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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  • The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
    The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
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    Release date: Mar 07, 2017
    Many people dream of escaping it all. Christopher Knight did just that by living alone in the Maine woods for 27 years. THE STRANGER IN THE WOODS tell ...more
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    Availability: 25 copies available, 4239 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Mar 14 - Apr 08, 2017

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  • Walking to Listen by Andrew Forsthoefel
    Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
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    A memoir of a young man's coming of age cross-country trek, told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along ...more
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  • Impressions of Paris by Cat Seto
    Impressions of Paris: An Artist's Sketchbook
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    Artist Cat Seto, founder of the acclaimed Ferme à Papier brand, introduces you to the City of Light as never before in this distinctive volume—both a ...more
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