14047 3cc02678-cd84-4af2-ad61-a40064ef7821 The Art of Travel Alain De Botton calibre (0.8.26) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 2002-01-02T00:00:00+00:00 <p>Any Baedeker will tell us <em>where</em> we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us <em>how</em> and <em>why. </em>With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to <strong>How Proust Can Save Your Life</strong><em>, </em>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. </p><p>Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre, who catalogued the wonders of his bedroom. <strong>The Art of Travel</strong> is a wise and utterly original book. Don't leave home without it. </p><p><em>From the Trade Paperback edition.</em></p> Vintage iXAdjo2g5tsC 71beaa19-2b66-4b69-b15d-089b135178d3 9780307481665 7039860 eng Travel Philosophy