Travel Writing
LA DOLCE VITA UNIVERSITY, 2ND EDITION: AN UNCONVENTIONAL GUIDE TO ITALIAN CULTURE FROM A TO Z
Written by Gambescia, Carla
La Dolce Vita University, 2nd Edition (LDVU2) is the perfect sampler for anyone curious about (or already in amore with) Italy and its remarkably rich cultural gifts, both past and present. This fully revised second edition includes 125 pages of new material (more than 60 new mini-essays and 40 new illustrations) to expand on the delights in the first edition.
NOTES FROM AN APOCALYPSE: A PERSONAL JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD AND BACK
Written by O'Connell, Mark
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NPR - Esquire - The Guardian - Washington Independent Review of Books "Harrowing, tender-hearted, and funny as hell." --Jenny Offill
MADHOUSE AT THE END OF THE EARTH: THE BELGICA'S JOURNEY INTO THE DARK ANTARCTIC NIGHT
Written by Sancton, Julian
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The "exquisitely researched and deeply engrossing" (The New York Times) true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry--with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter "The energy of the narrative never flags. . . .
ISLAND DREAMS: MAPPING AN OBSESSION (MAIN)
Written by Francis, Gavin
In Island Dreams, Gavin Francis examines our collective fascination with islands. He blends stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy, and great voyages from literature, shedding new light on the importance of islands and isolation in our collective consciousness.--GAVIN FRANCIS
HEMINGWAY IN ITALY
Written by Owen, Richard
Ernest Hemingway is most often associated with Spain and Cuba, but Italy was equally important in his life and work. Hemingway in Italy, the first full-length book exploring Hemmingway's penchant for Italy, offers a lively account of the many visits Hemingway made throughout his life to Italian locales, including Sicily, Genoa, Rapallo, Cortina, and Venice.
ON THE PLAIN OF SNAKES: A MEXICAN JOURNEY
Written by Theroux, Paul
The legendary travel writer drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then takes the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind the everyday headlines. Paul Theroux has spent his life crisscrossing the globe in search of the histories and peoples that give life to the places they call home.
BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING 2020
Written by Wilson, Jason
The year's best travel writing, as chosen by series editor Jason Wilson and guest editor Robert Macfarlane. Writing, reading, and dreaming about travel have surged, writes Robert MacFarlane in his introduction to the Best American Travel Writing 2020.
VENICE: THE LION, THE CITY AND THE WATER
Written by Nooteboom, Cees
The critically acclaimed Dutch novelist, poet, and travel writer Cees Nooteboom pays tribute to Venice--the city, its history, and its treasures "Mr. Nooteboom . . . [has] a highly distinctive voice--and often a new angle of vision. . . .
WALKING IN BERLIN: A FLANEUR IN THE CAPITAL
Written by Hessel, Franz
The first English translation of a lost classic that reinvents the flaneur in Berlin.Franz Hessel (1880-1941), a German-born writer, grew up in Berlin, studied in Munich, and then lived in Paris, where he moved in artistic and literary circles.
OUTLAW OCEAN: JOURNEYS ACROSS THE LAST UNTAMED FRONTIER
Written by Urbina, Ian
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas. There are few remaining frontiers on our planet.
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