About this title: From the bestselling author of "How Proust Can Change Your Life" comes a dazzling inquiry into our desire to travel and into the ways in which this experience is altered by both anticipation and memory. Illustrations.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375420825ISBN:0375420827
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Good. 0375420827 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Vintage Intl ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780375725340ISBN:0375725342
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. Ex-library. 255 p. Contains: Illustrations; Hardcover; ex-library with usual stickers, stamps & markings; Printed Text VG+; no DJ (as issued? ); some pen marks on right side of cover; an area inside back cover marred by card pocket being removed; some light shelfwear; (G105) read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books; Vintage International Ser., New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780375725340ISBN:0375725342
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 255 pp., illus.; 21 cm. AS NEW. "Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to How Proust Can Save Your Life, de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation; the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow. Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375420825ISBN:0375420827
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 12mo-Between 6 3/4" and 7 3/4" Tall. 255 page book is in good condition with edgewear, scuffing of cover, stickiness on cover and spine, slightly worn corners, library stamps inside the front cover, on page sides, and inside the back cover along with the removal of something, possibly library in nature. No DJ. In this book, the author explores what the point of travel might be and suggests how we can learn to be a little happier in our travels. read more
Edition: Stated First American
Binding: Very Good
Publisher: Pantheon, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375420825ISBN:0375420827
Description: Photographs & Reproductions. Good to Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover Nonfiction Adventure / Travel: A small hardcover on travel and travellers, in very good shape except for light stains on a single inside page. read more
Edition: Stated First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375420825ISBN:0375420827
Description: Near Fine. No Dustjacket. Stated First American Edition, with full number line on copyright page. Clean marbled brown boards with white lettering, gold decoration on cover and spine. Issued without a dustjacket. Very light surface wear to corners. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 255 pgs. Illustrated with black & white plates. 12mo. Travel. read more
Edition: 1st American
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375420825ISBN:0375420827
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. 260 page hardcover, with illustrations. Unmarked, tight and clean. read more
Edition: First American Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375420825ISBN:0375420827
Description: Very Good. 0375420827. Some underlining in book. No dustjacket as issued.; 0.9 x 7.1 x 5.4 Inches; 272 pages. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375420825ISBN:0375420827
Description: Very Good+ No Jacket. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Binding & all pages intact. No tears, bends or creases. Ex-library with typical labels, stamps & markings. Appears as if never been taken off shelf. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780140276626ISBN:0140276629
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 272 pages. (272 pages) offers insights into things that range from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. this book explains why we really went in the first place-and suggests how we might be happier on our journeys. b&w illustrations (Paperback) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin, London
Date Published: 2002
Description: NF/NONE. 45, 49. 0421140129. Near fine, trade paperback edition of this book is clean and tight. The text block is tight without any marks or tears. There is a light crinkle along the upper back edge and corner. "In the Art of Travel Alain de Botton, takes us on a journey through the satisfactions and disappointments of travelling". Very nice copy.; B&W Illustrations; 7" x 5 1/2"; 261 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375420825ISBN:0375420827
Description: Acceptable. Unless specifically noted to the contrary, item may contain library markings; 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Date Published: 26/09/2002
ISBN-13:9780241140123ISBN:0241140129
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780375420825ISBN:0375420827
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. sd Hardly used, almost like new! No DJ. Clean, unmarked pages. Some shelfwear/rubbing on cover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 255 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Unfortunately I have to read this book for a class and what I've gleaned so far from the first chapter is that a trip with this guy would be downright exhausting. He's moody, self-absorbed, obsessive and he slams doors when he gets mad. It must be my sympathy for poor M. that's blinded me to the brilliance of his writing and observations."
"here's what i loved about this book--he took you through travel not only through his eyes and personal experience but through the eyes of other writers, artists, poets etc. which really made each area of the world he visited come alive. it was also fascinating to me how he could capture the smallest detail of travel--like the exciting anticipatory feel of being in an airport waiting to depart--with ease. very natural."
"It's interesting to see the wide range of opinions regarding this book. I loved it! I couldn't put it down. For me, this slim book offered an incredible number of ideas and connections in 272 pages (a lot of which are black and white pictures). It consists of a series of rather short essays woven together by the theme of travel. De Botton is most interested in what we seek when we travel, and he offers insights from a variety of novelists, poets, explorers, and artists to suggest how one might engage more deeply with the world, both while traveling and staying put in your own neighborhood. I found it very engaging and pretty funny at times."
"This book, which is more of a collection of short stories, provides incredibly vivid descriptions of travel experiences...including the numerous environmental, situational and emotional stimuli that we often overlook because of the novelty of "a new world."
Each time we travel, we take a step away from our everyday lives. Some seek to gain experience while on a quest for personal growth,while others hope for nothing more than a relaxing "get away." Either way, we come to appreciate the magnificent beauty of the world, which has no limit with respect to our enjoyment. One thing that we often overlook is the intriguing phenomenon by which we hang on to our travel experiences. We selectively remember our travels based not on actual moment to moment occurrences, but rather by the outstanding events that occurred...
"This is what we ate", or "that is where we stayed" fills our memory banks and subsequent conversations. Our interactions with friends and fellow travelers become comparisons of personal travel "headlines" and "memorable quotes."
This book is about a different path, one that is about living in the moment, only for that moment, because no mater how hard we try to "save" our experiences, we can never truly have them again...
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