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Travel Writing & Other Literature

Travel Writing & Other Literature

Be inspired by Stanfords' substantial selection of travel writing and classic literature books. From early epic adventures to contemporary tales, from personal anecdotes and memoirs to historical accounts, humorous tales and journeys of discovery, we have hundreds of titles covering almost all the world, which make fascinating reading.
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    In Xanadu - A Quest

    by William Dalrymple
    When the Karakoram Highway reopened in 1986 it was again possible to use the mountain road linking Pakistan and China and so to complete an overland trip from Jerusalem to Xanadu for the first time in...
    • Publisher: Flamingo

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    The Zanzibar Chest - A Memoir of Love and War

    by Aidan Hartley
    "We should never have come!" so said Aidan Hartley's father in his final days, rising from a bed made of mountain cedar, lashed with thongs of rawhide from an oryx shot many years before. His words...
    • Publisher: HarperCollins

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    In the Heart of the Sea

    by Nathaniel Philbrick
    Nathaniel Philbrick tells the story of the sinking of the whale ship Essex by an enraged sperm whale and also describes in detail what happened to the twenty crew members who survived. Having e...
    • Publisher: HarperCollins

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    From Beirut To Jerusalem

    by Thomas Friedman
    Winner of the 1989 National Book Award for non-fiction, this extraordinary best-seller is still the most incisive, thought-provoking book ever written about the Middle East.

    The twice winner of...
    • Publisher: HarperCollins

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    In the Empire of Genghis Khan

    by Stanley Stewart
    WINNER OF THE THOMAS COOK/ DAILY TELEGRAPH TRAVEL BOOK 2001

    "In The Empire of Genghis Khan" is a superb book, feeling like an epic poem of old, it's all the more incredible when you realise this was...
    • Publisher: HarperCollins

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    Miss Garnet's Angel

    by Salley Vickers
    The best friend's death and the prospect of spinsterhood in Ealing galvanizes Miss Garnet into deciding, in a moment of romantic recklessness, to relocate herself to Venice.

    A lifetime habit of...
    • Publisher: HarperCollins

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    The Glass Palace

    by Amitav Ghosh
    Rajkumar is only a boy, helping out on a market stall in the dusty square outside the royal palace in Mandalay, when the British force the Burmese King, Queen and court into exile. Thus begins this...
    • Publisher: HarperCollins

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    The Danakil Diary: Journeys Through Abyssinia 1930-34

    by Wilfred Thesiger
    “The Danakil Diary” is one of the greatest tales from one of the greatest explorers of our time. In 1930 Wilfred Thesiger attended the coronation of HIM Haile Selassie at the Emperor’s personal...
    • Publisher: Flamingo

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    Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of The Great Explorer

    by Alexander Maitland
    A legend in his own lifetime, the explorer and traveller Wilfred Thesiger journeyed for 60 years in some of the remotest most dangerous places on Earth. His books are widely acclaimed, yet his...
    • Publisher: HarperCollins

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    Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent

    by Blaine Harden
    In addressing such issues as the incompetent intervention of Western Governments and the battle between the tribal way of life and the modern world, the author paints a picture of Africa that is often...
    • Publisher: HarperCollins

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    City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

    by William Dalrymple
    Dalrymple’s second book was the result of a six year stay in Delhi. Here he removes the focus from his own experiences to instead attempt to uncover the various layers of both old and new Delhi....
    • Publisher: Flamingo

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    The Life of My Choice

    by Wilfred Thesiger
    Great traveller and explorer Wilfred Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa and spent his early years in Abyssinia. In this book he reveals to what extent the early experience of Abyssinia influenced his...
    • Publisher: Flamingo
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