We love books — books about deep travel & books that make us think. For, as Jorge Luis Borges said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
Desert Queen by Janet Wallach
The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Advisor to Kings, and Ally of Lawrence of Arabia There was a time when a select few Victorian ladies did what would be unthinkable then — they set out on remote and dangerous expeditions through strange and inhospitable foreign lands.…
Sun After Dark by Pico Iyer
If you are looking for a travel book about pretty beaches and best restaurants, then Pico Iyer’s, Sun After Dark is probably not for you. However, if you’re looking for deep, insightful explorations of exotic destinations, then there may not be a better essayist and travel writer alive…
Borges in Sicily – Book Review
Combine travel writing, Sicily, and the short-story writer Jorge Luis Borges, and I’m all in. This is exactly what the Spanish journalist and critic Alejandro Luque does with his travel memoir, Borges in Sicily. Like many readers today, Luque possesses a near-obsession with the universally acclaimed…