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Travel Collection: Short Non-fiction
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A collection of short, non-fiction travel memoirs or guides written in, or translated into, English. Material covered might be a museum, a v…
Heroines of Travel
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Frank Mundell
Heroines of Travel documents the bravery and fortitude of a number of Victorian-era women who showed that adventure and exciting experiences…
Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1
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Jules Verne
The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. "Celebrated trave…
An Inland Voyage
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Robert Louis Stevenson
As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first publi…
The Art of Travel
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Sir Francis Galton
The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from…
Tales of a Traveller
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Washington Irving
Writing under the pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, Washington Irving chronicled his travels through Europe in the early 1820’s. He wrote of peopl…
Faery Lands of the South Seas
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James Norman Hall
Returning from the horrors of World War I James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow a dream to tour the South Pacific. They later co authored “…
The Boy Travellers in Australasia
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Thomas Wallace Knox
ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY TO THE SANDWICH, MARQUESAS, SOCIETY, SAMOAN, AND FEEJEE ISLANDS, AND THROUGH THE COLONIES OF NEW ZEALA…
The Broad Highway
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John Jeffery Farnol
Our hero, Peter Vibart, an Oxford graduate with no means of support but for 10 guineas he has inherited, sets out on a walking tour of the K…
Travels in Brazil, Volume 2
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Henry Koster
A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…
Letters of Travel
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
Rudyard Kipling
Three books of travel writing (between them covering the USA, Canada, Japan and Egypt) by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stor…
Going Abroad? Some Advice
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Robert Luce
Going abroad for a holiday or business is always exciting, but we can only imagine how exciting it would have been in 1900 to board a steame…
A Little Tour in France
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
A splendid example of travel writing at its best, in this description of six week tour in France -- from Touraine, down to Provence, then ba…
Gulliver's Travels
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Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is b…
Essays of Travel
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Robert Louis Stevenson
This book includes fascinating essays by Robert Louis Stevenson about his travels in England, Europe, and the United States. They provide ev…
Toffee Takes A Trip
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Henry Farrell
Marc Pillsworth decided he needed a vacation—so he went on a trip. But where Marc went, Toffee followed—with trouble. - Summary by Fantastic…
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 6 - Famous Travels & Adventures
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
Historical vignettes of selected locations throughout the world and many of our early explorers as well. Fascinating travel adventures throu…
A Voyage Round the World, Vol. I
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James Holman
This is Volume 1 of 4 volumes. Some territories explored are Sierra Leone, Fernando Po, Calabar, and Prince Edward's Island. Standard clash …
Travels in Lancashire
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Various,William Roscoe
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…
Pomona's Travels
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Frank R. Stockton
Pomona and Jone of Rudder Grange fame travel to England and Scotland. Along the way, Pomona tangles with wild pigs, haymaking, hotels great …