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Four books that will inspire you to travel the world
There’s truly nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspective(远景) and exposing yourself to other cultures. To get you in the adventuring mood, we asked Amazon Senior Editor Chris Schlep to help us come up with a list of books that transport readers to another time and place. Below, see his list of four books that will inspire you to travel around the world. For more information, please click Amazon.com.
SEATTLE: Where You d Go, Bernadette
Price: $16.73
Maria Sample’s first novel is not exactly a love story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laughs. Buy it on Amazon.
ITALY: Beautiful Ruins
Price: $16.29
This book by the popular author Jess Walters is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood. With the settings of the background from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. Buy it on Amazon.
ENGLAND: Wolf Hall
Price: $15.57
You can’t travel to Thomas Cromwell’s England without a time machine,but reading Hilary Mantel’s prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there. Buy it on Amazon.
NANTUCKET: Here’s to Us
Price: $ 17.16
Eli Hildebrand has built a writing career out of writing about her hometown island of Nantucket. Her latest is Here’s to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach read.
1.Whose book has been made into a film according to the text?
A. Hilary Mantel’s.
B. Jess Walter’s.
C. Maria Semple’s.
D. Elin Hilderbrand’s.
2.What can you buy if you have only $32?
A. Beautiful Ruins and Where You’d Go, Bernadette.
B. Where You’d Go, Bernadette and Wolf Hall.
C. Beautiful Ruins and Wolf Hall.
D. Wolf Hall and Here’s to Us.
3.What do the four books have in common?
A. They have the same price.
B. They have the similar content.
C. They have the similar background.
D. They have the same place of sales.
4.Where does the text probably come from?
A. A website.
B. A magazine.
C. A newspaper.
D. A textbook.
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