Peter Matthiessen Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 10,000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego and...

Author: Tim Vicary Oxford Bookworms offer students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English. There are six stages, taking students from elementary to advanced...

Dom Joly Ever since he can remember, Dom Joly has been fascinated by travel to odd places. In part this stems from a childhood spent in war-torn Lebanon, where instead...

Onjali Q Rauf Since I became friends with Ahmet, the Most Famous Refugee Boy in the World, all sorts of amazing things have happened. But the most amazingest of all...

Cathleen Schine When Jane unexpectedly encounters her cousin, Martha, in the Galapagos Islands, she feels that she finally has the opportunity to talk to her about their deteriorating friendship and...

Lieve JorisThrough her friendship with a Syrian woman and her family, Lieve Joris leads readers into the fascinating world that lies beyond the gates of Damascus, presenting an intimate portrait...

Howard Blum Mt Sinai. For many, it's the most sacred place on Earth--the site where god descended to give Moses the Ten Commandments. Yet for centuries, humankind has not known...

The Hundred-foot Journey is the story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across...

Mark Twain A travel book by Mark Twain, published in 1869. A must read. February 1, 1966 by Signet Classics

Kate Muir 'Times' columnist Kate Muir has written this unique guide for those visitors to Paris who want to upgrade from tourist to native, if only for the weekend. Kate...

Kate AdieKate Adie has courageously reported from all over the world since she joined the BBC in 1969. These memoirs encompass her reporting from, inter alia, Northern Ireland, the Middle...

Michael Zadoorian Now a major motion picture starring Oscar award-winners Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, coming January 2018 from Sony Pictures Classics.Official SelectionToronto Film FestivalVenice Film Festival“The Leisure Seeker is pretty much like life...