My City, My New York: Famous New Yorkers Share Their Favorite Places by Jeryl Brunner
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Category: Travel Literature
What do famous people love to do during their free time in the Big Apple? Like all New Yorkers, even the well-known among them have cherished rituals that connect them to their city in a unique way--favorite restaurants, delis, museums, parks, galleries, landmarks, haunts, and hideaways. For one residen ...Show more
In the Land of Oz by Howard Jacobson
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Category: Travel Literature
On what he calls 'the adventure of his life', Howard Jacobson travels around Australia, never entirely sure where he is heading next or whether he has the courage to tackle the wild life of the bush, the wild men of the outback, or the even wilder women of the seaboard cities. In pursuit of the best of ...Show more
Piano Shop On The Left Bank by CARHART Thad
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Category: Travel Literature
Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign--Desforges Pianos--he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop's imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands th ...Show more
Rome on the Euphrates: The Story of a Frontier by Freya Stark
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Category: Travel Literature
When Roman legions marched into Asia Minor in 200BC, their plan was to secure a buffer zone between the Mediterranean, which they virtually owned, and the area beyond, which they sought to isolate rather than control. Along the long frontier of the Euphrates in Turkey lay the easternmost limits of the R ...Show more
A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta by Paul Theroux
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Category: Travel Literature
Award-winning writer Paul Theroux takes you on a journey through the streets of Calcutta where all is not as it seems and a smiling face could be harbouring a dark secret in the thrilling novel "A Dead Hand: a Crime in Calcutta". Jerry Delfont is a travel writer with writer's block. Lounging in Calcutta ...Show more
The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux
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Category: Travel Literature
Award-winning writer Paul Theroux removes the mystery and reveals the real India in his compelling novel "The Elephanta Suite". We in the West think we know India. But, as Paul Theroux reveals, we need to think again..."The Elephanta Suite" brilliantly explores the shifting stories of those who come to ...Show more
Journey into Cyprus by Colin Thubron
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Category: Travel Literature
The people, their history and the beauty of an island on the brink of tragedy. This is the account of a unique journey - a six-hundred-mile trek on foot around Cyprus in the last year of the island's peace. Colin Thubron intertwines myth, history and personal anecdote in a quest from which the character ...Show more
Europe - An Intimate Journey by Jan Morris
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Category: Travel Literature | Reading Level: very good
Europe has been widely acclaimed as among the finest achievements of 'one of our greatest living writers' (The Times). A personal appreciation, fuelled by five decades of journeying, this is Jan Morris at her best - at once magisterial and particular, whimsical and profound. It is a matchless portrait o ...Show more
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
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Category: Travel Literature
Enjoy an irresistible feast of humour and discover the joys of French rural living with Peter Mayle's bestselling, much-loved account of "A Year In Provence". Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only imagine doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing ca ...Show more
Blue Highways: A Journey Into America by William Least Heat-Moon; Bill McKibben (Foreword by)
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Category: Travel Literature
Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads.William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map-if they get on at all-on ...Show more
On the Shores of the Mediterranean by Eric Newby
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Category: Travel Literature
With his trademark charm and sharp wit, Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed and quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful, hilarious and sheer fun, this is an adventure not to be missed, by Britain's best-loved travel guide, and father of the genre. 'Why don' ...Show more
India: A Million Mutinies Now by V. S. Naipaul
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Category: Travel Literature | Reading Level: 16
THE THIRD BOOK IN V.S. NAIPAUL'S ACCLAIMED INDIAN TRILOGY -- WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR Much has changed since V. S. Naipaul's first trip to India and this fascinating account of his return journey focuses on India's development since independence. Taking an anti-clockwise journey around the metro ...Show more