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Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical travel memoir, "Roughing It" was written between 1870-1871 and subsequently published in 1872. Billed as a prequel to "Innocents Abroad", in which Twain details his travels aboard a pleasure cruise through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867, "Roughing It" conversely documents Twain's early days in the old wild west between the years 1861-1867. Employing his characteristically humoristic wit and flare for regional dialect,...

"She was patient, elegant in form, the colour of an ideal mouse, and inimitably small." That's Robert Louis Stevenson's loving description of Modestine the Donkey. In 1879, the pair became traveling companions on a hike through France. Along the way, Stevenson describes the beauty of the countryside and the people they encounter, while also reflecting on his own personal history. Lyrical and surprising, this travelogue makes for a hugely enjoyable...

This film explores life in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.

1. Northern style and southern style: The tour begins in the Alps at the northern border and continues through Lombardy to Genoa, along the Ligurian coast to Portofino, then inland over the Tuscan countryside to Florence. After dipping into Umbria, the tour turns northeast, culminating in Venice. A seamless sojourn following the rugged western coastline to the toe of the "boot" at Reggio di Calabria and then back inland over the countryside to Rome....

This film takes us along the byways of the past, to find the adventuring spirit that has drawn seekers, sourdoughs, saints and sinners and still lives in the present.

This majestic six part series explores the dramatic beauty of the landscape of Canada - the Atlantic Coast, Algonquin in autumn, the Arctic in springtime, the Prairies, the Rockies and the Pacific Ocean.

He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Under the...

Explore the changing coast of wild Alaska… at toddler speed

Originally published in 1956, this book is a memoir by Danish explorer Peter Freuchen, a close friend and travel companion of Arctic legend Knud Rasmussen, and ended up living in Greenland for fifteen years, 800 miles from the North Pole-adopting the native ways of life, marrying an Inuit woman, and having two children along the way. Arctic Adventure is filled with tales of seal and polar bear hunts, enduring starvation, encountering people who had...