"A man's reach must exceed his grasp," wrote Browning. If this is true of anything, it's true of travel. Can any of us ever reach all the places we've heard of and dreamed of? Only the richest and most blessed with time, if them. (Remember the joke about the couple at the travel agent: "We've been around the world. Now we want to go somewhere else.") This Web site is for those who use books to go "somewhere I have never travel'd, gladly beyond any experience," as well as for those who want to read about where they are about to travel, are traveling, have traveled, or hope to travel. As a start, I have entered several hundred books which for me evoke a place and time. Visitors are invited to add their suggestions, their commentaries, and their observations by sending me a submission email. I hope the site will grow to the thousands, and will direct readers to good books about every country and locale where writers have made their mark.

                           Dick Barbieri

Dick Barbieri began reading about the world in 1951, in his first "chapter book," wherein a family toured England and visited the sites of the Arthurian stories. For more than five decades he has been an educator and reader, and a book reviewer for more than three of those decades. Currently a school principal in North Miami Beach, he has visited more than half the United States and four continents on professional and personal travel. To contact him directly, write booksubmit@80books.com

Read book-and-place-related articles by Dick Barbieri:

• Baltimore
• Boston
• Canada
• East Asia
• Following Phileas Fogg

Regions: N, S, E, W, SE, ME (Middle East), Crbn (Caribbean)

Category: Con (contemporary), Cl (classic), M/T (mystery/thriller), NF (non-fiction)