Whether you're basking in the tropical sun or backpacking
cross-country, there's one thing that could make the experience better
(besides unlimited funds): a good book. Relaxing vacations and high-energy
trips call for good reading material. Staying at home? Books can take you to places you've always
wanted to go.
The following sites offer recommendations for the road:
Fiction Picks
- "The Beach" by Alex Garland, is about a young American's pursuit of a hidden
beach paradise in Thailand. It was made into a major motion picture starring
Leonardo DiCaprio.
- Danish Baroness Karen Blixen published
"Out of Africa"
in 1937 under the pen name Isak Dinesen. This name later became famous for inspiring the seven
Oscar award-winning motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
This novel will take you to her plantation in British East Africa before
World War II.
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"Daughter of Fortune" begins with descriptions of Chile then moves
to the Californian coast. Isabel Allende combines fantasy, adventure and
romance in this Oprah Book Club® Selection.
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"The Sun Also Rises" is the story of Lost Generation expatriates on hiatus in Pamplona
and Paris. This was Hemingway's first bestseller.
- Set in the African bush, Parisian cafes, Spanish bullfights and at sea,
Hemingway's critically acclaimed short stories are compiled in
"The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway."
Nonfiction Picks
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