Africa
Win a Copy of This Book by commenting on this post. Destination: Africa Book: Crossing the Heart of Africa by Julian Smith (NEW December 2010) I enjoy hearing stories about the adventurers who busily mapped the globe around the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. In Crossing the Heart of [...]
PDF When you comment, you will be entered to win a book about a place you probably don’t want to travel to. (See below) Destination: Afghanistan? No. Ethiopia? No. Sudan? No. Italy? Yes. Book: Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. A Guest Post by Alisa Bowman Alisa Bowman has written Project: Happily Ever After: Saving Your [...]
Destination: Kenya, Africa Book: Unbowed by Wangari Maathai A GUEST POST by Gayle Pescud I was in a modern bookstore for the first time in months in January, getting well and truly high on the smell of new books (we live in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Region of Ghana, 18 hours from Accra, the capital), [...]
Destination: Various Exotic Locales Author: Tahir Shah A GUEST POST by Travel Writer JUDITH FEIN Travel Literature that Inspires Me Print PDF
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Today: An adventurous travel photographer, his young daughter–already a travel veteran, a project to spread cultural understanding that needs YOUR help, and three great travel literature suggestions. Print PDF
The novel Heart of Darkness inspired Coppela to create the movie Apocalypse Now, and inspired Craig Martin to be more sensitive in his travels.
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Destination: Botswana and Zimbabwe, Africa Book: The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa by Alexander McCall Smith Since I was first introduced to Alexander McCall Smith through his funny, thoroughly delightful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, the first of a series that has a world-wide audience, I have been curious about [...]
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Guest author David Lee learns about South Africa from a book by journalist Steven Otter, who lives the township life.
The Camel Book Drive gives books and money to northeastern Kenya where books arrive on the backs of camels. International Literacy Day.
