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Literary Travel: “West with the Night” by Beryl Markham

June 14, 2021

I have lifted my plane from the Nairobi airport for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the earth into the air with...

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Literary Travel: “I Married Adventure” by Osa Johnson

April 8, 2021

When attending Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts in the 1960s, I found myself distracted much too often from my academic assignments. The source of o...

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Literary Travel: “Fatu-Hiva” by Thor Heyerdahl

January 26, 2021

With pandemic-related travel restrictions still in place around the world, we allay our wanderlust by reading books by the great explorers. Only...

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Literature For Vagabonds

November 24, 2020

Now is a great time to read about places you’ve visited or would like to visit in the future. Below are some travel-related books, on our shelves for...

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A Call to Action

October 12, 2020

A North Carolina resident, author and former U.S. Congressional candidate, Harry Taylor makes his living as a commercial real estate broker. Over the...

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Literary Travel: Travel As Pilgrimage

October 12, 2020

Decades ago, when I (Charles) was in graduate school at Harvard, a well-traveled classmate from France gave me a gift at the end of the academic year...

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VIDA: Masks— And Much More

September 14, 2020

Remember back in March, when it was virtually impossible to buy a cloth face mask? Since then, ready-made masks have become easy to purchase online...

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Literary Travel: Jan Morris on Venice

September 13, 2020

Literary travel is a term that two very different types of people can enjoy: travelers who prefer to read about places from the comfort of their...

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Literary Travel: “West with the Night” by Beryl Markham

Literary Travel: “I Married Adventure” by Osa Johnson

Literary Travel: “Fatu-Hiva” by Thor Heyerdahl

Literature For Vagabonds

Literary Travel: Travel As Pilgrimage

Literary Travel: Jan Morris on Venice