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52 books

Science

Early Man and the Ocean: The Beginning of Navigation and Seaborne Civilizations

The Floating Egg

The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China

The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting

The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

Sex and Violence, or Nature and Art

Coquest of the underwater World

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28 books

Serbia

Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys

Who Wanders Alone

Husky Be My Guide

First Overland

Pictures from the Balkans

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

The 8:55 to Baghdad

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3 books

Singaporean Author

My Father is Police Lah!: Memories of 1960s Colonial Singapore

Balik Kampung 2A: People and Places

A Guide For Working Breeds

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15 books

Somalia

The Spice Route: A History

Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Gangsters

Pirates of the 21st Century: How Modern-Day Buccaneers are Terrorising the World's Oceans

Off The Map

The Horn of Africa: Travels in British Somaliland

Inside Africa

The Silent Service

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179 books

South America

The Mapmaker's Wife : A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon

The Galapagos Affair

Eight Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island

A Death in Brazil

Four Kiwis and a Falcon

The Amazon

Diez Cuentos de Eva Luna Con Guia de Comprension y Repaso de Gramatica

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182 books

South East Asia

Bridge Across My Sorrows

With My Back to the East

My Life with the Headhunters

Four Kiwis and a Falcon

Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate Vol 1

The Surgeon's Log

We Ended in Bali

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82 books

Spain

Death In The Afternoon

Silk Hats and No Breakfast

Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants

A View of the World: Selected Journalism

The Sun Also Rises

A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales

Islands Ahead

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51 books

Sri Lanka

The Age of Kali

With My Back to the East

Song of India

Return Ticket

Husky Be My Guide

Tiger for Breakfast

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

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21 books

Swedish Author

We Ended in Bali

Love in the South Seas

Forgotten Islands of the South Seas

The Underground Girls Of Kabul: The Hidden Lives of Afghan Girls Disguised as Boys

Trans-Himalaya – Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet:, Vol. 1

A Conquest of Tibet

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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39 books

Switzerland

Husky Be My Guide

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

North Wall

The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

Our Kind of Traitor

Dear Abroad

The Letters of Gertrude Bell: Volumes 1 and 2

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73 books

Syria

Wanderings in Arabia

Revolt in the Desert

The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth

Middle East Journey

Husky Be My Guide

First Overland

Dust in the Lion's Paw

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34 books

Tahiti

Moana: The Vastness of the Sea

Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers

The Bottle Imp

The Bookseller at the End of the World

From Raft to Raft

A Tale of Tahiti

Pacific Journeys

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5 books

Taiwan

Shoot, Ask...and Run

Colour of Asia

Flight to Formosa

A Tragic Beginning: The Taiwan Uprising of February 28, 1947

Seven League Boots

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13 books

Tajikistan

The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan

Imperium

The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia

A Carpet Ride to Khiva

When Men And Mountains Meet: Explorers Of The Western Himalayas, 1820-75

The Travels of Marco Polo

Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants

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78 books

Tibet

Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers

Return to Tibet

From Heaven Lake : Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet

Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge

In the Himalayas: Journeys through Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan

Alone to Everest

Tibet, Tibet

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10 books

Togo

Travels in the White Man's Grave

The Forgotten Path

Do They Hear You When You Cry?

Travels Through the Third World

Anywhere But Here

Inside Africa

African Switchback

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17 books

Train

The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan

Double Circuit

Corner Seat

One Chinese Moon

Sunrise on the Southbound Sleeper: More Great Railway Journeys from the Daily Telegraph

Train to Pakistan

Slow Trains to Simla

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76 books

Trekking Hiking Climbing

The Ascent of Everest

To Everest Via Antarctica: Climbing Solo on the Highest Peak on Each of the World's Seven Continents

Schoolhouse In the Clouds

A Day To Die For: 1996: Everest's Worst Disaster - One Survivor's Personal Journey to Uncover the Truth

Tents in the Clouds: The First Women's Himalayan Expedition

No Place For Men

The Red Snows: An Account of the British Caucasus Expedition 1958

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137 books

Turkey

Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers

Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge

Life on the Golden Horn

Journey Round Turkey

Corner Seat

Riding to the Tigris

Husky Be My Guide

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15 books

Turkmenistan

Imperium

The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia

The Fire Ox and Other Years

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Mission To Tashkent

Journey Into Russia

Diary of a Slave

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41 books

Uganda

The Long Walks: Journeys to the Sources of the White Nile

The Seven Mountain-Travel Books

Off the Rails

Dirtroads

The Black Nile: One Man's Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World's Longest River

Beyond the Devil's Teeth : Journeys in Gondwanaland

The White Nile

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29 books

Ukraine

Corner Seat

The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan

Tiger for Breakfast

The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia

Stalin's Nose : Across the Face of Europe

Black Sea

The Crossing Place: A Journey Among the Armenians

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559 books

Usa Author

The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break

Lucky You

Magician: Apprentice

Silverthorn

Prince of the Blood

Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador

The Fires of Heaven

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42 books

Uzbekistan

The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan

Corner Seat

A Ride to Khiva

Imperium

Journeys on the Silk Road: A Desert Explorer, Buddha's Secret Library, and the Unearthing of the World's Oldest Printed Book

The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia

Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East

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48 books

Vietnam

Bridge Across My Sorrows

The Deprat Affair: Ambition, Revenge and Deceit in French Indo-China

Where the Wild Things Were: Travels of a Conservationist

Return Ticket

The China Voyage: A Quest by Bamboo Raft

Witness

The Road To Angkor

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