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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
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Language Acts and Worldmaking: How and Why the Languages We Use Shape Our World and Our Lives
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date: Jul 19, 2022
Enter to win a copy of the new Language Acts and Worldmaking! This unique novel offers research, theory and practice on how language shapes our world.
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Giveaway dates: Jul 30 - Aug 07, 2022
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A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home
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date: Aug 23, 2022
We're giving away 15 early copies of the new essay collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun
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Giveaway dates: Jul 22 - Aug 07, 2022
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Tomorrow in Shanghai
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Travel envy? May-lee Chai’s Tomorrow in Shanghai takes you to France, China, Mars, and the future, in this vibrant story collection out on August 30.
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Availability: 15 copies available, 2126 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Jul 29 - Aug 12, 2022
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Travel brings power and love back into your life.
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Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.
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― The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
― The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
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