Please be patient, dear readers, while we rearrange books and movies on the shelves of the Traveler’s Library. Things are a bit messy right now, but we’ll settle down. Soon. I promise. Don’t worry too much about the look of the library, as it will be changing frequently until we get everything dusted off and [...]
A Traveler’s Library will be closed for the weekend, celebrating the Fourth of July holiday. Hope you are having a peaceful weekend. Don’t miss the Capitol Fourth on TV (or in person if you’re lucky enough to live close by.) And New York visitors and residents can visit the opened Statue of Liberty. Hurrah! Meanwhile, [...]
Destination: England Book: Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (audio book reviewed) I’m playing catch up with some travel classics. With the exception of Bruce Chatwin‘s Patagonia, I had not read the highly recommended classic travel literature that I have talked about this week. Many travelers list Bill Bryson‘s [amazonify]0380727501::text::::Notes from a Small [...]
Destination: The Caribbean Book: The Middle Passage by V. S. Naipaul Quotable Thursday quote: I’m the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. V. S. Naipaul The question is, if a man writes well, does it matter what kind of human being he is? I delayed reading V. S. Naipaul because although [...]
Destination: Chile and Argentina, South America Book: In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin Bruce Chatwin uses one of the most engaging opening lines found in travel literature, or any other kind of literature, for that matter, to start In Patagonia (1977). The classic of travel books begins , “In my grandmother’s dining room there was a [...]
Destination: Afghanistan Book: A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby Newby’s work is on everybody’s list of travel literature not to be missed. I read a 1999 edition of the book, and the link here takes you to a Lonely Planet reprint. The original 1973 edition is out of print. Newby also [...]
Memo to: Readers of A Travelers’ Library From: A Traveling Reader This morning was the wrap-up on Twitter by all the people who participated in the blogging marathon. Now I’m off on another sort of marathon–checking in to Likaholix most every day. If you have not seen it, take a look. It would be a [...]
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