 | Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.79 Rita Golden Gelman left her husband and comfortable life in the United States to travel abroad, alone. How jealous am I?
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 | Mother Tongues: Travels Through Tribal Europe by Helena Drysdale
Buy used from: $19.69 A fascinating look at minority cultures and their struggles, as well as the tribulations of a family traveling together.
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 | Nine Hills to Nambonkaha : Two Years in the Heart of an African Village by Sarah Erdman
Buy used from: $11.07 A Peace Corps volunteer writes beautifully about her two years in a tiny African village.
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 | In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.13 Bill Bryson is funny in an endearing, sarcastic, self-deprecating way. Therefore he has the perfect temperament for enjoying Australia! This is the book that convinced me to travel there.
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 | The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.52 A classic about travels in Aboriginal Australia (though much of the book is Chatwin's musings about the nature of humanity and nomadic tribes around the world)
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 | Dreamkeepers: A Spirit-Journey into Aboriginal Australia by Harvey Arden
Buy new: $15.30 / Used from: $2.49 A more modern version of Songlines, though the author encounters a lot more hostility and distrust (and experiences the accompanying guilt and confusion)
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 | Australia : True Stories of Life Down Under (Travelers' Tales)
Buy used from: $1.25 A nice collection.
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 | Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $3.94 The back roads of America -- a fun one to read in a small diner with five calendars on the wall!
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 | Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $0.01 A classic.
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 | Travelers' Tales Tibet: True Stories (Travelers' Tales Guides)
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 | Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.73 The author left her home and boyfriend to teach in Bhutan (a tiny Himalayan Buddhist country) and ended up falling in love with one of her students.
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 | A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) by Bill Bryson
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 More classic Bill Bryson, as he hikes with a partner through the Appalachian Trail.
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 | Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places of The World by Pico Iyer
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $0.50 Travels through interesting places such as North Korea, Iceland and (of course) Australia.
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 | Going Alone: Women's Adventures in the Wild (Adventura Books)
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $2.41 Women doing it themselves!
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 | Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, And A Journey To The Ends Of The Earth by Daniel Glick
Buy new: $13.20 / Used from: $0.16 How to get over a divorce and a death in the family? Take a world voyage! Perhaps the feeling of loss is universal...
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 | Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica by Sara Wheeler
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.31 I love reading about Antarctica. This is a pretty nice overview.
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 | Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica by Nicholas Johnson
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $1.67 This is a view of Antarctica from the corporate inside. Like Dilbert on ice.
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 | The Early Arrival of Dreams: A Year in China by Rosemary Mahoney
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $1.09 Teaching English in China one year before the demonstrations in Tian Men Square.
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 | The Singular Pilgrim: Travels on Sacred Ground by Rosemary Mahoney
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $2.82 The author travels to various sacred cities and sites. Her curiosity is respecful, though she is not a "believer". I believe that part of traveling is being open to other worldviews.
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