Book lust to go : recommended reading for travelers, vagabonds, and dreamers /
Nancy Pearl.
- Seattle, WA : [Jackson, Tenn.] : Sasquatch Books ; Distributed by PGW/Perseus, c2010.
- xviii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction Acknowledgments A is for adventure Afghanistan : graveyard of empires Africa : the greenest continent Albania All set for Alaska Amazonia American girls An Anglophile's literary pilgrimage Approaching Appalachia Arabia deserta Armenia Australia, the land of Oz AZ you like it The Baltic states Baltimore Berlin Borneo and Sarawak Boston : beans, Bird, and the Red Sox Botswana Brazil Burmese days Cambodia Canada, O Canada Cavorting through the Caribbean Chesapeake Bay China : the middle kingdom Climb ev'ry mountain Comics with a sense of place Congo : from colonialism to catastrophe Corfu Cornwall's charms Corsica Definitely Detroit Egypt Entering England Ethiopia, or as we used to say, Abyssinia! Explaining Europe : the grand tour Explorers Frolicking in Finland Galloping through the Galapagos Guernica Guernsey : history in fiction Hail, Colombia! Hawaii Hiking the (fill in the blank) trail Hollandays Hong Kong Iceland In the footsteps of.. Indicative of Indonesia Inside the Inside Passage Iran Ireland : beyond Joyce, Behan, Beckett, and Synge It seemed like a good idea at the time It's Chile today Japanese journeys Jordan Just so much Greek to me Kenya Kiwis forever! : New Zealand in print Korea North and South Laos Las Vegas Leavened in Lebanon Liberia Los Angeles : city of angels Lyme Regis The Maine chance Making tracks by train Malaysia Martha's Vineyard A mention of the Middle East Messing around on Malta Miami and environs Naples Nebraska : the big empty New Guinea New York City : a taste of the Big Apple Newfoundland News from N'Orleans Niagara Falls Nigeria North African notes Norway : the land of the midnight sun Oceania, or miles of isles Ohioana Oxford Parma Patagonia Peace Corps memories Peru(sing) Peru Philadelphia Polish up your Polish Postcards from Mexico Provence and the south of France Roman holiday Row, row, row your boat The Sahara : sand between your toes Saint Petersburg/Leningrad/Saint Petersburg San Francisco Scenes from Sri Lanka Scotland : more than haggis, kilts, and Ian Rankin See the sea Seriesously.. Sheltering in the Shetlands Siberian chills Sicily So we/I bought (or built) a house in.. Sojourns in South Asia South Africa Spain Star trekkers Swede(n), isn't it? Texas two-step (after a Bob Wills song) Thai tales Timbuktu and beyond To the ends of the earth : north and south Travel to imaginary places Travelers' tales in verse Turkish delights Veni, vidi, Venice Verona Vienna Vietnam Wales welcomes you Walk right in Water, water everywhere We'll always have Paris Where in the world do these books belong? WY ever not? Zambia Zipping through Zimbabwe/roaming Rhodesia
Includes both nonfiction and fiction reading recommendations for armchair or "real" travelers. This librarian famous for reader's advisory covers places as diverse as Afghanistan, Appalachia, Arizona, Baltimore, Boston, Burma, Congo, Corfu, Detroit, England, Finland, the Galapagos, Guernica, Hawaii, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Jordan, Korea, Law Vegas, Los Angeles, Maine, Malaysia, Martha's Vineyard, Miami, Nebraska, New York City, New Orleans, Niagara Falls, Norway, Ohio, Parma, Patagonia, Peru, Philadelphia, Poland, Provence, the Sahara, San Francisco, Siberia, Spain, Texas, Vienna, Vietnam, Wales, and many other real and imaginary places.
1570616507
Travel--Bibliography. Setting (Literature)--Bibliography. Best books. Books and reading. Libros y lectura Viajes --Bibliografías Best books. Bibliography. Travel. Reference & resource series. Viajes--Bibliografías. Primera Jornada de Catalogación.