Travel

Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations. The term "travel" originates from the Old French word travail. Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious. Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such as guide books and reviews, with the ...more

New Releases Tagged "Travel"

The Paris Novel
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
The French Ingredient: A Memoir
Love in Tandem
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
Where to Nest
Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges
The Translator's Daughter: A Memoir
My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More
Foodie Places
  • A Season for That by Steve Hoffman
    A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France

    Release date: Jul 09, 2024
    Enter to win an advanced copy!
    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 30 copies available, 2235 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 10 - May 19, 2024

    Countries available: U.S.

  • The Blighted Mission by E. Chris Ambrose
    The Blighted Mission (Rogue Adventures: Bloody Baja, #1)
    by

    Release date: Dec 26, 2023
    Win one of 50 ebooks: travel adventure with a British accent! Will Nigel dodge vengeful treasure hunters or meet a sticky end in bloody Baja?
    View Details »

    Format: Kindle book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 50 copies available, 602 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 10 - May 22, 2024

    Countries available: U.S.

  • The New Tourist by Paige McClanahan
    The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel

    Release date: Jun 18, 2024
    Enter for a chance to win 1 of 15 galleys!
    View Details »

    Format: Print book

    Giveaway ends in: a

    Availability: 15 copies available, 2423 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 01 - May 25, 2024

    Countries available: U.S.

  • People We Meet on Vacation
    One Italian Summer
    Before We Were Innocent
    The Paris Novel
    Girl Abroad
    West With Giraffes
    Wish You Were Here
    You Are Here
    The Sicilian Inheritance
    The Lincoln Highway
    The Breakaway
    You, with a View
    Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries, #1)
    Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)
    Mrs. Nash's Ashes
    A Night to Remember by Walter LordTitanic by Don  LynchThe Night Lives On by Walter LordThe Discovery of the Titanic by Robert D. BallardVoyage on the Great Titanic by Ellen Emerson White
    Best Titanic Books
    161 books — 210 voters
    Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
    Fictitious Africa
    513 books — 280 voters

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsLock and Key by Sarah Dessen
    Best teen-fiction books
    312 books — 370 voters

    Arabian Sands by Wilfred ThesigerA Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh FermorA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor HeyerdahlIn Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
    Best Travel Writing
    313 books — 317 voters

    A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
    In a Sunburned Country
    Notes from a Small Island
    Eat, Pray, Love
    Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
    Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
    The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
    Travels with Charley: In Search of America
    Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
    I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
    A Year in Provence (Provence, #1)
    The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
    On the Road
    Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
    The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain

    Related News

      Summer has arrived in the northern hemisphere. For those of us with nomadic hearts, it’s time to consider that most American of rituals:...
    David Mitchell
    Travel far enough, you meet yourself.
    David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

    Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi)
    Travel brings power and love back into your life.
    Rumi Jalalud-Din

    More quotes...
    JoyfulReadersHub 🌟 📚 Welcome to our literary haven, "JoyfulReadersHub"🌟 Embrace the warmth of shared stories and …more
    7 members, last active 5 months ago
    ACMNP ParkLife Through the more than 70 years of ministry and service, ACMNP has learned the importance of stor…more
    3 members, last active 6 months ago
    The doctor is IN and ready to share some books! This year I am driving the Lincoln Highway, and…more
    1 member, last active 11 days ago
    Libri dal mondo Il gruppo ha l'intento di girare il mondo attraverso la lettura, nel tentativo di scoprire cultu…more
    542 members, last active a moment ago

    Tags

    Tags contributing to this page include: travel and travel-writing