March 21, 2023
First published in 1992, Marat Akchurin’s East European and Central Asian travelogue is an evocative trip back in time, to the waning days of the USSR.
The year 1990 found Akchurin, poet, publisher and translator, living in Moscow and observing his changing country with wary hope for democracy. Interested in seeing for himself the reaction […]
May 30, 2022
In this detailed chronicle, author Leslie Lee travels through southwest Ireland between the Dingle Peninsula and County Cork seeking her maternal ancestry.
In 2010, as she attempts to discover the authentic Ireland, (this is her fifth book about her Irish sojourns), Lee keeps a daily diary of the dizzying road trips along the windswept Irish […]
April 18, 2022
Leslie Lee’s Six Degrees of Latitude details trips she took to Scotland and Ireland between 2003 and 2018.
In her Introduction, Lee notes that she carried her writing journal and paint kit with her wherever she went. The book includes journal entries and her skillful watercolors and drawings of people, places and maps.
Lee notes […]
November 29, 2021
Richard Haffey’s Under Vesuvius is a capacious, absorbing collection of poetry and prose, artfully rendering his travels to Italy in 2016. It also contains a novella set in mid-16th century Italy.
The book’s travelogue portion is a well-paced, utterly compelling account of the author’s decision to travel to Italy after losing a cherished teaching position. […]
March 8, 2021
Pascal Christel’s visit to Burma in 2015 inspired this large, coffee-table-style book, featuring an in-depth look at the country’s Buddhist traditions, architecture and artwork.
When Christel and his wife traveled in Burma (now called Myanmar), they were awed by the kindness of its people and the variety of artistry seen through clothing styles, home and […]
January 4, 2021
Alan E. Sparks’ Into the Carpathians is the third of an ambitious three-book series about tracking wolves (and bears and lynx) from Romania to Germany. Following Dreaming of Wolves and Into the Carpathians Part 1, it recounts the author’s continued conservation work as a core member of a team led by German conservationist Peter Sürth, […]
December 21, 2020
In The Story of Red Bay, East End, author Charles Wheatley explores the history of a beautiful parcel of the world often overlooked by modern travel writers.
Red Bay, East End is located in the Virgin Islands. The name originates from the prominent red rocks that once surrounded it, which served as a directional beacon […]
November 9, 2020
In this pleasant work of nonfiction, author Nathan Pettijohn decides to get away from his routine life by exploring parts of America in an RV.
In the pre-pandemic days of October 2019, Pettijohn, then 31, had been married and divorced and is coming off another bad break-up and an annoying neighbor, when he decides to […]
October 5, 2020
Everyday Cuba for Non-Cubans: Beyond the Resort Cliché packs into its slim, 129 pages a traveler’s account, a guide to history, society, politics, and economics, and a proposal for economic recovery and development.
Author and Toronto-based software consultant, Araz Jahani, fell in love with Cuba on a first visit. Not only did he discover bright, […]
September 28, 2020
Book 1 of The Wheels of Friend by Duluth, Minnesota-born Eric Norland recounts the first year of his around-the-world cycling adventure in 1983 at age 28.
The idea began taking shape in 1978, soon after Norland graduated from college with a degree in fine arts. His first jobs out of college, as a mechanic and […]