Book lust to go : recommended reading for travelers, vagabonds, and dreamers / Nancy Pearl.
Material type: TextPublication details: Seattle, WA : Sasquatch Books ; [Jackson, Tenn.] : Distributed by PGW/Perseus, c2010.Description: xviii, 301 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cmISBN:- 1570616507
- 9781570616501
- Recommended reading for travelers, vagabonds, and dreamers
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 011.6 P359 | Available | 33111006443200 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Adventure is just a book away as bestselling author Nancy Pearl returns with recommended reading for more than 120 destinations - both worldly and imagined - around the globe.
From Las Vegas to the Land of Oz, Naples to Nigeria, Philadelphia to Provence, Nancy Pearl guides readers to the very best fiction and nonfiction to read about each destination. Even within one country, she traverses decades to suggest titles that effortlessly capture the different eras that make up a region's unique history. This enthusiastic literary globetrotting guide includes stops in Korea, Sweden, Afghanistan, Albania, Parma, Patagonia, Texas, and Timbuktu. Book Lust To Go connects the best fiction and nonfiction to particular destinations, whether your bags are packed or your armchair is calling. From fiction to memoir, poetry to history, Nancy Pearl's Book Lust to Go takes the reader on a globetrotting adventure - no passport required.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes both nonfiction and fiction reading recommendations for armchair or "real" travelers. This librarian famous for reader's advisory covers places as diverse as Afghanistan, Appalachia, Arizona, Baltimore, Boston, Burma, Congo, Corfu, Detroit, England, Finland, the Galapagos, Guernica, Hawaii, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Jordan, Korea, Law Vegas, Los Angeles, Maine, Malaysia, Martha's Vineyard, Miami, Nebraska, New York City, New Orleans, Niagara Falls, Norway, Ohio, Parma , Patagonia, Peru, Philadelphia, Poland, Provence, the Sahara, San Francisco, Siberia, Spain, Texas, Vienna, Vietnam, Wales, and many other real and imaginary places.