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Books like Iberia

1494
by Stephen R. Bown • 2011
A secret royal wedding, a corrupt pope, and one line that carved the world in two.
3.89
369
🌍 Iberian History⛵ European Exploration🚢 Maritime Empires
1494 Summary
1494 92%
A secret royal wedding, a corrupt pope, and one line that carved the world in two.
by Stephen R. Bown 2011
3.89
369 ratings
🌍 Iberian History⛵ European Exploration🚢 Maritime Empires
Fire and Blood
by T.R. Fehrenbach • 1973
Mexico's history is one long civilizational war: the Toltecs started it, and it never stopped.
3.93
662
🇲🇽 Mexican History🏛️ Mesoamerican History🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology
Fire and Blood Summary
Fire and Blood 91%
Mexico's history is one long civilizational war: the Toltecs started it, and it never stopped.
by T.R. Fehrenbach 1973
3.93
662 ratings
🇲🇽 Mexican History🏛️ Mesoamerican History🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology
Venice
by Jan Morris • 1960
Once its fortress, the lagoon now threatens Venice: the life of history's most improbable city.
4.03
2k+
📖 Travel Literature🇮🇹 Venetian History🏛️ Urban Portraiture
Venice Summary
Venice 91%
Once its fortress, the lagoon now threatens Venice: the life of history's most improbable city.
by Jan Morris 1960
4.03
2k+ ratings
📖 Travel Literature🇮🇹 Venetian History🏛️ Urban Portraiture
Conquistador
by Buddy Levy • 2008
An emperor greeted invaders as gods. A woman translated their words. A virus did the rest.
4.31
5k+
🗿 Mesoamerican History⚔️ Conquistadors👑 Spanish Empire
Conquistador Summary
Conquistador 91%
An emperor greeted invaders as gods. A woman translated their words. A virus did the rest.
by Buddy Levy 2008
4.31
5k+ ratings
🗿 Mesoamerican History⚔️ Conquistadors👑 Spanish Empire
Irisches Tagebuch
by Heinrich Böll • 1957
A German novelist's 1950s Ireland: abandoned villages, endless rain, and time that costs nothing.
3.86
2k+
🧳 Literary Travelogue🍀 Irish Life And Culture📚 Postwar German Literature
Irisches Tagebuch Summary
Irisches Tagebuch 91%
A German novelist's 1950s Ireland: abandoned villages, endless rain, and time that costs nothing.
by Heinrich Böll 1957
3.86
2k+ ratings
🧳 Literary Travelogue🍀 Irish Life And Culture📚 Postwar German Literature
España partida en dos
by Julián Casanova • 2013
A coup meant to topple Spain's Republic failed. What followed was decided by Hitler and Mussolini.
4.16
249
🏴 Spanish Civil War🌍 Twentieth Century Europe🛩️ Foreign Intervention
España partida en dos Summary
España partida en dos 91%
A coup meant to topple Spain's Republic failed. What followed was decided by Hitler and Mussolini.
by Julián Casanova 2013
4.16
249 ratings
🏴 Spanish Civil War🌍 Twentieth Century Europe🛩️ Foreign Intervention
Istanbul
by Orhan Pamuk • 2003
An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.
3.82
22k+
🗺️ Psychogeography🏙️ Urban Melancholy📜 Ottoman History
Istanbul Summary
Istanbul 90%
An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.
by Orhan Pamuk 2003
3.82
22k+ ratings
🗺️ Psychogeography🏙️ Urban Melancholy📜 Ottoman History
My Invented Country
by Isabel Allende • 2003
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
3.89
13k+
🏞️ Travel Memoir🛅 Exile Memoir🇨🇱 Chilean Culture
My Invented Country Summary
My Invented Country 90%
When a coup forced her from Chile, nostalgia became a country she could carry on the page.
by Isabel Allende 2003
3.89
13k+ ratings
🏞️ Travel Memoir🛅 Exile Memoir🇨🇱 Chilean Culture
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
by Daniel Hernandez • 2011
A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.
3.61
657
🏙️ Mexico City🎸 Youth Subcultures🙏 Popular Religion
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Summary
Down and Delirious in Mexico City 90%
A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.
by Daniel Hernandez 2011
3.61
657 ratings
🏙️ Mexico City🎸 Youth Subcultures🙏 Popular Religion
The Geography of Genius
by Eric Weiner • 2016
Why Athens, Renaissance Florence, and Silicon Valley each erupted with genius at particular moments.
