books about: travel (questionable centennial adventures)

books about: travel

books:

Travels with Herodotus (Vintage International)

15 reviews
Ryszard Kapuscinski

Vintage, 2008

completely wonderful
The last book by this great journalist. It makes perfect sense that he traveled with Herodotus, and that this ancient Greek writer, the first historian, or the first reporter, was like a companion to him. History is stories. Kapuscinsky was most wise in always remembering this and he learned it from Herodotus. His writing is transparent. He writes so you can know. He never forgets that nothing is ...

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of ...

30 reviews
Pietra Rivoli

Wiley, 2006

Fantastic, well-written, and eye-opening
Upon first glance, it might appear that this book details economic aspects of a single industry, namely that of T-shirts. You'd be mistaken. It instead offers an insightful look into several different aspects of T-shirt production, including agriculture, factory working conditions, free trade (and lack thereof), and concluding with the world-wide used T-shirt market. Each of these ...

Jupiters Travels: Four Years Around the World on a Triumph

34 reviews
Ted Simon

Jupitalia Productions, 2005

A compulsive page turner
This book is almost impossible to put down and is absolutely inspiring to read. Deaf to the pleas of my wife and children I read on into the night. I often felt I was actually there with Ted as he copes with some pretty dire stuff. As a New Zealand motorcyclist living in India I could relate so much to his experiences. More needs to be written about the amazing opportunities to ride in India, so ...

The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World

65 reviews
Lonely Planet Publications

Lonely Planet, 2005

Great travel book
This book is excellent for anyone who has a good sense of wanderlust. It gives a good snippit for each country and the pictures are beautiful. You will be planning trips in no time!

Gulliver's Travels (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics)

2 reviews
Jonathan Swift

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003

Beautiful Edition
There is no need for me to go into what a marvelous and timeless classic "Guliver's Travels" is. The satire, while nearly 300 hundred years old, is as fresh today as it was in the 1720s. What I will say about this particular edition is that it is very beautifully done. (If you can get the hardcover edition instead of the softcover, all the better.) The typeset, color engravings and supplemental ...

Hotel, Restaurant, and Travel Law (Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Law)

1 review
Karen Morris, Norman Cournoyer, ...

Delmar Cengage Learning, 2007

Great Seller
The seller was very understanding when I purchsed the incorrect book and gave me a full refund. The book was sent in a timely matter despite my mispurchase.

Gulliver's Travels (Norton Critical Editions)

95 reviews
Jonathan Swift

W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

Fellow Yahoos, read this book!
Gulliver's Travels is not a children's fantasy written by an avuncular Englishman. This book, instead, is a searing indictment of the human race written by a brilliant satirist and misanthrope. The Lilliput episode is most clearly inscribed in the public consciousness, perhaps because it is the least overtly damning of the human species. By the end of the book, however, when Gulliver is forced to ...

The Travels of Marco Polo

29 reviews
Marco Polo

Cosimo Classics, 2007

The Size of the World
It has been a pleasure to revisit the travels of Marco Polo. I was transfixed by these stories of travel and adventure when I was a child, and never questioned the veracity of the narrative. I know today that the narrative has been corrupted over the centuries, that "The Travels" can scarcely be used as an historical reference, and that a more tantalizing and complete manuscript has probably been ...

Gulliver's Travels (Penguin Classics)

19 reviews
Jonathan Swift

Penguin Classics, 2003

amazingly good read
It took me a while to get to this book - it kept being recommended by friends, but I was a bit put off by the effort I thought I would have to put into reading a book written 300 years ago. Well, I was really suprised - "Gulliver's Travels" is easier to reads, and is certainly written much better, than most modern novels. Swift certainly didn't have too high an opinion about humanity, ...

Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Centennial Edition)

187 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

Spending time with Steinbeck
TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY gives us a chance to move to an up-close-and-personal position with the aloof, John Steinbeck, At the age of 60 in the fall of 1960. Steinbeck acquired a primitive pickup-style recreational vehicle, packed up a few belongings, and loaded his faithful poodle. He drove throughout the United States to reconnect with the inhabitants of the nation. Like any other tourist who ...

