The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 8: True Stories from Around the World
10 best books like The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 8: True Stories from Around the World (Lavinia Spalding): The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women, If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It Isn't Big Enough: A Solo Journey Around the World, Somebody's Heart Is Burning: A Woman Wanderer in Africa, Home is a Roof Over a Pig: An American Family's Journey in China, Walking Home: A Woman's Pilgrimage on the Appalachian Trail, The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal, Adventure Divas: Searching the Globe for Women Who Are Changing the World, Female Nomad and Friends: Tales of Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World, Four Corners: A Journey into the Heart of Papua New Guinea, Go Your Own Way: Women Travel the World Solo
The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women
| Author | Élisabeth Badinter |
| ISBN | 0805094148 |
In the pathbreaking tradition of Backlash and The Time Bind, The Conflict, a #1 European bestseller, identifies a surprising setback to women's freedom: progressive modern motherhood
Elisabeth Badinter has for decades been in the vanguard of the European fight for women's equality. Now,...
| Author | Kristine K. Stevens |
In honor of her 40th birthday, Kristine K. Stevens sold her house, quit her job and traveled solo around the world.
Carrying a backpack and the naïve belief that the trip was nothing more than a six-month-long vacation, she hit the road. As her journey moved on and off the beaten tourist path,...
| Author | Tanya Shaffer |
| ISBN | 1400032598 |
“It's my life, and if I want to run from it I can,” quips Tanya Shaffer. An incorrigible wanderer, Shaffer has a habit of fleeing domesticity for the joys and rigors of the open road. This time her destination is Ghana, and what results is a transformative year spent roaming the African continent....
| Author | Aminta Arrington |
| ISBN | 1590208994 |
When all-American Aminta Arrington moves from suburban Georgia to a small town in China, she doesn't go alone. Her army husband and three young children, including an adopted Chinese daughter, uproot themselves too. Aminta hopes to understand the country with its long civilization, ancient philosophy,...
| Author | Kelly Winters |
| ISBN | 1555836585 |
It was hard not to make comparisons between Wild (Cheryl Strayed) and this book, although this one was published in 2001, well before Wild (2012). Both women are somewhat broken, which is the impetus for them to commit to a long-distance hike. Both have important relationships with a parent.
Winters,...
The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
| Author | Vicki Constantine Croke |
| ISBN | 0375759700 |
Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In...
| Author | Holly Morris |
| ISBN | 0375760636 |
After years of working behind a desk, Holly Morris had finally had enough. So she quit her job and set out to prove that adventure is not just a vacation style but a philosophy of living and to find like-minded, risk-taking women around the globe. With modest backing, a small television crew, her spirited...
| Author | Rita Golden Gelman |
| ISBN | 0307588017 |
In 1987, Rita, newly divorced, set out to live her dream. She sold all her possessions and became a nomad. She wrote a book about her ongoing journey and, in 2001, insisted on putting her personal e-mail address in the last chapter—against all advice. It turned out to be a fortuitous decision. She has...
| Author | Kira Salak |
| ISBN | 0792274172 |
A Restless Women Travelers title
Four Corners is Kira Salak's riveting account of her epic, solo jungle trek across the remote Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea—often called the last frontier of adventure travel. Traveling by dugout canoe and on foot, confronting the dangers and...
| Author | Faith Conlon |
| ISBN | 1580051995 |
There is nothing quite like hitting the road by yourself to awaken your senses, sharpen your mind, and build your confidence. In twenty-three beautifully crafted essays, women recount the thrills of traveling solo.
Despite threat-assessment levels and airport-security hassles, women...
| Author | Elizabeth Collins |
| ISBN | 9780982859 |
What is beauty? Why do women usually think they are not beautiful, and what do women (and men) find truly beautiful in life? These important questions are answered in "THE BEAUTIFUL ANTHOLOGY: Essays, Poems & Art," the new book from the acclaimed literary site The Nervous Breakdown (TNB Books)....
My Maasai Life: From Suburbia to Savannah
| Author | Robin Wiszowaty |
| ISBN | 1553655095 |
A memoir of a girl's choice to leave childhood comforts behind to live in her adoptive country of Kenya.
