Resor

Oavsett om det handlar om att bestiga Everests dödliga toppar eller navigera genom det kulturella labyrinten på främmande gator, transporterar dessa äventyrliga böcker dig till omvälvande resor runt hela världen. Varje berättelse väver samman praktiska insikter med personliga uppenbarelser och utforskar både de fysiska territorier som korsas och de inre landskap som förändras av resandet.

Resor Boksammanfattningar

Take Me with You

av Catherine Ryan Hyde • 2014

A grieving father. A broken RV. A mechanic's desperate offer: take my sons for the summer.

4.22

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🚐 Road Trip Fiction 👨‍👦‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Grief Journey 💧 Tearjerker 🏞️ National Parks

Take Me with You

A grieving father. A broken RV. A mechanic's desperate offer: take my sons for the summer.

av Catherine Ryan Hyde 2014 362 sidor

4.22

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🚐 Road Trip Fiction 👨‍👦‍👦 Found Family 🖤 Grief Journey 💧 Tearjerker 🏞️ National Parks

Sastun

av Rosita Arvigo • 1994

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

4.38

500+

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

Sastun

A Chicago transplant in Belize becomes the last apprentice of a 92-year-old Maya shaman.

av Rosita Arvigo 1994 208 sidor

4.38

500+ betyg

🪴 Ethnobotany 💊 Traditional Medicine 🌿 Plant Medicine ✨ Spiritual Healing 🥁 Shamanic Practice

A Marriage at Sea

av Sophie Elmhirst • 2024

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

3.81

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🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

A Marriage at Sea

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

av Sophie Elmhirst 2024 256 sidor

3.81

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🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure 🕯️ Grief And Loss 📖 Literary Nonfiction

Mutant Message Down Under

av Marlo Morgan • 1990

An Aboriginal tribe burns an American's clothes and walks her barefoot across Australia for months.

3.78

23 000+

🕊️ Spiritual Parable 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🔥 Outsider Initiated 📜 Chosen Messenger 🌏 Nature As Teacher

Mutant Message Down Under

An Aboriginal tribe burns an American's clothes and walks her barefoot across Australia for months.

av Marlo Morgan 1990 187 sidor

3.78

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🕊️ Spiritual Parable 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🔥 Outsider Initiated 📜 Chosen Messenger 🌏 Nature As Teacher

A Brief History of Indonesia

av Tim Hannigan • 2015

An archipelago of 17,000 islands: the improbable 2,000-year story of how it became a single nation.

4.02

1 000+

🏯 Southeast Asian History 🍂 Spice Trade ⛓️ Colonial Extraction 🕌 Islamic Indonesia 🌏 Postcolonial Nations

A Brief History of Indonesia

An archipelago of 17,000 islands: the improbable 2,000-year story of how it became a single nation.

av Tim Hannigan 2015 288 sidor

4.02

1 000+ betyg

🏯 Southeast Asian History 🍂 Spice Trade ⛓️ Colonial Extraction 🕌 Islamic Indonesia 🌏 Postcolonial Nations

Marketing for hospitality and tourism

av James C. Makens • 1995

Why guests turn down the best offer: the consumer behavior playbook for hospitality marketers.

4.01

406

🏨 Hospitality Marketing 🔄 Consumer Behavior ✈️ Tourism Marketing 🛒 Buying Decisions 📊 Market Segmentation

Marketing for hospitality and tourism

Why guests turn down the best offer: the consumer behavior playbook for hospitality marketers.

av James C. Makens 1995 932 sidor

4.01

406 betyg

🏨 Hospitality Marketing 🔄 Consumer Behavior ✈️ Tourism Marketing 🛒 Buying Decisions 📊 Market Segmentation

Last Breath

av Peter Stark • 2001

Drowning, freezing, overheating: death by nature follows a script your body already knows.

