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Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations. The term "travel" originates from the Old French word travail. Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious. Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such as guide books and reviews, with the...more
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Rubbing Shoulders in Yemen
by Peter Twele (Goodreads Author)
by Peter Twele (Goodreads Author)
In "Rubbing Shoulders in Yemen" Peter embarks on a series of adventures into some of the remotest parts of Yemen … regions not under government contro…more
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Sep 12
- Oct 12, 2013
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Live from Mongolia: From Wall Street Banker to Mongolian News Anchor
by Patricia Sexton (Goodreads Author)
by Patricia Sexton (Goodreads Author)
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date: Oct 21, 2013
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Have you ever wondered 'What if?'
Author Patricia Sexton was working on Wall Street, spending ten years wondering 'Wha…more View Details »
Have you ever wondered 'What if?'
Author Patricia Sexton was working on Wall Street, spending ten years wondering 'Wha…more View Details »
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Oct 07
- Oct 14, 2013
2 copies
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A Piece of Danish Happiness
by Sharmi Albrechtsen (Goodreads Author)
by Sharmi Albrechtsen (Goodreads Author)
An amusing witty memoir packed with happiness research (deciphered), quirky facts and amusing personal vignettes about American Sharmi Albrechtsen’s l…more
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Sep 15
- Oct 15, 2013
20 copies
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US
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“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
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― Ernest Hemingway
― Ernest Hemingway
“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.
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― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Exploring relationship to place.
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