THE WORLDLY TRAVELERS


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Exhilarating Stories of Our Worldly Travelers The Worldly Travelers is an easy-to-read collection of rich historical profi les of courageous adventurers. As some of the most awe-inspiring travelers ever recorded, each man and woman, with their singular curiosity, resolution, and stamina, helped change the course of human history. Journey with them within the pages of this book; you’ll fi nd they were distinctive and colorful, and as they explored, made discoveries that have signifi cantly altered today’s approach to travel and discovery. PRAISE FROM READERS: “The Worldly Travelers off ers exhilarating stories about the most amazing travelers in the history of our planet. Dr. Edgell and Ms. Kogos make these stories easy to read, learn and most of all, enjoy!” The Honorable Frederick Bush, Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism “David Edgell never ceases to amaze, with his unique and fascinating approach to tourism. This is a great book for tourism people and for anyone interested in our world and the incredible people who have helped nations to interact with each over the centuries. Bonnie Kogos, collaborating with Dr. Edgell, adds a new enjoyable dimension. A must read.” Professor Geoff rey Lipman, Former President, World Travel & Tourism Council; President of SUNx Malta and Adjunct Professor at the Victoria University Melbourne.




Worldly Traveler


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Live Anywhere On The Go Discovering The World Have you ever wished that you could solely travel all over the world to anywhere you want at any time - no matter how little to no money you have? Even better, what if you are a homebody who has never been anywhere in your life outside of the state and don’t speak any other language but your own native tongue - yet can now communicate with the locals in any foreign country and make it your new home out of many? Just admit that it’s certainly something that you would like to experience, or at the very least curious about, and are probably even secretly jealous of all those nomadic backpackers who are able to do it every single day of the year as their permanent vacation and make a desirable life out of it. While you’re monotonously wasting your life away with routines and work, waiting for the day to end, these peripatetics can’t wait for theirs to begin on whatever next exciting adventure may be or wherever life leads. Life’s not fair...or is it? There’s nothing special about these worldly travelers from you. In fact, anybody can take up this traveling lifestyle if they have the gumption to take action. So do you feel like life has become boring and meaningless? Do you need a change in pace? Do you need a reset button? Then traveling is exactly what the doctor ordered and the best remedy for those needing to reinvigorate their mind, body, and soul. The willingness to explore and experience new cultures and different people will stimulate your passion for life again. Now, this sounds amazing and all...but what about money, time, job, family, obligations, and other things holding you back from traveling? Yes, all of these things and many more can be overcome and will be addressed in your all-in-one practical travel guide: “Worldly Traveler.” Get all the secret pro-insider scoops to traveling around the world that experts use: - Guide on How to Start and Handle Your Many Current Life Setbacks - Guide on How to Pack Everything You Need and Prevent Problems Later - Guide on How to Book Any Flight and Transportation for Very Low Cost - Guide on How to Find the Best Hotel Deals and Free Accommodation - Guide on How to Make Money and Sustain Your Travel on the Road - Guide on How to Use Travel Technologies and Tools to Make Life Easier - Guide on How to Take Your Travel to a Whole New Memorable Level - Guide on How to Have All the Recommended Resources at Your Disposal Imagine being able to live every day anew full of excitement traveling, because life is far more than waking up each day and going to work. Imagine being able to simply grab your backpack right now and hop onto the next flight out of here to anywhere and make it your new home regardless of your life situation and monetary status, living in the present moment? That is what being a worldly traveler can do - as an international resident of the world never sitting in one place but constantly moving from one thrilling experience to another, exploring all the hidden unknowns and sightseeing the most beautiful attractions, tasting new exquisite foods while becoming culturally enriched with new perspectives, and creating unforgivable stories to tell of their adventures of their younger days to their grandkids. Well, what are you waiting for? You are about to miss your next opportune flight. Aboard your flight now!




World Travel


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A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to Tanzania’s utter beauty and the stunning desert solitude of Oman’s Empty Quarter—and many places beyond. In World Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives readers an introduction to some of his favorite places—in his own words. Featuring essential advice on how to get there, what to eat, where to stay and, in some cases, what to avoid, World Travel provides essential context that will help readers further appreciate the reasons why Bourdain found a place enchanting and memorable. Supplementing Bourdain’s words are a handful of essays by friends, colleagues, and family that tell even deeper stories about a place, including sardonic accounts of traveling with Bourdain by his brother, Christopher; a guide to Chicago’s best cheap eats by legendary music producer Steve Albini, and more. Additionally, each chapter includes illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook. For veteran travelers, armchair enthusiasts, and those in between, World Travel offers a chance to experience the world like Anthony Bourdain.




World's Best Travel Experiences


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Features some of the world's most transformative locales, from Norway's western fjords and Cambodia's Angkor Wat to Kyoto's Moss Garden and the urban surprises of Denver, Pittsburgh, and Vancouver.




