Armchair Travel: Traveling Minds

Routes: Travel and Translation in the Late Twentieth Century

In this book rooted in anthropology, James Clifford compiles a collection of travel journal entries, narratives, and academic lectures amongst other literary notes to explore how cultures transition from one era to another.

Deconstructing Travel: Cultural Perspectives on Tourism

Written by Arthur Asa Berger, Deconstructing Travel looks at why we travel, how it impacts tourism, and its “cultural phenomenon through social, cultural, psychological, and economic forces.”

Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

This book chronicles Bruce Feiler’s epic 10,000-mile trek from Mount Ararat to Mount Nebo using the five books of Moses – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy – as his guide. It is the ultimate story of inner reflection, and the emotional and physical manifestation of how travel spurns changes deep within us all.

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