{"product_id":"the-art-of-travel-alain-de-botton-9780375725340","title":"The Art of Travel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wise and utterly original book of travel essays from an international bestselling author that will \"give one an expansive sense of wonder\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Any Baedeker will tell us where we ought to travel, but only Alain de Botton will tell us how and why. With the same intelligence and insouciant charm he brought to \u003ci\u003eHow Proust Can Save Your Life, \u003c\/i\u003ede 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Even as de Botton takes the reader along on his own peregrinations, he also cites such distinguished fellow-travelers as Baudelaire, Wordsworth, Van Gogh, the biologist Alexander von Humboldt, and the 18th-century eccentric Xavier de Maistre, who catalogued the wonders of his bedroom. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Travel\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"refreshing and profoundly readable\" book (\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e). Don't leave home without it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alain de Botton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375725342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375725340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.20w x 0.56d","brand":"Alain de Botton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051699990783,"sku":"9780375725340","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54bfb419-0ed1-44b5-be69-2656fb13c788.jpg?v=1685014655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-travel-alain-de-botton-9780375725340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}