Lots of people have heard of Paul Theroux and Bill Bryson, two men who have made their careers writing about their travels. But what if you want to read an author who is a bit off the beaten track?

“Venezia Marco Polo” by Kaka

Marco Polo - Author of Il Milione (”The Million” or sometimes titled The Travels of [...]

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Clare County Library in Ireland has put together a wonderful collection of travel literature entitled, “Around The World in 22 Books” that makes me very jealous that I don’t live on the Emerald Isle. Luckily, they’ve published the list of books included in the collection:

Afghanistan: An Unexpected Light
America: Old Glory, Ghost Riders, Stranger on a Train
Australia: In [...]

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Well, travel lit of sorts. The paperback version of Three Cups of Tea is number two on the paperback nonfiction list. I actually listened to Three Cups of Tea when it first came out in audio. It was excellent. In two sentences, the book is about Greg Mortenson, an American rock climber who is really [...]

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Mimi–who has a fabulous blog about cooking and eating in Israel–wrote a particularly good response to my post about women and “big idea” books:
The first name that springs to mind is that of Freya Stark, a British explorer who traveled extensively in the Middle East during the late 1920s and 30s. She wrote over 24 [...]

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