Chronicles the life of Gertrude Bell, the Englishwoman who explored the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and played an important role in the founding of Iraq, helping to choose its first king and creating the Baghdad Museum.
The voyages of an Englishman carry him to a land of people six inches high, a land of giants, an island of sorcerers, and a land where horses are masters of human-like creatures.
In a small Greek island village, a group of travelers from around the world and the local residents they encounter are brought together when tragedy strikes.
Macon Leary, the lonely author of guidebooks for traveling businessmen, has become very set in his ways, but he is forced into an engagement with life after meeting Muriel, a woman with a talent for finding adventure.
Presents alphabetized biographical profiles of 160 male and female explorers throughout history and eleven exploring ships, spaceships, and machines, and includes an exploration chronology and list of explorers by place of birth.
