Destination: Cruises Book: First Class: Legendary Ocean Liner Voyages Around the World (2009) by Gerard Piouffre A GUEST POST by DONNA L. HULL Sailing the Seas in First Class If you think today’s mega-ships represent the zenith in cruising accomplishments, don’t be so sure. A look back in time will introduce you to ocean liners, [...]
Announcement: We have the Third and the Fourth Winners in the Great Big Travel Literature GiveawayII: Christa Joy has selected The Invisible Mountain. Rebecca Waer has selected Lobster Chronicles. Don’t despair–seven more prizes to go plus four grand prizes. Destination: The Whole World Books for the Travel Library: The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World…Via Its [...]
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On April 29, Edgar awards for best mysteries published in 2009 will be announced. I am delighted that the publicist sent me four books of the six nominated in the mystery novel category to look over.
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Destination: The World Books: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck A GUEST POST by Shannon McKenna Schmidt, co-author of [...]
Destination: The World Book: Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities by Frank Jacobs (Pub. date 10/29/09) My name is Vera Marie and I am addicted to maps. What is more, I do not want to be cured.
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Destination: The World Magazine: Indie Travel Podcast Magazine (Available September 1, 2009) Don’t be put off by the title of this new travel magazine. Craig and Linda Martin, world travelers who started the award-winning Indie Travel Podcasts, a website and popular blog, are sticking to their brand name as they take the plunge into travel [...]
Destination: The World Book: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts Every generation of wanderers has an author of travel literature that sounds the siren call. Walt Whitman comes to mind and Lord Byron before him. Then the famously wild days of Jack Kerouac and On the Road.
World Traveler Keith Jenkins talks about how his urge to travel started from a book about geography.
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