The Best Women's Travel Writing 2010: True Stories from Around the World [Paperback]

Stephanie Elizondo Griest (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 16, 2010 | Series: Best Women's Travel Writing

Since publishing the original edition of A Woman’s World in 1995, Travelers’ Tales has been the recognized leader in women’s travel literature. The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010 is the sixth book in an annual series that presents stimulating, inspiring, and uplifting adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common threads connecting these stories are a woman’s perspective and fresh, compelling storytelling to make the reader laugh, weep, wish she were there, or be glad she wasn’t. In The Best Women's Travel Writing 2010 readers will discover the hidden magic of Flamenco in Spain, walk the night and its terrors in Benin, have an excellent last day in Costa Rica, poke their way into the psyche of a security agent in Kabul, learn something new about death and Mexico in San Miguel de Allende, travel the darker side of the Hawaiian fantasy, draw a map of Argentinian tango, meet the best people in the world in Zimbabwe...and much more.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Stephanie Elizondo Griest is the author of Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines, 100 Places Every Woman Should Go, and Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana. Her work has appeared in many major publications, including numerous Travelers' Tales collections. She won the 2007 Richard J. Margolis Award for Social Justice Reporting and was inducted into PEN in 2008.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales (March 16, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193236174X
• ISBN-13: 978-1932361742
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 0.8 x 7.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #630,528 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

HEATHER POOLE has worked for a major U.S. carrier for more than fifteen years. Her work has been published in The Best Women's Travel Writing 2010, and her column, "Galley Gossip: Confessions from the Jumpseat with Heather Poole," can be found on AOL's award winning website, Gadling.com. She has been mentioned in or on People Magazine, Good Morning America, 20/20, Fox and Friends, The Weather Channel, New York Times, NBC New York, CNN, National Geographic Traveler, MSNBC, USA Today, The Times online, The New York Post, FoxNews.com, Entrepreneur Magazine, Marie Claire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Frommers.com, and more

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb May 14, 2010

By chucko

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My career has taken me to many remote places in the world so I give myself permission to be critical of any travel story. These stories give me true armchair experiences with some of the best travel writing ever put on paper. Give us more! Can't put it down.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding quality March 21, 2010

By Mary G. Gardenhire

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I have read the travel collection series for many years. This is the best. Stories are long enough to develop a thought and keep the reader's attention. One is amateurish, but the rest are very engrossing and well written. Variety of countries is good also.

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes me want to travel and write February 9, 2013

By SK

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun and very well written articles. It made me want to book an open ended flight and write stories of these travel.
Inspiring stories.