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John Meyer

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Born
Vancouver, Canada
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Genre
Travel, Fiction, History

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travel books - but with added drama and adventure

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October 2012

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Author John Meyer writes fictional travel memoirs—unique adventure stories that combine fun facts of history with present-day drama and humor. Always revolving around a fictitious love story and always based on his own thrilling journeys.

After he was robbed in Rome and then found his faith in humanity restored at the Palio festival in Siena, he was inspired to write "Bullets, Butterflies, and Italy." After he ran with the bulls in Pamplona and then came to the rescue of an injured fan at the Blur reunion concert in Hyde Park, he was encouraged to write "Bulls, Bands, and London."

And after walking across Spain with hundreds of pilgrims along the Camino de Santiago, he is proud to announce the fall release of his third exciting adventure, "S ...more

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?
John Meyer I have a list for everything but not a "summer reading list." However, standing by on my nightstand is Anthony Berkeley's "Trial and Error," Don DeLil…moreI have a list for everything but not a "summer reading list." However, standing by on my nightstand is Anthony Berkeley's "Trial and Error," Don DeLillo's "Underworld" (which remains daunting at 800+ pages), Rohinton Mistry's "A Fine Balance," and John Updike's "Couples." It might be fall before I get to all of these...(less)
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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?
John Meyer Nick and Nora Charles from Dashiell Hammett's "The Thin Man." He's a detective; she's a socialite. They are both smart, funny, adore each other, tease…moreNick and Nora Charles from Dashiell Hammett's "The Thin Man." He's a detective; she's a socialite. They are both smart, funny, adore each other, tease each other, and are not afraid to knock back a few drinks together while they solve a crime. What's not to love?(less)
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Average rating: 4.02 · 46 ratings · 15 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
Shadows, Shells, and Spain
3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings — 5 editions
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Bullets, Butterflies, And I...
3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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Bulls, Bands, and London
4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
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Touted to me as a great romance novel about two lovers, I was more than a little surprised when one of the main characters doesn't even make it to the second half of the book. Then it becomes an abusive revenge story. Where's the romance? While I hav ...more
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A why-dunnit rather that a who-dunnit. Great prose but abhorrent and pretentious characters that might make you wonder, "Does this get more interesting? Should I keep going?" Even the lead character, Richard, is a bore. Just a follower, very little a ...more
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Augustine of Hippo
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine
tags: allegory, books, broad-mindedness, classic, education, imagery, travel, world
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Mark Twain
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”
― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It
tags: travel
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Thornton Wilder
“Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English and don't even want to.”
― Thornton Wilder, Our Town
tags: travel
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A group for those who have walked the Camino, who intend walking the Camino - or are interested in reading about the journey along the ancient pilgrim ...more
1281 Travel Literature Makes My Heart Beat Faster.. — 1108 members — last activity Aug 29, 2025 08:23PM
Do you adore a good piece of travel literature/travelogue? Than this is the group for you!

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