Extraordinary Travel Literature

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Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti
1.  Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti by Ian Thomson
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  "Unjustly obscure. The stranger's experience of the strange land has rarely been recorded as eloquently as 'Bonjour Blanc'. Grimly compelling."
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A Journey Around My Room (Hesperus Classics)
2.  A Journey Around My Room (Hesperus Classics) by Alain de Botton
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  "What is travel literature? The smallest scale of travel book available."
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The Snow Leopard
3.  The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
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  "Buddhist naturalist travel writing is a liliputian genre, but this is a brobdingnagian classic within it."
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Lonely Planet Journeys : Lost Japan
4.  Lonely Planet Journeys : Lost Japan by Alex Kerr
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  "Lost and found. Japan is well served by literature; this is a worthy addition."
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Blue Highways: A Journey into America
5.  Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon
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The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean
6.  The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean by Paul Theroux
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  "My favourite piece of travel writing. Theroux at the absolute top of his game."
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Lights Out for the Territory
7.  Lights Out for the Territory by Iain Sinclair
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  "The best introduction to London's psychogeography."
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
8.  Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
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  "One man's quest for chippy tea renders the prosaic extraordinary. Fintastic."
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Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere
9.  Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere by Jan Morris
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  "A requiem for lost time. Trieste as the capital of 'nowhere', the quiet international minority of intelligent left-leaning readers."
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Invisible Cities (Vintage Classics)
10.  Invisible Cities (Vintage Classics) by Italo Calvino
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  "The ultimate evocation of the ultimate destination."
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