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Books On Travel

  • 15-07-2015 10:03PM
    #1
    Shane St.
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    Have a friend interested in travel and tourism. Any good book recommendations?


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  • #2
    GLaDOS
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    If they'd enjoy a humourous take on things, Bill Bryson's books are very good.

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  • #3
    Shane St.
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    will check that out on amazon now. thanks


  • #4
    Columbia
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    +1 for Bill Bryson, my favourites were "Neither Here nor There" (Europe) and "A Walk in the Woods" (Appalacian Trail).

    If you're looking for a book about travel (as in, not about a particular place, but more like a history of travel and tourism) then the most accessible book I've ever read on the subject is "Grand Tours and Cook's Tours", by Lynne Whitey (I think!).


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    Manach
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    Holidays in Hell by PJ O'Rourke. Laugh, Despair, and Laugh again.


  • #6
    padraig_f
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    Good one I read recently....Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel


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