Growing up in suburban Illinois, Robin Wiszowaty never pictured herself living with an impoverished Maasai family in rural Kenya. Yet in her early twenties Wiszowaty embarked on an incredible...
| Author | Gretel Ehrlich |
| ISBN | 0679758526 |
For the last decade, Gretel Ehrlich has been obsessed by an island, a terrain, a culture, and the treacherous beauty of a world that is defined by ice. In This Cold Heaven she combines the story of her travels with history and cultural anthropology to reveal a Greenland that few of us could otherwise imagine.
Ehrlich...
| Author | Eric Newby |
| ISBN | 0864426275 |
Having decided to explore Ireland by bicycle, Eric and Wanda Newby set out one December - not the best time to ride a bike around the highways and by-ways of the Emerald Isle, even when protected by thermal underwear. From the Cliffs of Moher to St Brigid's Vat, Dublin, the Aran Islands, the Ring of Kerry...
Ghost Wife: A Memoir of Love and Defiance
Michelle Dicinoski has found the love of her life – and now she just wants to get married and live happily ever after. The only problem is, she's in love with an American woman, Heather, and neither Australia nor America recognises same-sex marriage. What to do when pride and prejudice – love and the...
Positive Psychology In A Nutshell
| Author | Ilona Boniwell |
| ISBN | 0954838785 |
This book gives a brief explanation of how psychology used to be thought of as 'what's wrong with that person,' and when positive psychology came along it was immediately accepted and acceptable. Many quotes are given showing schools of thought and studies.
The famous Stanford marshmallow...
Are You Tired and Wired?: Your Proven 30-Day Program for Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue and Feeling Fantastic Again
| Author | Marcelle Pick |
| ISBN | 1401928196 |
There is an epidemic of fatigue running rampant in our society. Every morning, hundreds of thousands of women wake up to find themselves exhausted, overwhelmed, and overstressed. Groggily turning off the alarm, they reach for coffee, soda, or some other promise of energy. They suffer through the...
Bolivia tried to kill us: A year trekking and travelling in South America
| Author | Tony Hastie |
| ISBN | 1518817181 |
Why should you never take chocolate onto a Bolivian bus? What do you do when you’ve found out your tent has shrunk when you’re in the Patagonian wilderness? Are there dog hire kiosks in South America? How lonely can a planet be when you're sitting in a 10 seater mini-van with 25 other people? Where is...
Two years. 193,000 miles. 190 countries. One play. For the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth the Globe Theatre undertook an unparalleled journey, to take Hamlet to every country on the planet, to share this beloved play with the entire world. The tour was the brainchild of Dominic Dromgoole,...
Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes
| Author | Margaret Heffernan |
| ISBN | 1476784906 |
A powerful manifesto for CEOs and employees alike: Influential and award-winning business leader Margaret Heffernan reveals how organizations can build ideal workplace cultures and create seismic shifts by making deceptively small changes.
By implementing sweeping changes, businesses...
| Author | Anna Quindlen |
| ISBN | 0517144050 |
"A splendid collection...Eloquent, powerful, compassionate and droll. There is considerable variety in the subjects she addresses....Compelling."
THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
Thinking out loud is what Anna Quindlen does best. A syndicated columnist with her finger on the pulse of women's...
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy
| Author | Yael Kohen |
| ISBN | 0374287236 |
More than fifty years of iconic comediennes, unmediated and unfiltered
In January 2007, Vanity Fair published an essay by Christopher Hitchens called “Why Women Aren’t Funny.” It was incendiary, much-discussed, and—as proven by Yael Kohen’s fascinating oral history—totally...
Radical: Fighting to Put Students First
| Author | Michelle Rhee |
| ISBN | 0062203983 |
One of America's brightest visionaries and the face of education reform presents her extraordinary story-and her inspiring vision-for our nation's troubled education system.
One of America's brightest visionaries and the face of education reform shares her extraordinary story-and...
| Author | Claudia Carozza |
| ISBN | 1475255578 |
Imagine living in a time when infertility runs rampant and babies are no longer being born. The world is crumbling around you as people start talking about the end. This is the world Hazel DeSales grew up in. After her mother dies from a mysterious cancer, Hazel finds herself taking care of her younger...
National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States
| Author | National Geographic Society |
| ISBN | 0792253221 |
Featuring 80 all new maps and more than 350 photos, this guide is the most comprhensive, up—to—the—minute book of its kind on the market today. A perennial editions, it reflects National Geographic's century—long association with America's national parks system and its peerless reputation...
