A SPLASH of SUNSHINE

Plan your next adventure from the comfort of your couch — or a convenient beach blanket — with a library that brings the world within reach.

Tip of the Tongue

If you’re itching for your next trip, you might have resfeber, the Swedish word for feverish anticipation for an upcoming voyage. Once you’re there, you might experience komorebi, the Japanese word for dappled sunlight shining through leaves. When you want just the right word, flip through

Lost In Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words From Around the World, by Ella Frances Sanders. With one word per illustrated page, it’s not a full dictionary, but it is an invitation to contemplate the magic of language … and to think of something to say the next time you’re underway.

MORE THAN THE BOYS

If you’re on a cruise sailing out of Port Everglades, or heading to South Florida for any reason at all, give your trip a boost with Christina Lilly’s thorough guide, 100 Things to Do in Ft. Lauderdale Before You Die. She reveals local dining secrets, from guilty pleasures like the amazing handmade flavors for sale at the Dandee Donut Factory to the over-the-top tiki paradise of the Mai Kai. But there’s also a wonderland of special events like the Fort Lauderdale Air Show and opportunities to explore like a Full Moon Kayak Tour or hand-feeding the peacocks at Flamingo Gardens.

SOUTHEAST ASTT ASIA

Located astride the sea lanes linking East and West, this region surrounding the city-state of Singapore is packed with worldchanging stories. Christopher Hale, a documentarist and author, shares some of the best in

A Brief History of Singapore and Malaysia: Multiculturalism and Prosperity: The Shared History of Two Southeast Asian Tigers.

It’s recommended reading if you’ve ever been curious about the massive treasure fleet of Zheng He, or how Sir Stamford Raffles — lieutenant governor of a nearby province — came to found the colony of Singapore (and serve as namesake for a luxury hotel).

A BOOK TOUR

A book-lover’s dream vacation would be to visit just one of the many fantastic archives in The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries by photographer Massimo Listri and authors Georg Ruppelt and Elisabeth Sladek. Travel in pictures and words to the medieval grandeur of Dublin’s Trinity College Library, home to the gorgeously illuminated Book of Kells and Book of Durrow, and Florence’s Laurentian Library, designed by Michelangelo for the powerful House of Medici. Learn of the turbulent history of Altenburg Abbey in Austria, an imperial Catholic outpost repeatedly destroyed during the European wars of religion. Admire the Gilded Age glory of Manhattan’s Morgan Library & Museum, with its multicolored marble floors and coffered ceilings. Feast your eyes and your mind on the collonaded arches of The Real Gabinete Português de Leitura in Rio de Janeiro, while reading about its rich collection of literature and paintings paintings. next?. Where would you like to read