Travel and tourism stories have been told and recorded within every culture, in every period of oral and written history, and across the fact/fiction continuum. This title discusses historical and contemporary, as well as real-life and fictional, narratives contained within travel writing, travel and tourism stories and different types of media.

Sailing by Starlight takes us on an exploratory journey via the loss of a Spanish vessel laden with gold and jewels in the South Seas, the burial of treasure, an ancient map, and a long and dangerous voyage across the Pacific, to prove that Robert Louis Stevenson's 'treasure island' truly existed.

From one of the last century's greatest storytellers, Lawrence Durrell, comes a sumptuous collection of essays that describe the author's unique and cherished approach to life, with its pagan enjoyments as well as its intellectual pursuits. The book contains Durrell's articles about the Mediterranean and Aegean islands he loved so much, along with passages from his letters. My books are always abo...

A glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain's many and magnificent railway journeys.

I've been craving the road for some time, writes Justin Fox odd words for this most seasoned of travel writers. But there is more to it: Restless, anxious about an uneventful slide into my late 30s... And thus begins ten thousand kilometers around the edge of the Republic. Hugging the comforts which distance offers agitated souls, he bears east from Cape Town. This is fatherland, and for Justin hi...

Giving an authentic voice to both ordinary and odd people, Dana Snyman's travel writing helps us all to ponder the lessons of the road.