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Top 20 travel books The top 20 travel books of the past century, with reader comments on what's missing from the list.
Interview with Alain de Botton An interview with Alain de Botton about his new book.
Tristes Tropiques On the death of Lévi-Strauss, a reappraisal of Tristes Tropiques, which begins “I hate traveling and explorers.”
Bright Sided reviewed The NY Times reviews Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Moveable Feast, the movie Hemingway's memoir of life in Paris in the 20s, soon to be a major motion picture.
My Favorite Place on Earth My Favorite Place on Earth, interviews with famous people— from Natalie Portman to the Dalai Lama—about the places they loved most
Great Road Trips in American Literature Ten Great Road Trips in American Literature from Smithsonian, and the top 30 travel books from World Hum
On the Road with the WPA "In America Eats! Pat Willard takes readers on a journey into the regional American cuisine where WPA writers—including Eudora Welty, Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison, and Nelson Algren—were dispatched in 1935 to document the roots of our diverse culinary cuisine."
The Guardian's top 10 travel books The Guardian's top 10 travel books.
Gallatin alumna writes road trip novel Gallatin alumna Kirsten Reed has published a road-trip novel, The Ice Age.
Books on Corbusier The New York Review of Books looks over a bunch of new books about Le Corbusier.
Into the Amazon A New Yorker writer follows in the footsteps of an Amazon explorer in The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon.
Cities of the World Cities of the World is a new collection of city plans, bird's-eye views, and map, with an intro by Rem Koolhaus.
Kerouac at Sea Coming soon, Kerouac's "lost" first novel, The Sea Is My Brother, a travel story about his life in the merchant marines.
Review of The Way of Herodotus The NY Times reviews The Way of Herodotus: Travels With the Man Who Invented History by Justin Marozzi.
Journey to Mecca reviewed by NY Times The New York Times reviews the new Imax movie about Ibn Battuta, "Journey to Mecca."
Columbus The First Voyage of Christopher Columbus There are several films—features, mini-series, documentaries—about Columbus. Here's the trailer to one.
A History of the Future Gallatin architecture professor Donna Goodman's new book, A History of the Future, explores the impact of technology on design and planning.
Woolworth's shrine to commerce The most famous office building in the world is the subject of a new book, The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolwoorth Building and the Making of Modern New York, reviewed by the Times.
The Tipsy Hero The New York Times blogs about the endless references to drinking wine in The Odyssey in "The Tipsy Hero."

The top 20 travel books of the past century, with reader comments on what's missing from the list.

An interview with Alain de Botton about his new book.

On the death of Lévi-Strauss, a reappraisal of Tristes Tropiques, which begins “I hate traveling and explorers.”

The NY Times reviews Barbara Ehrenreich's new book, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

Moveable Feast, the movie

Hemingway's memoir of life in Paris in the 20s, soon to be a major motion picture.

My Favorite Place on Earth

My Favorite Place on Earth, interviews with famous people— from Natalie Portman to the Dalai Lama—about the places they loved most

Great Road Trips in American Literature

Ten Great Road Trips in American Literature from Smithsonian, and the top 30 travel books from World Hum

On the Road with the WPA

"In America Eats! Pat Willard takes readers on a journey into the regional American cuisine where WPA writers—including Eudora Welty, Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison, and Nelson Algren—were dispatched in 1935 to document the roots of our diverse culinary cuisine."

The Guardian's top 10 travel books

The Guardian's top 10 travel books.

Gallatin alumna writes road trip novel

Gallatin alumna Kirsten Reed has published a road-trip novel, The Ice Age.

Books on Corbusier

The New York Review of Books looks over a bunch of new books about Le Corbusier.

Into the Amazon

A New Yorker writer follows in the footsteps of an Amazon explorer in The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon.

Cities of the World

Cities of the World is a new collection of city plans, bird's-eye views, and map, with an intro by Rem Koolhaus.

Kerouac at Sea

Coming soon, Kerouac's "lost" first novel, The Sea Is My Brother, a travel story about his life in the merchant marines.

Review of The Way of Herodotus

The NY Times reviews The Way of Herodotus: Travels With the Man Who Invented History by Justin Marozzi.

Journey to Mecca reviewed by NY Times

The New York Times reviews the new Imax movie about Ibn Battuta, "Journey to Mecca."

Columbus

The First Voyage of Christopher Columbus

There are several films—features, mini-series, documentaries—about Columbus. Here's the trailer to one.

A History of the Future

Gallatin architecture professor Donna Goodman's new book, A History of the Future, explores the impact of technology on design and planning.

Woolworth's shrine to commerce

The most famous office building in the world is the subject of a new book, The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolwoorth Building and the Making of Modern New York, reviewed by the Times.

The Tipsy Hero

The New York Times blogs about the endless references to drinking wine in The Odyssey in "The Tipsy Hero."

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