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Explore and Dream with Expertly Curated Travel Literature Website Built and maintained by seasoned travel expert Alan Josephs, A5 Travel Books offers hundreds of curated travel-writing selections from a wide array of authors. Entries are conveniently categorized and range from classic favorites like Mark Twain and John Steinbeck, through travel-writing icons like humorist Bill Bryson and the legendary Paul Theroux. The site also features an extensive Best Travel Guides section, conveniently sorted by world location to help future travelers plan their own bucket-list explorations. Take a pick from these choices! Classics: Titles like curator-favorite, Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. The famous tale follows Steinbeck and his faithful poodle companion Charley on an illuminating trip through 1960s America. Exploration and Adventure: Stories like the nail-biting firsthand account by best-selling writer Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air. Poignantly relive the May 1996 tragedy that saw five climbers dead in one day on the unforgiving frozen slopes of Mount Everest. Funny: Books like chef legend Anthony Bourdain’s candid, hilarious and exceptionally written A Cook’s Tour: Global Travel Novels (Fiction): Travel-themed fiction is far older than the novel and has stood the test of time. Examples include Yann Martel’s popular 2001 book, The Life of Pi; telling the tale of a 16-year-old Indian kid and a 450-pound Bengal tiger together in a lifeboat while lost at sea. Travel Books for Kids: Kids are explorers at heart, a fact famously celebrated in the beloved Dr. Seuss lyric classic, Oh, the Places You’ll Go. Begin your own literary world tour HERE, spending stay-athome downtime exploring dozens of entries in an enormous collection of curated explorers. (Images:Allyson Josephs)
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