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Quarterdeck Julian Stockwin · 2003 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797, Thomas Kydd must now sit an examination to confirm his rank—or face an inglorious return before the mast. But this is only the first of many obstacles for a man who was pressed into the King's service and discovered a calling for the sea. Kydd is from humble origins, yet he attains the lofty heights of the… Shares: Sailors, Seafaring life

Gascoyne Robert Michael Ballantyne · 1800 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The Gascoyne region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is located in the northwest of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Gascoyne has about of Indian Ocean coastline; extends inland about ; and has an area of , Estimated resident population, 30 June 2019. including islands. Shares: Sailors, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, Travel

Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert · 2001 · ★ 3.6 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different… Shares: Viajes, Travel, Biography & Memoir

Podróże z Herodotem Ryszard Kapuściński · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 279p · ≈ 9h · Moderate From the renowned journalist comes this intimate account of his years in the field, traveling for the first time beyond the Iron Curtain to India, China, Ethiopia, and other exotic locales.In the 1950s, Ryszard Kapuscinski finished university in Poland and became a foreign correspondent, hoping to go abroad -- perhaps to Czechoslovakia. Instead, he was sent to India -- the first stop on a… Shares: Voyages, Voyages and travels, Travel, Biography & Memoir

The Story of Paul Boyton Paul Boyton · 1892 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Challenging This book was originally marketed with this words: "A rare tale of travel and Adventure. Thrilling experiences in distant lands, among strange people. A book for boys, old and young". Shares: Voyages and travels, Biography & Memoir

Miles Wallingford James Fenimore Cooper · 1844 · 479p · ≈ 15h · Challenging The sequel to Afloat and Ashore, set in the Napoleanic era. The terrific scene enacted so directly before his eyes, produced an effect on the Albon-ny man, who consented to haul aft his main-sheet, lower his studding-sail and top-sail, come by the wind, stand across to the Wallingford, heave-to, and lower a boat. This occurred just as Drewett was taken below; and, a minute later, old Mrs. Drewett… Shares: Sailors, Voyages and travels

My discovery of England Stephen Leacock · 1922 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Canadian humorist and academic Stephen Leacock had a plethora of opportunities to explore new cultures as he traveled the globe in support of his many popular books, often giving scholarly talks along the way. In this uproarious volume of essays and vignettes, Leacock sets down his impressions of a promotional tour of England. Shares: Voyages, Voyages and travels, Travel

The mirror of the sea Joseph Conrad · 1906 · ★ 3.9 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines 1904-6 (Summary by Wikipedia). Conrad early in his life earned his bread as a Master Mariner in sailing ships. In his Author's Note to this work, Conrad states,"Beyond the line of the sea horizon the world for me did not exist .Within these pages I make a full confession not of my sins but of my… Shares: Seafaring life, Travel, Biography & Memoir

The Silver Chair C. S. Lewis · 1953 · ★ 4.0 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch. Shares: Viajes, Voyages and travels

The Silverado Squatters Robert Louis Stevenson · 1883 · ★ 3.4 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) traveled to California in 1879 in pursuit of Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne, the Oakland woman with whom he had fallen in love in France. The two were married in the spring of 1880 and honeymooned in a cabin at Silverado, a mining ghost town on Mt. St. Helena. In the next fourteen years, Mrs. Stevenson nursed her husband while he produced the verses, stories, and… Shares: Zamorano 80, Voyages and travels, Travel

Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad · 1899 · ★ 3.4 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest English writers, and Heart of Darkness is considered his best. His readers are… Shares: Sailors, Travel

Westward ha! S. J. Perelman · 1948 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares: Voyages and travels, Travel

Longitude Dava Sobel · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude,… Shares: Science, Biography & Memoir

Mémoires d'une portraitiste, 1755-1842 Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun · 1835 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Madame Lebrun brought out her Memoirs at the suggestion of her friend, the Princess Dolgoruki. in 1835. The authoress was bom in 1756, at Paris, where she died in 1842. She was the daughter of Louis Vig6e, an obscure portrait painter. Her baptismal name was Marie Louise Elisabeth. In 1776 Mademoiselle Vig6e was married to Jean Baptiste Pierre Lebrun, a notable picture dealer and critic, known… Shares: Voyages, Travel, Biography & Memoir

The Land of Little Rain Mary Austin · 1903 · 66p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) moved with her family from Illinois to the desert on the edge of the San Joaquin Valley in 1888. In the next fifteen years she moved from one desert community to another, working on her sketches of desert and Indian life. Spending the last years of her life in Santa Fe, Austin remained a lifelong defender of Native Americans and was recoginzed as an expert in Native… Shares: Zamorano 80, Travel

The principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nations Richard Hakluyt · 1589 · ★ 5.0 · 12p · ≈ 24m · Demanding The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres. Shares: Voyages, Voyages and travels, Science

Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Sven Hedin · 1909 · 638p · ≈ 21h · Challenging Sven Hedin's 'Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventurers in Tibet' is a captivating account of the author's numerous expeditions through the uncharted territory of Tibet. Written in a descriptive and immersive style, the book provides a vivid portrayal of the breathtaking landscapes and cultures encountered by Hedin during his travels. Drawing on his keen observations and scholarly expertise,… Shares: Voyages, Travel

Lord Jim Joseph Conrad · 1900 · ★ 3.6 · 332p · ≈ 11h · Challenging This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his… Shares: Seafaring life, Travel, Biography & Memoir

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