![Xiao Peng's "Ten Years Of Backpacking"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140516-171606.jpg)
Xiaopeng
If this book isn’t badly written, then why is it still bad?
![Tony Hawks' "Round Ireland With A Fridge"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140430-145330.jpg)
Tony Hawks
How far can humor carry a boring (and narcissist) story?
![Colette Modiano's "Twenty Snobs and Mao"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-142028.jpg)
Colette Modiano
What happens when rich Europeans visit China at the height of the “Cultural Revolution”?
![Ben Donald's "Springtime for Germany"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-154351.jpg)
Ben Donald
Who came up with the idea to spoil a fine travelogue with some contrived nonsense?
![Carol Kloeppel's "Dear Germany"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-154036.jpg)
Carol Kloeppel
Is this author trying to show us how to alienate ourselves from our surroundings?
![Cem Gülay's "No Döner Country"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/05/TLW-20140506-130253.jpg)
Cem Gülay
Can this book succeed in making migration seem a little bit less mysterious?
![Gunther Plüschow's "The Adventures of the Aviator of Tsingtao"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-154255.jpg)
Gunther Plüschow
Can we really read about warfare as if it was just an adventure?
![Tuvia Tenenbom's "I sleep in Hitler's Room"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155132.jpg)
Tuvia Tenenbom
Is this how a cynic gets outsmarted by an even bigger cynic?
![Andrew McCarthy's "The Longest Way Home"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155306.jpg)
Andrew McCarthy
Is it possible to write a whole a book like a Roxette song, and should anyone read it?
![Dennis Gastmann's "Walk to Canossa"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-155510.jpg)
Dennis Gastmann
Should travel writers deliberately look for interesting stories or just go with the flow?
![Nicolas Bouvier's "The Way Of The World"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-153319.jpg)
Nicolas Bouvier
Is this a great piece of poetic travel writing, or has it been overly polished?
![Wolfgang Büscher's "Berlin - Moscow"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145254.jpg)
Wolfgang Büscher
Will the search for the “Russian soul” ruin an otherwise great book?
![Gregor Sieböck's "Wanderer Of Worlds"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-144601.jpg)
Gregor Sieböck
Why is this book only for those who are really into environmentalism?
![Giovanni DiPlano Carpini's "The Story Of The Mongols Whom We Call The Tartars"](https://www.bookslap.com/assets/uploads/2014/04/TLW-20140430-145555.jpg)
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine
Was it naive to hope for peace with the Khan?