Where will a book take you?
Journeys led by books.
By Nicholas Holt
LED BY A BOOK
Arabian Sands — Wilfred Thesiger
LIFE AT THE SPEED
OF A CAMEL
Crossing the Bayuda Desert with the Bedouin.
LED BY A BOOK
Magic and mystery in Tibet — Alexandra David-Neel
TIBET’S FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
Searching for Traces of Old Tibet.
LED BY A BOOK
Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue — Paul BowlesLED BY A BOOK
El Gaucho Martin Fierro — Jose HernandezFORTY MINUTES A GAUCHO
A Stay at Estancia Nibepo Aike, Patagonia.
LED BY A BOOK
Walden — Henry David ThoreauGOING FULL WALDEN
Alone in Nevada’s High Desert.
LED BY A BOOK
Walden — Henry David ThoreauWAKING UP IN THE KHUMBU VALLEY
On failing to make the summit—and what I found instead.
LED BY A BOOK
My Side of the Mountain — Jean Craighead GeorgeMY SIDE OF THE ISLAND
Escape to a bothy on Ulva.
THE FAR FROM LETTER
Join me in the search for wild places,
far from the crowds and digital noise.
Once a month.
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