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How to Travel Practically Anywhereby Susan Stellin List Price: $15.95 Available from Amazon $10.37 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Product Review The Chicago Tribune : "Even the most experienced travelers are sure to learn a thing or two." Atlanta journal Constitution : "Helpful advice . . . Even seasoned travelers could benefit from information in the book, and neophytes will save themselves a lot of mistakes." Library Journal : "A distinctive guide . . .Including all types of travel from cruise to rail, this comprehensive and well-researched guide is useful for both new and seasoned travelers." Book Description Ever try to book your own travel plans on the Web, only to find yourself lost in cyberspace? Ever spend hours researching airfares, hotels,cruise lines, and itineraries, and find yourself still unsure of where to find the best prices and most accurate information? Whether you are Web savvy or still learning your way around the Internet, traveling on business or vacation, travel planning can be confusing and time-consuming. Now Susan Stellin, a regular contributor to the New York Times's travel section, offers the ultimate insider's guide to researching travel plans on the Web and avoiding pitfalls on the road. This single-source guide includes comprehensive and up-to-date information on the most useful Web sites, strategies to find the best deals, and resources to help you decide where to go and what to do. It also provides crucial tips to ensure that your trip is a success, such as: - how to find the best deals available online - how to make informed decisions about what to book - avoiding surprises that can ruin a trip - how to use the Internet effectively to get travel advice How to Travel Practically Anywhere is an indispensable guide to the sometimes overwhelming logistics of travel, whether for business or pleasure, domestic or international, budget or break-the-bank, adventure or leisure. |
Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide to Venice (Eyewitness Travel Top 10)by DK Publishing List Price: $12.00 Available from Amazon $9.24 On 7-21-2006
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100 Hikes in New Mexico (100 Hikes in) 2nd Editionby Craig Martin List Price: $16.95 Available from Amazon $11.02 On 7-21-2006 
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100 Classic Hikes in Northern Californiaby John R. Soares and Marc J. Soares List Price: $19.95 Available from Amazon $13.57 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Product Review Fraternal coauthors John and Marc Soares celebrate the beauty of Northern California's extensive wilderness, drawing from a varied collection of treks in the Sierra Nevada, Cascade, Coast, and Klamath Mountain ranges as well as the San Francisco Bay Area. Hike selections include the long trek to Caribou Lake that takes you "deep into the heart of the Trinity Alps"; the easy three-hour hike to Peener Lake; the trail to Cinder Cone, which leads you to surreal painted dunes; and the "isolated Lost Coast, "one of the most coveted get-away paradises in the country." Like the other volumes in the 100 Classic Hikes series, this easy-to-use guide includes at-a-glance information detailing trail length, hiking time, difficulty, seasonal considerations, and additional contacts. Color maps and commentary on each trail offer directions to trail heads, campsites, views, and swimming holes. Amateur botanists will appreciate the notes on trees and wildflowers, including the rare red snow plant. --Jenny Burritt Sacramento Bee The text has it all-clear directions to trailheads, what to look for along the trails, lengths, times and difficulty. |
50 Classic Hikes in Nevada: From the Ruby Mountains to Red Rock Canyonby Mike White List Price: $18.95 Available from Amazon $13.26 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Nevada boasts some of the most diverse and beautiful landscapes in North America and is rich in trails that embrace the state’s scenic, geologic, and historic resources. Mike White, renowned outdoors writer and instructor, now offers a guide to fifty of the best Nevada hikes, ranging across the entire state from the Mojave Desert to the Sierra Nevada, from sagebrush basins to the alpine heights of the Ruby Mountains. Here are hikes for every taste and level of fitness, including outings suitable for families with small children and full-scale assaults on challenging peaks. Each hike is described in terms of its route and special features, and includes a map and elevation profile. The book also offers information about the geology, wildlife, plants, history, and weather features of Nevada, as well as helpful directions to ensure safe and comfortable travel in Nevada’s rugged and isolated backcountry. This is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking enjoyable adventures in some of the country’s most spectacular natural regions.
