books about: traveler

books about: traveler

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Traveler

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away

Bill Bryson

Broadway, 2000

A FUN READ, A GOOD READ.
After quite a number of years living and writing in England, Bill Bryson returned to his native land, the United States, with his family and apparently continued his writing career. Mr. Bryson wrote a series of weekly articles, a column, for a British newspaper, ...

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

Elizabeth Gilbert

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

Couldn't put it down!
I was shocked when I logged on to Amazon and saw so many snarky, bitter reviews; I expected this book to have a solid five star rating. I do a lot of reading and it not every day that I find a book so engrossing, so honest, so profound, and so funny that I clear my ...

The Ultimate Gift (The Ultimate Series #1)

Jim Stovall

David C. Cook Distribution, 2007

More than a novel!
Everyone got a piece of the pie when Red Stevens died- a portion of his multibillion dollar estate- except for Jason, the 24 year old fictional character in Jim Stovall's "the Ultimate Gift". Born with a silver spoon and never having worked a day in his life, Jason was ...

A Stopover in Venice

Kathryn Walker

Knopf, 2008

a glorious adventure!
This is a wonderfully seductive book. The contemporary story delights with mystery, discovery, the entanglements of modern-day marriage and the possibility of release through self-discovery. The historical story is a wonderfully complex maze through the history of ...

People of the Book: A Novel

Geraldine Brooks

Viking Adult, 2008

Great read...
This book takes you on a journey as you discover the history of an ancient Jewish prayer book. The author skillfully weaves the tales of everyone who has touched the book and impacted it's history while relating the story of religious conflict, persecution and times ...

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

Harvest Books, 2004

Forgivingly flawed
Sweet and well written. Easy to read. Loved the characters. There are certainly flaws, but I easily forgave them because I was so engrossed by the story. Like many other reviewers, I was sad it ended and could not stop thinking about it for days after.

Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct

P. M. Forni

St. Martin's Griffin, 2003

A good book for our times
After discussing why we don't treat each other as well as we should and why we should treat each other better, Massimo offers 25 rules to help us implement his advice. He gets very specific about the ways we can treat each other better, every day. I like this book ...

The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success

Andy Andrews

Thomas Nelson, 2005

I couldn't put this book down!
The Traveler's Gift is a fascinating combination of self-development principles and captivating fiction. How great is it to be able to learn wisdom from King Solomon and forgiveness from Abraham Lincoln? The author takes us on not only a historical journey but also one ...

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 2007

I finished Wild quickly.
and for me - Jon Krakauer's writing is the kind of stuff that makes for late nights and tired workdays. I can't pay him a higher compliment. This one was a bit different than his other efforts in that Krakuer plays more the role of detective/sociologist rather than an ...

1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List

Patricia Schultz

Workman Publishing Company, 2003

Lots of Fun!
The spirit of this book is well exemplified by a quotation from Mark Twain (Page xv): "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the tide ...

Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road

Neil Peart

Ecw Press, 2002

CHRIS AND FRED GAVE A HORRIBLE REVIEW
Fred and Chris' review is shockingly disturbing. I read this book 3 times and wept uncontrollably at Neil's losses. I cannot believe that you would complain that he is shallow, and complained about the number of pages it took to tell of the events. How much more ...

Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Classics)

Jonathan Swift

Penguin Classics, 2003

amazingly good read
It took me a while to get to this book - it kept being recommended by friends, but I was a bit put off by the effort I thought I would have to put into reading a book written 300 years ago. Well, I was really suprised - "Gulliver's Travels" is easier to reads, ...

Route 66: EZ66 Guide for Travelers

Jerry McClanahan

National Historic Route 66 Federation, 2005

EZ Guide, EZ Ride
This guide worked great. If you email the author (email address in the guide), he'll send you updates. Came with detailed maps, turn-by-turn directions for both eastbound and westbound driving, and points of interest. Guide has a spiral binding and just the right ...

Gulliver's Travels (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics)

Jonathan Swift

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003

Beautiful Edition
There is no need for me to go into what a marvelous and timeless classic "Guliver's Travels" is. The satire, while nearly 300 hundred years old, is as fresh today as it was in the 1720s. What I will say about this particular edition is that it is very beautifully ...

The Packing Book: Secrets of the Carry-on Traveler (Packing Book: Secrets of the Carry-On Traveler)

Judith Gilford

Ten Speed Press, 2006

The Encyclopedia of Packing!
All my life I have yearned for some unknown knowledge. Feeling incomplete, I began at an early age to selfishly take in as much information as possible. I read everything I could get my hands on, encyclopedias, dictionaries, textbooks, but nothing could quench this ...