Lots of people have heard of Paul Theroux and Bill Bryson, two men who have made their careers writing about their travels. But what if you want to read an author who is a bit off the beaten track?

“Venezia Marco Polo” by Kaka

Marco Polo - Author of Il Milione (”The Million” or sometimes titled The Travels of [...]

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Since writing Balkan Ghosts — which was reputedly very influential in the Clinton White House during the Balkan conflict — Robert Kaplan has become famous for writing travel literature that is part travelogue and part foreign policy briefing. Most of his books are about parts of the world most Americans couldn’t pick out on a [...]

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