{"product_id":"the-best-womens-travel-writing-volume-12-true-stories-from-around-the-world-9781609521899","title":"The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 12: True Stories from Around the World","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13113312\"\u003eLavinia Spalding\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Travelers' Tales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609521899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609521897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV010000\"\u003eEssays \u0026amp; Travelogues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO019000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV001000\"\u003eSpecial Interest | Adventure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. 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