Armchair Travel

Books featured in our most recent Armchair Travel Newsletter

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A selection of Armchair Travel books

Best American Travel Writing series (published annually)

 

Authors who write Armchair Travel books

Colin Angus	Frances Mayes
Bill Bryson	Peter Mayle
Tim Cahill	Dervla Murphy
Bruce Chatwin	Eric Newby
Marlena de Blasi	Michael Palin
Gerald Durrell	Freya Stark
Rita Golden Gelman	Paul Theroux

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Websites

Armchair Travel Company
An awesome directory site which will take you on 360° virtual tours of historic sites, gardens, military and space equipment and more.

Around the World in 80 Clicks.ORG
Sponsored by TraveAdventures.org, photographer Boris Kester has made his lifetime of travel photos available on the internet. Search options include regional headings, flag selections, themed categories or keyword. NOTE: the initial page may be slow to load but worth the wait, be patient! Most pictures can be sent as free e-cards.

Offbeat Travel
A travel guide to offbeat places and unusual destinations world-wide, with a fresh look at old favorites in the form of illustrated travel reports from experienced travelers. Check the sidebar ‘Armchair Travel’ for book reviews.

360TravelGuide.com
Provides the world's best collection of virtual tours and travel guides. From Paris to Dubai, from the Vatican to the Taj Mahal, from Islands to Oceans, you will find awe-inspiring virtual tours. To view the images, you will need to install the free Java plug-in.

Paranormal

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Books about parapsychology

Books about prophecies

Books about spiritualism and ghosts

Books about witchcraft

Occult Fiction Novels

Authors who write about the Paranormal

Sylvia Browne	Char Margolis
Allison DuBois	James Van Praagh
Henry Gordon

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Occultopedia

Psychic Explorers

The Unexplained Mysteries

Religion and Spirituality

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Books about Religion

Books about living a Christian life

Books about living a Jewish life

Books about women and living a Muslim life

Books about parenting children religiously

Books about the relationship of one religion to another

For Books about a specific religion, look at the Religion Research Guide .

For Inspirational novels, look at the Inspirational Fiction Genre Guide.

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Books featured in our most recent Spirituality & Religion Newsletter

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Authors who write about Religion

Karen Armstrong (religion)	Tariq Ramadan (Islamic)
Pema Chodron (Buddhism)	Marjane Satrapi (Islamic)
Primo Levi (Jewish)	Joseph Telushkin (Jewish)
C.S. Lewis (Christian)	Elie Wiesel (Jewish)
	Philip Yancey (Christian)

 

Books about Spirituality

Books about living a Spiritual life

A Course in Miracles

 

Authors who write about Spirituality

Gregg Braden	Thich Nhat Hanh
Jack Kornfield	Eckhart Tolle
Dalai Lama	Marianne Williamson
Don Miguel Ruiz

Websites

Beliefnet
Since 1999, Beliefnet has been the largest religion web site. Not affiliated with any spiritual organization or movement, it provides devotional tools, access to teachers and commentary.

Best Spirituality.com
Recommendations and community submitted reviews and ratings for spiritual books, quotes, spiritual movies, essays and websites.

BBC Religion
The BBC web site is particularly useful for worship programs, interviews and discussions of Christianity. However, it is also rich in information on other world religions. For example:

• Islam
• Judiasm
• Buddhism 
• Hinduism

Spotlight on Books

International Women's Day

International Women's Day is celebrated on Saturday, March 8. To find out more about this day, visit the official website.

Why not mark this day by reading about women, whether it's women in history, feminism, women's health, women growing older or women and relationships.

Here's just a taste of what we have to offer at your Library. Click on a heading to discover a list of books and more.

Women in Canadian History

Biographies of Canadian Women

Women in World War II

Women and Human Rights

Canadian Suffragists

Feminism

Women's Health

Motherhood

Marriage

Lesbians

Women and Sex

Women over 50

True Crime

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All True Crime Novels (newest first)

True Crime Novels about murder

Arthur Ellis Award winners for best non-fiction (formerly True Crime)

We Recommend: The Real CSI

Authors who write True Crime

Vincent Bugliosi	Ann Rule
Max Haines	Julian Sher
Michael Harris	Carlton Smith
Jay Robert Nash	Wells, Jon
M. William Phelps

 

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Websites

Crime Culture
This site provides essays on subject areas including “true crime” and features reading lists.

Crime Library
This site (from TruTV.com) contains hundreds of “stories on major crimes, criminals, trials, forensics and criminal profiling.” There is a focus on recent crimes, but the site is expanding to include historically notorious characters.