The Best Travel Writing 2011: True Stories from Around the World [Paperback]

James O'Reilly (Editor), Larry Habegger (Editor), Sean O'Reilly (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 2011 | Series: Best Travel Writing

This book is our annual collection of the best travel writing of the year, much of it never published before, from big names in travel literature and emerging new writers. "The Best Travel Writing 2011" is the eighth volume in the annual "Travelers' Tales" series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing - from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The points of view and perspectives are global, and themes encompass high adventure, spiritual growth, romance, hilarity and misadventure, service to humanity, and encounters with exotic cuisine. In "The Best Travel Writing 2011": readers will sweat, suffer, and fall in love in Guyana; a traveler conducts his own detente in Russian baths; readers encounter the light of a stranger in Burma; an archaeologist digs up her own past in Greece; and, readers comprehend the nuances of bargaining in Senegal...and much more.

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About the Author

James O'Reilly, publisher of Travelers' Tales, and Larry Habegger, executive editor, have worked as series editors on more than 100 Travelers' Tales titles, winning many awards for excellence. Larry also writes a syndicated newspaper column, "World Travel Watch," which has appeared since 1985 in major newspapers in five countries. James and Larry live with their families in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sean O'Reilly is coeditor of many Travelers' Tales books, and he is also the author of How to Manage Your DICK: Redirect Sexual Energy and Discover Your More Enlightened, Evolved Self. He lives in Virginia with his wife and six children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales (August 23, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1609520084
• ISBN-13: 978-1609520083
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)