Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America’s Most Hopeful Landscape: Vermont’s Champlain Valley and New York’s Adirondack by Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is a well-known environmental activist and author. While inventorying our library’s travel collection, I came across his 2005 title Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America’s Most Hopeful … Continue reading
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World by Matthew Goodman
Travel has long been praised as a transforming experience. In Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World, author Matthew Goodman tells us how the lives … Continue reading
The Grand Tour by Agatha Christie (B Christie)
Dame Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime, may have died in 1976, but she still has books coming out. I am not referring to reprints. The Grand Tour is a … Continue reading
Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World by Andy Merrifield
The Wisdom of Donkeys is a book to read slowly. I took me ten days to read this account of Andy Merrifield’s walking trip through the Auvergne region of central … Continue reading
The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals by Jonathan Kingdon (599 KIN)
Recently, ecotourism in Africa has been hurt by fear of terrorism and political unrest. While current events in Kenya are troubling, there are still safe countries to visit, including Tanzania … Continue reading
Thommy Ford Reads 