Travel & Geography
The White Heart of Mojave
Read by Sue Anderson
Edna Brush Perkins
"The White Heart of the Mojave" recounts a 1920's adventure "in the wind and sun and big spaces" of Death Valley by two …
Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. 2
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Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…
American Notes
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
Rudyard Kipling
In American Notes, Rudyard Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of the Jungle Book, visits the USA. As the travel-diary of an Anglo-India…
The Prairie Traveler
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Randolph B. Marcy
Commissioned by the US War Department and written in 1859 by a decorated US Army captain, The Prairie Traveler is a complete how-to travel g…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 01 No. 3
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:The Rivers and Valleys of PennsylvaniaTopographic M…
The Spell of Egypt
Read by Sibella Denton
Robert Smythe Hichens
The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made…
East by West, Vol. 1
Read by Ruth Golding
Sir Henry W. Lucy
East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East during …
The Land of Little Rain
Read by Sue Anderson
Mary Hunter Austin
The Land of Little Rain is a book of sketches which portray the high desert country of southern California, where the Sierras descend into t…
Through Glacier Park, Seeing America First with Howard Eaton
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
This is about a three-hundred mile trip across the Rocky Mountains on horseback with Howard Eaton. It is about fishing, and cool nights arou…
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Published in 1796, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is a personal travel narrative by the eighteenth-…
The Stones of Venice, Volume 2
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John Ruskin
The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from …
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Edward Whymper
Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1…
American Notes for General Circulation
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Charles Dickens
American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. Wh…
Letters from Egypt
Read by Sibella Denton
Lucie Duff-Gordon
As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters …
Wild Wales
Read by Steve Gough
George Borrow
Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first pub…
The Innocents Abroad (version 2)
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Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens' (Mark Twain) journey to Europe and the Holy Land in 1866. Reportedly his best selling book.
Our Journey to Sinai
Read by Sue Anderson
Agnes Von Blomberg Bensly
Fortress-walled Saint Catherine's monastery on the Sinai peninsula has been a pilgrimage site since its founding by the Byzantine Emperor Ju…
The Amateur Emigrant
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Robert Louis Stevenson
In July 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson left Scotland to meet his future wife in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland,…
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt
Read by Sibella Denton
James Baikie
Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascina…
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
Read by Sibella Denton
Ida Laura Pfeiffer
Ida Pfeiffer travelled alone in an era when women didn't travel. She went first on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, then went on to Egypt and …