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A search in secret India A search in secret India Paul Brunton An account of the Indian yogis from first-hand investigation. OL122941W
Pictures from Italy Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens From the book:If the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its author's reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps… OL14869503W
Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.… Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.… Charles Darwin I have stated in the preface to the first Edition of this work, and in the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle, that it was in consequence of a wish expressed by Captain Fitz Roy, of having some scie… OL15155498W
Huge Blue Huge Blue Patrick M. Pilarski **From the publisher:** A collection of short-form travel sketches—contemporary haiku, tanka, haibun, tanka prose, senryu, and quatrains—*Huge Blue* is a poetic tour guide to Canada’s stunning wester… OL15167239W
The mask of Africa The mask of Africa V. S. Naipaul the masque of africa by naipaul is his latest book with a specific theme.he employs the technique of proceeding from the particular to the universal.with his deep and thorough visits to to africa he … OL15215690W
Seoul Seoul Chun-sik Chʻoe 327 p. : 23 cm OL15322641W
Prairie farming in America Prairie farming in America Caird, James Sir This book was published in Great Britain in the 1850s, for the benefit of British people who were considering migrating to the U.S. to farm. It consists of letters written by the author as he travele… OL15357706W
Travels and adventures in Canada and the Indian territories between the years 1760 and 1776 Travels and adventures in Canada and the Indian territories between the years 1760 and 1776 Henry, Alexander Henry, born in New Jersey, went to Canada as a young man to engage in the fur trade. He was at Fort Michilimackinac during the 1763 massacre and was taken prisoner, but escaped. He continued to work … OL15376086W
Three years travels through the interior parts of North-America for more than five thousand miles Three years travels through the interior parts of North-America for more than five thousand miles Jonathan Carver Jonathan Carver served as a member of Rogers’ Rangers and as a Captain in a Massachusetts regiment during the French and Indian War, and also studied surveying and mapping. In the 1760s he wanted to … OL15438205W
Sketches of America Sketches of America Henry Bradshaw Fearon The author writes in the introduction that he was deputed by friends in England to visit America, investigate, and provide an account that would help them decide whether or where to emigrate. He was … OL15466527W
Sketches of America Sketches of America Henry Bradshaw Fearon The author writes in the introduction that he was deputed by friends in England to visit America, investigate, and provide an account that would help them decide whether or where to emigrate. He was … OL15686558W
South Africa South Africa Domini Clark Explores the beauty of South Africa, from Table Mountain near Cape Town to the dry veldt in the north. OL16051626W
The wilderness world of John Muir The wilderness world of John Muir John Muir Naturalist, Edwin Way Teale brings together 50-odd selections from Muir's writings with excellent black-and-white decorations by Henry B. Kane. Choosen to reflect Muir's life and career, these are c… OL1618173W
The horse that leaps through clouds The horse that leaps through clouds Eric Enno Tamm Two epic journeys along the Silk Road, past and present, offer a riveting and cautionary tale about the breathtaking rise of China. On July 6, 1906, Baron Gustaf Mannerheim boarded the midnight train… OL16214073W
A Russian Paints America The Travels Of Pavel P Svinin 18111813 A Russian Paints America The Travels Of Pavel P Svinin 18111813 Pavel P. Svin'in "Pavel Petrovich Svin'in (1787/88-1839) was a painter, diplomat, and journalist who spent two years as part of the first Russian diplomatic mission to the United States. Soon after returning to Russi… OL17401224W
The Yukon The Yukon Linda Aspen-Baxter Describes the official sites and symbols of the Yukon how they reflect the Yukon's culture and heritage. OL17921143W
Arctic crossing Arctic crossing Jonathan Waterman "The Arctic - with its twenty-four-hour daylight, surprisingly curious animals and inexplicable humming noises - is a world of constant danger and limitless possibility. This unforgiving landscape is… OL1870097W
Walking the Nile Walking the Nile Levison Wood His journey is 4,250 miles long.He is walking every step of the way, camping in the wild, foraging for food, fending for himself against multiple dangers.He is passing through rainforest, savannah, s… OL20020164W
A woman's story of pioneer Illinois A woman's story of pioneer Illinois Tillson, Christiana Holmes As a young woman, Mrs. Tillson moved with her husband from Massachusetts to southern Illinois in 1822. In the 1870s she wrote this private memoir about the journey to Illinois and her first few years… OL209408W
London Orbital London Orbital Iain Sinclair A brilliant voyage of discovery into the deeply unfashionable fringes of London.'It isn't often that one reads a book and is convinced that it's an instant classic, but I'm sure that LONDON ORBITAL w… OL2118031W
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