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Have Glove, Will Travel: Adventures of a Baseball Vagabondby Bill Lee and Richard Lally List Price: $23.00 Available from Amazon $14.95 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page From Publishers Weekly Lee was considered one of Major League Baseball's biggest flakes in the 1970s, a freethinker who defied nearly every manager or owner who tried to control him. Although Lee, who pitched for the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox, was removed involuntarily from the pro ranks for his controversial statements and attitudes (e.g., suggesting pot smoking as a way for pitchers to better concentrate), he never lost his love for the game and played whenever and wherever he could, at first with the hopes of returning to the majors, later simply for the enjoyment of it. He picks up where his 1984 memoir The Wrong Stuff left off, recounting his travels playing with myriad amateur and semipro baseball and softball teams in the U.S. and Canada, as well as in Russia, Cuba and Venezuela. Lee's anti-establishment attitudes—he writes candidly, humorously and unapologetically of his drug and alcohol abuse—also drew him into alternative politics, as the 1988 presidential candidate for the Rhinoceros Party. For all his antics, however, Lee speaks eloquently of the connection between baseball and male bonding, especially between fathers and sons. This is a thoughtful and droll journal of an itinerant journeyman, content to ply his trade for whatever he can get out of the experience. Copyright © Reed business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist This is an odd hybrid of a book, proceeding where Lee's popular Wrong Stuff left off some 20 years ago. Unceremoniously released by the Montreal Expos in 1982 at the age of 35, Lee began a second career traveling the world--Russia, Venezuela, Canada, Cuba--in search of a place to play ball. With coauthor Lally, Lee recounts his adventures at far-flung ballparks, his friendships with players (Ted Williams, Ferguson Jenkins), and his lively encounters with the locals. And always, at least until the birth of his daughter recently, there are the drugs--Lee arguing, for instance, that he could pitch effectively on a marijuana high: "Hitters could not think with me because of the simple fact that I had ceased thinking." Lee is at his best, though, when he talks pitching. He gives a clinic on the subject when he tells how he pitched 64 innings four years ago at a weekend tournament in Pennsylvania while throwing only 320 pitches, or about 5 per inning. A book probably best enjoyed by the armchair-traveling baseball fan with a long memory. Alan Moores Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved |
The Ultimate Wyoming Atlas and Travel Encyclopediaby Michael Dougherty List Price: $24.95 Available from Amazon $15.72 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Book Description The most complete guide to the Cowboy State in print. 129 maps, 60 maps of towns and cities, over 1,100 restaurants, over 550 motels, every public and private campground, over 200 guest ranches and resorts, over 130 bed and breakfasts, vacation homes and cabins, over 200 outfitters and guides, airports, more than 270 fisheries, 100s of National Trail points of interest, 49 public golf courses, 100s of museums and historical sites, hot springs, hikes, over 65 scenic drives and side trips, more than 50 ghost towns, downhill and cross country ski areas, gas stops, hundreds of attractions, 1,000s of photographs, weather information for over 60 locations, information on every city and town, 1,000s of things to do, 1,000s of addresses and phone numbers. Complete sections with maps for Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, and Fort Laramie National Historic Site. Includes free photo CD-ROM of 100s of screensaver sized photos. |
Straying from the Flock: Travels in New Zealandby Alexander Elder List Price: $14.95 Available from Amazon $9.72 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Book Description An illuminating road trip through the history, life, and attractions of one of the most beautiful countries in the southern hemisphere The beauty and grandeur of New Zealand has captured the imagination of movie-goers over the past couple of years, and the country is a dream destination for many around the world. Straying from the Flock is an intimate and personal account of one passionate traveler's visit to this incredible country, its mountains and beaches, fjords, rainforests, vineyards, and hidden eateries. Each of the fifty chapters describes one day in his travels-fishing, flying, cattle herding, befriending locals at every turn. Filled with colorful stories and memorable personalities, the book not only describes the trip of a lifetime, but captures a life-altering experience for its writer. From mountains and rainforests to cities and beaches, Straying from the Flock is both a moving memoir and personal travel guide to this amazing country. Download Description "An illuminating road trip through the history, life, and attractions of one of the most beautiful countries in the southern hemisphere The beauty and grandeur of New Zealand has captured the imagination of movie-goers over the past couple of years, and the country is a dream destination for many around the world. Straying from the Flock is an intimate and personal account of one passionate traveler's visit to this incredible country, its mountains and beaches, fjords, rainforests, vineyards, and hidden eateries. Each of the fifty chapters describes one day in his travels-fishing, flying, cattle herding, befriending locals at every turn. Filled with colorful stories and memorable personalities, the book not only describes the trip of a lifetime, but captures a life-altering experience for its writer. From mountains and rainforests to cities and beaches, Straying from the Flock is both a moving memoir and personal travel guide to this amazing country." --This text refers to the Digital edition. |
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