Travel related books
Company of Liars is a well written historical novel set at the time of the Great Plague in Europe, 1348. The disease has just reached the shores of England and the populace are starting to panic as it spreads across the country, sparing no-one. Although this is the background, the tale essentially
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The roots of the novel form appeared in the ancient times in India. Some authors such as Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Ananda Math, 1882) paved the way for defining the national consciousness through their novels before the 20th century. Then, the form developed gradually. If we talk about the early
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Top Indian author Chetan Bhagat leads as India's latest youth icon and the author of three immensely popular novels Five Point Someone, One Night @ The Call Centre and The 3 Mistakes of my life. His latest novel "2 States: The Story of my Marriage" has hit the stands just recently, and have showed
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When you first look at the cover of East of the Mountains by David Guterson, you see a dark gray sky with barren mountains and a field full of dying grass. Throughout the picture runs a gravel road which passes an apple orchard on the way to the mountains in the background. The cover provides a go
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"I do get the sense readers these days want happier stories and they may well be right. But I'm hard-pressed to come up with one." Giller Prize winner David Bergen made that comment in an interview. A magazine writer visited the author at his home. Watching Bergen interact with his four children,
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Have you ever wondered what the other person is really thinking after that first date? Are nice guys losers? What do women really want? You could read what the experts have to say about these subjects or pick up the latest issue of Cosmo. Kat Bourgeois' new book, What Could You Possibly Be Thinkin
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It is always interesting to read other people's thoughts about the country you live in. You generally find the things that matter to you the most, are often the things others find least interesting. Or to put it another way, the things you take for granted; those things you live with everyday, and
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Are travel books necessary, or is it practical to get the information they contain from other sources? As with any other type of publication, travel books have their benefits and drawbacks. It's advisable to consider both when deciding whether to purchase them. Travel Book Advantages Whether yo
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Bill Bryson is best known for his humorous travel writing. Previously, I had read two of Bryon's other books. One was titled, I'm a Stranger Here Myself. This book was about Bryson's return to living in the United States after living in Great Britain for twenty years or so. His writing portrayed h
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In Review: Road Trip USA, by Jamie Jensen "Road Trip USA...takes you as close to the real America as you are ever likely to get." Here's a question for you. If you had the time and the money to undertake just one extensive trip by road on any continent on the planet, which one would you choose,
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