The Smart Travelista's Guide: Mastering Mindful Travel by Linda King presents mindfulness as a state of present-moment awareness that can enhance traveling. King explains its importance in countering modern stressors like overwork and digital distractions. She introduces principles such as gratitude, acceptance, and patience, and...

The Elderly Gentleman’s Ulyssee by Hans Bodmer is a whimsically reflective travelogue chronicling a twelve-day hike on foot from Zurich to Geneva. Framed through the perspective of a sharp-witted, older protagonist, the book unfolds as both a physical journey and a philosophical exploration, where introspection,...

The Waypoints: From 400 Farewells and 3,000 Miles by Diane Gansauer is a remarkable read. While in her fifties, Diane decides to hike the Colorado Trail. Then, at sixty-one years old, she hikes the entire length of the Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada. As a funeral celebrant, Diane has assisted many families with funerals and...

The Naked Sailor by Norman Coutts is a memoir recounting the adventurous, often humorous journey of a novice sailor who sets out to navigate the South China Sea. When Captain Rob invites the author to help pilot his boat, Norm's excitement is quickly tempered by...

Tokyo Tempos by Michael Pronko is a collection of non-fiction pieces that look at various facets of daily life in Tokyo, homing in on the often-overlooked details of familiar routines. Through his essays, Pronko leans into cultural and social nuances, such as in Advice in...

In Roy Taylor's The Road to Courage, Andrew Taylor, his wife, Louela, and their young children, James and Roy, relocated from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Valdez, Alaska, in the early 1950s. Andrew pursued a noble goal: constructing a log church for a new Free Methodist congregation...

This Is Us! Growing Up With Humour by Sheila Deitch and Corinne Deitch will appeal to memoir and humor fans. In the introduction, Sheila explains why she always wanted a big family and what this book means to her and her loved ones. The authors...

The American and the Bus Driver by Paummi Sarrazin is about the beauty of love, travel, and culture. It all started with a ten-day school trip to France and a meeting that seemed orchestrated by fate. Paummi, who lived near Paris as a child, was...

The Broken Traveler is a work of creative non-fiction in the autobiographical writing, travel memoirs, and inspirational genres. Penned by author Hugo Smienk, this memoir follows Henri, a protagonist grappling with the aftermath of a painful divorce who stands in the place of our author...

With hectic schedules and rising costs, making travel plans with friends or family can become a chore. But with the advent of ChatGPT, planning for a vacation doesn't seem out of reach for the general populace anymore. With a career background in the travel and...