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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I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
The Year of What If
All Roads Lead to Rome
The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions
The Medicine Woman of Galveston
The Deepest Lake
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
A Northern Light in Provence
The Bump
The Heirloom
Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
The Race to the Future: 8,000 Miles to Paris―The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century
  • A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko
    A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
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    The Ultimate Book of Fun Things to Do in Retirement, Vol. 2
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  • Across Cultures and Crisis by Thomas Ridgedell
    Across Cultures and Crisis: A Memoir of China Before and During Covid-19

    Release date: Jun 05, 2024
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    The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
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    2,333 books — 2,695 voters

    The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienWild by Cheryl StrayedA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
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    1,037 books — 1,320 voters

    Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan MatsonPaper Towns by John GreenAn Abundance of Katherines by John Green13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen JohnsonTwo-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
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