3.80
4k+
🌍 Historical Travelogue🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Creativity Research
The Geography of Genius Summary
The Geography of Genius 90%
Why Athens, Renaissance Florence, and Silicon Valley each erupted with genius at particular moments.
by Eric Weiner 2016
3.80
4k+ ratings
🌍 Historical Travelogue🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Creativity Research
Travels with Myself and Another
by Martha Gellhorn • 1979
Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.
3.84
2k+
🗺️ Travel Memoir✍️ Literary Travel🥾 Unsentimental Travel
Travels with Myself and Another Summary
Travels with Myself and Another 90%
Four continents, a famous companion, every awful moment a war correspondent refused to romanticize.
by Martha Gellhorn 1979
3.84
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Travel Memoir✍️ Literary Travel🥾 Unsentimental Travel
Imagine a City
by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
3.65
422
🏙️ Urban Travel Writing✈️ Aviation Memoirs🧭 Sense Of Place
Imagine a City Summary
Imagine a City 90%
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022
3.65
422 ratings
🏙️ Urban Travel Writing✈️ Aviation Memoirs🧭 Sense Of Place
Happier Than A Billionaire
by Nadine Hays Pisani • 2011
What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.
3.89
2k+
🧳 Expat Memoirs🌎 Cultural Immersion⏬ Downshifting
Happier Than A Billionaire Summary
Happier Than A Billionaire 90%
What two burnt-out chiropractors discovered in Costa Rica: bat caves, monkeys, and a weird dog lady.
by Nadine Hays Pisani 2011
3.89
2k+ ratings
🧳 Expat Memoirs🌎 Cultural Immersion⏬ Downshifting
Step By Step The Life In My Journeys
by Simon Reeve • 2018
Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.
4.34
6k+
🗺️ Travel Memoirs📰 Travel Journalism⛰️ Adventure Travel
Step By Step The Life In My Journeys Summary
Step By Step The Life In My Journeys 90%
Suicidal at sixteen, one exam pass. He now films documentaries in the world's most dangerous places.
by Simon Reeve 2018
4.34
6k+ ratings
🗺️ Travel Memoirs📰 Travel Journalism⛰️ Adventure Travel
The Road to Little Dribbling
by Bill Bryson • 2015
Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.
3.73
39k+
🗺️ British Travelogue🌳 English Countryside😤 Curmudgeonly Humor
The Road to Little Dribbling Summary
The Road to Little Dribbling 90%
Twenty years on, Bryson returns to Britain: prettier, richer, and somehow even more perplexing.
by Bill Bryson 2015
3.73
39k+ ratings
🗺️ British Travelogue🌳 English Countryside😤 Curmudgeonly Humor
The Full English
by Stuart Maconie • 2023
England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.
4.04
1k+
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity📖 Literary Travel🏭 Deindustrialization
The Full English Summary
The Full English 90%
England, 90 years on: the mills gone, class divides intact, a startling diversity.
by Stuart Maconie 2023
4.04
1k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Identity📖 Literary Travel🏭 Deindustrialization
Defenders of the West
by Raymond Ibrahim • 2022
For a thousand years, Islam pushed into Europe. Eight forgotten warriors pushed back and won.
4.65
1k+
✝️ Crusader History⚔️ Medieval Warfare🏰 Reconquista History
Defenders of the West Summary
Defenders of the West 89%
For a thousand years, Islam pushed into Europe. Eight forgotten warriors pushed back and won.
by Raymond Ibrahim 2022
4.65
1k+ ratings
✝️ Crusader History⚔️ Medieval Warfare🏰 Reconquista History
On the Trail of Genghis Khan
by Tim Cope • 2013
6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.
4.15
2k+
🏔️ Central Asian Travel🏕️ Nomadic Cultures🐴 Horse Travel
On the Trail of Genghis Khan Summary
On the Trail of Genghis Khan 89%
6,000 miles on horseback across the steppe, learning from nomads what maps and roads cannot teach.
by Tim Cope 2013
4.15
2k+ ratings
🏔️ Central Asian Travel🏕️ Nomadic Cultures🐴 Horse Travel
Homage to Catlonia
by George Orwell • 1938
Orwell fought Fascists in Spain and discovered a revolution being betrayed by its leftist allies.
4.09
72k+
⚔️ Spanish Civil War🐷 Revolutionary Betrayal☭ Anti Stalinism
Homage to Catlonia Summary
Homage to Catlonia 89%
Orwell fought Fascists in Spain and discovered a revolution being betrayed by its leftist allies.
by George Orwell 1938
4.09
72k+ ratings
⚔️ Spanish Civil War🐷 Revolutionary Betrayal☭ Anti Stalinism
The Complete Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda • 1974
The Nobel poet who turned exile, love, and the Chilean forest into one continuous poem.
