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For over 50 years, the magazine has been the place where the world's leading authors, scientists, educators, artists, and political…
leaders turn when they wish to engage in a spirited debate on literature, politics, art, and ideas with a small but influential audience that welcomes the challenge. Each issue addresses some of the most passionate political and cultural controversies of the day, and reviews the most engrossing new books and the ideas that illuminate them.
Visit sunny Chernobyl: and other adventures in the world's most polluted places
By Andrew Blackwell. 2012
Journalist/filmmaker vacations in seven polluted places, including Chernobyl, site of the 1986 Ukrainian nuclear disaster; Alberta, home of Canada's oil-sand…
mines; and India, where the Yamuna river is full of sewage and industrial runoff. Describes the environmental devastation and discusses the motivations of polluters and activists. Some strong language. 2012
The Condé Nast Traveler book of unforgettable journeys: great writers on great places. Volume II
By Various, Klara Glowczewska. 2012
Selection of thirty essays that originally appeared in Condé Nast Traveler between 1988 and 2011. In "The Peak of My…
Desire" Russell Banks--author of The Lost Memory of Skin (DB 74780)--reminisces about his attempt to climb the Andes in Ecuador. 2011
American notes: Revised Edition (Penguin classics)
By Charles Dickens, Patricia Ingham. 2004
Acclaimed British novelist chronicles his 1842 trip to the United States and offers observations about North American society. Includes Dickens's…
celebrated visit with Laura Bridgman at the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind. Introduction and notes by Patricia Ingham. 2004
The longest way home: one man's quest for the courage to settle down
By Andrew McCarthy. 2012
Actor and travel writer McCarthy discusses the impact his travels have had on his psyche. Describes climing Mt. Kilimanjaro; visiting…
Baltimore, Maryland; and boating on the Amazon. Details the ways the trips helped him grow up, learn about himself, and better relate to others. 2012
Here, there, elsewhere: stories from the road
By William Least Heat-Moon, William Least Heat Moon. 2013
Author of Roads to Quoz (DB 68364) compiles fifty-six short works on his travels all over the world. In "Crossing…
Kansas" the native Missourian pokes fun at just-passing-through vacationers' misconceptions about that state. "Into the Antipodes" relates a journey to New Zealand. 2013
Castles, follies & four-leaf clovers: adventures along Ireland's St Declan's way
By Rosamund Burton. 2011
Journalist recounts her walk along St. Declan's Way, from the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary to Ardmore in County…
Waterford, as she sought to reconnect with her Irish heritage. Describes local scenery and life. Explores Christian and pagan tales related to sites along the ancient road. 2011
Journey without maps (Penguin classics)
By Graham Greene. 2006
Author of Our Man in Havana (DB 26596) recounts the 1935 trip he took through the interior of Liberia. Discusses…
his preparations for the trip, challenges his group faced, and his impressions of the people he met and environment he encountered. Includes an introduction by Paul Theroux. 1936For over 50 years, the magazine has been the place where the world's leading authors, scientists, educators, artists, and political…
leaders turn when they wish to engage in a spirited debate on literature, politics, art, and ideas with a small but influential audience that welcomes the challenge. Each issue addresses some of the most passionate political and cultural controversies of the day, and reviews the most engrossing new books and the ideas that illuminate them.GAY TIMES Magazine is the first word on queer culture. For decades we’ve been at the forefront of the fight…
towards LGBTQ+ liberation, spotlighting queer talent, reporting on LGBTQ+ issues, and putting the community and its allies at the centre of our content. Our queer-first storytelling aims to bring us closer together, empathise with our queer siblings from diverse experiences, and challenge bigotry and discrimination in all its forms. Through interviews and features with people from the world of music, fashion, film, TV, the arts, and community-led campaigns, our exploration of queer culture and the power it posesses to instigate real change continues to chronicle the long-fought journey towards true liberation.
No baggage: a minimalist tale of love & wandering
By Clara Bensen. 2016
Woman chronicles a three-week trip through Europe and Turkey with a man she had met on a dating site only…
a few weeks earlier. They traveled with no luggage and no set agenda or reservations. Discusses their adventures, the philosophy of minimalism, and the development of their relationship. 2016For over 50 years, the magazine has been the place where the world's leading authors, scientists, educators, artists, and political…
leaders turn when they wish to engage in a spirited debate on literature, politics, art, and ideas with a small but influential audience that welcomes the challenge. Each issue addresses some of the most passionate political and cultural controversies of the day, and reviews the most engrossing new books and the ideas that illuminate them.
Journalist recounts a summer internship with Zagreb Film in 1968. Discusses the mentors she encountered at the studio, reconnecting with…
the history of her family--many of whom had died in the Holocaust--and reevaluating what it meant to be American when living in a culture markedly different from her own. 2015
Better than fiction: true travel tales from great fiction writers (Travel Literature)
By Peter Matthiessen, Joyce Carol Oates, Bryce Courtenay, Frances Mayes, Kurt Andersen, Stefan Merrill Block, Don George, M. J. Hyland, Téa Obreht, Alexander McCall Smith, Lonely Planet Publications Staff, D. B. C. Pierre. 2012
Collection of thirty-two essays by authors of fiction about their travel adventures. Includes stories from Frances Mayes, author of Under…
the Tuscan Sun (DB 44847); Joyce Carol Oates, author of Carthage (DB 78237); Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (DB 55503); and more. 2012