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Top ten bestseller in hardback, selling over 60,000 copies. A study of the motivation behind the human desire to travel - and how we can enjoy the actual act of travelling more. Studded with references including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh. A major marketing campaign to promote. Ideal for Summer Reading round-ups. "Lucid, fluid, uplifting...it can enrich and improve your life" "Sunday Times".
Synopsis
A travel guide with a difference: an exploration of why we travel and what we learn when we do.