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Keep Australia on your left

a true story of an attempt to circumnavigate Australia by kayak
2000
The American author recounts his ten-thousand-mile unassisted circumnavigation of Australia by two-man kayak, which he undertook with an Australian friend.

The adventurist

my life in dangerous places
2000
Robert Young Pelton recounts the adventures he has had while visiting some of the most dangerous places on Earth.

Pilgrimage on a steel ride

a memoir about men and motorcycles
1997
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.

Dove

1991
Describes the five years the author spent sailing around the world alone in his twenty-four-foot sloop.

The approaching storm

one woman's story of Germany, 1934-1938
1993

Iron & silk

1990
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.

Voyager

1987
An account of their nine-day flight around the world, the first plane to circum-navigate the globe nonstop without refueling.

Running the Amazon

1990
The author provides an account of his experiences as a member of the first expedition to navigate the entire 4,200 mile length of the Amazon River.

Native stranger

a Black American's jouney into the heart of Africa
1993
Chronicles an African-American's journey through Africa from the Sahara to Rwanda.

Journey to the source of the Nile

[an extraordinary quest to solve the riddle of the world's longest river]
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.

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