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Listeners who enjoy memoirs about self-discovery will enjoy Pennington’s candid debut. Suggest to fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild.
Vrecek’s passion for her ride goes far toward offering a fresh take on traveling the difficult road to self-actualization.
An engaging and moving wander, from the 3,000-year-old Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, to the Douaumont Ossuary and Verdun Memorial, containing the bones of more than 130,000 unidentified soldiers from World War I, to the starkly modern Maqbaratol Shoara in Iran.
An enjoyable science-based browse for air and space buffs, with occasional whimsy (a tribble from Star Trek, a helmet from the Halo videogame’s Master Chief).
Beautiful photos of landscapes and the food enhance the book, which is sure to be a hit with fans of Ramsay’s television series as well as with cooks looking to branch out into more unfamiliar fare.
With compelling writing and stunning pictures, this book has the power to provoke readers into buying a ticket to Paris right away. This joyful read places the good life within anyone’s reach.
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Cinematic Places
Movie buffs, world travelers, and readers of The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations by Tony Reeves will find much to appreciate in this book. It’s a great addition to any film or travel collection.
This small but informative guidebook is perfect for adventurous travelers who are eager to explore less touristy areas outside of London.
Highly recommended for readers interested in Australia, its history, its First Nations peoples, and cross-cultural relationships.
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New York’s Great Lost Ballparks
A fascinating niche option for New York–area libraries and baseball history fans everywhere.
For all architectural history students and urban designers, who might read Hilary Ballon’s complementary The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1911–2011 alongside the guidebook.
While Buckley’s breezy tone may not be to every reader’s liking, the inclusion of countless unusual facts means even diehard baseball fans will learn something new. An entertaining but optional purchase for most libraries.
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Japan
Photographers, arm-chair travelers, and anyone interested in Japanese culture will find something of interest and likely some new knowledge too.
Both casual readers and well-seasoned travelers will likely enjoy this title. Perfect for collections with photography, travel guides, or New England sections.
This is a quick-reference guide for anyone looking for somewhere to travel for a variety of spiritual experiences. It is also fun to page through, enjoying the photos, and learning about instantly recognizable sites around the world.
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Back Roads of the Midwest: Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
Purchase where coffee-table travel books are popular.
This well-written account will appeal to readers interested in civil rights, Black history, and travel literature.
This affordable, compact, and user-friendly guide is best suited for public library collections. Perfect for casual explorers, seasoned hikers, and students alike.
Armchair travelers and sailors alike should enjoy this well-narrated seafaring saga/family biography, gracefully crafted by the author to be heartwarming as well as heart-stopping.
For libraries with healthy history collections and those who enjoy 19th-century U.S. history and the Ohio and Mississippi River regions.
This outstanding mountaineering memoir will appeal to readers of outdoor adventure, climbers, and those who revel in successful women athletes.
Inquisitive and flowing, with plenty of insight into how North Sea cultures adapt and respond to the sea. More than a travelogue, with stories about life, death, and nature as an enduring, immovable, ever-changing force.
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The Stargazer’s Atlas
Most readers will likely be struck by the writers’ enthusiasm, depth of knowledge, and their knack for picking just the right tidbits that will draw readers into the study of the stars. Librarians can buy this and plan nighttime programs with it.
An exquisite pictorial and travelogue that’s also part memoir and cookbook. It also contains a glossary of French words that many readers will find helpful.
This is a book to page through, to use to build a newly conceived bucket list, and to set armchair travelers dreaming.
The contributors’ varied experience levels and expertise make this book accessible and fun; don’t miss the valuable resources mentioned in the essays. Recommended for school and public libraries.
An optional purchase for libraries with extensive travel or lifestyle collections, or where there is demand.
Italophiles and architecture fans will enjoy the short essays that feature travelers from the 1300s to the present day.
Whether one is planning a globe-trotting adventure or just looking for images and descriptions written with a sense of wonder, this book offers extraordinary escapism options, all rooted in the reality of the everchanging, ever challenging planet.
For anyone living in or near or visiting New England. Also for readers who enjoy scenic, fun bike rides with a dose of history and swimming, plus restaurant recommendations.
Readers can learn about national parks they are interested in visiting and discover some they may not have even known existed. The National Park Service protects and preserves sites, and this work does as well.
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Kinfolk Islands
Those looking for an island getaway will find this title very useful and enjoyable.
A good choice to add to travel collections. Put it on display with cookbooks too, as the book gives equal time to the pleasures of both subjects.
Both first-timers and those who believe Disney is a part of their DNA will likely enjoy using this book to plan a trip to Disney parks. The superb photography gives a glimpse of the wonderment of that visitors will experience.
This guide will appeal to both first-time and frequent visitors seeking a deeper understanding of these national parks and monuments. Particularly useful when visiting the Southwestern United States, as 23 of the 30 sites are located in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, or Colorado.
Not for fans of Disney World–type vacations. Instead, selective travelers seeking refuge from all the noise of daily life may enjoy this one.
