Use your Spring Break to travel around the world: with books

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Taking our cue from Jules Verne's famous novel Around the World in Eighty Days, the Jessup library has pulled over 80 books with authors and themes from around the globe.  Among our displays are Brazilian author Jorge Amado, Nigerian author Chinua Achebe (who wrote Things Fall Apart), and Israeli author Amos Oz.  Want to learn more about a particular country or culture? Our "Around the World in 80 Books Display" has several nonfiction options as well.  Other Routes: 1500 Years of African and Asian Travel Writing is a collection of pieces from various travel authors; The book looks at how travel writing has become its own genre. Eric Weiner's The Geography of Genius is about this author's journey through history to discover how to create genius. Jessup Library even has a cookbook, aptly named Around the World in 80 Dishes, if you're more in the mood to try various cuisines.