4.01

500+

🫀 Human Physiology 🏥 Wilderness Medicine 🏔️ Extreme Environments 📏 Physiological Limits 🧠 Risk Psychology

Last Breath

Drowning, freezing, overheating: death by nature follows a script your body already knows.

av Peter Stark 2001 320 sidor

4.01

500+ betyg

🫀 Human Physiology 🏥 Wilderness Medicine 🏔️ Extreme Environments 📏 Physiological Limits 🧠 Risk Psychology

Pour Me, A Life

av A.A. Gill • 2014

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

4.08

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🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Pour Me, A Life

Drunk, dyslexic, and directionless, he walked into a newspaper and found the one language that fit.

av A.A. Gill 2014 288 sidor

4.08

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🍷 Addiction Recovery 🍽️ Restaurant Criticism 📰 New Journalism 😂 Comic Memoir 🎖️ War Correspondence

Babel No More

av Michael Erard • 2012

Legendary language learners aren't geniuses. They're obsessive collectors with shallow skills.

3.54

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🌐 Multilingualism 🗣️ Language Learning 🧠 Neurolinguistics 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 📜 Linguistic History

Babel No More

Legendary language learners aren't geniuses. They're obsessive collectors with shallow skills.

av Michael Erard 2012 306 sidor

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🌐 Multilingualism 🗣️ Language Learning 🧠 Neurolinguistics 🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 📜 Linguistic History

The White Darkness

av David Grann • 2018

Obsessed with Shackleton, a soldier crossed Antarctica alone. His hero knew when to stop. He didn't.

3.97

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❄️ Polar Exploration 📖 Explorer Biographies 🕰️ Historical Obsession 🎖️ Leadership Under Pressure 💪 Extreme Endurance

The White Darkness

Obsessed with Shackleton, a soldier crossed Antarctica alone. His hero knew when to stop. He didn't.

av David Grann 2018 160 sidor

3.97

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❄️ Polar Exploration 📖 Explorer Biographies 🕰️ Historical Obsession 🎖️ Leadership Under Pressure 💪 Extreme Endurance

The Almost Nearly Perfect People

av Michael Booth • 2014

The Nordic countries top happiness rankings. Here's what the rankings don't tell you.

3.86

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🌍 Nordic Countries 🏛️ Welfare State 🤝 Immigration Integration ♀️ Gender Equality 🗺️ National Identity

The Almost Nearly Perfect People

The Nordic countries top happiness rankings. Here's what the rankings don't tell you.

av Michael Booth 2014 388 sidor

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🌍 Nordic Countries 🏛️ Welfare State 🤝 Immigration Integration ♀️ Gender Equality 🗺️ National Identity

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

av Brianna Madia • 2024

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

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🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

Never Leave the Dogs Behind

Divorced and hounded online, she moved four dogs into a waterless trailer on the Utah desert.

av Brianna Madia 2024 208 sidor

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🐕 Dog Memoirs 🏜️ Off-Grid Living 💔 Divorce Recovery 🌵 Desert Memoir 🐾 Canine Companionship

You, with a View

av Jessica Joyce • 2023

Her high school rival's grandfather was her grandmother's secret love. Now they're on a road trip.

4.05

76 000+

🚗 Road Trip Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💌 Love Letters 🚐 Forced Proximity ⏳ Dual Timeline

You, with a View

Her high school rival's grandfather was her grandmother's secret love. Now they're on a road trip.

av Jessica Joyce 2023 352 sidor

4.05

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🚗 Road Trip Romance ❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💌 Love Letters 🚐 Forced Proximity ⏳ Dual Timeline

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

av Grace Jones • 2015

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

3.76

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🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

av Grace Jones 2015 400 sidor

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🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

The Elephant, The Tiger, And the Cell Phone

av Shashi Tharoor • 2007

A billion people, 23 languages, one democracy: what holds India together when nothing should.

3.59

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🇮🇳 Indian Democracy 🌏 Postcolonial India 📈 Indian Economic Reform 🌐 Diaspora Studies 📝 Essay Collections

The Elephant, The Tiger, And the Cell Phone

A billion people, 23 languages, one democracy: what holds India together when nothing should.

av Shashi Tharoor 2007 498 sidor

3.59

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🇮🇳 Indian Democracy 🌏 Postcolonial India 📈 Indian Economic Reform 🌐 Diaspora Studies 📝 Essay Collections

Fate Is the Hunter

av Ernest K. Gann • 1961

Fifty feet kept a crowded airliner alive. That margin, in early aviation, never widened.

