Sentences with phrase «armchair travelers»

For those who can't hop a jet soon, armchair travelers who love art should also take note.

One of the pleasures of Scientific American, I've always thought, is that it offers armchair travelers a vicarious expedition to the exciting worlds uncovered through science.

«As engrossing as it is well - rounded, this is a particularly stimulating collection of travel experiences through New Zealand, with author Dick Parsons aptly shepherding armchair travelers through a wealth of rich landscapes, and exotic wildlife, while thoroughly detailing its intricate history from antiquity to modern day.

- Publishers Weekly»... Hunters in the Dark is a strange and heady novel sure to engage armchair travelers.»

Other readers relish the vicarious thrills of true crime and courtroom drama, while armchair travelers settle in for an exciting new journey (and save a bundle on luggage fees).

The author of the mega-bestseller Born to Run returns with another fascinating story sure to make runners want to lace up their shoes and hit the road — and sure to give armchair travelers another setting to dream about.

«Mayle writes beautifully of the seasons — Automne, Été, Hiver and Printemps — which he shares as his own personal Provence with the earnestly planning tourist and the dreamy armchair traveler alike.»

For travelers in situ — versus armchair travelers — listening can stimulate the imagination to make the leap from present to past.

The Tarahumara: Putting armchair travelers to shame since the 1600's.

As humor, history, and adventure weave a series of uncommon experiences, armchair travelers receive a thoroughly engrossing read...

As a nice extra, Dawson's blog keeps collectors and armchair travelers up to date on his most recent finds while supplying reviews of exhibitions of ethnographic art in the Americas and beyond.

Peter Mayle's latest irresistible tale is sure to tantalize the legions of Francophiles and armchair travelers who have flocked to his earlier best - selling books.

While I wait for that good karma to arrive, I'll have to be an armchair traveler and enjoy India from afar, which is a pleasure in Heidi's book, with her descriptions of the markets, traveling on funky roads and, of course, hitting the food stalls.

If you're an armchair traveler whose Instagram feed is starting to feel a little basic, you'll want to follow these 18 unconventional travel Instagrams.

Fiction has the unique power to catapult the armchair travelers among us into foreign lands: be they historical, fantastical, or maybe just really nice beaches somewhere.

Armchair travelers will delight in the fast - paced action as it swings from America to England, France, Sweden, Germany, Iceland and even into the Himalayas, while the time period alternates between the present and pre-WWI England.

Got an armchair traveler in the family?

This holiday season, armchair travelers and active trekkers alike can revel in Planet Earth's marvelous destinations with an eclectic collection of big, gorgeously photographed and finely penned travel books.

A new website, Alice's Garden Travel Buzz is a resource enjoyed by garden tourists and armchair travelers, along with her award - winning regional blog, Bay Area Tendrils.

(Terri O) Readers are eager to share the book with others: I highly recommend Eighty Days for people who love to travel, armchair travelers and for the historical information you learn about the 1890s in America.

Drop - ins like Yum Li's Chinese restaurant, DeMarco's pizzeria and Bennie's candy store might well be fictional but they manage to make the city come alive letting readers feel more like native New Yorkers than armchair travelers.

I want to catch up on mystery series, be an armchair traveler, laugh about life's absurdities, and read a bestselling author I've missed.

Indulge your armchair traveler.

Many travel blogs command a readership of «armchair travelers» who might like the idea of a full - time travel lifestyle but only have the means / desire for more standard vacations.

Indulge your armchair traveler with seven wanderlust - inspiring travel photos from around the world

For years I was an armchair traveler.

Candice Walsh used to be a technical writer, but now she's an armchair traveler trying to navigate the freelance jungle.

And of course my newest book, Marco Polo Didn't Go There, is not just an entertaining and engrossing read for the armchair traveler; its «commentary track» makes it an offbeat travel - writing textbook for students and fans of the genre.

Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers Jeff Biggers: «This is a must - read for all travelers, armchair travelers, travel writers and general readers: «It is up to us now to listen to the expression of our fellow human beings with whom we share the planet,» American author Andre Dubus III notes in his introduction of this anthology, which spans 20 countries and includes the often breathtaking voices of 28 foreign writers.

Karen Tauches is an artist, designer, hopeless idealist, lazy perfectionist, localist, foolish prognosticator, armchair traveler, wannabe filmmaker, independent curator, and an unauthorized critic, especially of art and architecture.

With tapping fingers and eyes as wide and potentially bloodshot as Oursler's image, armchair travelers can find themselves inside an artist's vision in a way that can be more absorptive than the din of a gallery.

Since the majority of the works in Prendergast in Italy are of Venice, the armchair traveler will come away from this exhibition with a vivid sense of that unique city, its canals, and famous monuments as seen through the eyes of an American on the forefront of 20th - century modernism.