by Stuart Stevens (1988)
The author describes his experiences traveling with three companions from Beijing to India via Kashgar in order to retrace the route followed by Peter Fleming in 1936.
Colin Thubron
Having learned Mandarin, and travelling alone by foot, bicycle and train, Colin Thubron set off on a 10,000 mile journey from Beijing to the borders of Burma. He travelled through the wind-swept wastes of the Gobi desert and finished at the far end of the Great Wall.
Caroline Alexander
The author's travel account of her exploration in equatorial Africa, retracing the journey made in 1895 by Mary Kingsley.
Mark Adams and Nicholas Thomas
The authors of this book have revisited the sites of contact between Cook's crews in Dusky South and Queen Charlotte Sound. The photographs and text examine the traces of the past in these places, opening up ambiguities, and avoiding easy judgements about these early meetings. They have also travelled to Europe, to see where botanical specimens, indigenous artifacts, and the voyagers' documents ended up. Cook's Sites is a revelation: of places of unique historical signficance, and of the intriguing stories woven around them.
Sean Condon
Sean Condon is young, urban and a connoisseur of hair wax. He can't drive, and he doesn't travel well.So when Sean and his friend David set out to explore Australia in a duck-egg blue 1966 Ford Falcon, the result is a decidely offbeat look at life on the road. Over 14,000 death-defying kilometres later, our heroes check out the re-runs on tv, get fabulously drunk, listen to Neil Young and wonder why they ever left home.Sean & David's Long Drive mixes sharp insights with deadpan humour and outright lies. Crank it up and read it out loud.