4.56

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✈️ Early Aviation 🛫 Commercial Aviation 🎲 Fate And Chance 👨‍✈️ Pilot Memoirs 💀 Risk And Mortality

Fate Is the Hunter

Fifty feet kept a crowded airliner alive. That margin, in early aviation, never widened.

av Ernest K. Gann 1961 416 sidor

4.56

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✈️ Early Aviation 🛫 Commercial Aviation 🎲 Fate And Chance 👨‍✈️ Pilot Memoirs 💀 Risk And Mortality

Reconnaissance Man

av Aaron Clarey • 2016

Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.

4.18

143

🗺️ Life Design 🎓🚫 Anti-College 🧭 Geographic Exploration 💰 Financial Independence 🚗 Road Trips

Reconnaissance Man

Skip college, drive the country, and find where you belong before committing your life.

av Aaron Clarey 2016 202 sidor

4.18

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🗺️ Life Design 🎓🚫 Anti-College 🧭 Geographic Exploration 💰 Financial Independence 🚗 Road Trips

Beyond the Sky and the Earth

av Jamie Zeppa • 1999

Teaching in a Himalayan village, she learns Buddhism, political danger, and the slow art of arrival.

4.16

4 000+

🏔️ Bhutan 😵‍💫 Culture Shock 🧑‍🏫 Teaching Abroad 🧘 Buddhist Practice 🌄 Himalayan Memoirs

Beyond the Sky and the Earth

Teaching in a Himalayan village, she learns Buddhism, political danger, and the slow art of arrival.

av Jamie Zeppa 1999 321 sidor

4.16

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🏔️ Bhutan 😵‍💫 Culture Shock 🧑‍🏫 Teaching Abroad 🧘 Buddhist Practice 🌄 Himalayan Memoirs

Life and Teaching Of The Masters Of The Far East

av Baird T. Spalding • 1924

Teleportation, materialization, mastery over death: Eastern masters prove thought creates reality.

4.24

4 000+

🧠 New Thought ✨ Law Of Attraction 🌄 Ascended Masters 🔮 Self-Realization ☯️ Interfaith Wisdom

Life and Teaching Of The Masters Of The Far East

Teleportation, materialization, mastery over death: Eastern masters prove thought creates reality.

av Baird T. Spalding 1924 844 sidor

4.24

4 000+ betyg

🧠 New Thought ✨ Law Of Attraction 🌄 Ascended Masters 🔮 Self-Realization ☯️ Interfaith Wisdom

The Lost City of the Monkey God

av Douglas Preston • 2017

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

3.93

63 000+

🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

The Lost City of the Monkey God

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

av Douglas Preston 2017 326 sidor

3.93

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🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Lagom

av Linnea Dunne • 2017

The Swedish secret to working less, consuming less, and being happier: balance as a daily practice.

3.59

6 000+

🏡 Scandinavian Lifestyle ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🛍️ Mindful Consumption 🌿 Sustainable Living 🌲 Outdoor Wellness

Lagom

The Swedish secret to working less, consuming less, and being happier: balance as a daily practice.

av Linnea Dunne 2017 160 sidor

3.59

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🏡 Scandinavian Lifestyle ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🛍️ Mindful Consumption 🌿 Sustainable Living 🌲 Outdoor Wellness

The Secret Knowledge of Water

av Craig Childs • 2000

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

4.29

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🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing 🕳️ Hidden Worlds ⛰️ Sacred Landscapes

The Secret Knowledge of Water

To understand water, go to the land without it. A quest for hidden pools, caves, and desert floods.

av Craig Childs 2000 304 sidor

4.29

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🏜️ Desert Ecology 💧 Desert Hydrology ✍️ Lyrical Nature Writing 🕳️ Hidden Worlds ⛰️ Sacred Landscapes

What I Ate in One Year

av Stanley Tucci • 2024

Roman pastas, on-set lunches, and the table where a year of love and loss gets served.

3.81

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🍽️ Food Memoir 🍝 Italian Cooking 🍳 Home Cooking ✈️ Culinary Travel 💭 Food And Memory

What I Ate in One Year

Roman pastas, on-set lunches, and the table where a year of love and loss gets served.

av Stanley Tucci 2024 350 sidor

3.81

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🍽️ Food Memoir 🍝 Italian Cooking 🍳 Home Cooking ✈️ Culinary Travel 💭 Food And Memory

The Voyage of the Beagle

av Charles Darwin • 1839

The five-year voyage that found patterns in nature no theory of the time could explain.

