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Armchair Travel April 2021
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| Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika JaouadWhat Happened: Recent college grad Suleika Jaouad moved to Paris to start a dream job -- but a leukemia diagnosis soon sent her home to the U.S., where she spent years recovering. Once cancer-free, she took a 33-state road trip with her dog, visiting friends she'd made while documenting her illness and treatment for The New York Times.
Read This Next: For another moving, acclaimed book that ponder life and death, featuring a solo woman traveler, try Maggie Downs' Braver Than You Think. |
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| Winter Pasture: One Woman's Journey With China's Kazakh Herders by Li JuanWhat It Is: An award-winning memoir, combining nature and travel writing, in the lyrical English-language debut of a Chinese journalist.
The Starting Point: Though Li Juan had trouble finding a nomadic group who'd take an unmarried 30-something Han Chinese woman with them for their winter migration, a small Kazakh family of herders agreed.
What Happened: Working with the father, mother, and teen daughter, she built a home using manure, gathered snow for water, endured nights with temps below zero, and took care of camel, sheep, and cattle. |
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| Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life by Jess PhoenixStarring: Jess Phoenix, a geologist, volcanologist, Explorers Club Fellow, and co-founder of a nonprofit that produces research and works with students in hopes of bringing more diversity to scientific fields.
What It's About: Phoenix discusses her winding path to a science career, the barriers she's faced in a male-dominated field, her eye-opening time shooting a TV segment, and her adventures in California, Hawaii, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, and New York City.
For Fans of: Jill Heinerth's Into the Planet and other compelling memoirs by adventurous women. |
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| We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year by Charles WheelanWhat It's About: In 2016, college professor Charles Wheelan, his math teacher wife, 18-year-old daughter, 16-year-old daughter, and 13-year-old son left their New Hampshire home to spend nine months visiting six continents on a budget.
What Happened: They visited Colombia, Australia, the Republic of Georgia, India, and other locales while seeing amazing sights, large spiders, and not always getting along with each other.
Read This Next: For other entertaining family travelogues, try Dan Kois' How to Be a Family or Bruce Kirkby's Blue Sky Kingdom. |
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| The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert MacfarlaneWhat It Is: A poetic meditation on walking by acclaimed British author Robert Macfarlane, who recounts his own journeys and those of the people he meets along the way.
What It's About: Macfarlane explores ancient footpaths, roads, and sea paths across a variety of areas, including chalk downs in England, the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, occupied territory in Palestine, the Camino de Santiago in Spain, and sacred regions of the Himalayas.
Why You Might Like It: Macfarlane weaves together literature, natural history, cartography, and more. |
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Walks with Sam: A Man, a Dog, and a Season of Awakening
by David W. Berner
Read It For: Berner finding mindfulness and reflection in forming a meaningful practice of walking with his dog Sam.
Is It For You: For anyone who has formed a daily walking practice with their canine best friend, especially during this time of the pandemic.
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The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices
by Casper ter Kuile
What Is It: An exploration on how we can nourish our souls by transforming common, everyday practices—yoga, reading, walking the dog—into sacred rituals.
Try This Next: Casper ter Kuile is also the cohost of the first series of the popular "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text" podcast.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Anne Arundel County Public Library 5 Harry S. Truman Pkwy. Annapolis, Maryland 21401 410-222-7371https://www.aacpl.net |
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