travel writers

"A parenting travel memoir from travel journalist and mother of three, Kate Wickers, as she and her family cross the globe in search of adventure. 'Have kids, will travel' is the mantra of the veteran journalist as she takes her three children with her on travels to exotic destinations from the jungles of southeast Asia to the waterfront in Havana and the blazing heat of Egypt"--Provided by publisher.

"Illuminates the lesser-known history of Victor Hugo Green, a Black postal worker from Harlem in the 1930s, who created The Green Book, a guide for African Americans to stay safe while traveling around the U.S. during the era of segregation"--Provided by publisher.

"A philosophy professor and freelance journalist born with a rare congenital condition which affects both her stature and gait discusses how she has navigated a world that both judges and pities her for her appearance"--BTCat.

A product of beige California suburbs, Mandel was overlooked and unexceptional. When her father ships her off on a youth group tour of Israel, he inadvertently catapults his seventeen-year-old daughter into a world of angry European backpackers, seize-the-day Israelis, and the fall out of cold war-era politics.

"A nonfiction picture book about The Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans during segregation, and the man who wrote it"--Provided by publisher.

The author shares his favorite moments during his ten-year long trip around the world, including the lessons he learned along the way.

Zora O'Neill shares her experiences of learning Arabic while traveling through the Middle East and discovering local culture in the region.

Sets two illicit love affairs--between an Englishman and an Indian Muslim, and between their divorced granddaughter and a young Zanzibari--against the backdrop of colonial Zanzibar in 1899 and in the 1950s, just before independence.

Elizabeth Gilbert recounts the experiences she had on her year-long journey around the world, and shares how her trip helped her deal with her divorce and the depression that threatened to end her career and her happiness.

A biography of writer Bill Bryson that describes his era, major works, and life.