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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: Moeurs et coutumes, Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel

Notes from a Big Country Bill Bryson · 1998 · ★ 4.5 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Moderate The phenomenal bestseller from the author of Notes From a Small Island.From perfectly formed potatoes to adulterous US presidents, and from domestic upsets to millennial fever, Bill Bryson just cannot resist airing his opinions and standing up for his (mostly) law-abiding fellow American citizens. But of course after twenty years in England, he is now back on the other side of the pond, and is… Shares: Moeurs et coutumes, Civilisation, Mœurs et coutumes, Description and travel

Travels in Arabia Deserta Charles Montagu Doughty · 1888 · ★ 3.6 · 323p · ≈ 10h · Challenging In this classic travelogue, English poet and adventurer Charles M. Doughty takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the heart of Arabia in the late 19th century. With vivid prose and keen observations, Doughty brings to life the harsh beauty of the desert landscape, the customs and traditions of the nomadic Bedouin tribes, and the rich history and culture of the region. A true… Shares: Moeurs et coutumes, Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel

North America Anthony Trollope · 1862 · ★ 4.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. He wrote penetrating novels on political, social, and gender issues and conflicts of his day. In 1867 Trollope left his position in the British Post Office to run for Parliament as a Liberal candidate in 1868. After he lost, he concentrated entirely on his literary career.… Shares: Descriptions et voyages, Politics and government, Description and travel, United States

The Middle Kingdom S. Wells Williams · 1848 · 810p · ≈ 27h · Demanding First published in 2009. This work by S. Wells Williams is a complete look at the Chinese Empire during the mid-nineteenth century. Subjects include the divisions of the Empire, geographical descriptions, religion and art, literature, the second war between Great Britain and China and social life among the Chinese. This is Volume two of two. Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Politics and government, Description and travel

Domestic manners of the Americans Frances Milton Trollope · 1832 · 366p · ≈ 12h · Challenging When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827 with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, she took with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. But what followed was a tragicomedy of illness, scandal and failed business ventures. Nevertheless, on her return to… Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Description and travel, United States, Travel

Retrospect of Western Travel-3VOLS Harriet Martineau · 1838 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "This new abridgement of the original 1838 edition offers a view of Jacksonian America. Here are Martineau's condemnation of slavery and her championship of abolition and women's rights; her incisive portraits of Jackson, Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Garrison, Emerson, and the Beechers; her observations of American schools, asylums, colleges, and prisons; and her eyewitness accounts of a presidential… Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, United States

Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 Reuben Gold Thwaites · 1904 · 369p · ≈ 12h · Challenging A series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel: descriptive of the Indians and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early American settlement, Edited with notes, introduction, index, etc. The 32 volumes of reprints include 2 volumes of indexes. Some of the reprints are offered separately on this website, and… Shares: Moeurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, United States

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, Social life and customs

The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies ...: In Two Volumes Bryan Edwards · 1789 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Demanding The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. Shares: Economic conditions, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Early works to 1800

Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians George Catlin · 1841 · ★ 4.1 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Challenging George Catlin self educated artist, paintings in oil, water colour, realizing the red man's existence was rapidly becoming adulterated with many exaggerated stories from settlers,so called mountain men, & explorers in general, decided to take off alone, ill prepared for the adventure ahead, fearlessly into Indian country. His written input is kept to a minimum thus allowing his images to make his… Shares: Moeurs et coutumes, Mœurs et coutumes, Description and travel, Travel

Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne Alexander von Humboldt · 1811 · 245p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Depuis 1980, ces textes savamment sélectionnés et regroupés ici par Charles Minguet, n’avaient pas été réédités. Ils sont extraits de la relation historique du Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent (1814 à 1831), de l'Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne (1808 et 1811), de l'Essai politique sur l'île de Cuba (1826), de Tableaux de la Nature (1808) et des Vues des… Shares: Economic conditions, Descriptions et voyages, Politics and government, Description and travel

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, History

Journal of Jasper Danckaerts Jasper Danckaerts · 1867 · 313p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The Journal of two members of the Labadist sect who came over to this country in order to find a location for the establishment of a community has served to throw a flood of light upon what otherwise might have been a lost chapter in the history of Maryland. For so meagre are the sources of ready availability for a knowledge of the Labadist colony which was effected in Maryland that without this… Shares: Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, United States, Early works to 1800

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, Social life and customs

Angliae notitia Edward Chamberlayne · 1669 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Demanding Shares: Politics and government, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Travel

Letters from New York Lydia Maria Child · 1843 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Challenging This carefully crafted ebook: "Slavery: Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Memoirs Narrative of Frederick Douglass 12 Years a Slave The Underground Railroad Up From Slavery Willie Lynch Letter Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of Sojourner Truth Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl History of Mary… Shares: Mœurs et coutumes, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

Advance Australasia Frank Thomas Bullen · 1907 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Challenging With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We… Shares: Economic conditions, Description and travel

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