A wise and utterly original book of travel essays from an international bestselling author that will "give one an expansive sense of wonder" (The Baltimore Sun).
Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how...
A journey through the satisfactions and disappointments of travelling. Dealing, among other things, with airports, exotic carpets and hotel mini-bars, humorous and thought provoking book reveals the hidden motivations, expectations and complications of our voyages into the wide...