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Radio Shangri-La—What I Discovered on my Accidental Journey to the Happiest Kingdom on Earth: Lisa Napoli
Published by Broadway Paperbacks, 2011, 293 pages Lisa Napoli was working at a radio station in Los Angeles, dissatisfied with her life, when a chance encounter led her to a radio job in Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan. All she… Continue reading
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The Politics of Washing—Real Life in Venice: Polly Coles
Published by Robert Hale, 2013, 206 pages If you have ever wondered what it would be like to live in Venice, this book is for you. I read it on a trip to Venice, and it gave me a completely… Continue reading
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Unfathomable City—A New Orleans Atlas: Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedeker
Published by University of California Press, 2013, 166 pages This is a look at New Orleans in all its complexities and contradictions, with essays written by musicians, activists, environmentalists, Native Americans, and Arabs. Each essay looks at a particular aspect:… Continue reading
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On The Noodle Road—From Beijing to Rome with Love and Pasta: Jen Lin-Liu
by Jen Lin-Liu Published by Riverhead Books, 2013, 400 pages Food and travel—what’s not to like? This is a book about food across cultures—in this case, pasta in all its forms (I use the term to include noodles, dumplings, etc.).… Continue reading
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All Strangers are Kin—Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World: Zora O’Neill
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, 336 pages At a time when media coverage of the Middle East and North Africa is full of images of war, destruction and repression, and Arabic is increasingly associated with terrorists, Zora O’Neill’s book provides another… Continue reading
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Tracks—A Woman’s Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback: Robyn Davidson
Published by Bloomsbury, 1980, 262 pages I’ve often wondered what it would be like to strip myself of all the expectations that society has of me and pit myself against the elements. Who am I really, under all those layers?… Continue reading
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100 Places in the USA Every Woman Should Go: Sophia Dumbling
Published by Traveller’s Tales, 2014, 350 pages Whether you want to go to a retreat amid spectacular natural surroundings, the largest yard sale ever (stretching from Michigan to Alabama!), visit Lizzie Borden’s house (the lass with the axe), or go… Continue reading
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A Journey Interrupted—Being Indian in Pakistan: Farzana Versey
Published by HarperCollins India, 2008, 299 pages This book about travelling in Pakistan is particularly interesting because the author is an Indian Muslim woman, whose various identities affect the way she perceives and is perceived by Pakistani people. Farzana Versey… Continue reading
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Italy—100 Locals Tell You Where To Go, What To Eat & How To Fit In: Gigi Griffis
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014, 322 pages. If your way of traveling is to rush through places, ticking them off your list, then this book is not for you. If, however, you want to really get to know… Continue reading
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Forward—Letters Written on a Trip Around the World: Lina Boegli
Published by Cornell University Library / Legare Street Press, first published in 1904, 326 pages Alone in Cracow (in what was then Austria) and bored and lonely, Swiss pioneer traveler Lina Boegli decided to see if a woman could work… Continue reading
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