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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Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
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Rambling Man: My Life on the Road
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  • Saint Richard Parker by Merlin Franco
    Saint Richard Parker: His search for love and enlightenment across India, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia
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  • 3 mph by Polly Letofsky
    3 mph: The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World
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    She Started It
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    A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxTravels with Charley by John SteinbeckThe Trigger by Tim Butcher
    Have Passport Will Travel
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    Into the Wild
    Travels with Charley: In Search of America
    Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
    I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
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