Travel Books
1,000 Places to Not go Before You Die
by Frank Bures | 10.17.07 | 8:21 AM ET
"Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips" and "Make the Most of your Time on Earth: 1000 Ultimate Travel Experiences" are gorgeous, transformational and, ultimately, full of empty promises. Frank Bures explains why travel list books often end up coated in dust.
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Yahoo! Buzz‘The Condé Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys’
by Tyler D. Johnson | 10.05.07 | 10:23 AM ET
A new anthology gathers some of the most memorable stories from the magazine's 20-year history. Tyler D. Johnson says it contains the humor and wisdom only travel can deliver.
‘Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff’
by Julia Ross | 09.25.07 | 10:07 AM ET
Rosemary Mahoney's new book doesn't just chronicle her unlikely journey down Egypt's great river. Reviewer Julia Ross finds it also deftly explores the uncertain waters that split genders and cultures.
‘The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa’
by Frank Bures | 09.12.07 | 11:00 AM ET
In his new book, Josh Swiller writes that he wanted to find "a place beyond deafness." Reviewer Frank Bures believes he found it -- and much more -- amid the conflict and half-dug wells of a small corner of Zambia.
We Don’t (Really) Know Jack
by Rolf Potts | 09.05.07 | 12:39 PM ET
Though innovative and inspiring, "On the Road" is a bad blueprint for life on the road. Rolf Potts ponders the enduring legacy of Jack Kerouac's travel masterpiece.
‘A Late Dinner: Discovering the Food of Spain’
by Emily Stone | 08.28.07 | 12:45 PM ET
Paul Richardson's new gastro-adventure, Emily Stone finds, catches a European country with a complex past at a strikingly modern moment
‘EIMI: A Journey Through Soviet Russia’
by Frank Bures | 08.14.07 | 9:49 AM ET
E.E. Cummings's book chronicling a 36-day trip in 1931 has been reissued after almost 50 years out of print. Frank Bures says it's a tough read, but worthwhile.
The Critics: ‘China Road’
by Michael Yessis | 08.01.07 | 7:23 AM ET
A new book by NPR's Rob Gifford chronicles a trip along the "Route 66 of China." Michael Yessis distills what reviewers -- and Jon Stewart -- are saying about it.
The Critics: ‘Shadow of the Silk Road’
by Michael Yessis | 07.17.07 | 11:25 AM ET
Michael Yessis checks out what reviewers are saying about the U.S. release of the new book by Colin Thubron, "the dean of British travel writers"
‘Travels with Herodotus’: Kapuscinski and the Weight of History
by Frank Bures | 07.03.07 | 3:11 PM ET
Frank Bures considers Ryszard Kapuscinski's newly translated book -- and the Polish writer's controversial legacy
Illuminating ‘Dark Travel’
by Frank Bures | 06.18.07 | 1:45 PM ET
The "Lonely Planet 2007 Blue List" and Adam Russ's "101 Places Not to Visit" spur Frank Bures to contemplate why travelers don't always want to be delivered from inconvenience.
‘SkyMaul: Happy Crap You Can Buy From a Plane’
by Frank Bures | 03.09.07 | 5:10 AM ET
Giant Bibles, Bird Zappers, Hot Dog Shooters and so much more. Frank Bures says Kasper Hauser's parody of the in-flight catalog SkyMall is better than the real thing.
‘Stalking the Wild Dik-Dik’: Going Solo Through Africa
by Frank Bures | 02.01.07 | 7:03 AM ET
From south to north, Marie Javins journeyed alone across the continent. Frank Bures reviews her chronicle of the trip and finds the author a likable travel companion.
‘The Ice Cave’: Journeys Into the Wild
by Emily Stone | 01.08.07 | 7:35 AM ET
Lucy Jane Bledsoe experienced wilderness from the Mojave to the Antarctic. Emily Stone calls her resulting essay collection layered, literary and unflinchingly honest about the solitude of travel.
‘La Bella Figura’: Into the Italian Psyche
by Lauren Grodstein | 12.21.06 | 1:39 PM ET
In his latest book, Beppe Severgnini riffs on stadiums, cappuccinos and the Italian relationship to the stoplight. Lauren Grodstein finds the book a fun ride, but also like traveling in the company of a slaphappy tour-bus driver.