Travel

Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations. The term "travel" originates from the Old French word travail. Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious. Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such as guide books and reviews, with the ...more

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  • Just Go by Drew Binsky
    Just Go: A Globe-Trotting Guide to Travel Like an Expert, Connect Like a Local, and Live the Adventure of a Lifetime

    Release date: May 21, 2024
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  • The New Tourist by Paige McClanahan
    The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel

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  • View From The Crow's Nest by Susan L Bradford
    View From The Crow's Nest: A Young Woman's Global Quest for a Relevant Life
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    The Lincoln Highway
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    The Breakaway
    The Sicilian Inheritance
    Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)
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    Mrs. Nash's Ashes
    A Short Walk Through a Wide World
    Nosotros en la Luna
    She Started It
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    Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
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    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
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    True Life Adventure
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    A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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    The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
    Travels with Charley: In Search of America
    Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
    I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
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