Further Reading – A Selection. . .

 

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 Title(s)
AuthorTitle(s)
Abbey, EdwardDown the River + any
Albanov, ValerianIn the Land of White Death
Allen, BenedictAny
Allen, CharlesA Mountain in Tibet
Ansell, NeilDeep Country
Asher, MichaelImpossible Journey
Asher, MichaelThe Forty Days Road
Bach, Brian PaulThe Grand Trunk Road
Bagnold, RalphLibyan Sands
Basho, MatsuoThe Narrow Road to the Deep North
Battuta, IbnTravels in Asia and Africa
Bolingbroke-Kent, AntoniaLand of the Dawn-Lit Mountains
Bouvier, NicholasWay of the World
Bradley, ChrisBradt Guide to Yemen
Brennan, GeraldSouth from Granada
Brown, HamishThe Mountains Look on Marrakesh
Bruder, JessicaNomadland
Burton, Richard FGoa and the Blue Mountains
Byron, RobertRoad to Oxiana
Cahill, TimJaguars ripped my flesh and others
Carson, RachelSilent Spring
Cawthorne, MikeHell of a Journey
Cawthorne, MikeWild Voices
Cawthorne, MikeWalking Through Shadows
Chatwin, BruceIn Patagonia
Chatwin, BruceThe Songlines
Cherry-Garrard, ApsleyWorst Journey in the World
Clare, HoratioIce Breaker
Cookman, ScottIce Blink
Crane, NicholasClear Waters Rising
Crowther, Geoff (Ed)BIT Overland Guide to India and Australia
Dalrymple, WilliamIn Xanadu
Dalrymple, WilliamNine Lives
Darwin, CharlesThe Voyage of the Beagle
Davies, NormanBeneath Another Sky
Davies, William HAutobiography of a Super-tramp
Dew, JosieA ride in the Neon Sun
Dew, JosieThe Wind in my Wheels
Dillard, AnniePilgrim at Tinker Creek and others
Duff-Gordon, LucieLetters from Egypt
Durrell, LawrenceBitter Lemon
Elliott, JasonAn Unexpected Light
Elliott, JasonMirrors of the Unseen
Farley, Paul and Simmons Roberts, MichaelEdgelands
Farson DanielDry Ship to the Mountains
Farson, NegleyCaucasian Journey
Fenton, JamesAll the Wrong Places
Fermor, Patrick LeighMani, + any
Fishlock, TrevorIndia File
Fleming, PeterNews from Tartary
Francis, GavinEmpire Antarctica
Francis, GavinTrue North
Francis, GavinIsland Dreams
Frankopan, PeterThe Silk Roads
Fraser, Keith (Ed)Worst Journeys
Frater AlexanderChasing the Monsoon
Fuller, AlexandraDon’t Lets go to the Dogs tonight 
Giday, BelaiEthiopian Civilisation
Grant, RichardGhost Riders, Travels with American Nomads
Grewal, RoyinaIn Rajasthan
Hansen, EricMotoring with Mohammed
Hansen, EricStranger in the Forest
Hedin, SvenMy Life as an Explorer
Heyerdahl ThorFatu Hiva
Heyerdahl ThorKon Tiki
Hill, GeoffThe Road to Gobblers Knob
Hillaby, JohnJourney to the Jade Sea
Housden, RogerTravels through Sacred India
Hunt,NickOutlandish
Ian SeraillierThe Silver Sword
Kapuscinsky, RyszardTravels with Herodotus
Kassabova KapkaBorder (south central Europe)
Kennedy, DouglasBeyond the Pyramids
Kerouac, JackLonesome Traveller
Kerouac, JackOn the Road
Kingsley, MaryTravels in West Africa
Krakauer, JonInto the Wild
Krakauer, JonInto Thin Air
Lois PryceRevolutionary Ride
Lois PryceRed Tape and White Knuckles
Lopez, Barry HolstunAbout this life
Lopez, Barry HolstunArctic Dreams
Lopez, Barry HolstunCrossing Open Ground
Lopez, Barry HolstunHorizon
Lopez, Barry HolstunOf wolves and Men
Luard, NicholasThe Last Wilderness
Macfarlane, RobertThe Wild Places + any
Maclean, RoryThe Magic Bus
Maillart, EllaThe Forbidden Journey
Marnham, PatrickRoad to Kathmandu
Marnham, PatrickThe Fantastic Invasion
Marsden, PhilipSpirit Wrestlers
Marsden, PhilipThe Pursuit of Loneliness
Matthiessen, PeterIndian Country
Matthiessen, PeterThe Snow Leopard
Mawson, DouglasThe Home of the Blizzard
Mayne, PeterThe Alleys of Marrakesh
McGoogan, KenFatal Passage
McIvor, ChrisA Bend in the Nile
Moon, William Least HeatBlue Highways
Moon, William Least HeatPrairyerth
Moore DerekRogue on the Road – private pub from DM Foundation
Moorehead, AlanThe Blue Nile
Moorehead, AlanThe White Nile
Moorehouse GeoffreyTo The Frontier
Moorehouse, GeoffreyCalcutta
Moorehouse, GeoffreyThe Fearful Void
Morris, JanCities; Journeys
Mowat, FarleyPeople of the deer
Muir, JohnTravels in Alaska
Murphy, DervlaFull Tilt + any
Newby, EricShort Walk in the Hindu Kush
Newby, EricSlowly Down the Ganges
O’Hanlon, RedmondIn Trouble Again
O’Hanlon, RedmondInto the Heart of Borneo
Orwell, GeorgeBurmese Days
Orwell, GeorgeKeep the Aspidistra Flying
Pirsig, Robert MZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Pitzer, AndreaIcebound -story of William Barents
Pryce, LoisLois on the Loose
Pryce, LoisRevolutionary Ride
Pyne, StephenThe Ice
Raban, JonathanArabia
Raban, JonathanPassage to Juneau + any
Reeve. SimonStep by Step
Roberts, DavidAlone on the Ice – Douglas Mawson survival story
Rory McLeanMagic Bus
Sandham, FranTraversa, a walk across Southern Africa
Sarno, LouisSong From the Forest
Severin, TimSeeking Robinson Crusoe
Shackleton, ErnestSouth !
Shepherd, NanThe Living Mountain
Simon, AlvahNorth to the Night
Simon, TedDreaming of Jupiter
Simon, TedJupiter’s Travels
Sobel, DavaLongtitude
Solzhenitsyn, AlexanderGulag Archipelago
Solzhenitsyn, AlexanderWe never make mistakes
Steinbeck, JohnTravels with Charley,Log from the Sea of Cortez
Stevenson, AndrewTravels in Outback Australia
Stevenson, HelenInstructions for Visitors
Stevenson, Robert LouisThe Amateur Emigrant
Stevenson, Robert LouisTravels with a donkey in the Cevennes
Stewart, RoryThe places in between
Stewart, StanleyFrontiers of Heaven
Susan ChittyThe Great Donkey Walk
Talach, Malachy60° North
Talbot-Ponsonby, SpudSmall Steps with Paws and Hooves
Tayler, JeffreyFacing the Congo
Theroux, PaulGreat Railway Bazaar + any
Thesiger, WilfredA Life of my choosing
Thesiger, WilfredVisions of a Nomad
Thomsen, AliceThe Singing Line
Thoreau, Henry DavidWalden, The Maine Woods
Thubron, ColinAmong the Russians + any
Toffler, AlvinFuture Shock
Tomkies, MikeA Last Wild Place
Tully, MarkIndia in slow motion
Twain, MarkThe Innocents Abroad
Twigger, RobertThe Great North Line
Twigger, RobertThe White Mountain
Van der Post, LaurenceHeart of the Kalahari
Vince, GaiaTranscendence
Walker, CharlieOn Roads that Echo
Watson, LyallDreams of Dragons
Wheeler, SaraMagnetic North
Wheeler, SaraTerra Incognita
Wheeler, SaraTravels in a Thin Country
Wheeler, ThomThe Way a River Went
Winchester, SimonRiver at the Centre of the World
Wolfe, TomElectric Kool-Aid Acid Test
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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