Lists of Bests: Scabrous's "Books to read while Exploring the World" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/44862 I'm taking a year off and backpacking around the world. Lots of trains, airplanes and buses= lots of reading time. yippee!recommendations greatly appreciated. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:31:41 GMT en-us 0 50 10 0 0 Wind, Sand and Stars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4032 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4032"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027496.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antoine de Saint-Exupery</div> Hans Christian Anderson's fairytales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2765798 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Sailing Alone around the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150530 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150530"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590302664.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joshua Slocum</div> Autobiography of Red (Cape Poetry) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2784626 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2784626"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01A364SAYHL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Carson</div> Pilgrim at Tinker Creek http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2766207 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Annie Dillard</div> To the Lighthouse (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2191416 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2191416"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192805606.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V35902211_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Virginia Woolf</div> Invisible Cities http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2729154 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2729154"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099429837.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Italo Calvino</div> Rise Up Singing - Stay-open Binding http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3023175 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3023175"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11EF5VK27BL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Blood</div> Wanderlust: A History of Walking http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1560566 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1560566"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1859843816.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rebecca Solnit</div> Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25605 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25605"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812992180.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rolf Potts</div>