Cosmopolitanism and Tourism


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Within tourism studies, the cosmopolitan potentials of tourism have often been situated within a broader conversation about globalization, an approach that implies that cosmopolitanism is a predictable by-product of globalization and becoming more cosmopolitan should be the goal of travel. And yet a fundamental value of a cosmopolitan outlook—namely, to not only to be “at home in the world” but also to experience the world in an authentic sense—depends on the culturally embedded, parochial, and particular world views which it rejects. In Cosmopolitanism and Tourism: Rethinking Theory and Practice, contributors take this as a starting point. What does a “worldly” consciousness mean to people situated in different cultural landscapes and to what extent might these intersect with cosmopolitan values? How is cosmopolitanism marketed in tourism and tourist-related industries such as service learning and study abroad? And finally, what roles do social and economic class, educational background, gender, and other factors have in cosmopolitan claims? The contributors to this edited collection address these questions in a series of case studies that range from Guatemala, Bolivia, and Ireland to China, India, and Dubai. For more information, check out A Conversation with Robert Shepherd, author of Cosmopolitanism and Tourism: Rethinking Theory and Practice.




101 Countries


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With an inability to sit still, a knack for handling uncomfortable travel, and a mission to see most of the world with as little time and money as possible, the author embarks on a whirlwind tour of five continents. His style of travel often incurs unexpected adventures, including sleeping with bums in Tokyo, Rome and Krakow; getting sick from street food in Amman and Shanghai; and being detained in small rooms by authorities in Cambodia, Siberia, Grenada and the United States. His travels take him from the beauty of Scandinavia, Tierra del Fuego and the Caribbean, to the shadier sides of Guyana, Pakistan and Kenya. In addition to the travelogue, "101 Countries" includes background information on places visited, discussions of different standards of living, and tips for independent travel.




The Travelers' World


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An unforgettable voyage filled with delightful characters, dramatic encounters, and rich cultural details, The Travelers' World heralds a moment of intellectual preparation for the modern global era. Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. We now travel effortlessly to distant places, but the questions about perception, truth, and knowledge that these intercontinental mediators faced still resonate.




Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2020


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This annual bestseller ranks the hottest, must-visit countries, regions, cities and best value destinations for 2020. Drawing on the knowledge and passion of Lonely Planet's staff, authors and online community, we present a year's worth of inspiration to take you out of the ordinary and into the unforgettable. As self-confessed travel geeks, we regularly ask ourselves: where are the best places in the world to visit right now? It's a very hotly contested topic at Lonely Planet and generates more discussion than any other. Best in Travel is our definitive answer. We also reveal how well-planned, sustainable travel can be a force for good: for the environment, for local people and for yourself - and include ways to help lower your carbon footprint and protect the areas you visit on your travels. Inside Best in Travel 2020, you'll discover: The top 10 countries, regions, cities and best value destinations The best new openings The best new places to stay The best new food experiences The best sustainable trips for families How to minimise your carbon footprint How to help local communities and businesses How to give back on your travels Hiking for meditation About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.




Travels with Herodotus


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From the renowned journalist comes this intimate account of his years in the field, traveling for the first time beyond the Iron Curtain to India, China, Ethiopia, and other exotic locales. In the 1950s, Ryszard Kapuscinski finished university in Poland and became a foreign correspondent, hoping to go abroad – perhaps to Czechoslovakia. Instead, he was sent to India – the first stop on a decades-long tour of the world that took Kapuscinski from Iran to El Salvador, from Angola to Armenia. Revisiting his memories of traveling the globe with a copy of Herodotus' Histories in tow, Kapuscinski describes his awakening to the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of new environments, and how the words of the Greek historiographer helped shape his own view of an increasingly globalized world. Written with supreme eloquence and a constant eye to the global undercurrents that have shaped the last half-century, Travels with Herodotus is an exceptional chronicle of one man's journey across continents.




Provincializing the Worldly Citizen


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Provincializing the Worldly Citizen examines travel to Czechoslovakia by Yugoslav educators and students in the 1920s and 1930s in the context of educational modernization and national identity formation. It argues that «Slavic Cosmopolitanism» was an important element in educating the Yugoslav child and in the development of schooling practices in Yugoslavia. The book examines how notions of «Slavicness» circulated and were related to visions of the ideal Yugoslav, linking together these two concerns - not merely to cross-fertilize Slavic studies, the history of education, and the field of comparative education but as part of an effort to develop new intellectual strategies for transnational, cross-cultural scholarship. To this end, it examines Yugoslav student and teacher travel as an entry point to analyzing the regulative ideals that were inscribed in the Yugoslav child as a future citizen. From the broadest perspective, the book offers ways of thinking about the functions of travel and schooling by exposing the fabricated categories of ethnicity and nation as they become worked into cultural and pedagogical ideals. In specific terms, it is an examination of how interwar Yugoslav schools produced worldly minded Yugoslavs - not just through the official curriculum but across a wide range of cultural practices.