4.02

8 000+

🍃 Natural History 🔬 Scientific Expeditions 👁️ Field Observation 🏝️ Island Biogeography 🎩 Victorian Naturalism

The Voyage of the Beagle

The five-year voyage that found patterns in nature no theory of the time could explain.

av Charles Darwin 1839 480 sidor

4.02

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🍃 Natural History 🔬 Scientific Expeditions 👁️ Field Observation 🏝️ Island Biogeography 🎩 Victorian Naturalism

Russia - Culture Smart!

av Anna King • 2007

Why personal trust outweighs contracts in Russia, and how a toast seals the deal.

3.81

135

🪆 Russian Customs 🤝 Cross-Cultural Business 📝 Unwritten Rules 🏭 Post-Soviet Transition 🧩 High-Context Cultures

Russia - Culture Smart!

Why personal trust outweighs contracts in Russia, and how a toast seals the deal.

av Anna King 2007 168 sidor

3.81

135 betyg

🪆 Russian Customs 🤝 Cross-Cultural Business 📝 Unwritten Rules 🏭 Post-Soviet Transition 🧩 High-Context Cultures

Thailand - Culture Smart!

av Roger Jones • 2003

Navigate Thailand without losing face: the cultural codes that turn visitors into welcome guests.

3.91

287

🏯 Thai Culture 📚 Cultural Guidebooks 🌏 Cross-Cultural Communication 💼 Business Etiquette 🏠 Expatriate Life

Thailand - Culture Smart!

Navigate Thailand without losing face: the cultural codes that turn visitors into welcome guests.

av Roger Jones 2003 168 sidor

3.91

287 betyg

🏯 Thai Culture 📚 Cultural Guidebooks 🌏 Cross-Cultural Communication 💼 Business Etiquette 🏠 Expatriate Life

The Way of the Hermit

av Ken Smith • 2023

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

4.21

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🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

The Way of the Hermit

One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.

av Ken Smith 2023 298 sidor

4.21

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🏚️ Off-Grid Living 🏕️ Wilderness Survival 🍄 Foraging 🪓 Self-Sufficiency 🌿 Nature Writing

Kabul Beauty School

av Deborah Rodriguez • 2007

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

3.67

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🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

Kabul Beauty School

Fleeing abuse, a hairdresser opens a Kabul beauty school that turns Afghan women into breadwinners.

av Deborah Rodriguez 2007 288 sidor

3.67

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🧕 Afghan Women 💰 Economic Independence 🔧 Vocational Training 🏚️ Post-Taliban Afghanistan 📖 Cultural Memoir

A Beginner's Guide to Japan

av Pico Iyer • 2019

Why 32 years in Japan taught Pico Iyer less than his first week.

3.81

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🗾 Travel Essays 🎭 Japanese Culture 🔬 Cultural Anthropology 🤫 Indirect Communication 👥 Social Conformity

A Beginner's Guide to Japan

Why 32 years in Japan taught Pico Iyer less than his first week.

av Pico Iyer 2019 240 sidor

3.81

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🗾 Travel Essays 🎭 Japanese Culture 🔬 Cultural Anthropology 🤫 Indirect Communication 👥 Social Conformity

Walking With Plato

av Gary Hayden • 2016

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

3.64

320

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue 🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy 🌿 Nature As Therapy

Walking With Plato

One thousand miles on foot with a wife and a well-worn copy of Plato.

av Gary Hayden 2016 224 sidor

3.64

320 betyg

🥾 Long-Distance Walking 🧭 Philosophical Travel 🇬🇧 British Travelogue 🏛️ Peripatetic Philosophy 🌿 Nature As Therapy

The Pairing

av Casey McQuiston • 2024

Two exes on the same European culinary tour compete to hook up with the most strangers.

3.66

48 000+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🚌 Forced Proximity 🌈 Queer Romance 💛 Nonbinary Protagonist 🔥 Sex Positive Romance

The Pairing

Two exes on the same European culinary tour compete to hook up with the most strangers.

av Casey McQuiston 2024 407 sidor

3.66

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🖤 Second Chance Romance 🚌 Forced Proximity 🌈 Queer Romance 💛 Nonbinary Protagonist 🔥 Sex Positive Romance

Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It

av Elizabeth Gilbert • 2016

One memoir, a million life reinventions. The readers who followed its map tell what they discovered.

