Lists of Bests: linggeek's "National Geographic Traveler - Ultimate Travel Library" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/58900 Taken from National Geographic's Ultimate Travel Library. This list also includes columnist Don George's "Trip Lit" monthly picks. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/extras/travellibrary/library.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:46:37 GMT en-us 0 50 527 50 0 Africa on Six Wheels: A Semester on Safari http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838056 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01CGFJvON3L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Betty Levitov</div> The Africa Diaries: An Illustrated Memoir of Life in the Bush http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2079540 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2079540"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/079227962X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dereck Joubert</div> Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1079606 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1079606"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/061833467X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Tayler</div> Looking for Lovedu: Days and Nights in Africa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608804 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608804"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375405542.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Jones</div> The Old Way: A Story of the First People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925301 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925301"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11zpCGnUqlL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas</div> A Passage to Africa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838059 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838059"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11BM7ZVR7TL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Alagiah</div> Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18923 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18923"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679750061.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Langewiesche</div> Serengeti : Natural Order on the African Plain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608837 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608837"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0877014418.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chronicle Books LLC Staff</div> Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838061 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838061"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01X9EMWQJ6L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sara Wheeler</div> The White Nile http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1443 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1443"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060956399.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moorehead</div> The Blue Nile http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1444 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1444"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060956402.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Moorehead</div> Mating: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18820 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18820"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067973709X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122553879_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Rush</div> The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962586 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962586"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375423877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alexander Mccall Smith</div> Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165785 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/165785"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393926362.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Conrad</div> The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/828866"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060786507.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> The Ponds of Kalambayi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29728 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29728"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/155821447X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057197400_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Tidwell</div> Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in Africa and Beyond (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2817628 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2817628"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/01c747OGsiL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ekow Eshun</div> Out of Africa (Modern Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18566 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18566"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679600213.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114076940_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isak Dinesen</div> West with the Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26583 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26583"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/0865471185.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056501824_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Beryl Markham</div> The Eighth Continent: Life, Death, and Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608737 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608737"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380794659.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056438868_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Tyson</div> The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2454628 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2454628"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060560657.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank T. Kryza</div> The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2430788 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2430788"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553383108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tahir Shah</div> Glory in a Camel's Eye: Trekking Through the Moroccan Sahara http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1079608 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1079608"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618155473.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Tayler</div> In Arabian Nights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2830853 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2830853"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ZSnDrOlUL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tahir Shah</div> Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/960031 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/960031"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0907871143.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1121194783_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gavin Maxwell</div> Spider's House: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314972 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/314972"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061137030.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Bowles</div> Things Fall Apart the Story of a Strong Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3361776 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3361776"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/113Z2wlMctL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chinua Achebe</div> Gorillas in the Mist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868808 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1868808"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/061808360X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1077844435_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dian Fossey</div> A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2931234 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ishmael Beah</div> Age of Iron http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69531 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69531"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140275657.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. M. Coetzee</div> Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela : With Connections (HRW library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1042552 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nelson Mandela</div> My Mother's Lovers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4140729 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4140729"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TbtTN9BcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Hope</div> The Reader's Companion to South Africa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838163 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2838163"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/0139HZ0VDYL.jpg" /></a></div> A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17049 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17049"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/060980958X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tiziano Terzani</div> The Lost Heart of Asia (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4149356 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4149356"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510hDW%2BdJLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Thubron</div> Riding the Iron Rooster http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24366 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24366"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804104549.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Theroux</div> River Dog: A Journey Down the Brahmaputra http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4906830 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4906830"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411bakGY6FL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Shand</div> The River's Tale: A Year on the Mekong (Vintage Departures) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2074609 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2074609"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375705597.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Gargan</div> Shadow of the Silk Road (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3035727 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Colin Thubron</div> South Southeast http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608850 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1608850"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0714839388.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114069813_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve McCurry</div> Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2461204 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pankaj Mishra</div> Travels in the East http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2924180 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2924180"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11n9flVannL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald Richie</div> Turkestan Solo: A Journey Through Central Asia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/775643 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/775643"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1845110277.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ella Maillart</div> Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2623866 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2623866"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679781579.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114076356_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Bernstein</div> Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71346 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71346"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722165.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pico Iyer</div> You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons - The World on One Cartoon a Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/228698 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/228698"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786837470.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mo Willems</div> Baechtold's Best : Afghanistan: The Ultimate Visual Travel Guide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1205609 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1205609"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/081099223X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Claude Baechtold</div> The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2675069 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Khaled Hosseini</div> An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan (Bestselling Backlist) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6123 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6123"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312288468.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jason Elliot</div> Passage to Ararat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1027135 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1027135"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374530122.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V66859894_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael J. Arlen</div>