Great Global Thinkers and Top Travel Books

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  12.11.09 | 11:07 AM ET

Foreign Policy recently named its top 100 global thinkers of 2009—and then followed up by asking those thinkers to name their favorite books. The number one pick on our list of the top 30 travel books—Wilfred Thesiger’s “Arabian Sands”—made the FP list, as did books by travel writers Ryszard Kapuściński and William Dalrymple. Great minds, huh? (Via The Book Bench)


Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


1 Comment for Great Global Thinkers and Top Travel Books

clarks1589 12.12.09 | 4:59 AM ET

If one believes all the conspiracy theorists - then Cheney is by definition one of the greatest minds to bestride this besotted planet.

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