Tools of Titans

Author: Tim Ferriss
Foreword: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rolf’s chapter: “How to Earn Your Freedom”
Notable contributors: Jamie Foxx, Robert Rodriguez, Malcolm Gladwell, Margaret Cho, Edward Norton, Paulo Coelho, Rick Rubin, Alain de Botton, Sam Harris, Maria Popova, and Tony Robbins

The 33 1/3 B-sides

Editors: Will Stockton & D. Gilson
Rolf’s chapter: “Jane’s Addiction’s Nothing’s Shocking
Other acts covered in the book: the Doors, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, R.E.M., Digable Planets, De La Soul, the New York Dolls, the Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, Guided by Voices, and the Pulp Fiction Soundtrack.

The Best American Travel Writing 2000

Editors: Bill Bryson and Jason Wilson
Rolf’s story: “Storming ‘The Beach'”
Notable contributors: P.J. O’Rourke, William T. Vollmann, Tim Cahill, Bill Buford, David Halberstam and Dave Eggers

The Best American Travel Writing 2006

Editors: Tim Cahill and Jason Wilson
Rolf’s Story: “Tantric Sex for Dilettantes”
Notable contributors: Alain de Botton, Pico Iyer, David Sedaris, Gary Shteyngart, and George Saunders.

The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 2

Editor: Lee Gutkind
Rolf’s Story: “The Art of Writing a Story About Walking Across Andorra”
Notable contributors: Heidi Julavits, Stefan Fatsis, Pagan Kennedy, Donovan Hohn, and William deBuys.

The Best Travel Writing 2006

Editors: James O’Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O’Reilly
Rolf’s Story: “Road Roulette”
Notable contributors: Alain de Botton, Herbert Gold, Bob Guccione Jr., Tony Perrottet, Jeff Greenwald and Patrick Symmes.

The Best Travel Writing 2008

Editors: James O’Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O’Reilly
Rolf’s Story: “Death of an Adventure Traveler”
Notable contributors: Sara Wheeler, Catherine Watson, Tony Perrottet, and Richard Goodman.

The Best Travel Writing 2009

Editors: James O’Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O’Reilly
Rolf’s Story: “Up Cambodia Without a Phrasebook”
Notable contributors: Pico Iyer, Tony Perrottet, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Gary Buslik, and David Farley.

The Best of Lonely Planet Travel Writing

Editor: Tony Wheeler
Rolf’s Story: “Something Approaching Enlightenment”
Notable contributors: Simon Winchester, Jan Morris, Pico Iyer, Jason Elliot, Tim Cahill, and William Dalrymple.

Irresponsible Traveller

Editor: Jennifer Barclay
Rolf’s Story: “Intrigue Under the Big Screen”
Notable contributors: Michael Palin, Dervla Murphy, Simon Calder, Simon King, Tim Cahill, and Matthew Parris.

Encounters with the Middle East

Editors: Nesreen Khashan and Jim Bowman
Rolf’s Story: “Dancing at the Blood Festival”
Notable contributors: Jeff Greenwald, Murad Kalam, Mal Karman, Laurence Mitchell, and Michel Moushabeck.