Ko Phangan, Thailand In one of the final pages of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov , the main character is speaking to a group of boys and encouraging them to harness the present moment in a way that will guide them in the future. He says, “And whether you are absorbed in the most important...

Masaya National Park, Nicaragua Some things in life frustrate me. Take, for instance, how small the travel sections of most bookstores are, and how narrowly the genre is defined. I’m aware that narrow definitions are helpful and even necessary, not least when organizing a bookstore. But there’s a danger in this too, especially when we...