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Armchair TravelOctober 2015
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"To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal. The mists lifting their heads out of the hollows, the dews floating in ghostly wreaths from the black tents, were shot through first with the faint glories of the eastern sky and then with the strong yellow rays of the risen sun." ~ Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), English adventurer, author, archaeologist, and political officer
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| Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul TherouxFor over 50 years, acclaimed novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux has traveled all over the world. But in his latest journey, he turned his eyes to a region of his home country he wanted to know better. Traveling to various Southern states (including Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, and South Carolina) on a variety of road trips, Theroux bypassed the big cities and gleaming towns. Instead, he focused his keen eye on smaller, rural towns, where he visited with people in churches, restaurants, corner stores, farms, and gun shows, and explored the culture and paradoxes of the region. Publishers Weekly calls The Deep South "Theroux's best outing in years." |
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My Paris dream : an education in style, slang, and seduction in the great city on the Seine
by Kate Betts
An award-winning fashion journalist looks back at her adventures in Paris in the 1980s, where she, fresh out of Princeton University, started an apprenticeship at Women's Wear Daily and was initiated into the high fashion world during the explosion of a new generation of talent, while finding herself falling in love and exploring a dazzling new world.
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Life from scratch : a memoir of food, family, and forgiveness
by Sasha Martin
"It was a culinary journey like no other: Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook--and eat--a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the lossand heartbreak that came with it, Martin became more determined than ever to find peace and elevate her life through the prism of food and world cultures. From the tiny, makeshift kitchen of her eccentric, creative mother, to a string of foster homes, tothe house from which she launches her own cooking adventure, Marin's heartfelt, brutally honest memoir reveals the power of cooking to bond, to empower, and to heal--and celebrates the simple truth that happiness is created from within"
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Where the dead pause, and the Japanese say goodbye : a journey
by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
A woman describes her journey visiting Zen priests and performing rituals after the death of both her Japanese grandfather and her American father and her inability to bury them at her family's Buddhist temple in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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The diamond caper
by Peter Mayle
Investigating a string of increasingly audacious jewel heists across France, Elena reunites with Sam and uncovers evidence of a master criminal who proves more dangerous at every turn. By the author of The Corsican Caper. 35,000 first printing.
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Traveling with Famous Novelists
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| A Wedding in Haiti by Julia AlvarezYears ago, popular novelist Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and owner of a coffee plantation in her native Dominican Republic, became close with a young Haitian boy working at a neighboring farm and promised to attend his wedding when he was grown. Years later, as the happy day approached, Alvarez, her American husband, and a few others took an eye-opening trip across Hispaniola to reach the young man's Haitian home. This "warm, funny, and compassionate" (Kirkus Reviews) book also documents Alvarez's return visit to Haiti after the country was hit by a devastating earthquake. Readers who'd appreciate an insider's look at Haiti can pick up Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat's memoir, After the Dance. |
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| Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the... by Anthony DoerrImagine moving to a foreign country for a year...with six-month-old twin boys in tow! That's just what author Anthony Doerr and his wife did in 2004 after he won the prestigious Rome Prize, which offers an aspiring writer a stipend and a place to live in the Eternal City for a year. In this "delightful, funny" (Kirkus Reviews) memoir, first-time parent Doerr writes eloquently of children, sleepless nights, intriguing Romans, the funeral of Pope John Paul II, and the multitude of things to see and do in the centuries-old city. Though Doerr is better known now as the author of the mega-bestselling All the Light We Cannot See, this lovely travelogue is still worthy of attention. |
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| Paris in Love: A Memoir by Eloisa JamesBestselling romance author Eloisa James (aka Mary Bly, Shakespearean scholar) does what so many dream of: she moves to Paris! But the big move comes after big changes: her beloved mother (award-winning author Carol Bly) dies of cancer and, less than a month later, James receives her own cancer diagnosis. After successful treatment, James' family of four spends an extraordinary year in the City of Light. James' familial anecdotes together with memories of her mother and worries about her aging father (poet Robert Bly) make this charming look at Paris also a loving look at family. Readers interested in a young male novelist's view of this famed city might want to check out Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down by Rosecrans Baldwin (author of the critically acclaimed novel You Lost Me There). |
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