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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    Safe Distance: Some Journeys Change Where You End Up. Others Change the Story of Your Life. A Memoir

    Release date: Sep 29, 2026
    Two months in Southeast Asia. What could go wrong? Bali belly, begpackers, human smugglers, an awkward romance and a nervous system with other plans.

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    The Wandering Knitter: Learn New Techniques, One Project & Place at a Time

    Release date: Oct 06, 2026
    Enter to win a copy of The Wandering Knitter, a celebration of hands-on learning, travel stories, and the joy of making.
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    Isabelle Eberhardt
    “ Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere. ”
    ― Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

    Lao Tzu
    “ The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ”
    ― Lao Tzu

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