Travel & Geography
Canada and Newfoundland
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Frank G. Carpenter
Another entry in Carpenter's series of World Travels focusing on Canada and Newfoundland. (Summary by Betty B)
Kamakura
Read by Phil Benson
Yone Noguchi
'Kamakura is nothing if she has no history, writes Japanese novelist, poet, and essayist Yone Noguchi. At the turn of the 20th century, Kama…
Tales Of English Minsters: Canterbury Cathedral Kent and Saint Paul's London
Read by David Wales
Elizabeth W. Grierson
These simple stories of two of England’s greatest cathedrals were originally written for youth (1910) but adults will also enjoy them. St. …
Three Gringos in Venezuela and Central America
Read by Steven Seitel
Richard Harding Davis
In the 1890's, three American adventurers in search of warmer weather explore Central and South American cities by steamship and on horsebac…
A Guide to the Lakes
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Thomas West
In the late eighteenth century, English writers discovered the landscape, not only in the paintings of Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin and S…
In the Oregon Country
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George Palmer Putnam
This little book does not undertake to present a comprehensive account of our westernmost States, or even of the Oregon Country. It is inten…
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
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Sven Hedin
This book was first published in 1912. It is a simplified English translation of the author's Från pol till pol: genom Asien och Europ…
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water
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Ethel Gwendoline Vincent
Subtitled "The Journal of a Tour through the British Empire and America," this book is a record of the author's travels with her h…
Scottish Reminiscences
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Archibald Geikie
Archibald Geikie was a geologist in Scotland by profession, and a writer. While most of his writings were professional, this is a more perso…
One Hundred Years In Yosemite: The Story Of A Great Park And Its Friends
Read by David Wales
Carl Parcher Russell
This recording of the 1931 (1947 second edition) book about Yosemite National Park comprises the narrative text about the Park from its disc…
Tours in the South Coast District
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Queensland Railways
An early booklet, designed to encourage tourism in the northern parts of New South Wales, and the southern parts of Queensland, particularly…
Around the World with the Children
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Frank G. Carpenter
An introduction to world geography for young and old alike. Topics such as China, Japan, the American Indian, Europe and the oceans on a beg…
All About Coffee
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William Ukers
Considered the definitive work about coffee of its time, "All About Coffee" was written by William Ukers, founder of the Tea and C…
My Travels, A Family Story
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Maria Hackett
This is not a family history. Family histories are invariably dull and of interest to only a few who have a belief in, and are proud of, th…
Idylls Of The Sea And Other Marine Sketches
Read by David Wales
Frank Thomas Bullen
In these little sketches [1899] of a few out of the innumerable multitude of ways in which the sea has spoken to me during my long acquainta…
Japan and Korea
Read by BettyB
Frank G. Carpenter
Another fascinating volume in the author’s quest to travel the world. This time we are taken to Japan and Korea for an in-depth look at thei…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 04. April 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles:* Serilan, by W J McGee and W…
The Gentle Art of Tramping
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Stephen Graham
Stephen Graham tramped extensively around pre-revolutionary Russia, and with immigrants as they landed on the East coast of America and spre…
Travels in Brazil, Volume 1
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Henry Koster
A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…