4.16
5k+
🖋️ Literary Memoir🌎 Latin American Literature🎨 Art And Politics
The Complete Memoirs Summary
The Complete Memoirs 89%
The Nobel poet who turned exile, love, and the Chilean forest into one continuous poem.
by Pablo Neruda 1974
4.16
5k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir🌎 Latin American Literature🎨 Art And Politics
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
by Michael Booth • 2014
The Nordic countries top happiness rankings. Here's what the rankings don't tell you.
3.86
12k+
🌍 Nordic Countries🏛️ Welfare State🤝 Immigration Integration
The Almost Nearly Perfect People Summary
The Almost Nearly Perfect People 89%
The Nordic countries top happiness rankings. Here's what the rankings don't tell you.
by Michael Booth 2014
3.86
12k+ ratings
🌍 Nordic Countries🏛️ Welfare State🤝 Immigration Integration
Custodians of Wonder
by Eliot Stein • 2024
Firsts get statues. Lasts get silence. A search for the final keepers of ancient traditions.
4.19
3k+
🏺 Endangered Traditions🛡️ Cultural Preservation🗣️ Oral Tradition
Custodians of Wonder Summary
Custodians of Wonder 89%
Firsts get statues. Lasts get silence. A search for the final keepers of ancient traditions.
by Eliot Stein 2024
4.19
3k+ ratings
🏺 Endangered Traditions🛡️ Cultural Preservation🗣️ Oral Tradition
Bangkok Days
by Lawrence Osborne • 2009
Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.
3.41
1k+
📖 Literary Travel Writing🧳 Expat Life🌏 Cultural Dislocation
Bangkok Days Summary
Bangkok Days 89%
Bangkok is where failed Western men go to disappear. One of them reports what he found.
by Lawrence Osborne 2009
3.41
1k+ ratings
📖 Literary Travel Writing🧳 Expat Life🌏 Cultural Dislocation
The Road to Mecca
by Muhammad Asad • 1954
Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.
4.49
6k+
🕌 Islamic Spirituality📖 Spiritual Memoir🏜️ Desert Spirituality
The Road to Mecca Summary
The Road to Mecca 89%
Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.
by Muhammad Asad 1954
4.49
6k+ ratings
🕌 Islamic Spirituality📖 Spiritual Memoir🏜️ Desert Spirituality
Magellan
by Stefan Zweig • 1938
The man who first circled the globe died in a pointless skirmish halfway through the voyage.
4.42
6k+
🗺️ Age Of Exploration⚓ Maritime History🌍 Circumnavigation
Magellan Summary
Magellan 89%
The man who first circled the globe died in a pointless skirmish halfway through the voyage.
by Stefan Zweig 1938
4.42
6k+ ratings
🗺️ Age Of Exploration⚓ Maritime History🌍 Circumnavigation
Going to Church in Medieval England
by Nicholas Orme • 2021
9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.
4.19
295
🏛️ Medieval Churches⛪ Parish Life📜 Medieval Clergy
Going to Church in Medieval England Summary
Going to Church in Medieval England 89%
9,500 buildings held medieval England together: the parish church, from birth to burial.
by Nicholas Orme 2021
4.19
295 ratings
🏛️ Medieval Churches⛪ Parish Life📜 Medieval Clergy
A Fish in the Water
by Mario Vargas Llosa • 1993
Peru, 1990. A novelist campaigns for president while the boy who discovered books haunts his memory.
4.02
1k+
🖋️ Literary Memoir🗳️ Political Memoir✍️ Writers And Politics
A Fish in the Water Summary
A Fish in the Water 89%
Peru, 1990. A novelist campaigns for president while the boy who discovered books haunts his memory.
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1993
4.02
1k+ ratings
🖋️ Literary Memoir🗳️ Political Memoir✍️ Writers And Politics
The Ancient Celts
by Barry Cunliffe • 2018
Two millennia of reinvention: the Celts as barbarians, noble savages, and nationalist ancestors.
3.92
1k+
🏛️ Iron Age Europe⛏️ Celtic Archaeology🏗️ Identity Construction
The Ancient Celts Summary
The Ancient Celts 89%
Two millennia of reinvention: the Celts as barbarians, noble savages, and nationalist ancestors.
by Barry Cunliffe 2018
3.92
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Iron Age Europe⛏️ Celtic Archaeology🏗️ Identity Construction
Walking With Plato
by Gary Hayden • 2016
One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.
