Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers (Paperback) by Alexander McCall Smith, Kurt Andersen, Stefan Merrill Block

from whitreidtan

There are lots of places on the planet that I'd love to visit. I most likely won't make to many, if not most, of them. There's just not the time or the money to see all I'd like to see. And that's where books come in. I've traveled all over the world between the pages of a book and if it's just a...

from iluvvideo

Travel. What does it mean? Is it going to the National Parks in the rear of my parent's station wagon? Well. yeah... What about sunny Hawaii? Yes again.. What about a job in Antarctica? Yes again! In reality the concept of travel encompasses so much more than just 'vacation' that we look forward ...

from St.CroixSue

This is a wonderful mix of true travel stories written by some of our best novelists. There is humor, passion, poignancy, life lessons, and nuggets of wisdom. This would be a great one for road trips.

from deldevries

A 50/50 mix of enjoyable and quickly pass through stories. The topic of travel is a central theme.

from yvonne.sevignykaiser

Really enjoyed the variety of stories in this book not exactly what I expected.