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The Red Eye    by Empire Publications
Price: $4.99 USD. 156110 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » Trip Journals.

For any normal individual, a round the world trip of a lifetime would mean abandoning all thoughts of everyday life and embracing a jetset lifestyle. Not so David Blatt. While his long-suffering wife Hélène embarked upon a 90,000 mile global odyssey with thoughts of tickingoff as many of the world's wonders as possible, David felt the magnetic pull of the other love of his life, Manchester United.
Salt and Emerald - a hesitant solo voyage round Ireland and the Irish    by Alastair Scott
Price: $1.99 USD. 138740 words. Language: English. Published on April 28, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

Much more than adventurous travel, this book is an exploration of Ireland and her people, past and present. Observed with humour, sensitivity and insight, it is an engrossing account of encounters and experiences - astonishingly diverse - by a seasoned travelwriter. Everything from Dervla Murphy to the Mary Celeste. A journey packed with fact and anecdote that carries you along like the tide.
Carolina Blue    by Jaeme Haviland
Price: $2.99 USD. 103360 words. Language: English. Published on April 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » Trip Journals.

Carolina Blue is an anthology of travelogs, short essays taken from the author's journal about his time on the Piedmont of North Carolina, as well as tales from days on the road exploring the southeastern US.
Roll's Round the World    by Rowley Macklin
Price: $2.99 USD. 148070 words. Language: British English. Published on April 26, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests.

In 2007 Rowley decided to backpack around the World for over a year to inject some change and new experiences into his life. This is a light-hearted travel diary of his time in the USA, Mexico, Central America, South America and then across the Ocean to New Zealand, Australia and The Philippines. Lots of backpacking tips, adventure, mis-adventure, near-deaths and wonderful characters....
Een Groenlander in Afrika    by Koos Dijksterhuis
You set the price! 117570 words. Language: Dutch. Published by Fosfor  on April 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » Essays & Travelogues.

Ze dribbelen langs het strand op zes tenen: drie aan elke voet. Als je op het strand wandelt, lopen ze voor je uit, tot ze ineens terugsnorren. Drieteenstrandlopers zijn gezelligheidsdieren. ’s Winters hollen ze over de stranden van Schotland tot Zuid-Afrika. Maar waarom vliegen ze eigenlijk naar Afrika als ze ook in Nederland kunnen overwinteren? En waarom broeden ze helemaal bij de Noordpool?
Wanderlust - an Anthology of Best Extracts from the Round-the-World Trilogy: Scot Free, A Scot Goes South & A Scot Returns    by Alastair Scott
Price: $2.99 USD. 162050 words. Language: English. Published on April 23, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » Essays & Travelogues.

Alastair Scott's epic five-year sojourn roughing it round the world was originally (and still is) published in three volumes. Wanderlust brings together a 'best' collection of his writings from this journey. He writes with deep insight and caustic humour; diverse, bizarre, beautiful and poignant impressions of our world and humanity in all its forms. This is a delight from start to finish.
A Scot Returns - A Journey from Bali to Skye    by Alastair Scott
Price: $1.99 USD. 144680 words. Language: English. Published on April 22, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

The last of a trilogy, by turns comic and astonishing, of a remarkable five-year pilgrimage around the world. Travelling on foot, camel, elephant and public transport Scott slips, trots and lumbers through the cultures of the Far and Near East. He carries a notebook, a will to understand, a bent towards absurdities and…(ever the optimist)…a universal bath plug where there are no universal drains.
A Scot Goes South - A Journey from Mexico to Ayers Rock    by Alastair Scott
Price: $1.99 USD. 136640 words. Language: English. Published on April 21, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

Here is the sequel to Alastair Scott's highly acclaimed Scot Free, describing the next two years of his five-year odyssey, this time in Central and South America, Australia and New Zealand. He writes with the same infectious brio as in his first book, a photographer's eye enriching the writer's, seizing with delight upon the egregious and eccentric, the larger-than-life that turns out to be life.
Scot Free - A Journey from the Arctic to New Mexico    by Alastair Scott
Price: $0.99 USD. 129130 words. Language: English. Published on April 20, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

The first in the trilogy describing Alastair Scott's epic five-year journey around the world, much of it wearing a kilt. On and (sometimes very far) off the beaten track, he brings the unusual and the eccentric vividly before our eyes, giving many an unforgettable portrait of people with whom he shared, for brief moments or extended periods, his own delight in humanity in all its forms.
Tracks Across Alaska - A Dog Sled Journey    by Alastair Scott
Price: $1.99 USD. 132260 words. Language: English. Published on April 16, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

A Scotsman dreams of driving a dog sled across Alaska. Arriving there with no experience, he learns the hard way. This is much more than the story of that feat of self-reliance and endurance; it defines the deep bond between man and dog; it is a portrait of the land - beautiful, rich, empty, sometimes murderous - its history and the people who live there. And it has become a classic.