Although the brevity of the essays may make readers wish Millman had opted to write the fuller memoir he mentions in the preface, those interested in the Arctic will likely appreciate what they’ve gotten.
Readers already familiar with Paris will find this fiery and charming volume the perfect companion for a thought-provoking walk around the City of Light.
With interviews often meandering into the overly personal and with incidental-seeming uncaptioned photographs (their compelling views and dramatic cropping notwithstanding), this book would be more rewarding as a series of video tours.
An important work on an imperiled land, best suited to collections with an emphasis on geography, geology, or environmentalism.
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The High Sierra: A Love Story
This would be a good addition to any memoir or travel collection, but it’s also a fun “armchair” hiking experience for those who typically don’t care for outdoor sports. Pair the audio with the text version, which contains photographs and other supplemental materials to enhance the reading experience.
An essential read, not only for parents of autistic or otherwise neurodivergent children but for all families.
A gorgeous browse and an in-depth work of research that belongs on atlas shelves in public and academic libraries.
This travelogue will likely inspire many readers to step outside their comfort zones, follow in Nabongo’s footsteps, and emulate her positive, open-minded worldview.
The author’s use of cited local history books in libraries along his journey gives the book a strong factual basis as a history text, and his incorporation of literary words from writers of the flatboat era infuse his own writing with humor and poetic charm. Highly recommended for all libraries.
This abundant guide to the world’s best weekend getaways will delight travelers who enjoy National Geographic’s particular take on travel; its design, excellent photographs, and arrangement invite browsing and dreaming. A core title for travel collections.
With stunning visuals, this is not only a captivating study of architecture but also an insightful snapshot of Chicago’s history and daily life. Readers interested in Chicago or in urban architecture, planning, or development will devour this volume.
This impressive selection is highly recommended for geologists or for anyone with an interest in what lies beneath our feet.
A must purchase; those who love New York will adore it, and those less enamored with the Big Apple will still find this fun and informative encyclopedia a fascinating portrait of the metropolitan area.
This scholarly work provides an intriguing, unique way to consider maps. Recommended for those who like cartography and history.
Besides appealing to general readers who enjoy cartography, art, and “superlative” books, such as the Guinness Book of World Records, this is also well suited to academics and students of history, geography, and art.
The quality of this tome and its emphasis on current features make it worth a purchase even where libraries own National Geographic the National Parks: An Illustrated History.
Highly recommended for anyone who has visited or is planning to visit Tokyo. Readers will gain insight into the history, culture, and language of Japan as well as ideas on city hot spots.
Recommended for Latin American collections, and for those who study labor history, this "blend of travel writing and memoir" will consume readers.
The upcoming Summer Olympics offer Tokyo the opportunity to showcase its fine qualities on the global stage and present visitors with a view of this impressive city and fascinating country.
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The Story of a Marriage
Not for the plot-hungry, this deeply interior meditation will reward serious-minded readers.
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Against the Inquisition
Both strong historical chronicle and spirited defense of the right to believe, presented in straightforward language appropriate for the widest range of readers.
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I Didn't Talk
An arresting work, told in stringently beautiful prose; for all smart sophisticated readers.
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Mourning
For readers interested in family, memory, 20th-century history, and strong literature.
An excellent corpus collection and reference for classicists and historians. Highly recommended for classical departments.
An easy read for those interested in exploring broader cultural and historical connections during the Roman transition into the European continent and its continuing impact on the region.
A fun, informative, and entertaining way to explore Paris, especially for those who enjoy their travels off the beaten path.
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The Beach at Painter's Cove
With fully fleshed-out characters and family drama to spare, Noble's latest (after Forever Beach and Whisper Beach) is a summer read with substance. For fans of women's fiction and the works of Elin Hilderbrand and Nancy Thayer.
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The Salt House
With alternating chapters focusing on each family member's thoughts and interactions, debut author Duffy eloquently displays the emotional complexities of a family going through the healing process. Readers of Elin Hilderbrand or Luanne Rice will enjoy.
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The Beach House: Coming Home
Bockoven's second "Beach House" novel weaves a lovely tapestry depicting the many threads that form a life. With a focus on family, relationships, loss, and reconciliation, along with a pleasing hint of romance, this novel will appeal to fans of Luanne Rice and Elin Hilderbrand.
Perfect for armchair travelers, adventure swimmers, families, and for those who simply love or want to explore open-water swimming. Avid swimmers will clamor to get to Ireland posthaste.
Anybody living near or traveling to San Francisco can utilize this handy and fascinating walking guide. If only every city had one as comprehensive as this.
For more enjoyable travel writing, try National Geographic's Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, Plus Tips and Strategies To Find Your Family History; for better history in maps, suggest The Times History of the World in Maps.
A perfect companion to the publisher's 2014 Great Maps, but also a worthwhile stand-alone purchase, especially where cartography books are needed that serve YA as well as adult patrons.
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