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Talking Heads fans will flock to this book. Bicycle enthusiasts will shove each other out of the way to get the first copy. But it's the cyclists who are also Talking Heads fans that you really have to watch out for, because they're going to be unstoppable in their quest to acquire Bicycle Diaries. And once they've devoured it, they're going to stampede back for 10 copies to give away to friends and loved ones. Yes, it's that good! Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe in this collection of the best writing from the books that shaped him as a reader and a traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, The Tao of Travel contains excerpts from the best of Therouxs own work interspersed with selections from travelers both familiar and unexpected: Vladimir Nabokov J.R.R. Tolkien Samuel Johnson Eudora Welty Evelyn Waugh Isak Dinesen Charles Dickens James Baldwin Henry David Thoreau Pico Iyer Mark Twain Anton Chekhov Bruce Chatwin John McPhee Freya Stark Peter Matthiessen Graham Greene Ernest Hemingway With a new afterword for the paperback edition, The Tao of Travel is a unique tribute to the pleasures and pains of travel in its golden age. Synopsis:From a renowned musician and visual artist comes "Bicycle Diaries"--part travelogue, part journal, part photo album--a behind-the-handlebars celebration of seeing the world from the seat of a bike.
Synopsis:A philosophical guidebook and collection of insights celebrating the joy of travel, chosen by eminent travel writer Paul Theroux Synopsis:Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession- strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician David Byrne-who has relied on a bike to get around New York City since the early 1980s-relates his adventures as he pedals through an engages with some of the world's major cities. From Buenos Aires to Berlin, he meets a range of people both famous and ordinary, shares his thoughts on art, fashion, music, globalization, and the ways that many places are becoming more bike-friendly. Bicycle Diaries is an adventure on two wheels conveyed with humor, curiosity, and humanity. About the AuthorDavid Byrne is cofounder of the music group the Talk Heads as well as a visual artist. He has released several solo albums in addition to collaborations with Twyla Tharp, Robert Wilson, and Brian Eno. He lives and bikes in New York City. Table of ContentsContents Preface: The Importance of Elsewhere ix 1. Travel in Brief 1 2. The Navel of the World 23 3. The Pleasures of Railways 26 Travel Wisdom of Henry Fielding 39 4. Murphys Rules of Travel 41 5. Travelers on Their Own Books 47 6. How Long Did the Traveler Spend Traveling? 55 Travel Wisdom of Samuel Johnson 75 7. The Things That They Carried 78 8. Fears, Neuroses, and Other Conditions 85 9. Travelers Who Never Went Alone 93 Travel Wisdom of Sir Francis Galton 105 10. Travel as an Ordeal 108 11. English Travelers on Escaping England 117 12. When Youre Strange 121 Travel Wisdom of Robert Louis Stevenson 127 13. It Is Solved by Walking 130 14. Travel Feats 147 15. Staying Home 158 Travel Wisdom of Freya Stark 167 16. Imaginary Journeys 171 17. Everything Is Edible Somewhere 181 18. Rosenblums Rules of Reporting 198 Travel Wisdom of Claude Lévi-Strauss 201 19. Perverse Pleasures of the Inhospitable 203 20. Imaginary People 210 21. Writers and the Places They Never Visited 215 Travel Wisdom of Evelyn Waugh 231 22. Travelers Bliss 234 23. Classics of a Sense of Place 238 24. Evocative Name, Disappointing Place 256 Travel Wisdom of Paul Bowles 259 25. Dangerous, Happy, Alluring 262 26. Five Travel Epiphanies 271 27. The Essential Tao of Travel 275 Acknowledgments 277 Index of People and Places 279 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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