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  • In the family way

    As a new anthology shows, traveling en famille delivers its own lessons and rewards; you just have to use a different map.
  • Writers We Love: Pico Iyer

    This world-wanderer masterfully tracks the intricacies of the dance of East and West.
  • Writers we love: Tim Cahill

    As adventurous stylistically as physically, this writer-explorer takes us places we've never dared to go.
  • Writers we love: Jan Morris

    This Welsh writer creates masterful, idiosyncratic illuminations of the world
  • Celebrating the Grand Canyon

    A new anthology helps a visitor appreciate the vast complexities of one of Earth's most spectacular sights.
  • Conquering Half Dome -- and the fear of falling

    When a simple hike turns into a paralyzing ascent, a father has to overcome his terror.
  • The art of survival and other stories

    Two new books offer tips and tales from the wild wide world.
  • The grace of danger in our lives

    A new anthology presents a heart-pumping array of survivors' tales.
  • My private Riviera

    "Tender Is the Night" transports me to my own version of the French Côte d'Azur.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Jerry Brown swaps race politics for results; is it time to outgrow George Carlin?
  • More best books of the century

    Readers recommend their favorite works of travel fiction and nonfiction.
  • Heart of darkness

    An accomplished writer journeys deep into the twisted plight of the orangutans of Borneo -- and the humans who would save them.
  • Favorite guidebooks old and new

    A selective sampling of the gleaming books that beckon summer travelers.
  • Paris on my mind

    Why Ernest Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast" is great literary comfort food.
  • The top travel books

    What are the best travel books of the century? The readers respond.
  • The top 10 travel books of the century

    The Modern Library's nonfiction list egregiously ignores travel literature. We redress the oversight.
  • Pushing the envelope

    "In Search of Adventure," a new anthology, is like any trip: A mix of sleepless nights and epiphanies.
  • Passion and possibility

    Laurie Gough's "Kite Strings of the Southern Cross" poignantly depicts the pleasures and perils of wanderlust.
  • Wanderings in the world of imagination

    The surreal tales in Barry Yourgrau's "Haunted Traveller" embody some hard-won real-world truths.
  • "Carpet" and other tales

    A magic carpet in a hotel room, a safari gone astray, a mysterious mission, a map mishap -- four excerpts take unexpected twists.
  • Expatriates on Japan

    In his new book, T.R. Reid follows a grand tradition: Western writers evoking and explaining daily life in their adopted home.
  • Frances Mayes and the riches of Tuscany

    The poet-turned-memoirist talks about Italy, writing and how a bestseller changed her life.
  • Lonely Planet's hidden passion

    Guidebook pioneer publishes Eric Newby collection, prepares to launch three new series.
  • Lonely Planet's hidden passion

    Guidebook pioneer publishes Eric Newby collection, prepares to launch three new series.
  • coffee-table books for holiday giving -- and grabbing

    From photos of naked people in Los Angeles to New York living rooms, this year's crop of big books has something for everyone.
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