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	Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia  •  Elizabeth Gilbert LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES Gilbert chronicles in luminous prose a year-long odyssey not just to escape from an ugly divorce but also to discover the world and herself. The book, like her quest, is in three parts: Rome (eat), Mumbai (pray) and Bali (where she falls in love). (TVL107, $15.00)
	Maiden Voyages, Writings of Women Travelers  •  Larry O'Connor  •  Mary Morris ANTHOLOGY •  1993 •  PAPER  • 438 PAGES With contributions by such literary lionesses as Margaret Mead, Willa Cather, and Mary Wollstonecraft, to name a few, this pleasurable anthology is a who's who of female letters. (GEN210, $15.00)
	Tales of a Female Nomad  •  Rita Gelman TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 306 PAGES In this wonderful book, Rita outlines a bold mid-life plan to reinvent her life by exploring the world. She lives for extended periods of time -- sometimes for years -- immersing, absorbing, making dear friends and giving back generously in the process. Her energy, intelligence, trust and utter trustworthiness, and her intense curiosity come thought loud and clear. Not just a good book, these tales leave you with the feeling that you have gained a trusted friend who has given you a window into the world. Recommendation kindly contributed by Marilyn Staff, Asia Transpacific Adventures. (TVL94, $14.95)
	Solo Traveler: Tales and Tips for Great Trips  •  Lea Lane TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 266 PAGES Whether you are already a globe-trotter or just considering the plunge, Lane offers tales from the road, plenty of practical tips and inspiration for getting out and exploring the world on your own. (TVL104, $15.00)
	The Illustrated Virago Book of Women Travellers  •  Mary Morris  •  Larry O'Connor EXPLORATION •  2007 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES An anthology of mostly British and American women writing around the world, with diverse selections including Mary Wollenstonecraft, Edith Wharton, Rose Macaulay, Gertrude Bell and Freya Stark. With archival and color photographs throughout. (EXP29, $24.95)

	Fly Solo, The 50 Best Places on Earth for a Girl to Travel Alone  •  Teresa Rodriguez Williamson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Packed with practical informtaion, history, culutre and suggestions of the absolute must-sees, this guide will have any girl globe-trotting in no time. (WLD81, $15.95)
	They Made Their Mark, An Illustrated History of the Society of Woman Geographers  •  Jane Eppinga   • HISTORY  •  The inspiring story of the Society's members. (EXP65, $29.95)
	Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey  •  Lillian Schlissel   • HISTORY  •  A fascinating, well researched selection of women's diaries and journals from the Wild West, including vivid accounts of buffalo hunts, Indian raids, childbirth under difficult circumstances, geological wonders and a telling amount of inward trepidation. With black-and-white photographs throughout. (USW395, $14.95)
	1000 Places to See Before You Die, US & Canada  •  Patricia Schultz   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Favorite, celebrated, unusual and otherwise noteworthy hotels, attractions and experiences throughout the 50 states and Canada. (USA152, $19.95)
	A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains  •  Isabella Bird   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Isabella Bird was an inspiring -- and intrepid -- Victorian traveler. This book collects her letters home to her sister Henrietta during travels through the Colorado Rockies in 1873, a side-trip she made on the way home from Hawaii. (USW44, $7.95)
	A Woman's World Again, True Stories of World Travel  •  Marybeth Bond   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An anthology of contemporary travel writing by women writers, Bond's follow-up to her award-winning collection, A Woman's World. (TVL132, $17.95)
	Adventure Divas, Searching the Globe for a New Kind of Heroine  •  Holly Morris   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A lively account of globetrotting adventures by the creator of the popular PBS show. Author Holly Morris' search for spirited and inspiring women includes adventures in Cuba, India, Iran and New Zealand. (TVL95, $14.95)
	Alexander's Path  •  Freya Stark   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Stark retraces the route of Alexander the Great along the shores of Turkey, passing through Xanthus, Miletus and Myra. An excellent companion for a trip between Kusadasi and Antalya. (TKY32, $15.95)
	Breaking Trail, A Climbing Life  •  Arlene Blum   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Blum reveals her transformation from scrawny girl in the flat Midwest to world-class climber in this inspirational memoir of a life in very high places: McKinley, Annapurna, Everest. (HML72, $14.00)
	Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines  •  Julia Blackburn   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this wonderfully original biography, Blackburn recreates the life of Daisy Bates (1861-1951), who abandoned her comfortable surroundings in 1913 to live for 30 years in the wilderness. It opens memorably "There was once a woman who lived in the desert." (AUS37, $13.00)
	Dreaming of East, Western Women And the Exotic Allure of the Orient  •  Barbara Hodgson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Hodgson captures the vogue for everything Oriental in the Victorian era with a selection of drawings and photographs. (EXP38, $26.95)
	Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations  •  Georgina Howell   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The tale of intoxicating, intrepid Major Miss Bell, who made her home in Baghdad. She created modern Iraq with T. E. Lawrence and Churchill. (ARB82, $15.00)
	I Married Adventure, The Lives of Osa and Martin Johnson  •  Osa Johnson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Osa Johnson's 1940 account of adventures in places she never expected to visit, including Borneo and Kenya. (PAC110, $19.95)
	Libby: The Alaskan Diaries and Letters of Libby Beaman, 1879-1880  •  Libby Beaman  •  Betty John   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  Beaman's wonderfully evocative account, peppered with drawings and period photographs, depicts life in the Pribilof Islands. (ARC07, $16.95)
