Category: Travel

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Title: Last Night in Montreal Author:  Emily St. John Mandel Publisher: Unbridled Books, April 2010 Summary: When Lilia’s father abducts her in the middle of the night, the 7 year old willingly goes with him. Some might say she was rescued, not kidnapped. From that night...

Title: American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China Author: Matthew Polley Publisher: Gotham, December 2007 Summary: This is not your typical travelogue or coming-of-age story, but this Alex Award winner will be as entertaining as any...

Title: Burma Chronicles Author: Guy Delisle Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly, September 2008 Summary: Because his wife works for MSF (Doctors without Borders), French-Canadian cartoonist Guy Delisle often finds himself living in countries that, for most of us, are shrouded in mystery. This graphic travelogue recounts the year...

Title: Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar Author: Paul Theroux Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, August 2008 Summary: In 1975, Theroux’s book The Great Railway Bazaar, a 28,000-mile intercontinental journey via rail from London to Tokyo became a...