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Armchair Travel October 2021 |
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Travel Hacks: Any Procedures or Actions That Solve a Problem, Simplify a Task, Reduce Frustration, and Make Your Next Trip As Awesome As Possible
by Keith Bradford
Traveling is full of exciting new experiences and discoveries--but it can also be expensive, disorganized, and stressful if you don't know the insider tricks to make it simpler. Travel Hacks includes hundreds of expert guidelines, hacks, and DIYs for staying relaxed while you plan, book, pack, and travel to your next destination.
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| Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard... by Siân EvansWhat it is: an engaging look at the golden age of transatlantic ocean travel via the stories of women, both employees and passengers, who found unprecedented freedoms onboard.
Don't miss: stories about famous people such as Josephine Baker and Martha Gellhorn; details about the ocean liners used as World War I hospital ships.
For fans of: Erik Larson's Dead Wake; Hugh Brewster's Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage; well-researched social histories centered on women; or amusing tales of ocean travel. |
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| The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises & Other Lies From a Sinking Ship by Chaney KwakThe opening: "As the cruise ship almost tips over, the horizon that once bisected my lovely balcony door rises like a theater curtain and disappears."
What happened: Along with nearly 1400 others in March 2019, travel writer Chaney Kwak was aboard the Viking Sky cruise ship off the coast of Norway when it was rocked by such severe waves and winds that it listed, lost power, and began to drift into dangerous waters
Why you might like it: Incorporating interviews with others involved, this book is a riveting blend of humor and seriousness that also movingly details the author's examination of his life as he waited to be rescued. |
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| Travels With George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy by Nathaniel PhilbrickDid you know? After George Washington became president, he visited each of the 13 former colonies between 1789 and 1791 to try to unite the brand-new country.
What's inside: a thoughtful examination of the first U.S. president and the country's early years, plus an intimate look at award-winning author Nathanial Philbrick's own 2018 journey (with wife and dog) retracing the route of Washington's long-ago carriage wheels.
Reviewers say: "Both a lighthearted travelogue and a timely exploration of Washington’s historical legacy" (Wall Street Journal). |
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Riding With Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books
by Ted Bishop
Recalls the author's marathon motorcycle odyssey that takes him from Edmonton to Austin, through the classic landscapes of the American West, and through some of America's and Europe's most famous cities, detailing his experiences cruising around on his Ducati while meditating on the complex interplay of life, work, and art.
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Tales from the Torrid Zone: Travels in the Deep Tropics
by Alexander Frater
A distinguished British travel writer chronicles his various journeys between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, offering a vivid portrait of the rich beauty, diversity, flora and fauna, and people who inhabit the tropical areas of the world.
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Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler's Journey Home
by Matt Kepnes
The best-selling author of How to Travel the World on $50 a Day presents a part memoir, part philosophical travel manifesto that shares stories from his adventures abroad while exploring the nomadic experiences of wanderlust.
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| On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey by Paul TherouxWhat happened: Erudite 70-something author Paul Theroux drove the entire length of the U.S.-Mexico border alone. Crossing back and forth, he visited Mexico City, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and other areas, where he met locals, witnessed the monarch butterfly migration, visited historic locations, taught writing, and learned about drug cartels.
Author buzz: Theroux's written acclaimed travelogues and fiction, including books that've been made in movies like The Mosquito Coast. His latest novel, Under the Wave at Waimea, came out in April.
Read this next: For a penetrating look at both U.S. borders, try Stephanie Elizondo Griest's travel narrative All the Agents and Saints. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library
100 E. 4th Street
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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