3.53

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🌍 Transformative Travel ✍️ Personal Essays 🔄 Life Reinvention 🙏 Spiritual Journeys 💔 Post-Divorce Recovery

Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It

One memoir, a million life reinventions. The readers who followed its map tell what they discovered.

av Elizabeth Gilbert 2016 240 sidor

3.53

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🌍 Transformative Travel ✍️ Personal Essays 🔄 Life Reinvention 🙏 Spiritual Journeys 💔 Post-Divorce Recovery

Autobiography of Mark Twain

av Mark Twain • 2010

Sealed for a century: Twain's unfiltered life, with the portrait his daughter wrote tucked inside.

3.80

8 000+

🖋️ Literary Lives 🇺🇸 American Authors ✍️ Author Memoirs 😂 Humorists 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Memoir

Autobiography of Mark Twain

Sealed for a century: Twain's unfiltered life, with the portrait his daughter wrote tucked inside.

av Mark Twain 2010 414 sidor

3.80

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🖋️ Literary Lives 🇺🇸 American Authors ✍️ Author Memoirs 😂 Humorists 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Memoir

World Travel

av Anthony Bourdain • 2021

For people who hate guidebooks: Bourdain's rules for eating, drinking, and finding the real story.

3.63

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🍽️ Food And Travel 🧭 Travel Philosophy 🏘️ Local Immersion 🚫 Anti-Tourism 🎤 Gonzo Journalism

World Travel

For people who hate guidebooks: Bourdain's rules for eating, drinking, and finding the real story.

av Anthony Bourdain 2021 480 sidor

3.63

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🍽️ Food And Travel 🧭 Travel Philosophy 🏘️ Local Immersion 🚫 Anti-Tourism 🎤 Gonzo Journalism

Greek to Me

av Mary Norris • 2019

One copy editor's love affair with Greek: ancient ruins, Aegean swims, and a nation in turmoil.

3.63

2 000+

🏛️ Greek Language ✈️ Travel Memoir 📖 Language Obsession 🏺 Greek Mythology 🇬🇷 Philhellenism

Greek to Me

One copy editor's love affair with Greek: ancient ruins, Aegean swims, and a nation in turmoil.

av Mary Norris 2019 240 sidor

3.63

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🏛️ Greek Language ✈️ Travel Memoir 📖 Language Obsession 🏺 Greek Mythology 🇬🇷 Philhellenism

Castaway

av Lucy Irvine • 1983

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

3.76

500+

🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology 🤝 Survival Partnerships 🎒 Women Travelers

Castaway

A visa marriage, a deserted island, a year alone. The real survival test? Each other.

av Lucy Irvine 1983 288 sidor

3.76

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🏝️ Castaway Narratives 🧠 Isolation Psychology 🆘 Survival Psychology 🤝 Survival Partnerships 🎒 Women Travelers

Math for Grownups

av Laura Laing • 2011

The arithmetic you lost after school, applied to tips, taxes, recipes, and home projects.

3.80

149

🔢 Everyday Math 🧠 Mental Math 😰 Math Anxiety 💰 Financial Literacy 🧮 Adult Numeracy

Math for Grownups

The arithmetic you lost after school, applied to tips, taxes, recipes, and home projects.

av Laura Laing 2011 256 sidor

3.80

149 betyg

🔢 Everyday Math 🧠 Mental Math 😰 Math Anxiety 💰 Financial Literacy 🧮 Adult Numeracy

Dreaming in Hindi

av Katherine Russell Rich • 2009

After cancer, she went to India. Learning Hindi broke her brain open and rebuilt it.

