The Tao of Travel : Enlightenments from Lives on the Road (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

from RajivC

This is, in general, a good book. I like the way in which he has excerpted and classified different authors and themes. What I like also, is the fact that there are lots and lots of marvellous quotes! So, it is good The snippets are interesting enough for the armchair traveller, and for one who w...

from jacoombs

Largely a series of excerpts on travel and travel writing from other writers over the years. Some gems, but a book to be sampled rather than read cover to cover.

from co_coyote

Not what I was expecting. Quotes from fellow travelers. Interesting. Just not the Theroux I was expecting.

from Gantois

A nice collection of travel philosophy compiled by master travel writer Paul Theroux.

from Rayaowen

This is a very engaging sampler of passages from a wide array of travel writers. Theroux groups his selection into interesting categories: Writers and the Places They Never Visited, Perverse Pleasures of the Inhospitable, Everything is Edible Somewhere. Wonderful variety from classic and modern t...