Sarah Barrell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Sarah Barrell is a travel writer. Writer, wanderer, wonderer. And other stuff that doesn't begin with W. Senior Ed, Nat Geo Traveller, former Indy. https://t.co/Kw0TmEHVUI
In Xanadu: A Quest
William DalrympleSarah Barrell@MadelaineLucieH 👋 @LeanderReeves. Where 2 start?! (1) gold⭐️ historical travel lit: a’thing by William Dalrymple (In Xanadu, City of Djinns). Books that stayed wth me: Songlines, Bruce Chatwin, Spirit Wrestlers, Philip Marsden, Duende, Jason Webster, Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, John Gimlette...
Paperback, 2012
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Summer Book
Tove JanssonSarah Barrell@MadelaineLucieH @LeanderReeves (2) Fab olde worlde trav compilation: Faber Book of Exploration Ed Benedict Allen. Of that era, u can’t go wrong with Isabella Lucy Bird/Alexander David-Neel travelogues. A classic: The Summer Book, Tove Jansson. Newer: Underland, Robert Macfarlane. Skybound, Rebecca Loncraine...
Paperback, 2008
$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
William DalrympleSarah Barrell@MadelaineLucieH 👋 @LeanderReeves. Where 2 start?! (1) gold⭐️ historical travel lit: a’thing by William Dalrymple (In Xanadu, City of Djinns). Books that stayed wth me: Songlines, Bruce Chatwin, Spirit Wrestlers, Philip Marsden, Duende, Jason Webster, Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, John Gimlette...
Paperback, 2003
$24.00Member price:$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Duende: A Journey Into the Heart of Flamenco
Jason WebsterSarah Barrell@MadelaineLucieH 👋 @LeanderReeves. Where 2 start?! (1) gold⭐️ historical travel lit: a’thing by William Dalrymple (In Xanadu, City of Djinns). Books that stayed wth me: Songlines, Bruce Chatwin, Spirit Wrestlers, Philip Marsden, Duende, Jason Webster, Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, John Gimlette...
Paperback, 2004
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Milkman
Anna BurnsSarah Barrell@FionaSturges Hello 👋 Anna Burns reading Milkman stayed with me for weeks after I'd done. Rare for an AB. And all 40hrs 37m of Stephen Fry reading the Jeeves Collection (V1!) were a complete joy. xx
Paperback, 2018
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home
Jami AttenbergSarah BarrellA bold memoir by way of travelogue, Attenberg’s book explores how we are shaped by place, friendship, independence and class, in a clear-eyed examination of the creative life, and of what it means to find home.
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Robert MacFarlaneSarah Barrell@glitterjo Not recent reads but good ones....The big book: Overstory, by Richard Powers. The little book: The Redemption of Galen Pike (short stories). The medium-sized travel-ish book: Underland, Robert Macfarlane. Also loved Milkman, on audiobook, read by its author, Anna Burns.
Paperback, 2020
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book