The Art of Travel
Author: Botton, Alain de
ISBN: 9780241970065
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 25 Jun 2014
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
Top Ten bestseller in hardback, and over 60,000 sold in hardback and trade paperback
Few activities seem to promise us as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on Plt;IPgt;wherePlt;/IPgt; to travel to, we seldom ask Plt;IPgt;whyPlt;/IPgt; we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers - including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh - Alain de BottonP#39;s bestselling Plt;IPgt;The Art of TravelPlt;/IPgt; provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, Plt;IPgt;The Art of TravelPlt;/IPgt; tries to explain why we really went in the first place - and helpfully suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.
ISBN: 9780241970065
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 25 Jun 2014
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback / softback
Top Ten bestseller in hardback, and over 60,000 sold in hardback and trade paperback
Few activities seem to promise us as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on Plt;IPgt;wherePlt;/IPgt; to travel to, we seldom ask Plt;IPgt;whyPlt;/IPgt; we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers - including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh - Alain de BottonP#39;s bestselling Plt;IPgt;The Art of TravelPlt;/IPgt; provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, Plt;IPgt;The Art of TravelPlt;/IPgt; tries to explain why we really went in the first place - and helpfully suggests how we might be happier on our journeys.
