Travel Library
Destination: Yemen Book: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: An American Journalist in Yemen: Adventures in the Oldest City on Earth (NEW 2010) by Jennifer Steil // She was a woman who fell from the sky in robes of dew and became a city. Jennifer Steil uses this poetic description of Sana’a, the capitol [...]
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As I was thinking about departing from my usual posts about travel literature, I came across an excellent post by Almost Fearless on guidebooks. As she points out, they do have a purpose. And I am addicted to guidebooks, so I don’t want their absence on this site to lead anyone to think I do [...]
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Today I traveled to Africa. It only took a half hour to get there, since I was driving to the south in Tucson to the AfricanVillage, part of the Tucson Gem Show. Great crafts, carvings, masks, beaded cloth, and a food booth with good African cooking. I talked with a vendor who explained this mask [...]
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Destination: Granada Spain Book: Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving Moonlight illuminates tile walls and stone lions that are more than 600 years old. The light peoples the walls of the Alhambra with romantic ghosts. Washington Irving knew the evocative power of moonlight. In his book , Tales of the Alhambra, which describes time [...]
Destination: Venice Books: Any mystery byDonna Leon Donna Leon has made a career out of killing off many people in just one city. But with all the romance and mystery of Venice, Italy, why not? Unlike the many writers who have plumbed the rich history of Venice, Donna Leon goes after the gritty underbelly of [...]