The Art of Travel

42 reviews
Alain De Botton

Vintage, 2004

I'd inadvertently brought myself to the island
So Alaine de Botton discovers on his trip to the Bahamas. I read and reread this book for such lines--sly takes on old chestnuts, in this case, Wherever you go, there you are. Each chapter's title page includes a list of places discussed and the "guide" employed in that chapter. Chapter 1, "On Anticipation," lists Barbados and Hammersmith, London, as the places and author J.K. Huysmans as the ...

Egypt (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

11 reviews
DK Publishing

DK Travel, 2007

Egypt (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
These guides are the very best in the business. If I'm thinking of going on a trip, I think again if there isn't an Eyewitness guide in print. EGYPT is the same high calibre as all the others I've bought over the years.

Tourism: The Business of Travel and Atlas World Geography Package, 2005 CR Edition (3rd Edition)

2 reviews
Roy A. Cook, Laura J. Yale, ...

Prentice Hall, 2005

I won't leave home without it!
This book contains the most current and comprehensive coverage tourism industry on the market today. I enjoyed reading this book due to the excellent writing style of the authors. It is very well organized so finding topics of interest was no problem. It lists many citations to other sources and is well researched. The author's educational credentials and other accomplishments are listed (and ...

Beijing and Shanghai (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

10 reviews
DK Publishing

DK Travel, 2007

Great book.
It was my first time in China and I went to both cities. The book was very informative, complete, well illustrated, and easy to read. Everybody in my group kept asking me to read it. I got to see other people's books and they did not come close. I strongly recommend this book.

Spain (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)

17 reviews
DK Publishing

DK Travel, 2006

Fun Fun Fun
This informative book about Spain was an excellent purchase. The Seller is trustworthy and the book was in mint condition. It was every bit as great as I thought it would be. Seller is the BEST!!

Travel Team

68 reviews
Mike Lupica

Puffin, 2005

K. Cox's book review
Travel Team by Mike Lupica is an exciting book about a twelve year old boy named Danny. Danny is a very good basketball player who has been cut from his team because he is too short. Danny and his father form their own team from the other children who were cut and have a shot at beating the Vikings. Travel Team is a very exciting and funny book. The only with the book is that it used some ...

Best Travel Activity Book Ever (Backseat Books)

6 reviews
Rand McNally

Rand McNally & Company, 2003

Didn't even need a DVD Player!
Our 5 yr old loved this activity book. It kept her busy on an eight hour road trip. She never wanted the dvd player on.

Travel Writing

3 reviews
Peter Ferry

Harcourt, 2008

the best
There's gotta be a reason we seem to lack a crop of young literary lions writing anything really interesting. There's gotta be a reason there seem to be no big novels out these last years, none that are truly good. I don't know what it is, but this book, without intending to, suggests a few possibilities. Mr. Ferry is an old guy and this is his first book and it's a small, almost quiet book, but ...

Japan (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

33 reviews
DK Publishing

DK Travel, 2007

Great Book To Have
This is wonderful book full of great pictures, fun facts and interesting snippits. It is very entertaining and remains interesting thru out. It is well written with the American Traveler in mind. Major attractions of each city/region are covered. It covers a lot of area and provides a great overview without getting to deep into any one place. It gives pricing information and as such is well ...

Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional ...

35 reviews
Thomas Kohnstamm

Three Rivers Press, 2008

An awesome ride... Essential reading for anyone who uses travel guidebooks
A young American, tired of life on Wall Street, takes a job as a travel writer for Lonely Planet. He arrives in Brazil and, amidst the temptations of beautiful women and the all-night partying of Copacabana beach, soon realises that he has been given a task of unimaginable proportions and an equally small stipend with which to fund it. Eight hundred miles of Brazilian coastline. Sixty towns. ...