|
Travel & Adventure
|
|
Search results: The best new books - Book reviews & excerpts from exceptional travel & adventure books
|
|
Page 9 of
12
|
Total books found: 94 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Trouser People: A Story of Burma in the Shadow of the Empire
by Andrew Marshall
Hardcover: Mar 2002
Paperback: 1 Jul 2003
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Marshall)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
|
|
| An offbeat and thrilling journey through a lost colonial heritage--and a powerful expose of Burma's modern tragedy. |
|
|
|
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
by Richard Zacks
Hardcover: Jun 2002
Paperback: 1 Jun 2003
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Write the First Review!
Author biography (Zacks)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
|
|
| This masterpiece of historical detective work tells the story of the real Captain Kidd - a pirate hunter, not a pirate. A real page turner and an authentic pirate story for grownups. |
|
|
|
Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan
by Giles Milton
Hardcover: Jan 2003
Paperback: 1 Feb 2003
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Milton)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
|
|
| An eye-opening account of the first encounter between England and Japan, by the acclaimed author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg. |
|
|
|
The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race
by G Bruce Knecht
Hardcover: Jun 2001
Paperback: 1 Mar 2002
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Knecht)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
|
|
| A page-turner of the highest order, The Proving Ground is more than one of the most exciting adventure stories written in years. It is also an incisive look at the forces that continue to draw men who have triumphed on land to risk everything at sea. |
|
|
|
Take Me With You: A Round-the-World Journey to Invite a Stranger Home
by Brad Newsham
Hardcover: Oct 2000
Paperback: 1 Feb 2002
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Write the First Review!
Author biography (Newsham)
Author interview (Newsham)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
|
|
| A book you'll want to read and recommend over and over. With poignancy and persuasion, Newsham demonstrates the power individuals have to make the world a better place. |
|
|
|
River Town
by Peter Hessler
Hardcover: Jan 2001
Paperback: 1 Dec 2001
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Hessler)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
|
|
| An unforgettable portrait of a city that, much like China itself, is seeking to understand both what it was and what it someday will be. "Tender, intelligent, and insightful, [this] is the work of a writer of rare talent; it deserves to become a classic." |
|
|
|
A Goose in Toulouse: and Other Culinary Adventures in France
by Mort Rosenblum
Hardcover: Sep 2000
Paperback: 1 Nov 2001
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Write the First Review!
Author biography (Rosenblum)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
|
|
| In France, you are what you eat. Mort Rosenblum applies his superb nose for news and fine fare to the food-drenched culture of a country that takes its cuisine as seriously as its politics. |
|
|
|
Paris To The Moon
by Adam Gopnik
Hardcover: Oct 2000
Paperback: 1 Sep 2001
Publication information
|
Book Jacket & Reviews
Read an excerpt
Reading guide
Reader Reviews
Author biography (Gopnik)
|
Critics' Opinion:
Readers' Rating:
|
|
|
| With singular wit and insight, Gopnik weaves the magical with the mundane in a wholly delightful, often hilarious look at what it was to be an American family man in Paris at the end of the twentieth century. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
« prev
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
next » |
| |
