It’s once again winter holiday season, which means it’s time to tout my books as stocking stuffers for the travel lovers on your Christmas list. My latest book, Marco Polo Didn’t Go There, is not just an entertaining and engrossing read for the armchair traveler; its “commentary track” makes it an offbeat travel-writing textbook for students and fans of the genre.

And of course a copy of Vagabonding makes a great holiday gift for:

• College or high school students nearing graduation.
• Twenty- and thirtysomethings who don’t like their jobs, are currently between jobs, or are considering a sabbatical from work.
• Friends and family members who don’t quite “get” the gift-giver’s urge to travel.
• Anyone who dreams of (or has talked about) long-term travel, but thinks they’re too poor, busy, disorganized, afraid, uninformed, or old/young to actually do it.

To pick up copies of Vagabonding or Marco Polo Didn’t Go There as stocking-stuffers, hit your local bookstore, or try the follow the online links I’ve set up here:

Happy holidays!