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Walking the Camino De Santiago
Bethan Davies
Pili Pala Press, 2006
The best of self publishing
This travel or walking guide to the "Camino de Santiago" represents the best of small publishers or self publishing. The author and her husband researched the area by walking the Camino several-times - developing good and valid information.
Bethan did a good job ...
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Camino de Santiago Maps / Mapas / Cartes: St. Jean Pied de Port/Roncesvalles - Finisterre via Santiago de ...
John Brierley
Findhorn Press, 2008
Camino de Santiago Maps
This is a very handy and useful little booklet. For my three-week Camino experience I kept the booklet readily accessible in my outside pants pocket. I repeatedly referenced the booklet throughout the day. It's narrow size and the ability to bookmark the page with ...
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Pilgrimage to the End of the World: The Road to Santiago de Compostela (Culture Trails)
Conrad Rudolph
University Of Chicago Press, 2004
A rationalist walks the Camino.
As I write this review, I'm wearing the boots I plan to use on my own Camino pilgrimage next week. In addition to breaking them in, I've been preparing my body, mind, and heart for the long walk to Santiago. Reading "Pilgrimage to the End of the World" was an ...
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Camino Chronicle: Walking to Santiago
Susan Alcorn
Shepherd Canyon Books, 2006
A most enjoyable tour
Camino Chronicle: Walking To Santiago is the travel journal of a wife who walked across Northern Spain in 2001, following a venerable pilgrimage trail called the Camino de Santiago, retracing the footsteps of such famous historical figures as Charlemagne, St. Francis ...
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The Roads to Santiago: The Medieval Pilgrim Routes Through France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela
Frances Lincoln, 2008
A Tour de Force
This book is a Tour de Force. I've known about it for a few months now, but didn't expect to ever see it, because of the price. Fortunately someone, knowing my desire to read all things on the Camino, arranged to have it appear as a Christmas gift.
This is a ...
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The Camino : A Journey of the Spirit
Shirley MacLaine
Atria, 2001
A Heartfelt Adventure
Shirley MacLaine is a wonderful writer whose adventure on "The Camino" (a 500-mile trek/pilgrimage across Spain) is both enlightening and entertaining. Her journey of self discovery and her will to share her truth inspires me. I love her courage as she shares wisdom ...
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The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela
Italica Press, 2008
An Excellent Book by an Excellent Scholar
I personally knew Mr. Melczer both as my instructor and later as a friend and I simply cannot say enough about this man. Studying in Spain with Mr. Melczer in 1990 I can say he truly opened my eyes to history, art and culture. I took copious notes, but I realized I ...
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The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook
David M. Gitlitz, Linda Kay Davidson
St. Martin's Griffin, 2000
Wonderful Book on the Cultural Background of the Camino
I did the Camino in 2003 using this book as a guide. In fact it was the only one I brought with me.
It's strengths are not in the trail directions it gives. There are much better guides for that. I suggest you consult one of the Camino web sites to find out the ...
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The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
Paulo Coelho
HarperOne, 1995
Intense & Awesome Read
I have read a number of Coelho's books now and I still think this one is the best (with the Alchemist and Fifth Mountain tied at a close 2nd). This book touched me deeply because I could easily see myself in Coehlo's struggles. It inspired me to resist evil/worldly ...
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Walk in a Relaxed Manner: Life Lessons from the Camino
Joyce Rupp
Orbis Books, 2005
A Pilgrimage Of Body and Spirit
Back in the summer of 2003, I visited a former seminary roommate in Leon, Spain. I showed up a couple of days before his wedding after backpacking through Amsterdam, Paris, London, and Madrid. While strolling together through Leon, my Spanish friend remarked that ...
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To the Field of Stars: A Pilgrim's Journey to Santiago De Compostela
Kevin A. Codd
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008
I Love This Book!
In preparation for walking the Camino de Santiago later this year, I have read several accounts of pilgrim journeys. None has spoken to me as clearly to me as Kevin Codd's book. His humanity shines through the pages as he writes of both external and internal joys and ...
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Buen Camino Hiking the Camino de Santiago
Jim Clem, Eleanor Clem
James Clem, 2007
Vivid photos help carry the storyline on this fall pilgrimage across northern Spain
I got started on this book and couldn't put it down, so read it cover to cover the day I got it. This day by day journal of the authors' hike across Spain's Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail is a treat for armchair travelers and a resource for those about to take the ...
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A Pilgrim's Guide to the Camino Portugues: The Portuguese Way of St. James Porto to Santiago de Compostela
John Brierley
Findhorn Press, 2005
Excellent guide, colored maps, trail profiles, photos, accomodation guide
This guide follows the format of Brierley's Camino Frances guide: very pleasing to look at: glossy paper, colored photos almost every page, multicolor maps and trail profiles, parts of text set off by shading. It has the information the walker needs, where the ...
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Camino de Santiago Map (Earthwise Guides)
Bethan Davies
Pili Pala Press, 2008
excellent alternative to other guide books
this super light weight book showing the path to Santiago is an excellent alternative to taking a guide book with you if you are planning to walk the Camino Frances. It lists the albergues and hotels in all the villages along the way, along with other services offered ...
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Travels with My Donkey: One Man and His Ass on a Pilgrimage to Santiago
Tim Moore
St. Martin's Griffin, 2006
A man, a plan, a donkey - Camino!
I read a number of books about the Camino de Santiago before I did it in July-August of 2007. They were either practical guidebooks or deeply personal memoirs. I'd begun reading "Travels With My Donkey" about two weeks prior to departing for Spain, but I didn't get ...
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