Travel

Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations. The term "travel" originates from the Old French word travail. Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious. Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such as guide books and reviews, with the ...more

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    Quill & Quest: Washington, DC: A Magical Scavenger Hunt, Activity Guide & Travel Journal for Families
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    Release date: Oct 03, 2026
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    Giveaway dates: Oct 08 - Nov 07, 2026

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  • Diving into Dreams by Szilvia Gogh
    Diving into Dreams: Navigating Life’s Deepest Waters to Discover the Secret of Having Enough
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    Release date: Sep 22, 2025
    Left Hungary at 22 to travel & scuba every ocean—Avatar movie set, cancer at 39, learning what enough means. Giving away 100 of Diving into Dreams!
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  • Sideways Through Europe by Vlad Novikov
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    Robert Louis Stevenson
    “ I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. ...more ”
    ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

    Anita Desai
    “ Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ”
    ― Anita Desai

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