Searching for Hassan: An American Family's Journey Home ...
 When in Iran, "expect to suffer from excessive hospitality": Amazon's "Better Together" recommender worked well here: I read "Searching for Hassan" after reading Firoozeh Dumas' charming memoir "Funny in Farsi." [... more]
$25.00
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Olive Farm
More than just the South of France and Olives!: Initially, this book caught my eye because the story takes place in the French town where I was born and raised. While I found interesting and informative to re-discover my hometown through the eyes of the [... more]
$24.95
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A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance
Oh, to live there. . .: This is the sort of romantic story you expect in the movies, not real life. To find your great love, almost by accident, in Venice, while walking through Piazza San Marco, seems impossible and yet that's exactly what happened to [... more]
$23.95
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Dangerous Beauty: Life and Death in Africa: True Stories ...
Real African adventure: Most of this book is about true encounters with amazing animals in East Africa. The stories took me back to my own safari experiences in another part of Africa. If you've never been on safari and are thinking about going, this [... more]
$24.45
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Rome and a Villa
As good as a vacation...: If you need to escape from the drudgery of your everyday life for awhile than this is the book for you. Clark's masterpiece is as good as a month in the country. And not just any country either. All of Italy is opened to you by [... more]
$18.00
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The Hills of Tuscany
Amazon.com Review: A sensuous valentine to author Ferenc Máté's adopted homeland, The Hills of Tuscany brims with lush descriptions of golden dales, scrumptious meals, rich wines, and friendly natives. After years of nomadic roaming from [... more]
$15.00
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Kingbird Highway: The Story of a Natural Obsession That ...
Amazon.com Review: As ornithologist Kenn Kaufman recounts in his lively memoir Kingbird Highway, he's managed to do what other birders only dream of doing: take a year and chase winged creatures from one end of the country to another. The year in [... more]
$14.00
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I & Claudius: Travels With My Cat
Amazon.com Review: The question isn't, "What happens when a young British woman travels the southern United States with a 19-year-old cat?" The question is, "What happens when bad-news-in-stiletto-heels Clare de Vries does that?" The [... more]
$23.95
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Manhattan Memoir: American Girl; Manhattan, When I Was ...
Wonderful prose and a fascinating story: The other reviews told what the book was about. I just wanted to add to their comments by saying that I couldn't put the book down and was sad when it ended. Her words flowed so beautifully. Delightful, Engaging [... more]
$20.00
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Street Justice
Worth a Look: Chuck has managed to lead an interesting life for a guy whose only real claim to fame is that he efficiently beats up everyone who looks at him cross-eyed. He has made the most out of that. The way the facts are presented, along with the [... more]
$24.95
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to ...
Amazon.com Review: In the world of contemporary travel writing, Bill Bryson, the bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods, often emerges as a major contender for King of Crankiness. Granted, he complains well and humorously, but between every line of [... more]
$14.95
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Treasured Islands: Cruising the South Seas With Robert ...
A "must" for Robert Louis Stevenson fans.: Treasured Islands: Crossing The South Seas with Robert Louis Stevenson by Lowell Holmes (Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Wichita State University) is a personal look at a beloved and [... more]
$29.95
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