a true story of an attempt to circumnavigate Australia by kayak
Stiller, Eric
2000
The American author recounts his ten-thousand-mile unassisted circumnavigation of Australia by two-man kayak, which he undertook with an Australian friend.
A memoir in which the author describes the mid-life catharsis he experienced when he purchased a Harley-Davidson at the age of fifty-seven and embarked upon a long ride from his home in New Mexico to Alaska.
An American describes his experiences after his arrival in Hunan Province in 1982 to teach English, including his wushu training and life in post-Mao China.
[an extraordinary quest to solve the riddle of the world's longest river]
Ondaatje, Christopher
1999
Reconstructs the routes followed by early explorers who wanted to find the source of the Nile and explains what each explorer learned during his travels.