	Life in the Treetops, Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology  •  Margaret Lowman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The sprightly memoir of an ecologist who climbs, studies and sleeps in trees for a living, balancing multiple roles of scientist, wife and mom. She continues her story in a second memoir (written with her now-grown sons). (AMZ57, $13.95)
	My Journey to Lhasa  •  Alexandra David-Neel   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Dressed as a humble pilgrim and traveling under the cover of night, the indomitable 55-year-old David-Neel and her young companion climbed mountains and tricked soldiers to ultimately reach Tibet's forbidden capital. Originally published in 1923, her account stands as a riveting portrait of early 20th-century Tibet. (TBT26, $14.95)
	North to the Orient  •  Anne Morrow Lindbergh   • EXPLORATION  •  A classic account of pioneering aviation, this wonderfully written memoir includes adventures in Petropavlovsk and the Russian Far East, Japan and the Yangtze. (ARC36, $12.00)
	Nothing to Declare  •  Mary Morris   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  An absorbing memoir of a woman traveling alone throughout Mexico and Central America. Morris, a favorite writer, evokes the people and places she visits in gritty immediate detail. (CAM08, $14.00)
	Passionate Nomad, the Life of Freya Stark  •  Jane Fletcher Geniesse   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A biography of the legendary female "poet of travel," Freya Stark. (MDE28, $15.95)
	The Nomad, The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt  •  Isabelle Eberhardt   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The daring adventures of the late 19th-century Swiss journalist who adopted Islam and traveled the Sahara disguised as an Arab man. (NAF59, $12.95)
	Travelers' Tales, Women in the Wild  •  Lucy McCauley   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A sampling of tales of climbing Mt. Everest, swimming Lake Titicaca, rescuing endangered animals in Vietnam, wild-river rafting in Borneo, and other adventures by notable figures including Jane Goodall, Annie Dillard, Terry Tempest Williams, Alice Walker, Robyn Davidson, Gretel Ehrlich, and Louise Erdrich. (GEN100, $17.95)
	Travels in West Africa  •  Mary Kingsley  •  Anthony Brandt   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A wild success in its first printing in 1897, this account of a naive Victorian woman's experiences in West Africa is fascinating. Kingsley writes with a self-deprecating wit and deadpan humor of her collecting expeditions throughout West Africa. (WAF05, $14.95)
	Victorian Lady Travellers  •  Dorothy Middleton   • EXPLORATION  •  An inspiring account of seven terrific women and their adventures in heretofore unexplored lands. (EXP15, $11.00)
	West with the Night  •  Beryl Markham   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  A stylish and engrossing story of a marvelous life well lived. Markham describes her childhood in Kenya and her experiences as a bush pilot in the 1930s, evoking the landscapes, people and wildlife of East Africa in rich detail. (EAF10, $15.00)
	Women Explorers  •  Sharon M. Hannon   • EXPLORATION  •  An illustrated overview. (TVL122, $12.95)
	Women into the Unknown, A Sourcebook on Women Explorers and Travelers  •  Marion Tinglin   • EXPLORATION  •  A library-style reference to female travelers of the 19th and 20th centuries. (EXP20, $110.95)
	Women of the Four Winds  •  Elizabeth Olds   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A collection of four lively biographies of four 20th-century American explorers. (EXP19, $21.95)
	Women Travelers, Adventurers, and Trailblazers 1850-1950  •  Alexandra Lapierre  •  Christel Mouchard   • EXPLORATION  •  One hundred years of intrepid women, with 200 black-and-white and color illustrations. (EXP50, $45.00)
	A Woman's Asia  •  Marybeth Bond   • ANTHOLOGY  •  These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller. (ASA49, $17.95)
	Off the Beaten Track. Three Centuries of Women Travellers  •  Dea Birkett  •  Jan Morris   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A marvelous selection of portraits of raveling women, with 120 illustrations, 100 in color. (TVL39, $40.00)
	Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures, Funny Women Write from the Road  •  Jennifer Leo   • ANTHOLOGY  •  The weird and wonderful tales of women on the road chosen by the entertaining, well-traveled (and delightful) Jennifer Leo. (TVL54, $14.95)
	The Conde Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys, Great Writers on Great Places  •  Klara Glowczewska   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Twenty-one transporting tales by Simon Winchester, Pico Iyer, William Dalrymple, Patricia Storace, Edna O'Brien, Jan Morris and other favorite writers published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Conde Nast Traveler. (TVL127, $16.00)
	The Thong Also Rises  •  Jennifer Leo   • ANTHOLOGY  •  More outrageous stories of traveling women versus the unexpected, by the entertaining, well-traveled (and delightful) editor of Sand in My Bra and Whose Panties are These? (TVL89, $14.95)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe  •  Marybeth Bond  •  Mary Morris   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	Unsuitable for Ladies, An Anthology of Women Travellers  •  Jane Robinson   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A choice sampling of the writing of 200 remarkable women, organized geographically. From the Victorian-era derring-do of Mary Kingsley to Florence Nightingale's war diaries, Karen Blixen on her farm in Africa and recent adventures of the indomitable Dervla Murphy, these are inspiring and wonderfully written accounts of travel. (EXP18, $24.95)
	Ines of My Soul  •  Isabel Allende   • LITERATURE  •  Allende's dramatic tale, sweeping in scope, of an extraordinary woman -- a poor seamstress who heads off to the New World in search of fame, fortune and a wayward husband and makes it big. Dona Ines de Suarez (1507 - 1580) was the founder of the city of Santiago. (CHI73, $14.95)

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