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Best Ever Travel/Foreign Affairs Books
A Listmania! list by Paul Board (Penrith, Cumbria United Kingdom)

1. The Accursed Mountains: Journeys In Albania by Robert Carver

The list author says:
	"Utterly fantastic portrait of Europe's Greatest ongoing Tragedy. It makes you wonder how this tiny land has just side-stepped all the progress Eastern Europe has made."

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2. The Wrong Way Home by Peter Moore

The list author says:
	"Hillarious, inspirational and informative. Moore's best book so far. A true traveller."

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3. The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Kang Chol-Hwan

The list author says:
	"A humbling insight into the World's most secretive regime"

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4. A Mad World, My Masters: Tales from a Traveller's Life by John Simpson

The list author says:
	"The World's greatest journalist and reporter has some incredible stories to tell"

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5. The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression by Stephane Courtois

The list author says:
	"A hefty book, but worth the effort to understand some of mankind's worst mistakes"

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6. Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks

The list author says:
	"Hawks' best and funniest book. A little seedy at times, but is the definitive book on Moldova....is there another?"

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7. Unvanquished: A US-UN Saga by Boutros Boutros-Ghali

The list author says:
	"A one-sided but interesting take on UN-US relations. Very reedable."

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8. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

The list author says:
	"A harrowing book that people should read so that they truly value Liberal Democracy"

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9. Red Lights and Green Lizards: Cambodian Adventure by Frances Elizabeth Anderson

The list author says:
	"An excellent account of life in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia with great insights into its culture and personality"

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10. Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa

The list author says:
	"Unintentionally funny book about how a Canadian teacher in bhutan believes her relationship with a local can survive. Otherwise a fairly intersting read."

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11. The Hotel on the Roof of the World: Five Years in Tibet (Summersdale travel) by Alec Le Sueur

The list author says:
	"A witty account of running a Holiday Inn in Tibet. Thoroughly unpolitical which is a relief and contains excellent character portraits of both locals and other ex-pats"

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12. In the Empire of Genghis Khan: A Journey Among Nomads by Stanley Stewart

The list author says:
	"The best book available on Mongolia, and there is a fair bit of competition. No other author has delved so deep into its society"

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13. Kim Il-Sung: North Korean Leader (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University) by Dae Sook Suh

The list author says:
	"The truly definitive book about the man responsible for the World's most bizarre country"

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14. South East Asia (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guide) by Tony Wheeler

The list author says:
	"A book no true traveller would be seen without. More holy than the Bible and Qu'ran combined. LP are the ultimate travel publishers."

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15. The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls and the Search for Home by Pico Iyer

The list author says:
	"A few factual inaccuracies aside (Derek Redmond wasn't a hurdler), this is a well written and thoughtful book about the Global Village and welcomingly leaves the reader to draw their own conclusions"

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16. The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski

The list author says:
	"A comprehensive book on Africa by one of the world's best Africa experts. Few can match his depth and experience"

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17. Red Dust by Ma Jian

The list author says:
	"A most assuredly reccommended book that details a courageous journey that all travellers would love to re-trace"

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18. Notes From A Big Country by Bill Bryson

The list author says:
	"The list would not be complete without Bill Bryson. This is his best book because it picks on Americans. Witty social comment as always from Bill."

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19. Stories I Stole: A Journey to Georgia by Wendell Steavenson

The list author says:
	"A little written about area receives a worthy write up in a book. An honest and likeable author makes it even more pleasurable."

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20. Beyond the Oxus: The Central Asians by Monica Whitlock

The list author says:
	"A region of Planet Earth that the Global Village has found hard to penetrate, and even the Soviets didn't fully succeed with their wicked ways. This book is the best (if not only) account of C. Asia"

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21. Islomania: A Journey Among the Last Real Islands by Thurston Clarke

The list author says:
	"A cheerful and uplifting tale of a man's journey from island to island revealing the way of life of Islanders from Scotland to Hawaii and their struggles of past, present and future"

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22. Lost White Tribes: Journeys Among the Forgotten by Riccardo Orizio

The list author says:
	"A compelling account of people who I did not relise existed. Did you know a Polish community lives in Haiti fo all places? Orizzio did and tracked them and many others down to create a wonderful book"

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23. Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation by Michael Moore

The list author says:
	"A flippant and provocative book by a flippant and provactive man. As long as you don't take Moore too seriously, this book should get you thinking at least a little."

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24. The English: A Portrait of a People by Jeremy Paxman

The list author says:
	"A strong minded author puts across a very well reasoned take of the English people that is unexpectedly readable and highlights some of the age old English characteristics. "I've lost my leg, by God!""

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25. In-Flight Entertainment by Elliott Hester

The list author says:
	"A jolly good fun book about what the trolley dollies really think when you ask for an extra whisky and what really goes on behind the curtains"