18 books like Description of Greece

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North America Anthony Trollope · 1862 · ★ 4.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares Politique et gouvernement, Descriptions et voyages, Politics and government, Description and travel with this book.

Trionfo della morte Gabriele D'Annunzio · 1896 · ★ 3.8 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares Antiquities, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Travel with this book.

Journey Without Maps Graham Greene · 1936 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This is an account of a trip Greene made in 1935 with his cousin, Barbara Greene, through the previously unexplored interior of Liberia. It was an extremely uncomfortable journey, with Greene falling seriously ill halfway through the trip. Possibly as a result of this he also made a point of noting the many illnesses with which the local inhabitants were assailed, particularly malaria and… Shares Description and travel, Travel

The Lands of the Saracen Bayard Taylor · 1854 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Description and travel, Travel with this book.

Bitter lemons Lawrence Durrell · 1957 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate With the publication of Justine Lawrence Durrell became, almost overnight, one of the most talked about, widely acclaimed novelists of the decade. Now, in Bitter Lemons, his focus has shifted from the world of his imagination to life itself. Writing in the exquisite poetic prose that critics have hailed as unequalled in contemporary literature, he tells the perceptive, often humorous story of his… Shares Politics and government, Description and travel, Travel

Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into Upper Egypt, and an appendix Richard William Howard Howard-Vyse · 1840 · 439p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Descriptions et voyages, Antiquities, Description and travel, Travel with this book.

Autobiography of Lutfullah Lutfullah · 1857 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

A Survey of London John Stow · 1598 · ★ 3.9 · 473p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Descriptions et voyages, Antiquities, Description and travel, Early works to 1800 with this book.

Ab urbe condita Titus Livius · 1481 · ★ 4.2 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Challenging "Romulus and Remus, the rape of Lucretia, Horatius at the bridge, the saga of Coriolanus, Cincinnatus called from his farm to save the state - these and many more stories immortalized by Livy in his history of Rome have become part of our cultural heritage." "The historian's huge work consisted of 142 books which trace Rome's history from its foundation in 753 BC to events in Livy's own lifetime… Shares Historiography, Antiquities, Politics and government, Early works to 1800

The Trojan War Olivia E. Coolidge · 1952 · ★ 3.6 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Retells legends of the heroes of the Trojan War, which began with Paris of Troy's abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, lord of Greece. Shares Greece, Antiquities, Greek Mythology

Aeschyli septem quae supersunt tragoediae Aeschylus · 1937 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Greek language materials, Greek Mythology with this book.

Angliae notitia Edward Chamberlayne · 1669 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Shares Politics and government, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Travel with this book.

Pyongyang Guy Delisle · 2003 · ★ 3.9 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A Westerner's visit into North Korea, told in the form of a graphic novel. Famously referred to as one of the "Axis of Evil" countries, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. In early 2001 cartoonist Guy Delisle became one of the few Westerners to be allowed access to the fortresslike country. While living in the nation's capital for two months on… Shares Politique et gouvernement, Politics and government, Description and travel, Travel

Society in America Harriet Martineau · 1837 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Descriptions et voyages, Politics and government, Description and travel, Early works to 1800 with this book.

Canoeing in the wilderness Henry David Thoreau · 1916 · ★ 3.8 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate From the great nature writer behind Walden comes an account of a trip he made into the wilderness. The chief attraction that inspired Thoreau to make the trip was the primitiveness of the region. Here was a vast tract of almost virgin woodland, peopled only with a few loggers and pioneer farmers, Indians, and wild animals. Shares Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia George Kennan · 1870 · 425p · ≈ 14h · Challenging An account of a period living in Siberia in pursuit of a plan to carry a telegraph line across land to Europe through Siberia in consequence of the failure of efforts to carry a telegraph line to Europe under the Atlantic. Shares Description and travel, Travel

The travelling bachelor James Fenimore Cooper · 1828 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Notions of the Americans in considered Cooper's first work of non-fiction despite a thin overlay of character and plot. Written in the form of a travel narrative, it addresses the widespread ignorance he encountered in Europe about the people and institutions of the United States. It is an exuberant chant of praise for American representative democracy, encapsulating the utopian vision that… Shares Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Travel

Hills and the sea Hilaire Belloc · 1906 · 301p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel with this book.

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