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1.A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush (Picador Books) by: Eric Newby December 04, 1981
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A very readable account of two amateur mountaineers (their training comprised of a weekend of instruction in Snowdonia) as they set of to conquer the lofty peaks of Mir Samir in the Hindu Kush. At time the trials and tribulations endured by Eric Newby and his climbing partner Hugh Carless on their journey read like a Noel Coward farce - Wilfred Thesiger they are not ! A very English sense of humour shines through the principal characters' often strained relationship. A shame there aren't more photographs to accompany the text (the result of a bungled river crossing) but the 50th anniversary edition features an epilogue written by Hugh Carless. An enjoyable read.

2.Love and War in the Apennines (Picador Books) by: Eric Newby May 10, 1996
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A tender and enormously inspiring little book about his experiences in Italy during World War 2, this is Eric Newby reflecting on his loss of innocence, twenty-eight years after the event. Newby would leave soldiering behind and go on to become a first-rate travel writer, a man capable of portraying passion, excitement and mystery in a calmly sophisticated prose style. In "Love and War in the Apennines" we get a mature account of his Italian exploits rather than a contemporary journal or diary. Newby makes no apologies for transforming his memories into a seemingly seamless narrative. He delivers an enriching and thrilling account of his experiences: life is experienced as a continuum, not as edited highlights, and life in the ... Read More:

3.Slowly Down the Ganges (Picador Books) by: Eric Newby January 14, 1983
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Unlike his grounded colleague, the river traveller can indulge his bent for distraction only so far. His route is more or less fixed; certainly his destination is final. And so it is to Eric Newby's credit for eliciting from this journey 300 pages worth of erudite and witty observances, for it is essentially a procession of waterborne shuttles, one ghat to the next, punctuated only by the occasional onshore foray, the function of which mostly being to secure boat and crew for the succeeding leg. I suspect, though, that Newby could glean 300 pages from a dinghy ride in a swimming pool, and that that too would be immensely readable. The archetypical harrassed traveller, at every turn events conspire to defeat or, at the least, humiliate ... Read More:

4.A Small Place in Italy by: Eric Newby June 09, 1995
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The urge to escape the comforts, routine and refinements of our living conditions to somewhere more challenging, primitive and raw is something that many of us feel - especially those who read books. The books we read can sometimes stimulate the urge, sometimes satisfy it. All I ask of such books is that the author can write well and that he is not boastful. Eric Newby, especially in "A Small Place in Italy", meets these requirements admirably. Indeed, he ranks for me as a travel writer of near genius. He was almost 50 years old when he and his Italian born wife Wanda took up permanent residence in a ruined farmhouse in northern Italy. His account of the trials and tribulations that followed, the neighbours and the locality, is told ... Read More:

5.A Merry Dance Around the World: The Best of Eric Newby by: Eric Newby October 11, 1996
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If you haven't read any of Eric Newby's books, I recommend starting here! This book has a selection of stories from his other books and so gives you a wonderful, joyful, humourous look into his world and his travels - it is a joy to read. If you have a slightly dry sense of humour and haven't yet lost the pleasure that comes from English eccentricity, then you should enjoy this - Patricia Newton-Carline, Yorkshire, UK.

6.Round Ireland in Low Gear (Picador Books) by: Eric Newby November 04, 1988
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For anyone who has or has dreamed of cycling in Ireland, this is the book for you. It shows that you don't have to be super fit; if two OAPs can do it so can you. The book gives a good flavour of the Irish people, its landscape and history before the Celtic Tiger was unleashed. If you've ever thought about cyling in Ireland, go now before it's too late, because very soon it will be just like everywhere else! If you can't or wont cycle, sit in your armchair and live it through the adventures of Eric and Wanda Newby who made the trip in the 1980's.

7.On the Shores of the Mediterranean (Picador Books) by: Eric Newby August 09, 1985
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Eric Newby is a serious travel essayist for serious travelers. A consummate pro. ON THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN, originally published in 1984, is his chronicle of a resolute journey around the circumference of the Mediterranean, an arduous tour of ancient cities, ruins and near ruins that would have surely daunted a lesser man. Beginning at his home in Tuscany, he shepherds the reader along to Naples, Venice, Montenegro, Albania, Mt. Olympus (in Greece), Istanbul, Turkey's Mediterranean shore (the Troad), Jerusalem, the Pyramids, Tobruk (in Libya), Tunisia, Fez (in Morocco), Gibraltar, Seville (in Spain), and Nice (on the Côte d' Azur). After 484 pages (in paperback) of relatively small print, I collapsed exhausted. Newby has an exceptional ... Read More:

8.The Big Red Train Ride (Picador Books) by: Eric Newby November 10, 1989
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As someone who is planning to travel the Trans-Siberian Railway in the not too distant future I read with interest this book that follows Eric Newby's journey taken back in 1977. Accompanied by his wife, a German photographer and their official guide from the then USSR authorities, it makes for interesting reading to go back into the "good old days" of the Cold War and revisit life behind the Iron Curtain. There are many facts and figures about the railway and its construction which can become slightly laborious, far more interesting are the passages taken for other writings by other adventurers who travelled the route, either on the train or by sledge, in far earlier times. Unfortunately Newby's style of writing can be quite workmanlike ... Read More:

9.Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative (Dover Maritime Books) by: Richard Henry, Jr. Dana June 05, 2007
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The book descriprion on this page is good and I enjoyed this edition of the book with the help of the glossary provided in this edition which contains definitions of sailing terms and and few archaic usages that are in this book. It made it much more enjoyable and understandable. I liked the grueling portarit of life at sea, reading some first written observations of early California, a fine and admiring description of a very able-bodied seaman that Dana encountered and many other points. I think to that this challenging adventure for Mr. Dana restulted in restored vision for his failing eyes after he removed himself from life perhaps largely behind a desk. Could the neccessity of challenge and needed to see have contributed? There ... Read More:

10.A Book of Travellers' Tales (Picador Books) from: Picador October 10, 1986
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Wow!!! The author produces a miraculous yet unselfish work. He has catalogued the work of hundreds of other authors(Queen Victoria and Joshua Slocum amoung them) to lay out in a titillating fashion a feast for the erudite and worldly reader to enjoy. The book is broken up primarily geographically and secondarily chronologically over a 2,000 year period. It is comprised of brief essays, one to four pages in length, combining to form a 600 page compendium. A fantastic work.

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