Washoe County Library System

Join Rick as he's swept away by a fado singer in Lisbon, learns the dangers of falling in love with a gondolier in Venice, and savors a cheese course in the Loire Valley. Contemplate the mysteries of centuries-old stone circles in England, dangle from a cliff in the Swiss Alps, and hear a French farmer's defense of foie gras. With a brand-new, original introduction from Rick reflecting on his decades of travel, For the Love of Europe features 100...

"The author of How to Date Men When You Hate Men examines Americans’ obsession with freedom, travel, and the open road in this funny, entertaining travelogue that blends the humorous observations of Bill Bryson with the piercing cultural commentary of Jia Tolentino. For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read about being free, and only so many times you can listen to Joni Mitchell’s travel album...

The author recounts her sporadic journey through Madagascar, often in trucks carrying beer or cement. She writes of hospitality in villages controlled by intricate taboos, poverty, the people's obdurate cheerfulness and the eerie cult of ancestor worship symbolised by ornate Merina tombs.

Beginning in Kathmandu in Nepal, and ending in the tranquill hill town of Kandy in Sri Lanka, Anne Mustoe's journey by bicycle followed the path of the Ramayana's central characters Rama and Sita - and Hanuman, their divine helper. With her chosen method of transport, she was able to mix and interact with local people and learn of their customs and daily lives in ways that are closed to the conventional traveller. While narrating her travels, the...

"The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century--a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads lead, Tim Cope embarked on a journey that hadn't been successfully completed since those times: to travel on horseback...

As Constance finds her way back to New York City in the late 1800s to prevent the death of her siblings and stop serial killer Dr. Enoch Leng, FBI Special Agent Pendergast desperately tries to find a way to reunite with her before it's too late. "Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they cross paths with New York's deadliest serial killer: Pendergast's own ancestor...and...

The astonishing adventure classic about life in Tibet just before the Chinese Communist takeover is now repackaged for a new generation of readers. In this vivid memoir that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Heinrich Harrer recounts his adventures as one of the first Europeans ever to enter Tibet and encounter the Dalai Lama.

Following the 1992 "Open Lands" agreement between the USA and Russia, which allowed their citizens to travel freely in both countries, this is an account of an ex-diplomat's visit to seven once-closed cities and regions of Russia. Taplin travelled to seven cities and regions which, prior to the 1992 "Open Lands" agreement, had been closed to Westerners for 75 years. "Unlike Moscow and Leningrad, the forbidden zones had never been prettied up for...

"Ursa possesses a very special gift. She can travel through memory and revisit her past. After she flees her hometown for the counterculture glory of 1950s California, the intoxicating potential of her unique ability eventually draws a group of women intoher orbit and into a ramshackle Victorian mansion in the woods outside Santa Cruz. But Ursa's powers come with a cost"-- "From New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki comes an enthralling...