Eastern Horizons
By: Levison Wood
4.21
Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition
Levison Wood was only 22 when he decided to hitch-hike from England to India through Russia, Iran, …
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1. Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know: The Autobiography
By: Ranulph Fiennes
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Ranulph Fiennes has traveled to the most dangerous and inaccessible places on earth. In the process… read more
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2. Seven Years in Tibet
By: Heinrich Harrer
4.10
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
Recounts how the author, an Austrian, escaped from an English internment camp in India in 1943 and … read more
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"The name Kyirong means “the village of happiness,"-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet
"There are times when visible poverty has its advantages."-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet
"There were only three names on the map of the region we had brought with us, but we now filled in more than two hundred."-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet
"Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet. I often think I can still hear the cries of wild geese and cranes and the beating of their wings as they fly over Lhasa in the clear, cold moonlight.…"-Heinrich Harrer, Seven Years in Tibet
3. 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
By: Jonathan Franklin , Jonathan Franklin
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
438 Days is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyo… read more
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"How many of us appreciate the joys of a simple tortilla?"-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
"Everything will work out... don't give up hope, remain calm."-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
"[...] what else motivated him to spend hour after hour with me, telling all the details of his story? I quote at length his answer. "I suffered so much and for so long. Maybe if people read this they…"-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
"There's a lot of talk these days about a thing called resilience. That's the in term at the moment," says Dr. John Leach, a survival psychologist. "You've got built-in resilience, so you can bounce b…"-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
4. The Great Railway Bazaar
By: Paul Theroux
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining… read more
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5. Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field
By: John Lewis-Stempel
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
What really goes on in the long grass? Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an Englis… read more
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6. More Ketchup Than Salsa
By: Joe Cawley
4.04
Format: 156 pages,
British author and his girlfriend chuck their jobs in the freezing north of England, going into hoc… read more
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7. Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
By: Ewan McGregor , Charley Boorman , None
3.53
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan… read more
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8. Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. The Impossible Task. The Incredible Journey
By: Ed Stafford
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length… read more
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9. Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
By: Paul Rosolie
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
For fans of The Lost City of Z, Walking the Amazon, and Turn Right at Machu Picchu comes naturalist… read more
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10. Canoeing the Congo: First Source to Sea Descent of the Congo River
By: None
4.64
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
'Canoeing the Congo' narrates the journey of Phil Harwood, who undertook an epic five-month solo at… read more
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11. Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
By: Erika Fatland
4.28
Format: 477 pages, Hardcover
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in… read more
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"W gruncie rzeczy nie wyobrażam sobie lepszej ilustracji szczytu melancholii niż pesymista czytający Schopenhauera w Pamirze."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"(...) a kiedy się śmiał, czynił to na ten lekko zrezygnowany, ironiczny sposób, który przyswoili sobie obrońcy praw człowieka na całym świecie."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"There are very few lazy people in Uzbekistan now" he said. "I describe as lazy those who go to Moscow and sweep its streets and squares." - President of Uzbekistan"-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
"He shook his head and waved me on to his colleague, who was responsible for moral checks. "Do you have any porn with you miss?" The customs officer looked at me with interest."-Erika Fatland, Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
12. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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13. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
By: Helen Czerski
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more
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14. Journeys to Impossible Places
By: Simon Reeve
4.37
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Simon Reeve reveals more of his journeys, tales and lessons for life. In Journeys to Impossible Pl… read more
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15. Through Sand & Snow: a man, a bicycle, and a 43,000-mile journey to adulthood via the ends of the Earth
By: Charlie Walker
4.48
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
Aged twenty-two, Charlie Walker left home in search of adventure. Fleeing the boredom that comes wi… read more
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"I was a young man wanting to slay dragons, but I'd grown up swaddled and in a post-dragon world."-Charlie Walker, Through Sand & Snow: a man, a bicycle, and a 43,000-mile journey to adulthood via the ends of the Earth
16. The Slow Road to Tehran: A Revelatory Bike Ride through Europe and the Middle East
By: Rebecca Lowe
4.19
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
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17. Eastern Horizons
By: Levison Wood
4.21
Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition
Levison Wood was only 22 when he decided to hitch-hike from England to India through Russia, Iran, … read more
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18. Step by Step: The Life In My Journeys
By: Simon Reeve
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
TV documentary maker Simon Reeve has dodged bullets on frontlines, hunted with the Bushmen of the K… read more
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19. The Last Englishman
By: Keith Foskett
4.23
Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition
Alternate cover edition for ASIN B007EDIAY4 For previous cover edition see here A real-life … read more
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"I have a recurring dream in which I am 85 years old, sitting in my living room, swaying back and forth in a rocking chair, studying the newspaper. I pause, look up and think of all the adventures I c…"-Keith Foskett, The Last Englishman
20. Rebirding: Rewilding Britain and its Birds
By: Benedict Macdonald
4.57
Format: 468 pages, Kindle Edition
Rebirding takes the long view of Britain’s wildlife decline, from the early taming of our landscape… read more
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21. Vuelta Skelter: Riding the Remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain
By: Tim Moore
4.27
Format: None pages, ebook
Tim Moore completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours. Julian Berrendero'… read more
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