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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  • Georgia by Miquel Hudin
    Georgia: A guide to the cradle of wine
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    Release date: Jul 15, 2017
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    Giveaway dates: Oct 20 - Nov 03, 2021

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  • Riding the Edge by Michael S. Tobin
    Riding the Edge: A Love Song to Deborah

    Release date: Jul 20, 2021
    Non Fiction Book Award Winner: Silver

    Two soulmates embark on an around-the-world journey, leaving the security of their well-ordered lives in search o
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  • Acoustic Shadows by Betsy L. Howell
    Acoustic Shadows: Men at War and a Daughter Who Remembers Them
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    Release date: Apr 25, 2007
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    Anita Desai
    “ Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ”
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    Isabelle Eberhardt
    “ Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere. ”
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