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Wheels within wheels Wheels within wheels Dervla Murphy In this beautifully written and searingly honest autobiography, the intrepid cyclist and traveler Dervla Murphy remembers her richly unconventional first thirty years. She describes her determined ch… OL111803W
Martin Chuzzlewit Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out f… OL14869242W
The English prize The English prize María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui Alpañés "Laden with works of art acquired by young British travelers on the Grand Tour in Italy, the British merchant ship Westmorland sailed from the Italian port of Livorno before being captured by French … OL16361693W
The master blaster The master blaster P. F. Kluge "A tropical island far from the complications of home draws four lost souls to make a new life. How can the past catch up to them over the wide expanse of the South Pacific--and how can hope not thri… OL17711404W
Into the Wild Into the Wild Jon Krakauer In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 i… OL1974546W
Alone time Alone time Stephanie Rosenbloom "A wise, passionate account of the pleasures of travelling solo In our increasingly frantic daily lives, many people are genuinely fearful of the prospect of solitude, but time alone can be both rich… OL19748866W
El viajero del siglo El viajero del siglo Andrés Neuman "Un viajero enigmático. Una ciudad en forma de laberinto de la que parece imposible salir. Cuando el viajero está a punto de marcharse, un insólito personaje lo detiene, cambiando para siempre su des… OL19933364W
Boswell's enlightenment Boswell's enlightenment Robert Zaretsky "In 1763, the young James Boswell left Great Britain for a 'Grand Tour' of the Continent. The tour was a tradition among British and Scottish youths; by visiting the great historical sites, especiall… OL19996801W
A woman in Arabia A woman in Arabia Gertrude Lowthian Bell "A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia. One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century and the chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War… OL20007749W
A Sense of the World A Sense of the World Jason Roberts He was known simply as the Blind Traveler. A solitary, sightless adventurer, James Holman (1786-1857) fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants … OL2077201W
The age of magic The age of magic Ben Okri 'The Age of Magic has begun. Unveil your eyes.' Eight weary film-makers, travelling from Paris to Basel, arrive at a small Swiss hotel on the shores of a luminous lake. Above them, strewn with lights… OL20984445W
Museum mouse Museum mouse J. S. Friedman In a museum in Cairo, Maurice the mouse confronts his spirit muse and discovers an unexpected treasure for his valise. OL26193486W
Fremde Länder Fremde Länder Janice Galloway An amusing driving holiday in France by two Scottish spinsters who are on each other's nerves from the moment they cross the Channel. Faced with the dilemma of "fancying men and not liking them very … OL26411772W
Medicine mouse Medicine mouse J. S. Friedman Medicine Mouse is the fourth book in the Maurice's Valises series and follows Maurice, the endearing mouse, through his quest to learn life's lessons. In this story, Maurice travels to America, where… OL28759350W
Cycle of learning Cycle of learning Anne E. Fitzpatrick After backpacking around Asia, Anne Fitzpatrick spent three months volunteering in rural India. Inspired by the program, she returned to Australia determined to raise funds for the education of young… OL28957902W
William Beckford William Beckford Malcolm Jack 170 p. ; 24 cm OL4083285W
The grand tour The grand tour Geoffrey Trease Surveys four hundred years of touring, when training for diplomacy, cultural aims, and social convention influenced the education of the young British aristocrat. OL4633668W
Atlantic high Atlantic high William F. Buckley Ostensibly the tale of his 1980 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic High is William F. Buckley's extended meditation on the pleasures of sailing and good company. Not surprisingly, as much th… OL499048W
The unfortunate traveller The unfortunate traveller Nash, Thomas This is the story of Jack Wilton, an amoral young recruit in Henry VIII's army in France. Wilton has a series of dangerous adventures and travels throughout Europe. Nashe's descriptions, especially … OL6271196W
Travesuras de la niña mala Travesuras de la niña mala Mario Vargas Llosa Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager known as 'Lily' in Llama in 1950, when she arrives one summer out of the blue, claiming to be from Chile but vanishing the mo… OL857660W
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