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The Best Travel Writing 2005: True Stories from Around the World
from Travelers' Tales

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Presents accounts of encounters from villages to mountains, cruisers to African cities
  This annual collection of great stories from the road comes from various award-winning writers - including Solas Awards winners - and represents the best in travel literature writing, making it a powerful pick for any library strong in travel writing. THE BEST TRAVEL WRITING 2008: TRUE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD presents accounts of encounters from villages to mountains, cruisers to African cities, and is simply outstanding, involving reading for any armchair enthusiast.
  Diane C. Donovan more info

• Sensation
  This "Best Travelers' Series" is a sensation. Truly, I don't think of anyone who would not find pleasure in reading these sketches. People who seek out 18th Century Asian poetry or 17th Century French judicial opinions would find a joy in these contemporary travel accounts.

• A very boring book -
  This book tells you nothing about traveling to places. It is a collection of storeis by authors that simply is not that exciting. The best story is about the guy in Spain who lives with his Spanish wife. The rest were so boring, I couldn't read them. I was simply not interested and very dissapointed. If this is the best of travel writing I would hate to see the worst!

• Bite sized banquet of adventures
  Travel writers are the best. They understand that self preservation in their craft is instant submersion in their stories. No wasted words, no patronizing prose. Their readers have litterally been there, done that. So they welcome readers like house guests and treat them like locals. I think it's the most respectful genre in writing. This book is perfect proof. Want to litterally cling to life on a New Zealand mountain? Gotta minute? Want to be a guest-turned-captive in a steamy African village and escape... more info

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