Armchair Travel

Travel the world from the comfort of home!

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1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz - Nonfiction
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - Nonfiction
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places on Earth by Eric Weiner - Nonfiction
Long Way Down: An Epic Journey by Motorcycle from Scotland to Africa by Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman - Nonfiction

Read Your Way Across 7 Continents:

Africa

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - Fiction
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen - Nonfiction
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah - Memoir

Antarctica

Dark Winter by William Dietrich - Mystery
The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child - Fiction

Asia

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer - Nonfiction
The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli - Fiction
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer -Nonfiction
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup - Fiction

Australia

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough - Fiction
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson -Nonfiction

Europe

A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle - Nonfiction
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown - Fiction
In the Woods by Tana French - Mystery

North America

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson -Nonfiction
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America by Bill Bryson - Nonfiction
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier - Fiction

South America

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Fiction
The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho - Fiction

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Lenoir Library
120 Hospital Avenue
Lenoir, NC 28645

Telephone
828-757-1270

Fax
828-757-1413

Hours of Operation
Mon-Wed-Fri
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Tuesday and Thursday
8:30 AM to 8:30 PM

Saturday
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Granite Falls Library
24 South Main St.
Granite Falls, NC 28630

Telephone
828-396-7703

Hours of Operation
Mon-Tues, Thurs-Fri
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Wednesday
11:00 AM to 5:30 PM
(closed 1:00 to 2:00 Mon-Fri for lunch)

Saturday
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Hudson Library
530 Central Street
Hudson, NC 28638

Telephone
828-728-4207

Hours of Operation
Mon-Tues, Thurs-Fri
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Wednesday
11:00 AM to 5:30 PM
(closed 1:00 to 2:00 Mon-Fri for lunch)

Saturday
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM