Saturday, March 17, 2007

Top explorer books

Giles Whittell, leader writer for the London Times and author of Extreme Continental: Blowing Hot and Cold Through Central Asia, recently named his top explorer books.

Number One on Whitell's list:
The Travels of Ibn Battuta by Ibn Battuta

The great Uzbek shows just what the East thought of the West in the 14th century.
Read about all six titles on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue