You may remember Bhutan as the country that prides itself on being more concerned with its citizens’ Gross National Happiness than the GDP, a country that did […]
Vacation at the Airport
Posting about an author who spends a week at an airport may scare people away after all the airport shutdowns and plane cancellations of the past week. But, […]
Epically readable, Herzog’s American Odyssey
When you think ‘road trip’, you may not have in mind Brad Herzog’s interpretation. In Herzog’s original take on his trip across America, Turn Left at […]
Travelling with The Lunatic Express
The title of Carl Hoffman’s The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes comes from an African railroad […]
From New York to a Harem
One might assume that Some Girls: My Life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren would be filled with descriptions of unbridled sex and promiscuity. While those […]
Celebrating the Worst of Travel-The Titanic Awards
Just the name of this book gives an inkling that this will not be your normal travel book: The Titanic Awards: Celebrating the Worst of […]
The Innocent Found Guilty
After reading two books this month dealing with unjustly convicted and incarcerated Americans,(one set in Nicaragua and the other in California) I found it disturbing to find that […]
More Than a Culinary & Travel Memoir
Paula Butturini’s culinary and travel memoir, Keeping the Feast: One Couple’s Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy, is much different from the norm. She […]
Bikes, Boats, Buses & Trains
Grounded: A Down to Earth Journey Around the World by Seth Stevenson follows Stevenson and his girlfriend as they quit their jobs, give up their […]
