Tag: travel books

What is a micro trip? The editors of Lonely Planet have taken the idea of short trips in a rather interesting direction in the book called Micro Trips. They’ve …

Food: it’s an essential part of travel. Maybe you seek out special meals, look for a farmer’s market, or happen on a quick snack at a roadside stand. Whatever …

There’s a travel book sitting in my head just waiting to be written. Actually, there’s a travel book, a murder mystery, and a romantic comedy in there as well. …

Imagine being in a room with all your favorite travel writers and having conversations about writing, travel, and life. That’s what Michael Shapiro’s A Sense of Place is all …

Discover the essence of New Zealand’s landscape and dream of future trips with these ‘armchair travel’ reads. The 1 Thing  by Bob Moore (2006) Bob Moore, a Wellington-based Englishman, …

If you’re reading this on a Monday feeling a bit hung over, you’re had to work hard to get to that state in many of the countries featured in …

Traveling across the United States by foot was not in Alan Christofferson’s plan. Happily married to the love of his life, head of his own successful small advertising agency, …

By Susan Griffith The Green Road into the Trees: An Exploration of England By Hugh Thomson Having accompanied the 18 year old tearaway Hugh Thomson on his madcap drive …

By William Caverlee Perceptive Travel’s July 2012 book reviews feature food porn from Lonely Planet’s stockpiles, another women’s confessional travel book destined for Oprah and the cinema, and a …

Reviews by Susan Griffith   OxTravels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers Various authors, edited by Mark Ellingham et al When the editors of OxTravels invited a list of eminent …

Reviews by William Caverlee The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World (5th Edition) By Edward Hasbrouck The chapter on air transportation in Edward Hasbrouck’s The Practical Nomad …

A unique view of a working river, a practical business book, short stories from the days when Ohio and Indiana were frontier country, a biography, a novel — no …