Destination: Naples, Italy Book: Naples ’44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian Labyrinth by Norman Lewis Have you discovered the British travel writer Norman Lewis? Between 1938 and 2003, he published 23 travel books and 15 novels that can serve as travel books. I owe my discovery of Lewis to the manager of an [...]
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Note: Kathy of Dream of Italy® has listed her favorite ten books for Italy. Don’t miss her suggestions. Destination: Italy Book: Art for Travellers Italy, The Essential Guide to Viewing Italian Renaissance Art by Ann Morrow and John Power, with Illustrations by Matt Morrow and Erin Round Another lovely book by Interlink Publishing, Art for [...]
Destination: Italy Book: A Traveller’s History of Italy by Valerio Lintner I am absolutely, deliriously infatuated with the publishing company called Interlink. With 616 books that are dedicated to World Travel listed on their web page, it seems that you can go anywhere, with any interest and they’ve got you covered. For years, I have [...]
Destination: Tahiti Poetry: To an Island Princess by Robert Louis Stevenson May is Poetry Month, so I went in search of some travel poetry. I always read one of my childhood favorites, Robert Louis Stevenson’ In the Land of the Counterpane, when I was sick. His picture of a sick child playing on the bedcovers, [...]
Destination: Scotland Authors: Ian Rankin and Alexander McCall Smith Nope, we’re not talking Loch Ness Monster here. Some readers recommended some good mysteries for the traveler to read on the way to Scotland. The British Isles seem to produce enormous numbers of mystery writers. But although Agatha Christie may have been the mother of the [...]
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Looking for good travel literature recommendations? So glad you stopped at A Traveler’s Library, but I have to confess, there are some other places you can look. I listed some a while back. Here are three more of my favorites. Globe Corner Bookstore’s web site is a great place for browsing all the books you [...]
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Destination: Cambodia Book: Khmer: Lost Empire of Cambodia by Thierry Zéphir I have to admit that I accidentally left out this book when I wrote earlier about Cambodia. I hope that I can remedy the oversight, and people planning a trip to Cambodia, or people who just want to learn more about Cambodia, will be [...]
Destination: Southwestern United States Book: Jack Ruby’s Kitchen Sink:Offbeat Travels through America’s Southwest by Tom Miller Yes, Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday, but as I am going to try to convince you, the Southwestern United States is oh, so close to Mexico. (Sometimes it is tempting to turn on its head that old [...]
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