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For her 50th birthday, Jane Christmas finds herself leading fourteen women along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, a centuries-old…
European pilgrimage route. Before she leaves, Christmas consults with a psychic, who warns of catfights, lost jewelry, encounters with celebrities, a visit from Death, and a fair-haired man. After less than a week, Christmas sets out on her own, battling loneliness, hunger, and exhaustion while encountering charming villages, forests, more compatible pilgrims - and a fair-haired man. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2007.By Alistair Keith Campsie. 1984
After years working as a journalist, the author looked forward to a tranquil life as the owner of a country…
pub in Scotland. However, the locals and staff conspired to create uproarious chaos.By Anne McPherson. 2000
A visit to the time-honoured sites along France's medieval pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela. With reflections on the architecture,…
the spiritual universe of medieval people, and the connections and contradictions between earlier theology and contemporary feminist thought. 2000.By Peter Moore. 2003
Stirred by his approaching fortieth birthday, the author decides to pursue a dream, to explore Italy from the seat of…
a 1961 Vespa. Once the perfect motor scooter is found, and finally made as road worthy as possible, he is off, travelling the back roads from Milan to Rome. 2003.By P. J Kavanagh. 1994
A literary tour of Ireland with a focus on its history and legends. Reveals the unique language and culture that…
evolved on the uninvaded island, so alien to Romanized Europe. Along the way from the north down to Dublin, the author depicts the sound and character of a singular people. 1995, c1994.By Jennifer Gould. 1997
Gould lived and worked in Russia from 1992 to 1994, travelling extensively through the former Soviet Union and recording her…
observations. Chronicling Russia as it re-creates itself, she interviewed new millionaires, soldiers in Chechnya, people just struggling to get by, and even Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of Russia's far right. 1997.By Robert Ward. 2002
In Medieval and Renaissance Europe, humble journeyman painters would depict the Virgin Mary on city walls and cobblestones. The most…
beloved figure in Catholic theology has little to say in the Bible itself. It is through a look into history that we may understand how she is viewed today and how that view was formed. 2002.By Joseph Facal. 2011
A l'occasion d'une année sabbatique où il a enseigné à l'université Carolo III de Madrid, Joseph Facal s'est installé avec…
toute sa famille en Espagne. L'auteur y note des réflexions très libres, inspirées par l'actualité et par sa découverte de la vie espagnole. Il s'intéresse aussi bien à la tauromachie qu'au nationalisme catalan, aussi bien au renouveau urbain de Barcelone et de Bilbao qu'aux conséquences de la crise financière sur la vie des Espagnols. Agréable à lire, comme un journal de voyage, cet ouvrage donne aussi sur la réflexion de la société québécoise à partir d'un point de vue extérieur. 2011.By M. F. K Fisher. 1983
The day-to-day adventures of the author in Aix-en-Provence and Marseilles. This is a study of customs and manners, and could…
serve as a guide on how and how not to behave when living abroad. 1983.By Dave Bidini. 2000
Author, musician, and hockey fan Bidini decided to seek out Canada's export sport in the far corners of the world.…
His quest led him to a rink on the eighth floor of a Hong Kong shopping mall, the gritty city of Harbin in northern China, to Dubai and even Transylvania. He discovers that hockey is a powerful connector around the world, and glories in its exhilaration and moments of grace. Some strong language. 2000.By Jan Morris. 2001
Jan Morris has crafted a meditation on a most unusual city. James (as she was then) first visited Trieste as…
a soldier at the end of World War II. Since then, the city has come to represent her own life, with all its hopes, disillusionments, loves and memories. 2001.By Dominique Fernandez. 2012
Récit de trois semaines de traversée de la Russie à bord du Transsibérien. Au fil du voyage, l'auteur poursuit sa…
méditation sur les paysages et les lieux, sur l'art et la littérature russes, avec en toile de fond le passé soviétique.By Daisy Baker, Pamela Mara. 1974
By George Galt. 1982
Galt recounts his personal experiences traveling through the Aegean islands. In addition to a host of incredible characters, Galt has…
to contend with the ghost of his own ancestor, John Galt, who explored the same terrain early in the 19th century. c1982.By Arthur Gelb, A. M Rosenthal. 1984
By Hedrick Smith. 1976
Former Moscow bureau chief for the "New York Times" offers a portrait of the country today. Smith conveys the texture…
and fabric of the personal lives of the soviet people and what Russia means to them. c1976.By Greg Campbell. 1999
A reporter describes his solo sojourn into Kosovo in 1998 just when the Kosovo Liberation Army was becoming known in…
the West. Campbell had been to Bosnia in 1996 and wanted to ascertain the success or failure of the Dayton Accords. 1999.By Carol Drinkwater. 2009
Drinkwater takes listeners on a magical journey through the Mediterranean basin--across France, Morocco, Algeria, and Sicily--to explore the origins and…
splendor of the olive tree and the wonders it has produced throughout history. 2009.By Jan Morris. 1984
By Rory Stewart. 2016
Stewart travels with his eighty-nine year old father--a comical, wily, courageous, and infuriating former British intelligence officer--along the border they…
call home, talking about the political turmoil and vivid lives that created the Marches, the borderland between England and Scotland. 2016.