{"product_id":"the-best-womens-travel-writing-volume-12-true-stories-from-around-the-world-paperback","title":"The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 12: True Stories from Around the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLavinia Spalding\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Andrew McCarthy wrote in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \"For more than 20 years, Travelers' Tales has been publishing books that might best be described as the literary equivalent of a group of travelers sitting around a dim cafe, sipping pints or prosecco and trading their best stories.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, new from Travelers' Tales comes \u003ci\u003eThe Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 12: True Stories from Around the World\u003c\/i\u003e-the latest collection in the best-selling, award-winning series that invites you to ride shotgun alongside intrepid female nomads as they wander the globe discovering new places, faces, and facets of themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In story after story,\" McCarthy wrote about the previous volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Women's Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \"the refreshing absence of bluster and bravado, coupled with the optimism necessary for bold travel, create a unifying narrative that testifies to the personal value and cultural import of leaving the perceived safety of home and setting out into the wider world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays in this volume are as diverse as the destinations, exploring themes of kindness, transformation, nature, friendship, family, strength, and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 12\u003c\/i\u003e, you will... \u003cli\u003eSettle a thirteen-year debt in Cuba \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eLearn to survive in the polar regions of Canada \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWitness an amateur autopsy in Ireland \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGet chloroformed, robbed, read to, and propositioned in Italy \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSummit Kilimanjaro in Tanzania \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGet lost and found on a dark and rainy morning in northern France \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFind joy in Azerbaijan while walking across two continents \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eExplain American reality TV to a bewildered bunch in Bolivia \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFear for your life on a stormy Adriatic Sea \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBear witness at the site of a volcano disaster in Indonesia \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eContemplate the perils of too much safety in Nepal \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGet conned and taken for a ride in Colombia \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTrack one of the world's most elusive animals in India \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTravel the world on stolen plane tickets \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eOutgrow nihilism and embrace friendship at a convent in Spain ...and much more!\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLavinia Spalding\u003c\/b\u003e has edited five previous volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Women's Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWith a Measure of Grace, the Story and Recipes of a Small Town Restaurant\u003c\/i\u003e, and she introduced the reissued e-book edition of Edith Wharton's classic travelogue, \u003ci\u003eA Motor-Flight Through France\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing appears in numerous print and online publications, including \u003ci\u003eSunset, Yoga Journal, San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle, Tin House, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New Orleans\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335370903789,"sku":"9781609521899","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/iNXvBko8i79781609521899.webp?v=1785037231","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-best-womens-travel-writing-volume-12-true-stories-from-around-the-world-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}