3.12

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🏊 Language Immersion 🇮🇳 India Memoir 🧠 Neurolinguistics 🗣️ Linguistic Relativity 🎭 Language And Identity

Dreaming in Hindi

After cancer, she went to India. Learning Hindi broke her brain open and rebuilt it.

av Katherine Russell Rich 2009 360 sidor

3.12

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🏊 Language Immersion 🇮🇳 India Memoir 🧠 Neurolinguistics 🗣️ Linguistic Relativity 🎭 Language And Identity

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost

av Rachel Friedman • 2011

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

3.80

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🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost

A college graduate lands alone in Ireland. By Bolivia, she is biking Death Road.

av Rachel Friedman 2011 287 sidor

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🎒 Solo Female Travel 🗺️ Coming Of Age Travel 🏕️ Backpacking Memoirs 🦋 Self-Reinvention 🌍 Cultural Immersion

Hidden History

av Brian Haughton • 2007

Twelve ancient mysteries where the evidence outlasts every explanation archaeologists have offered.

3.71

233

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⛏️ Alternative Archaeology ⚙️ Ancient Technology ⭐ Archaeoastronomy

Hidden History

Twelve ancient mysteries where the evidence outlasts every explanation archaeologists have offered.

av Brian Haughton 2007 272 sidor

3.71

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🏛️ Lost Civilizations 🔍 Ancient Mysteries ⛏️ Alternative Archaeology ⚙️ Ancient Technology ⭐ Archaeoastronomy

Abroad in Japan

av Chris Broad • 2023

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

4.11

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🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food 😳 Culture Shock 🌏 Expat Life

Abroad in Japan

He went to rural Japan to teach English. A missile alert at dawn changed everything.

av Chris Broad 2023 320 sidor

4.11

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🏞️ Rural Japan 📚 Teaching Abroad 🍜 Japanese Food 😳 Culture Shock 🌏 Expat Life

Yemen

av Victoria Clark • 2010

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

3.71

276

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics 💣 Jihadism Origins 🌐 Foreign Intervention

Yemen

How tribal resistance, a cynical president, and Saudi's shadow made Yemen a jihadist stronghold.

av Victoria Clark 2010 328 sidor

3.71

276 betyg

🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏔️ Yemeni History 🗡️ Tribal Dynamics 💣 Jihadism Origins 🌐 Foreign Intervention

American Story

av Bob Dotson • 2013

Four decades on American back roads, collecting the lives no news camera ever found.

3.63

228

🧑‍🚒 Everyday Heroes 🧑‍🏭 Unsung Lives 🗞️ Human-Interest Stories 🇺🇸 Americana 🌍 Immigrant Experience

American Story

Four decades on American back roads, collecting the lives no news camera ever found.

av Bob Dotson 2013 274 sidor

3.63

228 betyg

🧑‍🚒 Everyday Heroes 🧑‍🏭 Unsung Lives 🗞️ Human-Interest Stories 🇺🇸 Americana 🌍 Immigrant Experience

Wine to Water

av Doc Hendley • 2012

From pouring drinks to drilling wells in Darfur: a bartender's unlikely path into humanitarian work.

3.96

500+

🎗️ Humanitarian Memoir 💧 Global Water Crisis ⚠️ Conflict Zone Aid 👐 Everyday Activism 💪 Local Empowerment

Wine to Water

From pouring drinks to drilling wells in Darfur: a bartender's unlikely path into humanitarian work.

av Doc Hendley 2012 308 sidor

3.96

500+ betyg

🎗️ Humanitarian Memoir 💧 Global Water Crisis ⚠️ Conflict Zone Aid 👐 Everyday Activism 💪 Local Empowerment

Over the Edge of the World

av Laurence Bergreen • 2003

Three of five ships mutinied. His response made men fear him more than the sea.

4.19

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🗺️ Age Of Discovery ⛵ Maritime Exploration 🌏 Circumnavigation 🌊 Survival At Sea 🧂 Spice Trade

Over the Edge of the World

Three of five ships mutinied. His response made men fear him more than the sea.

av Laurence Bergreen 2003 458 sidor

4.19

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🗺️ Age Of Discovery ⛵ Maritime Exploration 🌏 Circumnavigation 🌊 Survival At Sea 🧂 Spice Trade

The Ends of the Earth

av Robert D. Kaplan • 1996

Rivers and soil shape nations more than constitutions. A journey to the frontiers where states fail.

4.11

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🗺️ Political Travelogue 🌍 Geopolitical Analysis 🌱 Environmental Determinism 🏚️ Fragile States 🏭 Modernization Critique

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