The Pillars of Hercules

The Pillars of Hercules

By
Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux
1995 • 529 pages

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136 books

Turkey

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Life on the Golden Horn
Journey Round Turkey
Corner Seat
Riding to the Tigris
Husky Be My Guide

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115 books

Italy

Daren
Daren
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Islands Ahead
Ghosts of the Rialto

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16 books

Gibraltar

Daren
Daren
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
The Forgotten Path
Landfalls: On the Edge of Islam from Zanzibar to Alhambra
Desert Drive: A zine about crossing the Sahara
Half-Safe: Across the Atlantic by Jeep
The Innocents Abroad
On the Shores of the Mediterranean

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72 books

Syria

Daren
Daren
Wanderings in Arabia
Revolt in the Desert
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
Middle East Journey
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Dust in the Lion's Paw

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1,513 books

Travel

Daren
Daren
City of Djinns
The Age of Kali
Red Dust: A Path Through China
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
Travelling: An Entertainment
The Wrong Way Home
On The Road To Damascus

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310 books

Usa

Daren
Daren
The Minotaur Takes A Cigarette Break
Lucky You
Interpreter of Maladies
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Vine Of Desire
Tropic of Capricorn
The Snatching of Bookie Bob and Other Stories

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1,244 books

Own To Read

Daren
Daren
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
27,000 Miles Through Australia
For Love and a Beetle: A Tale of Two Journeys
The World at Their Feet; the story of New Zealand mountaineers in the great ranges of the world
Camps and Climbs in Arctic Norway
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
Beyond the Last Oasis: A Solo Walk in the Western Sahara

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2,153 books

Non Fiction

Daren
Daren
Days and Nights in Calcutta
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work

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57 books

Morocco

Daren
Daren
Moana: The Vastness of the Sea
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
The Alleys Of Marrakesh
Berber Village
White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves
People of the Mirage
Lords Of The Atlas

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81 books

Spain

Daren
Daren
Death In The Afternoon
Silk Hats and No Breakfast
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
The Sun Also Rises
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales
Islands Ahead

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179 books

Nautical

Daren
Daren
The Ra Expeditions
The Conquest of the North Atlantic
Slow Boats to China
The China Voyage: A Quest by Bamboo Raft
The Marsh Arabs
Eight Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island
Discovery: The Quest for the Great South Land

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425 books

Multi Continent

Daren
Daren
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador
The Wrong Way Home
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
The Bonesetter's Daughter
On The Road To Damascus

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114 books

France

Daren
Daren
The Terminal Man
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Let Them Call It Jazz
From Le Pigeonnier
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Sun Also Rises
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales

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75 books

Greece

Daren
Daren
The Lost Empire of Atlantis: An Ancient Mystery Revealed
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Corner Seat
Greece and the Islands
Islands Ahead
Captive Kiwi

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23 books

Croatia

Daren
Daren
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Who Wanders Alone
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Lilli and the Hippopotamus
Tito's Yugoslavia
New Europe

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13 books

Albania

Daren
Daren
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Pictures from the Balkans
The Seven Mountain-Travel Books
New Europe
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
When Men and Mountains Meet
Accursed Mountains, The: Journeys in Albania

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434 books

Faction

geirertz
Geir
A Pilgrimage to Eternity
We Should All Be Feminists
Hersketeknikker: Nyttige og nådeløse
Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World
God, Human, Animal, Machine

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25 books

Tunisia

Daren
Daren
Who Wanders Alone
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
A Wayfarer in North Africa
The Seven Mountain-Travel Books
Desert Soul
The Great Sahara
Corsair country: The Diary of a Journey Along the Barbary Coast

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118 books

Reiselitteratur

geirertz
Geir
Ways of Going Home
Eye on the world
Slow Boats Home
In Search of Conrad
Sailing through China
The Imperial Way: By Rail from Peshawar to Chittagong
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

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90 books

Non Fiction

Tzusanna
ChristineSupporter
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
The Man Who Ate Everything
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
The Princes in the Tower
The Wars of the Roses
Washington: A Life
John Adams

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2,755 books

Owned

Daren
Daren
Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake