VaughanPL: Adult Summer Reads: Armchair TravelLike this list

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• Traveling Light

  a Novel

  Branard, Lynne,

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  Up for a road trip to finding out what really matters in life? Come along with Alissa Wells and her motley array of companions for a light-hearted and sweet journey to discover the world in a different light.

• The Road to Little Dribbling

  More Notes From a Small Island

  Bryson, Bill,

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  A laugh-out-loud travelogue of a stretch of Scotland, Bryson details his second round of Britain in this much-anticipated somewhat sequel to Notes From a Small Island!

• The Bookshop on the Corner

  a Novel

  Colgan, Jenny,

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  Relax on the sofa and pack your imaginary bags to accompany Nina on her journey in her bookmobile! This novel features books, travel, and - of course - love as Nina travels to Scotland in her new mobile home on the adventure of her life.

• The Shepherd's Life

  Modern Dispatches From An Ancient Landscape

  Rebanks, James,

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  Rebanks details the shepherd's life, weaving bits of his own family biography along the way so that The Shepherd's Life reads less like a shepherding manual and much more like a lively retelling of life as a sheep farmer. A moving biography of life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Map That Leads To You

  Monninger, Joseph

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  With one year of freedom ahead of her, Heather decides to travel Europe with her two friends. Filled with witty repartee & drama and sprinkled with a healthy dose of romance (both the romance of traveling and romantic love), this novel will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Paris for One and Other Stories

  Moyes, Jojo, 1969-

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  Moyes will charm and delight you in this collection of short stories, starting from a solo weekend trip to Paris. These light stories are filled with romance and sure to be a delight!

• Life Is a Wheel

  Love, Death, Etc., and a Bike Ride Across America

  Weber, Bruce, 1953-

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  Ever thought about biking across the States solo? If you're pretty uncertain at this point it's ever going to be fulfilled, think no further: you can live your dream vicariously through Bruce Weber! Weber takes you from coast to coast, diving into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To the Bright Edge of the World

  a Novel

  Ivey, Eowyn,

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  Traverse the Alaskan wilderness in this epic filled with adventure, love, and discovery. Journal clippings and letters combine to form a beautifully wrought story that remains true to its historical context and brings life to its characters.

• Ice Diaries

  An Antarctic Memoir

  McNeil, Jean, 1968-

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  Get lost in the world of ice starting from Antarctica, before moving onto Greenland, Iceland, and Svalbard as McNeil offers up the beauty and might of Ice in her diaries!

• The Lost City of the Monkey God

  a True Story

  Preston, Douglas J.,

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  Armchair travel not only to another place, but another time! Preston goes to discover (or rediscover, as it happens) a fallen city in the Honduras, detailing both historical and current events as they relate to the city and the site. Exciting and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Barbarian Lost

  Travels in the New China

  Trudeau, Alexandre

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  Discover China from the perspective of a foreigner enthralled by all that the country has to offer, from the cities to isolated villages, offering an outside perspective (sometimes more devil's advocate than anything) balanced against a native…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chicken in the Mango Tree

  Food and Life in a Thai-Khmer Village

  Alford, Jeffrey,

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  Delve into life in Kravan with Jeffrey Alford with mouth-watering descriptions of food and stories of life in the village! You'll discover a completely different food and culture here, close to the border of Cambodia, than what you might have come…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Global Bucket List

  One-of-a-kind Travel Experiences

  Esrock, Robin, 1974-

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  Esrock goes to over 100 countries collecting different stories from people around the world about their bucket list adventures - arguably, his adventure is another drop in the bucket. You can make your own way Around the World in _________ (insert…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Around the World in 50 Years

  My Adventure to Every Country on Earth

  Podell, Albert,

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  If you'd love to do some armchair travel but can't settle on any one destination, this is your book! Podell takes you - as per the title - around the world, landing in every country on Earth. (Whether it'll take you 50 years to read is another…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And Home Was Kariakoo

  a Memoir of East Africa

  Vassanji, M. G.,

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  Vassanji brings you back and forth, into and out of East Africa, as an expatriate, and details his experiences living in Africa from an insider's perspective. He sets out to fix what he notes as most accounts of African history being told by…Read moreRead more of this annotation