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LoveReading Says
Experience viewpoints near and far with this anthology highlighting travel, with an extract for every night of the year, Oh how I love this series of bedside companion books, they evoke emotion, inspire thoughts, and allow you access to the familiar and unknown. Jane McMorland Hunter is so skilled in locating and collating her selections. She includes travel memoirs, fiction, poetry, and children’s stories, and with such huge choice in front of her she must have spent hours sifting and exploring her options. As she says in her introduction: “Travel narratives allow the reader to travel anywhere, under any circumstances, at any time…Books have the ability to take you back, or even forwards, in time, down the deepest cave or up the highest mountain and beyond, to the stars”. This is her pick and choice of writing, sitting within her own carefully chosen parameters. As I read I soared and explored, the 15 February saw me closing my eyes in blissful memories, 18 July took me back to my childhood, while the 16 August made me chortle! A wonderful suggested list of recommended summer reading also sits on the 21 June. Bedside Companion for Travel Lovers is an eye-opening and mind-expanding collection of glorious excerpts from the written word, all focusing on the wonder of travel.
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Take the trip of a lifetime through poetry, journalism, historical fact, and science fiction with this daily anthology of travel writing. Travelling's never been easier. Wherever you are, find yourself somewhere else with the newest anthology in the Batsford Bedside Companion series. Journey through different eras, continents and points of view, with one entry for each day of the year. Whether you're in need of inspiration, you want to manifest your dream trip, or you just need a break, climb aboard and let some of the best travel writers of all time whisk you away to intriguing new lands. This collection is perfect for anyone who loves to travel, explore, and learn. • Travel from Middle America to Peru with Bill Bryson, Jack Kerouac, and Michael Bond. • See what the world has to offer, from Venetian Regattas to Iranian hospitality. • Discover how others have moved through the world, from cities on foot with Lauren Elkin to countryside biking with Dervla Murphy, driving through Russia with Colin Thubron and waiting at railway stations with Bishwanath Ghosh. • From London to Timbuktu via the Gobi Desert and the Brazilian Jungle, there's poetry, travel guides, memoir, fiction and more as far as the eye can see. Swap your backpack for this book to keep by your bedside, and start or end your days with a trip to wherever you desire.
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About Jane McMorland Hunter
Jane McMorland Hunter is a passionate lover of the written word who works at Hatchards bookshop when not writing. She has written and edited several poetry and prose collections, including A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year, Friends: A Poem for Every Day of the Year, A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year, Nature Writing for Every Day of the Year and Bedside Companion for Gardeners. She lives in London.
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