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It’s always good to know something about the etiquette and customs of the country you’re going to travel to - and Mark McCrum’s newest book Going Dutch in Beijing: How to Behave Properly When Far Away From Home is an entertaining way to get informed. Read the full story

Lonely Planet’s Micro Nations is a travel guide book with a difference. It’s a tour of the world’s “micro nations” - tiny pieces of land that think they’re legitimate nations. Technically speaking, some of them are, at least according to a 1993 convention, but neither the United Nations or any other “real” country agree. Read the full story

The Call of the Weird

A road trip often makes for a good travel story, and Louis Theroux’s strange drive around the United States to create his book Call of the Weird is no exception. The book’s subtitle, “Encounters with Survivalists, Porn Stars, Alien Killers and Ike Turner” gives you a taste of what Theroux came across during his trip.

It all harks back to the 1990s TV series called “Louis Theroux’s America”, in which Theroux set out to meet some of the weirdest people around - such as those who believe in aliens, a group of staunch white supremacists, and a bunch of porn performers. Ten years later, Theroux wondered what his subjects were doing, and set out on a road trip to catch up with them all.

That makes this a combination of a travel book and an interesting insight into the lives of people who are, well, different to most of us. Theroux’s narrative is detailed and fair - he manages to deal with all of his interviewees without ridicule. Like his travel writer father Paul, Louis Theroux isn’t afraid to have his own opinions out there in black and white, regardless of what others might think about them. As a whole, the book will give any traveler around the United States a whole new outlook on what might be found on your journey.

A Voyage Long and Strange

Tony Horwitz has got a new book out, and before you even open it you can have a strong feeling that it’s going to be a good read. Horwitz is a Pulitzer prize winning journalist who likes to get out and about in the world, and to look back into history as well. Read the full story

Travel guide book writer Thomas Kohnstamm is probably delighted with the media storm that surrounded the recent release of his book Do Travel Writers Go To Hell?. Its long subtitle, A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional Hedonism seems to sum up what’s been reported about Kohnstamm and the book lately. Read the full story

Did you think they spoke English in Australia? Well, sometimes they do, but the “Aussie” language has quite a few differences to American or British English. The third edition to Lonely Planet’s phrasebook came out last year and it’s both an interesting and a useful book to take with you on a journey Down Under. Read the full story

If you haven’t read Frances Mayes Under the Tuscan Sun, you’ll at least have heard of it or its several sequels. Mayes and her husband renovated an old villa in Tuscany and she quickly became known as the travel writing queen for all things Tuscan. But recently, she released a new book called A Year in the World which, for once, barely touches on Tuscany at all. Read the full story

Pico Ayer Sun After Dark

Pico Iyer is a travel writer who’s nearly always worth reading. He’s never going to tell you about mainstream tourism or souvenir hunting, but when you’re in the mood to get into the deep reality of what traveling actually does to us, then Iyer is a good bet.
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Rick Steves Europe 101 History and Art for the Traveler

If you’re not a history buff or a real art lover, there might be a lot of sights around Europe that just don’t really excite you. Rick Steves’ Europe 101 might be the answer if you want to appreciate more than just the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, or feel you’ll get more out of travels around Europe if you can tell the difference between a gothic cathedral and a neoclassical building.

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In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson, a travel guide for visiting Australia

Many people dream of taking a vacation in Australia, that paradise “Down Under”. But from most parts of the world it’s a long and expensive flight away, and remains something they can only dream about. In that case, reading about a trip to Australia is the next best thing, and one of the most entertaining travel books about Australia is Bill Bryson’s In A Sunburned Country, also published under the title Down Under.
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