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Penny Pincher’s Passport to Luxury Travel

February 1st, 2008

The Penny Pincher’s Passport to Luxury Travel, by Joel L. Widzer

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If you’re looking to save travel bucks without sacrificing style, this title by Travelers’ Tales Guides will give you major can-do strategies. Joel Widzer covers techniques, programs and strategies for receiving high end luxury treatment …

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Greece: A Love Story, Edited by Camille Cusumano

January 1st, 2008

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In this collection of women’s travel tales from the islands of Greece, reader’s can experience this ancient country through a variety of eyes. Traveling for such things as creative inspiration, a lover, work, or just to explore the beauty of Greece, ...

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Zaatar Days, Henna Nights: Adventures, Dreams and Destinations Across the Middle East, by Maliha Masood

December 1st, 2007

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In this gutsy journey of self discovery, Maliha Masood explores her roots, her faith and her inner self. Written from the perspective of a Muslim woman learning to walk in two worlds, this is an emotional and for the most part fun-filled peek …

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Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune, by Tim Leffel

November 1st, 2007

Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune

This packed full of budget tips title parallels the similarities between traveling and household budgets with regards to the differences in how people spend money. For whatever reason, many do not realize similar types …

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Go Your Own Way: Women Travel the World Solo, edited by Faith Conlon, Ingrid Emerick & Christina Henry de Tessan

October 1st, 2007

Go Your Own Way 

In this collection of solo travel tales from women, the very first thing that struck me was the introduction. Normally, I breeze through the introduction as little more than an obligatory part of the book that has very little …

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There’s No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled, edited by Doug Lansky

September 20th, 2007

 No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled

Edited by Doug Lansky, this collection of humorous tales from various travel writers will bring you more than a few chuckles.

For example, The Art of Riding a Third World Bus by …

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Change Your Life Through Travel, by Jillian Robinson

September 20th, 2007

Change Your Life Through Travel

For those interested in exploring travel as a spiritual and life enhancing exercise, this book is for you. Experienced traveler and filmmaker Jillian Robinson details the transformative aspects of travel through a strong format of chapter topics …

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Surrender or Starve, by Robert D. Kaplan

September 20th, 2007

Surrender or Starve

If you are looking for a light-hearted humorous travel title, this isn’t it. However, if you want a serious analysis of the political and ethnic factors behind the starvation in the Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, Robert Kaplan has provided …

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A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle

September 20th, 2007

A Year in Provence

As someone who has repeatedly selected countries to live in for a year or more, I enjoyed this book’s peek into the progression of cultural assimilation that occurs when you travel long term in a particular region, ...

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Notes from a Big Country, by Bill Bryson

September 20th, 2007

Notes from a Big Country

This was the book that introduced me to the work of Bill Bryson, via a referral from a traveling friend of mine. It has an easy, relaxed format that will ring true with most any American who …

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