Category Archives: Travel

Podcast Episode 42…with Author Walter Mason

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Librarians with Altitude

42 is the ‘Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything’, at least according to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy! With this in mind, author Walter Mason was our delightful podcast guest this week – Walter … Continue reading →

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Author Maggie Counihan at Blaxland Library

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Librarians with Altitude

Today we were lucky enough to host a wonderful author talk at Blaxland Library with the adventurous author and traveller Maggie Counihan, who truly embodies her own motto that “Age is no barrier”. Her first book, Backpacking to Freedom: Solo at … Continue reading →

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>A Week at the Airport by Alain de Botton

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Librarians with Altitude

> A Week at the Airport : a Heathrow Airport Diary by Alain de Botton, photographs by Richard Baker. London – Profile – 2009, 107 pages. Book Description : In the summer of 2009 Alain de Botton was invited to … Continue reading →

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>Book Chain – Eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Librarians with Altitude

> Eat, Pray, Love (2006) is available as a talking book as well as in print. From Fantastic Fiction : This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the … Continue reading →

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>Harafish

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Librarians with Altitude

> AUTHOR : Naguib Mahfuz PUBLICATION DATE : 1994 No. PAGES : 406p CATEGORY : Saga, Travel Story GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING : Cairo, Egypt TIME PERIOD : Early 20th Century PLOT SUMMARY : This is a magical, picturesque novel weaving complex … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 1, 2007 by Librarians with Altitude

> TITLE : Miss Garnets Angel AUTHOR : Salley Vickers PUBLICATION DATE : 2000 No. PAGES : 595p CATEGORY : Sagas. Travel story GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING : Venice, Italy TIME PERIOD : Contemporary PLOT SUMMARY :Julia Garnet, a retired school teacher, … Continue reading →

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