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Alone Time—Four Cities, Four Seasons and the Pleasures of Solitude: Stephanie Rosenbloom
Published by Viking, 2018, 288 pages Slow down and take the time to look around you: that is the message of this book, an antidote to our busy and always-on culture. It is, as its title suggests, a paean to… Continue reading
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Travels with My Radio: Fi Glover
Published by Random House UK, 2002, 352 pages Fi Glover starts each day by tuning into the local radio station; it gives her a sense of being a part of the daily routine, no matter where she is. The idea of… Continue reading
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One More Croissant for the Road: Felicity Cloake
Published by Mudlark, 2019, 344 pages A travel book by a food writer—what more could you want? Felicity Cloake, inspired by the Tour de France, decides to do a tour herself with a slight difference. She would cycle around France,… Continue reading
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Walking to the End of the World—A Thousand Miles on the Camino de Santiago: Beth Jusino
Published by Mountaineers Books, 2018, 272 pages Beth Jusino is a publishing consultant living in Seattle. She and her husband Eric have jobs they enjoy, but feel that something is missing in their lives. So they take three months off… Continue reading
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A Bike Ride—12,000 Miles around the World: Anne Mustoe
Published by Virgin, 1991, 256 pages Anne Mustoe retired as a headmistress of a British school for girls in the mid-1980s and decided to go for a bike ride around the world. She was attracted by the idea of being… Continue reading
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Go, Girl! The Black Woman’s Book of Travel & Adventure: Compiled by Elaine Lee
Published by The Eighth Mountain Press, 1997, 368 pages Elaine Lee is an African-American woman who has made travel a way of life. Her compilation of 52 pieces of travel writing by African-American women encourages black women to travel by… Continue reading
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A Year in the World—Journeys of a Passionate Traveller: Frances Mayes
Published by Broadway, 2006, 448 pages “How do place and character intertwine? Could I feel at home here? What is home to those around me? Who are they in their homes, those mysterious others?” To find out, Frances Mayes (of Under… Continue reading
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The Year of Living Danishly—Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country: Helen Russell
Published by Icon Books, 2015, 368 pages Helen Russell lived in London, working crazy hours with hardly any time off. When her partner is offered a job at Lego in Jutland, Denmark, they realize that it is going to be… Continue reading
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Writing on the Road—Campervan Love and the Joy of Solitude: Sue Reid Sexton
Published by Waverley Books, 2016, 288 pages If you’ve ever dreamed of buying a campervan and disappearing into the wilderness, this book is for you. It has everything you ever wanted to know about them and then some: buying the… Continue reading
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Why LA? Pourquoi Paris? An Artistic Pairing of Two Iconic Cities: Diane Ratican
With illustrations by Nick Lu and Eric GiriatPublished by Illustre Books, 2014, 256 pages “When you fall in love with a city, it is forever.” This quote from Toni Morrison encapsulates the spirit of this delightful book. Diane Ratican has… Continue reading
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