Posts tagged with ‘Travel Writing’
April 10, 2013
ELOQUENT, SLY, INSIGHTFUL travel writing from England’s great Sara Wheeler in a decades-spanning collection.
Grade: B PLUS
ACCESS ALL AREAS: SELECTED WRITINGS, 1990-2011
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/North Point Press
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Environmentalism, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Travel Writing
February 15, 2013
ENTERTAINING COLLECTION OF Jon Ronson’s diffident-gonzo interviews with unusual types, from robots to psychics.
Grade: B PLUS
LOST AT SEA: THE JON RONSON MYSTERIES
Penguin
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Science Writing, Social and Cultural Commentary, Travel Writing
January 27, 2013
REAL LIFE ADVENTURE in the jungles of Honduras as a journalist searches for the fabled, long lost White City.
Grade: SOLID B
JUNGLELAND: A MYSTERIOUS LOST CITY, A WWII SPY, AND A TRUE STORY OF DEADLY ADVENTURE
HarperCollins
2013
Tags: History, Honduras, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, Travel Writing
November 2, 2012
A YOUNG US WRITER’S memoir of three pilgrimages (including the famed Camino de Santiago) has wit, lacks oomph.
Grade: B MINUS
A SENSE OF DIRECTION: PILGRIMAGE FOR THE RESTLESS AND THE HOPEFUL
Penguin
2012
Tags: B Minus Reviews, France, Japan, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social and Cultural Commentary, Spain, Travel Writing, Ukraine
July 4, 2012
A CLASSICS PROFESSOR’S SENTIMENTAL journey down the historic Appian Way: delightful, informative travelogue.
Grade: B PLUS
THE APPIAN WAY: GHOST ROAD, QUEEN OF ROADS
University of Chicago Press
2012
Tags: Ancient Rome, B Plus Reviews, History, Italy, Non-Fiction, Travel Writing
June 28, 2012
A FLIGHT ATTENDANT TELLS all about the airline industry and out-of-control passengers. Eye-opening snark!
Grade: SOLID B
CRUISING ATTITUDE: TALES OF CRASHPADS, CREW DRAMA, AND CRAZY PASSENGERS AT 35,000 FEET
William Morrow
2012
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, Travel Writing
April 27, 2012
SNAPSHOTS OF A LOST ERA vividly captured in a young writer/artist’s diary of his 1980 Merchant Marine voyage.
Grade: SOLID B
THE VOYAGE OF THE ROSE CITY: AN ADVENTURE AT SEA
Random House
2011
Tags: Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Seafaring, Solid B Reviews, Travel Writing