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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Half-Blown Rose
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  • The Catch Me if You Can by Jessica Nabongo
    The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

    Release date: Jun 14, 2022
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  • Boating with Buddy by Susan Specht Oram
    Boating with Buddy: From our canine correspondent in the Pacific NW

    Release date: Jul 19, 2016
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  • The Way of the Wild Goose by Beebe Bahrami
    The Way of the Wild Goose: Three Pilgrimages Following Geese, Stars, and Hunches on the Camino de Santiago
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    Our Last Days in Barcelona
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    Mark Twain
    “ I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. ...more ”
    ― Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad

    Brian Selznick
    “ I address you all tonight for who you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers. ”
    ― Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

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