Travel

A Traveller in War-Time

by Winston Churchill Read by Bellona Times 4.5
This is a collection of a series of journalistic articles written during his travels throughout WWI era Europe that Churchill -- the America…

Westward Hoboes

by Winifred Hawkridge Dixon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Dixo…

The Adventures of a Woman Hobo

by Ethel Grace Lynn Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Ethel and Dan Lynn wed in San Francisco in the immediate aftermath of the 1906 earthquake. The young couple soon moved to Chicago where she …

In the Oregon Country

by George Palmer Putnam Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
This little book does not undertake to present a comprehensive account of our westernmost States, or even of the Oregon Country. It is inten…

Kokoro

by Lafcadio Hearn Read by Expatriate 4.4
In an introductory paragraph, Lafcadio Hearn declares his intention: "The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than …

The Journal of Lewis and Clarke

by Meriwether Lewis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…

The Golden Silence

by Charles Norris Williamson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Trying to get away from an engagement he had got himself into more or less against his will, Stephen Knight travels to Algiers to visit his …

Three Men in a Boat

by Jerome K. Jerome Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Th…

Around the World on a Bicycle

by Thomas Stevens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
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…

A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy

by Ida Laura Pfeiffer Read by Sibella Denton 4.8
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 …

A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

by Laurence Sterne Read by Martin Geeson 4.4
After the bizarre textual antics of "Tristram Shandy", this book would seem to require a literary health warning. Sure enough, it …

On a Chinese Screen

by W. Somerset Maugham Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
On a Chinese Screen is a captivating collection of essays by W. Somerset Maugham, offering a window into the complexities of life in early 2…

Uganda to the Cape

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.9
Another volume in the author's series of travelling the world and telling of its peoples, agriculture, industry, and social habits . This ti…

Carpenter's Geographical Reader

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.5
The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author conducts tours through various parts of Europe giving a gl…

The Mirror of the Sea

by Joseph Conrad Read by Peter Dann 4.8
"Here speaks the man of masts and sails, to whom the sea is not a navigable element, but an intimate companion. The length of passages,…

The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

by Sir John Barrow Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard a British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the co…

Travels in France

by Arthur Young Read by Pamela Nagami 4.6
Arthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst o…

China

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.1
Another fascinating in-depth look at the largest country in the world. Its cities, peoples, culture and industry. (Summary by Betty B)

The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles

by Herman Melville Read by James K. White 4.5
The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles invites listeners to explore the haunting beauty and stark realities of the Galápagos Islands throu…

Cape Cod

by Henry David Thoreau Read by PhyllisV 4.2
Cape Cod is one of several excursion books by Henry David Thoreau. The travel itinerary frames his thoughts about geography, natural and loc…

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