Reflections on a Marine Venus
by Lawrence Durrell | 
The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed
by Andrew Doughty | 
Around the World in 60 Seconds
by Nuseir Yassin | 
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
by Patricia Schultz | 
Unfathomable City
by Rebecca Solnit | 
Hillerman Country
by Tony Hillerman | 
The Wild Places
by Robert Macfarlane | 
The Old Patagonian Express
by Paul Theroux | 
Shadows in the Sun
by Wade Davis | 
Full Circle
by Michael Palin | 
The World At Large
by Adam E. Mehaffey | 
Hidden Mickeys
by Steven Barrett | 
The Best Women's Travel Writing: 2011
by Lavinia Spalding | 
Travels on my Elephant
by Mark Shand | 
1001 Natural Wonders
by Michael Bright | 
Clear Waters Rising
by Nicholas Crane | 
The Spirit-Wrestlers
by Philip Marsden | 
Where the Indus is Young
by Dervla Murphy | 
Marco Polo Didn't Go There
by Rolf Potts | 
Londoners
by Craig Taylor |
From one of the century's greatest storytellers comes a collection of essays that capture the "spirit of place." Lawrence Durrell's articles about Mediterranean and Aegean islands along with passages from his letters were first published in 1969. This edition, edited by Durrell's friend and bibliographer Alan C. Thomas, comprises letters spanning thirty years, excerpts from his first two novels (neither available in the U.S.), short fiction, and travel essays. "My books are always about living in places, not just rushing through them.... the important determinant of any culture is after all -- the spirit of place".