Destination: Vietnam Books: The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh Hell in a Very Small Place and Street Without Joy by Bernard Fall The Quiet American by Graham Greene Today I am giving you some more book recommendations for Vietnam, and a question. Have you recently seen the Continental Hotel in Saigon? Traveler’s Bro wants [...]
Keep your eyes open and you will see some changes at the Traveler’s Library in the next few weeks, as I complete the 31-day Blogging Challenge sponsored by the guru of blogging, Darren Rowse. There simply is no better source of information for bloggers on the web than Darren Rowse’s blog. One change that has [...]
Destination: Peloponnese, Greece Book: Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese by Patrick Leigh Fermor “All of Greece is absorbing and rewarding. There is hardly a rock or a stream without a battle or a myth, a miracle or a peasant anecdote or a superstition; and talk and incident, nearly all of it odd or memorable, [...]
Destination: Earth Books: Wind and the Rock by Ann Zwinger The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell Undaunted Courage, by Stephen E. Ambrose Maybe I’m being species-centric here, but I’m assuming that everyone who is reading this is interested in traveling somewhere on the planet Earth. Therefore, I’m also [...]
5/25/2010 The Amaztype website seems to have disappeared. Maybe Amazon got mad at them? Well, A Traveler’s Library still exists! This is so cool, that I am devoting a whole day’s post to it: http://amaztype.tha.jp/ Whether you think the “amaz” stands for Amazon or amazing–you are correct. Now, just because you have this toy to [...]
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Destination: China Books: The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester Red Azalea, Empress Orchid, The Last Empress, and Becoming Madame Mao, all by Anchee Min A Guest Post by Betsy Bolding I traveled to Hong Kong both before and after the English surrendered the territory to China. It is a magic place where skyscrapers [...]
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Destination: Vietnam Book: Catfish and Mandala Movie: Good Morning Vietnam Apocalypse Now Continuing my tour of Southeast Asia… Because I loved the seaside of Thailand and the countryside of both Thailand and Cambodia, I yearn to travel to Vietnam. A friend recommended for the traveler’s library the excellent book [amazonify]0312267177::text::::Catfish and Mandala: A Two Wheeled [...]
Destination: Cambodia Movie: The Killing Fields Guidebook: Footprint Cambodia Handbook (I have added another essential book for Cambodia.) People always ask a traveler, “What was your favorite destination?” I have found something to love about everywhere I go, so choosing a favorite might be difficult. However, I can answer without hesitation that the place of [...]
Just as we got rolling with reader suggestions coming in for the 10 places I need books for, I found these articles. Recent travel literature reviewed by Don George at National Geographic. Eight Books You Shouldn’t Travel Without by Frank Bures at World Hum. And I almost forgot about Brooklyn Nomad’s piece with good recommendations. [...]
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