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Classic Tales: Life Lessons From Gulliver’s Travels

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Classic works often contain surprising relevance to our own life and travels.  More »

8 Incredible Survival Stories

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Eight of the most amazing tales of survival ever written.  More »

5 Writers Who Affirm the Importance of Travel

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Famous Author quiz. Who said: "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." ?  More »

How Mark Twain Taught Me To Tramp Abroad

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Mark Twain's wit, humor and knack for misadventure are so hilarious, his words remain fresh to this day.  More »

Book Review: The Geography Of Bliss

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First things first. I didn’t actually read The Geography of Bliss. I wanted to, and I wanted to like it; I really did. The simplicity and crisp   More »

Book Review: Smiling At The World

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Joyce Major has accomplished one of the things I’ve been dreaming about my whole life (well, two if you count the whole writing a book thing).   More »

The 50 Greatest Travel Books Of All Time

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With a book in hand, travel becomes a two-fold adventure. Not only are you personally experiencing a new culture – you are simultaneously seeing  More »

Book Review: Smile When You’re Lying – Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer

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Note: Read to the end for your chance at a fabulous prize! Maybe it’s because I’m female. Or maybe it’s because I’m a prude, o  More »

Book Review: Three Cups of Tea

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The return home rarely transports the traveler back to the place where his journey first began. To travel full-circle would entail the total absence   More »

Book Review: Wanderlust and Lipstick

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Traveling solo is a dream for many, yet for women the idea is often quashed by friends and family who hope to keep them out of what they perceive as h  More »

Book Review: Buddha Or Bust

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The Buddha once said, “All living things, whether they know it or not, are following this Path.” The enlightened prince 500-some years b  More »

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