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Armchair Travel October 2019
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Lonely Planet Panama
by Regis St Louis
Lonely Planet Panama is a comprehensive guide to Panama, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less traveled.
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Travel with purpose : a field guide to voluntourism
by Jeff Blumenfeld
Travel With Purpose deals not with celebrities, nor the rich and famous. Instead, it relays examples from Blumenfeld’s travels and many others from Las Vegas to Nepal. From health care facilities to impoverished schools. These are stories of inspiration from everyday people, all of whom have definite opinions about the best way to approach that first volunteer vacation.
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The way home : tales from a life without technology
by Mark Boyle
In this candid and inspiring account of an extraordinary life lived in nature without modern technology, the author of THE MONEYLESS MAN provides deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring.
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Time Out Lisbon
by Alison Roberts
The Time Out Lisbon City Guide covers the latest openings and trends in Portugal's most vibrant city. Guiding readers round the places that have always marked the capital as unique: world-class art galleries; bars and clubs where you can dance until dawn; decades-old family-run restaurants, and cocktail bars. Practical matters from transport to etiquette are explained, and various features cover the historical and cultural aspects that define the city, from its architecture to itstraditional cuisine. Picturesque towns, cities and beaches a mere train ride away, such as Sintra, Cabo da Roca and Guincho are also covered.
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| Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra FullerWhat it's about: In this evocative sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, author Alexandra Fuller focuses on her parents, covering the deaths of three of their children, her mother's childhood in Kenya, her mother's mental illness, and more.
Why you might like it: Fuller movingly evokes the hardships of living in the beautiful and wild African countryside as well as her parents' personal flaws, including their racism.
Reviewers say: "beautifully wrought" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| Under the Same Sky: From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America by Joseph Kim with Stephan TaltyWhat it's about: Joseph Kim's family, like many others in North Korea, was devastated by the 1990s famine: his father died, his mother sold his sister...and he became a starving street child, who did what he had to do to survive before escaping to China and eventually the United States.
Read it for: the searing, matter-of-fact look at life in an authoritarian country.
Who it's for: readers moved by the depictions of North Korean life found in Barbara Demick's Nothing to Envy, Suki Kim's Without You, There Is No Us, and Blaine Harden's Escape from Camp 14. |
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| Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy by Frances MayesWhat it's about: First published in 1986, this delightful book chronicles poet Frances Mayes' purchase of a Tuscan villa in need of refurbishing. Relating experiences from her Italian life, Mayes describes spending time with her neighbors, dealing with repairs, and dining on delicious foods (recipes included).
The movie: The 2003 Under the Tuscan Sun film is quite different from the book but features luminous scenery and a compelling Diane Lane as Mayes. |
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