"The essays are lyrical, magical and evocative: some of the images make you want to rinse your mouth out to clear the dust." --Karen Troianello, Yakima Herald-Republic

"The Travelers' Tales series aims to convey the excitement of voyaging through exotic territory with a vivacity that guidebooks can only hint at." --Millennium Whole Earth Catalog

"Like gourmet chefs sampling the produce in an overstocked French market, the editors of Travelers' Tales pick, sift, and prod their way through the weighty shelves of contemporary travel writing, rejecting the second rate and creaming off the very best. They have impeccable taste -- a very welcome addition to the genre." --William Dalrymple, travel writer and author of City of Djinns and In Xanadu

"Destined to be a success...Travelers' Tales promises to be a useful and enlightening addition to the travel bookshelves. By collecting and organizing such a wide range of literature, O'Reilly and Habegger are providing a real service for those who enjoy reading first-person accounts of a destination before seeing it for themselves." --Bill Newlin, Publisher, Moon Publications

"For travelers who want a wider introduction to a country and its culture, Travelers' Tales is a valuable addition to any pre-departure reading list." --Tony Wheeler, Publisher, Lonely Planet Publications

"The Travelers' Tales series should become required reading for anyone visiting a foreign country who wants to truly step off the tourist track and experience another culture, another place, first-hand." --Nancy Paradis, St. Petersburg Times

"I'm thrilled to see a publication such as Travelers' Tales finally available to those of us who, when we're deciding how to approach our journeys, want something other than the encyclopedic formulae of even the best travel guides." --Scott Doggett, Los Angeles Times

"Travelers' Tales India is a travel book with a twist. Explore the country not just through facts and figures, but through the personal experiences of 45 authors. Not designed to replace traditional travel books, Travelers' Tales should be used to enhance those travel books. Travelers' Tales is a compilation of stories, organized as a gudebook of India, that offer true and contemporary experiences. These stories will entertain, inform and even present the dark side of this mysterious country. The stories come from people of varied backgrounds -- teachers, scientists and writers -- sharing humorous, exciting and often alarming tales.... Travelers' Tales India is the third in a series. Travelers' Tales Mexico was followed by Travelers' Tales Thailand, which won the Best Travel Book award form the Society of American Travel Writers." --Mike Bailey, Vancouver, Wa Columbian