Round Ireland with a Fridge
8 best books like Round Ireland with a Fridge (Tony Hawks): McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland, Notes from a Small Island, Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe, Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World, The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas, Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu, The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland, Tickling the English
McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland
Author | Pete McCarthy |
ISBN | 0312311338 |
The #1 Irish Bestseller
Despite the many exotic places Pete McCarthy has visited, he finds that nowhere else can match the particular magic of Ireland, his mother's homeland. In McCarthy's Bar, his journey begins in Cork and continues along the west coast to Donegal in the north. Traveling...
Notes from a Small Island
Author | Bill Bryson |
ISBN | 0380727501 |
"Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it."
After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson - bestselling author of The Mother Tongue and Made in America-decided to return to the United States. ("I had recently...
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
Author | Bill Bryson |
ISBN | 0380713802 |
Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost...
Author | Rita Golden Gelman |
ISBN | 0609809547 |
“I move throughout the world without a plan, guided by instinct, connecting through trust, and constantly watching for serendipitous opportunities.” —From the Preface
Tales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelman, an ordinary woman who is living an extraordinary existence....
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
Author | Paul Theroux |
ISBN | 0140249796 |
Award-winning travel writer Paul Theroux invites you aboard The Old Patagonian Express by Train through the Americas; packed with powerful descriptions and portraits of the many colours of humanity, The Old Patagonian Express is an unforgettable read.
A witty sharply observed journey...
Author | J. Maarten Troost |
ISBN | 0767921992 |
With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most engaging and original travel writers around. Getting Stoned with Savages again reveals his wry wit and infectious joy of discovery in a side-splittingly funny account of life in the farthest reaches of the world....
The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland
Author | Pete McCarthy |
ISBN | 0007162138 |
Pete McCarthy established one cardinal rule of travel in his bestselling debut, McCarthy's Bar: "Never pass a bar with your name on it." In this equally wry and insightful follow-up,his characteristic good humor, curiosity, and thirst for adventure take him on a fantastic jaunt around the world in...
Author | Dara Ó Briain |
ISBN | 0718154371 |
No, no, no. This book actually made me angry. Marketed as an outsider's look at the nuances of national character, this is merely an extremely cynical attempt to cash in on a comedian's popularity, with nothing offered up in exchange.
O'Briain isn’t completely terrible when he tries a bit of Bryson-esque...