpot of adventures in their every shape and form. Soak up the sun, ice-cream in hand, with Aileen Evans on the Isle of ......
Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them.
He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching ancient Mayan mariners, lands ......
Travels Around Turkey in the Footsteps of Gertrude Bell
The author of the Lonely Planet guide to Turkey interweaves her travels in modern Turkey with those of explorer Gertrude Bell 100 years ago, in an entertaining travelogue.
A short, hilarious primer to modern France. Dental hygienists are illegal, yet the French exchange a staggering 184 billion kisses every year and many more crazy little French quirks.
Born in Venezuela in 1920, Benacerraf's childhood was spent in Paris, until fear of war with Nazi Germany compelled his family to flee to Venezuela in 1939. By the time he received a Nobel prize in 1980 for his discovery of immune response genes, he had travelled a long way on the road to success. This book presents the story of his life.
A collection of photographs that are organized by continent. It features photographs including wind-ruffled sand dunes in Tunisia and the dance of lights on the Eiffel Tower at night.
Greek Island Nature Diary is a lavish journal of highly detailed watercolours and accompanying pencil drawings of flora, fauna
and natural objects observed and collected during the author’s years living in Corfu and sailing the Ionian on her family’s
oceangoing catamaran.
This evocative diary is based on the author’s notes and sketches made in ......
Hong Kong is a city where limousines outnumber taxis, partygoers countdown to Christmas every December 24, and giant billboards of fortune tellers and cram school tutors compete with breathtaking skylines. This collection of essays zeroes in on the city's idiosyncrasies with deadpan precision. An outsider looking in and an insider looking out, ......
