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The art of travel / Alain de Botton.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Vintage International, 2004.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0375725342
  • 9780375725340
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 910
LOC classification:
  • G 151 D287a 2004
Contents:
On anticipation -- On travelling placed -- On the exotic -- On curiosity -- On the country and the city -- On the sublime -- On eye-opening art -- On possessing beauty -- On habit.
Summary: Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation, the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) G 151 D287a 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000061068

Includes bibliographical references.

On anticipation --
On travelling placed --
On the exotic --
On curiosity --
On the country and the city --
On the sublime --
On eye-opening art --
On possessing beauty --
On habit.

Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. de Botton considers the pleasures of anticipation, the allure of the exotic, and the value of noticing everything from a seascape in Barbados to the takeoffs at Heathrow.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2004. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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