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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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A Northern Light in Provence
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The Heirloom
Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World
The Race to the Future: 8,000 Miles to Paris―The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century
  • Across Cultures and Crisis by Thomas Ridgedell
    Across Cultures and Crisis: A Memoir of China Before and During Covid-19

    Release date: Jun 05, 2024
    Thanks for reading my book about my time China! I hope that you will learn some things that you did not know before about this fascinating country.
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    Giveaway dates: Jul 01 - Jul 31, 2024

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  • Becoming Fearless by Brenda E. Smith
    Becoming Fearless: Finding Courage in the African Wilderness
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    Release date: Aug 29, 2023
    Amazing true life African adventure story. Perfect for summer reading! Fast paced, inspiring and heartwarming. Enter to win your copy.
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    Giveaway dates: Jul 13 - Aug 03, 2024

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  • Planes Flying over a Monster by Daniel Saldaña París
    Planes Flying over a Monster: Essays

    Release date: Aug 20, 2024
    From one of Mexico’s most exciting young writers, a cosmopolitan and candid essay collection exploring life in cities across the world and reflecting ...more
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