Europe
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The White Mosque—A Silk Road Memoir: Sofia Samatar
Published by Catapult / C Hurst and Co Publishers, 2022, 336 pages “I’m haunted by a little piece of history, the story of a small, hardy, stubborn group of people who travelled here more than a hundred years ago.” In… Continue reading
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To The Lake – A Balkan Journey of War and Peace: Kapka Kassabova
Published by Graywolf Press / Granta Publications, 2020, 416 pages “To journey to the place of your ancestors, you must be prepared to see what it is easier to deny.” This is the account not just of a physical, but… Continue reading
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Wanderland—A Search for Magic in the Landscape: Jini Reddy
Published by Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2020, 272 pages “I was…sick of the anxiety. This was no way to live, I realized if I wanted to hang on to my sanity. It was time to just do the thing that I secretly… Continue reading
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Basilicata—Authentic Italy: Karen Haid
Published by Hiller Press, 2020, 238 pages Karen Haid, who has spent many years in southern Italy and speaks Italian, explores Basilicata, the “instep of the Italian boot”. Basilicata is sandwiched between Puglia, Campania and Calabria, with Greek temples, medieval… Continue reading
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Following Nellie Bly—Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World: Rosemary J. Brown
Published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2021, 184 pages “I want to go around [the world] in eighty days or less. I think I can beat Phileas Fogg’s record. May I try it?” The idea came from Nellie Bly,… Continue reading
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Elsewhere—One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel: Rosita Boland
Published by Doubleday, 2018, 272 pages Rosita Boland has a bad case of fernweh, an ache for distant places, a wanderlust which has her leaving her native Ireland to discover the world. “My friend Róisín once asked me why I loved… Continue reading
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Findings: Kathleen Jamie
Published by Graywolf Press, 2007, 190 pages I first read Findings during the Covid pandemic. It was a perfect book at a time when most of us had put our long-distance trips on hold and were instead taking our holidays closer… Continue reading
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This Cold Heaven—Seven Seasons in Greenland: Gretel Ehrlich
Published by Vintage Books, 2001, 377 pages Greta Ehrich visited Greenland in the early 1990s. That was the first of many trips, as she fell under the spell of the place and its people. “My first trip to Greenland was… Continue reading
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Women Who Walk—How 20 Women from 16 Countries Came to Live in Portugal: Louise Ross
Published by Moyhill Publishing, 2018, 254 pages What motivates someone leave the country of their birth to live and work elsewhere? Louise Ross tries to answer this question by talking to 20 women from a variety of backgrounds who moved… Continue reading
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Bella Tuscany—The Sweet Life in Italy: Frances Mayes
Published by Broadway Books, 1999, 304 pages Good travel writing is not just about where to go and where to stay: it is about capturing the essence of a place, the things that make it different and familiar. Frances Mayes… Continue reading
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