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

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    To the End of the Earth

    Release date: Jul 14, 2026
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  • Where I'm From by Ebony Walden
    Where I'm From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents―A Memoir
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  • In the Field With National Geographic by National Geographic Society
    In the Field With National Geographic: The Inside Story of Legendary Explorers, Educators, Scientists, and Storytellers

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    Our Secret Summer
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    Wish You Were Here
    Return to Sender
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    The Lincoln Highway
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    A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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    The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
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    Judith Thurman
    “ Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you've never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground. ...more ”
    ― Judith Thurman

    Mark Twain
    “ Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. ...more ”
    ― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It

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