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Paul Theroux (born 1941) – prolific travel writer; author of nearly two dozen books of travel writing. The Great Railway Bazaar (1975) – Theroux's most popular travel work. The Old Patagonian Express (1979) Travelling The World - The Illustrated Travels of Paul Theroux (1990) The Happy Isles of Oceania (1992) The Pillars of Hercules (1995)
This is a list of English-language novels that multiple media outlets and commentators have considered to be among the best of all time. The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists.
The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. [2] Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered steamship Quaker City (formerly USS Quaker City) through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of American travelers in 1867.
The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. According to Guinness World Records, as of 1995, the Bible was the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. [1]
Arabian Sands is a 1959 book by explorer and travel writer Wilfred Thesiger.The book focuses on the author's travels in the Arabian Peninsula between 1945 and 1950, and details his two crossings of the Empty Quarter undertaken between 1946 and 1948.
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A children's cartoon where, using books, three children travel through time and space. Based on the books by Jon Scieszka. 2006 2011 Torchwood: Russell T Davies Chris Chibnall Jane Espenson John Fay: Humans and aliens from different periods in time start to come to Earth by means of a rift in the space/time continuum. (Spin-off from Doctor Who ...
The first Dolman award was given in 2006, just two years after the only other travel book award - the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award which ran for 25 years - was abandoned by its sponsor. [1] From its founding through 2014, the £1,000 to £2,500 prize was organized by the Authors' Club and was sponsored by and named after club member William ...