armchair travels

The Brentwood Library Reference staff recommends
the following titles for your reading enjoyment.
 

CALL NUMBER

TITLE

AUTHOR

910.4 WOM

A Woman's World /

   Women tell their tales of travel with humor and courage

Maybeth Bond

909.404 BRY

In a Sunburned Country /

   Humorous adventures in Australia by a veteran travel writer

Bill Bryson

814.54 CAH

Enlightenment /

Travel from the Saharan salt mines to the Congolese jungle to the Australian eucalyptus forest and more

Tim Cahill

972.41 COH

On Mexican Time /

   Live life in the historic Mexican town of San Miguel with the author and his wife

Tony Cohan

914.042 DOL

Ladies of the Grand Tour /

  Learn how British women traveled the Continent in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Brian Dolan

910.4 GEL

Tales of a Female Nomad /

  From Mexico to Borneo, Ms. Gelman becomes part of the community

 Rita Gelman

914.15 HAW

Round Ireland with a Fridge /

   A quirky journey through Ireland with a refrigerator by songwriter and comic Tony Hawks

Tony Hawks

910.92 HOR

Blue Latitudes /

Journey to the key sites sailed to by Captain James Cook

Tony Horwitz

917.98 JEN

Looking for Alaska /

  Visit our 49th state and meet the residents with local author Peter Jenkins

Peter Jenkins

944.9 MAY

Encore Provence /

   New adventures in the south of France

Peter Mayle

915.042 MIL

The Riddle and the Knight /

   Follow Sir John Mandeville's pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1322

Giles Milton

917.04 PEA

Ghost Rider /

   A 55,000 mile motorcycle journey from Quebec to Alaska, Mexico and Belize helps heal the pain of loss.

Neil Peart

909.098 PER

Route 66 A.D. /

 Take the road most traveled by ancient Romans in search of adventure

Tony Perrottet

910.82 UNS

Unsuitable for Ladies /

  An anthology of stories of women, past and present, who take off to see the world

Jane Robinson

332.6 ROG

Adventure Capitalist : the ultimate investor's road trip /

3 years, 116 countries, 152,000 miles in a Mercedes

Jim Rogers

996.18 SEV

In Search of Robinson Crusoe /

  A geographical exploration of the sources of Defoe's classic novel

Timothy Severin

916.304 SHA

In Search of King Solomon's Mines /

  Author with an insatiable appetite for questionable souvenirs

Tahir Shah

917.7 SPU

River of Forgotten Days /

   Travel down the Mississippi River in search of La Salle

 Daniel Spurr

RL STE

Travels with Charley /

    Steinbeck's classic tale of exploring America in his truck with his dog Charley

John Steinbeck

917.304 STO

On the Water /

   Join the author in a 17-ft. scull as he drifts through U.S. rivers and lakes

 Nathaniel Stone

918.04 SYM

Chasing Che /

   Travel by motorcycle as the author follows Che Guevara's route through South America

Patrick Symmes

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