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1	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Bill Bryson, known in England as "the funniest travel writer alive," returns to the States and walks the Appalachian Trail, starting in Hanover, New Hampshire. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Zen & the art of motorcycle maintenance : an inquiry into values more books like this by Robert M. Pirsig add to wishlist Robert Pirsig's journey to enlightenment on the back of a motorcycle was rejected 121 times before its publication in 1974. ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE immediately hit the best-seller lists, and, even decades later, it remains a cult classic. A combination of travelogue, philosophical tract, gripping novel, and probing memoir, ZEN ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Three Weeks with My Brother more books like this by Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks add to wishlist When the Sparks brothers--bestselling writer Nicholas and his older brother Micah--set off on a trip around the world, they saw it as an opportunity not only to see temples and ruins but to talk about their childhood and the fate of their family, in a fraternal bonding experience that would enlarge both their lives. As they traveled, they also ... see all copies from £3.27! new only from £7.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World more books like this by Eric Weiner (Read by) add to wishlist Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes us from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness. Using a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner investigates not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is ... see all copies from £3.24! new only from £4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	In a Sunburned Country more books like this by Bill Bryson (Read by) add to wishlist Bryson, author of A WALK IN THE WOODS and I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF, takes on Australia. Bryson's wit and capacity for observation remain in top working condition despite the heat, and his encounters with the locals are engaging in this typical Brysonian look beyond the obvious. see all copies from £1.75! new only from £7.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist From Scandinavia to Turkey, Bryson retraces his youthful, solo backpacking expedition that eventually landed him in England for 20 years. His experience lends wit to this slightly ethnocentric tour of greater Europe. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Assassination Vacation more books like this by Sarah Vowell add to wishlist Quirky essayist Sarah Vowell, known both for her pieces on NPR's "This American Life" and her star turn voicing teen superhero Violet in the animated Pixar blockbuster THE INCREDIBLES, waxes both witty and rhapsodic in this monumentally obsessive travelogue chronicling her so-called pilgrimage to various places related to the first three ... see all copies from £5.71! new only from £6.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The Art of Travel more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "How Proust Can Change Your Life" comes a dazzling inquiry into our desire to travel and into the ways in which this experience is altered by both anticipation and memory. Illustrations. see all copies from £2.66! new only from £7.87! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey more books like this by Richard Proenneke, Sam Keith add to wishlist Longtime Alaska-phile Sam Keith set himself the task of writing about an amazing encounter with the frozen north: that of his friend Richard Proenneke, who left his native Iowa in 1967 at the age of 50 to live in the unspoiled Twin Lakes country west of Anchorage. Proenneke kept a journal of the experience, from which Keith has drawn this ... see all copies from £7.47! new only from £11.96!
10	Jupiter's Travels more books like this by Ted Simon (Introduction by) add to wishlist In the late '70s, Ted Simon rode 63,000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world. Through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters and a Californian commune, he travelled into the depths of fear and reached the heights of euphoria. He met astonishing people and was treated as a spy, a ... see all copies from £2.18! new only from £6.96! \| first editions
11 view cover	Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy more books like this by Frances Mayes add to wishlist Frances Mayes, a gourmet cook, travel writer, and poet, bought herself a crumbling 17-room villa in the Italian countryside. It changed her life and renewed her spirit. Her immensely appealing chronicle of the experience, and of her romantic relationship with the man she eventually married, comes complete with recipes from the region. The book ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Notes from a Small Island more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Before returning to the United States after 20 years in England, Bryson embarks on a farewell circuit of the country. He integrates history and reflections of his own debut tour of England in this valediction. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.91! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea more books like this by Steven Callahan add to wishlist When Callahan's small sloop sank west of the Canary Islands, he found himself adrift in the Atlantic in a five-foot raft, with only enough food and water for 18 days. For 76 days he drifted 1800 miles, the only man in history to survive more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War more books like this by Tony Horwitz add to wishlist A portrait of Civil War societies and the amateur historians who populate them throughout the South. Horwitz, the grandson of Russian immigrants who were obsessed with the conflict, spent a year visiting such societies to piece together his account. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £8.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Places in Between more books like this by Rory Stewart add to wishlist Rory Stewart's moving, sparsely poetic account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 has been immediately hailed as a classic. Caught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time, Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible, mountainous ... see all copies from £2.76! new only from £6.70! \| first editions
16 view cover	No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach more books like this by Anthony Bourdain, Lord add to wishlist "No Reservations" is Bourdain's fully illustrated journal of his far-flung travels throughout the world. The book traces his trips from New Zealand to New Jersey and everywhere in between, mixing beautiful, never-before-seen photos and oddball mementoes with Bourdain's hilarious and outrageous tales of what really happens when you give a bad-boy ... see all copies from £3.66! new only from £4.37! \| first editions
17 view cover	Rick Steves' Travel as a Political Act more books like this by Rick Steves add to wishlist America's favourite travel writer shows how international travel can foster cultural understanding, and help us tackle our own insecurities and fears. Travel can be many things. Some choose a sunny break on the beach for a change in weather without leaving their cultural comfort zone. Others choose a life-changing adventure that makes them a ... see all copies from £4.35! new only from £4.35!
18 view cover	Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time more books like this by Michael Perry add to wishlist Michael Perry is a volunteer firefighter in New Auburn, Wisconsin--a declining town where the values of community remain strong, despite all the exterior changes. In this collection of essays, Perry writes about the town, his place in it, and some of his neighbors. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France more books like this by Peter Mayle add to wishlist Mayle and his wife return to Provence after a brief absence. This is the novelist's third installment of essays on the joys of living in the south of France. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power more books like this by Rob Gifford add to wishlist An acclaimed National Public Radio reporter takes a dramatic journey along China's Route 312 from its start in the boomtown of Shanghai to its end on the border with Kazakhstan. Along the way, he poses crucial questions regarding China's future as a super power. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.40!
21 view cover	Shadow of the Silk Road more books like this by Colin Thubron add to wishlist There was never one Silk Road - but several. The route chosen by Colin Thubron passes through China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey, taking in the most sterile desert on earth (the Taklamakan) and the strife-torn mountain valleys of today's conflicts, as he travels from the tomb of the Yellow Emperor (the mythic progenitor of ... see all copies from £1.98! new only from £7.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Iron & silk more books like this by Mark Salzman add to wishlist This entertaining memoir, a quietly persuasive classic of its kind, is about the journey of a young martial arts-obsessed American to China, where he teaches English to Chinese medical students and studies with a kung fu master. see all copies from £1.25! new only from £6.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce more books like this by Thomas Sugrue add to wishlist This original biography of Edgar Cayce tells the complete story of America's most well-documented psychic. Explores Cayce's life, work, psychic readings, and phenomenal medical cures. Photos. Index. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival more books like this by Dean King add to wishlist At the end of the War of 1812, Captain James Riley and his ship the Commerce went aground on the coast of Africa, and he and his shipmates were captured as slaves. After two months, they managed to find a way out, but during that brief time they were subjected to almost unbearable abuse as they desperately tried to stay alive. Based on accounts ... see all copies from £4.96! new only from £7.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller more books like this by Frances Mayes add to wishlist The author of the bestselling "Under the Tuscan Sun" expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers--in the sights, aromas, and treasures of 12 new special places, in this illuminating and passionate book that is also a celebration of the allure of travel. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.60! \| signed copies \| first editions

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