3.64
320
🥾 Long-Distance Walking🧭 Philosophical Travel🇬🇧 British Travelogue
Walking With Plato Summary
Walking With Plato 89%
One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.
by Gary Hayden 2016
3.64
320 ratings
🥾 Long-Distance Walking🧭 Philosophical Travel🇬🇧 British Travelogue
The Art of Travel
by Alain de Botton • 2002
A change of scenery cannot cure what you carry inside. Travel is an art of attention.
3.82
26k+
🌍 Travel Philosophy🧳 Psychology Of Travel🎨 Art Appreciation
The Art of Travel Summary
The Art of Travel 89%
A change of scenery cannot cure what you carry inside. Travel is an art of attention.
by Alain de Botton 2002
3.82
26k+ ratings
🌍 Travel Philosophy🧳 Psychology Of Travel🎨 Art Appreciation
The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin • 1987
The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.
3.96
13k+
🎨 Aboriginal Australia📚 Travel Literature🐪 Nomadism
The Songlines Summary
The Songlines 89%
The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.
by Bruce Chatwin 1987
3.96
13k+ ratings
🎨 Aboriginal Australia📚 Travel Literature🐪 Nomadism
The Lost Continent
by Bill Bryson • 1989
He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.
3.81
65k+
🚗 American Road Trips🏘️ Small-Town Life🇺🇸 American Nostalgia
The Lost Continent Summary
The Lost Continent 89%
He drove across America looking for the perfect small town. He mostly found parking lots.
by Bill Bryson 1989
3.81
65k+ ratings
🚗 American Road Trips🏘️ Small-Town Life🇺🇸 American Nostalgia
Adventure Capitalist
by Jim Rogers • 2003
One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.
4.01
2k+
📈 Emerging Markets🚗 Travel Memoir🛣️ Overland Travel
Adventure Capitalist Summary
Adventure Capitalist 89%
One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.
by Jim Rogers 2003
4.01
2k+ ratings
📈 Emerging Markets🚗 Travel Memoir🛣️ Overland Travel
Culture
by Martin Puchner • 2023
Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.
3.92
924
🔄 Cultural Exchange📜 Cultural Transmission🏛️ Ancient Civilizations
Culture Summary
Culture 89%
Borrowing, theft, lucky accidents: four millennia of cultural history. Purity was never the point.
by Martin Puchner 2023
3.92
924 ratings
🔄 Cultural Exchange📜 Cultural Transmission🏛️ Ancient Civilizations
Mother Tongue
by Christine Gilbert • 2016
A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.
3.72
449
🌊 Language Immersion👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting✈️ Family Travel
Mother Tongue Summary
Mother Tongue 89%
A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.
by Christine Gilbert 2016
3.72
449 ratings
🌊 Language Immersion👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multilingual Parenting✈️ Family Travel
The Greater Journey
by David McCullough • 2011
Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.
3.94
21k+
🇺🇸 American Expatriates🏛️ Grand Tour Tradition🩺 19th Century Medicine
The Greater Journey Summary
The Greater Journey 89%
Paris, 1830 to 1900. Americans arrived as students. They left as architects of a new culture.
by David McCullough 2011
3.94
21k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Expatriates🏛️ Grand Tour Tradition🩺 19th Century Medicine
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee • 1987
History's pattern: empires die, and their true heirs are the churches they tried to crush.
4.11
543
🏛️ Philosophy Of History🌐 Comparative History🔄 Cyclical History
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 Summary
A Study of History, Abridgement of Vols 1-6 89%
History's pattern: empires die, and their true heirs are the churches they tried to crush.
by Arnold Joseph Toynbee 1987
4.11
543 ratings
🏛️ Philosophy Of History🌐 Comparative History🔄 Cyclical History
Overbooked
by Elizabeth Becker • 2013
The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.
3.80
858
🏨 Tourism Industry🔍 Investigative Journalism👥 Mass Tourism
Overbooked Summary
Overbooked 89%
The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.
by Elizabeth Becker 2013
3.80
858 ratings
🏨 Tourism Industry🔍 Investigative Journalism👥 Mass Tourism
LatinoLand
by Marie Arana • 2024
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
4.31
610
🪪 Latino Identity🧳 Immigration History📚 Ethnic Studies
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand 89%
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
by Marie Arana 2024
4.31
610 ratings
🪪 Latino Identity🧳 Immigration History📚 Ethnic Studies
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy
by Michael Baxandall • 1972
Art appreciation in 15th-century Italy began with a contract and a barrel-gauging formula.
3.95
3k+
🏛️ Social History Of Art🎨 Italian Renaissance Art💰 Art Patronage
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy Summary
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy 89%
Art appreciation in 15th-century Italy began with a contract and a barrel-gauging formula.
by Michael Baxandall 1972
3.95
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Social History Of Art🎨 Italian Renaissance Art💰 Art Patronage
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
by Barbara E. Mundy • 2015
The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.
4.11
71
🏙️ Urban History🪶 Mesoamerican Studies💧 Water Management
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City Summary
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City 89%
The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.
by Barbara E. Mundy 2015
4.11
71 ratings
🏙️ Urban History🪶 Mesoamerican Studies💧 Water Management
The Celts
by Alice Roberts • 2015
Classical writers got the Celts wrong. They were Atlantic traders, not central European barbarians.
3.92
1k+
🏺 Iron Age Europe🍀 Celtic Identity🔍 Archaeological Revisionism
The Celts Summary
The Celts 89%
Classical writers got the Celts wrong. They were Atlantic traders, not central European barbarians.
by Alice Roberts 2015
3.92
1k+ ratings
🏺 Iron Age Europe🍀 Celtic Identity🔍 Archaeological Revisionism
Mexico
by enrique-krauze • 1997
Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.
4.27
659
🇲🇽 Mexican History🏛️ Authoritarianism⛪ Church And State
Mexico Summary
Mexico 89%
Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.
by enrique-krauze 1997
4.27
659 ratings
🇲🇽 Mexican History🏛️ Authoritarianism⛪ Church And State
The Ends of the Earth
by Robert D. Kaplan • 1996
Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.
4.11
2k+
🗺️ Political Travelogue🌍 Geopolitical Analysis🌱 Environmental Determinism
The Ends of the Earth Summary
The Ends of the Earth 89%
Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.
by Robert D. Kaplan 1996
4.11
2k+ ratings
🗺️ Political Travelogue🌍 Geopolitical Analysis🌱 Environmental Determinism
The Crusades
by Thomas Asbridge • 2010
The Crusades told from both sides: Christian and Muslim chronicles woven into one narrative.
4.23
7k+
🏰 Medieval History🛡️ Crusades⚔️ Religious Warfare
The Crusades Summary
The Crusades 89%
The Crusades told from both sides: Christian and Muslim chronicles woven into one narrative.
by Thomas Asbridge 2010
4.23
7k+ ratings
🏰 Medieval History🛡️ Crusades⚔️ Religious Warfare
River Kings
by Cat Jarman • 2021
A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.
4.04
4k+
🛡️ Viking History🌍 Global Middle Ages🧬 Bioarchaeology
River Kings Summary
River Kings 89%
A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.
by Cat Jarman 2021
4.04
4k+ ratings
🛡️ Viking History🌍 Global Middle Ages🧬 Bioarchaeology
The Lost City of the Monkey God
by Douglas Preston • 2017
Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.
3.93
63k+
🗺️ Lost City Legends⛏️ Archaeological Adventure🌴 Jungle Expeditions
The Lost City of the Monkey God Summary
The Lost City of the Monkey God 89%
Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.
by Douglas Preston 2017
3.93
63k+ ratings
🗺️ Lost City Legends⛏️ Archaeological Adventure🌴 Jungle Expeditions
Vagabonding
by Rolf Potts • 2002
Travel the world for months by spending less. The real preparation is mental.
3.95
28k+
🧳 Long-Term Travel🐢 Slow Travel📖 Travel Philosophy
Vagabonding Summary
Vagabonding 88%
Travel the world for months by spending less. The real preparation is mental.
by Rolf Potts 2002
3.95
28k+ ratings
🧳 Long-Term Travel🐢 Slow Travel📖 Travel Philosophy
Ghostland
by Colin Dickey • 2016
America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.
3.73
11k+
🐴 American Folklore👁️ Freudian Uncanny🎟️ Dark Tourism
Ghostland Summary
Ghostland 88%
America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.
by Colin Dickey 2016
3.73
11k+ ratings
🐴 American Folklore👁️ Freudian Uncanny🎟️ Dark Tourism
The Anglo Files
by Sarah Lyall • 2008
An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.
3.45
2k+
🇬🇧 British Culture🤐 British Reserve👑 Class In Britain
The Anglo Files Summary
The Anglo Files 88%
An American marries into England and decodes a nation wired for apology, irony, and booze.
by Sarah Lyall 2008
3.45
2k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Culture🤐 British Reserve👑 Class In Britain
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