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Good Hotel Guides 2016 Great Britain and Ireland
Desmond Balmer · The Good Hotel Guide Ltd, 2015.
Pages: 672
Format: Print book
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The Good Hotel Guide is the leading independent guide to hotels in Great Britain and Ireland. It is written for the reader seeking impartial advice on finding a good place to stay. Hotels cannot buy their entry as they do in most rival guides. No money changes hands, and the editors and inspectors... |
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Love and Other Ways of Dying: Essays
Michael Paterniti · Dial Press
Pages: 437
Format: Print book
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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS * In this moving, lyrical, and ultimately uplifting collection of essays, Michael Paterniti turns a keen eye on the full range of human experience, introducing us to an unforgettable cast... |
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Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia
David H Mould · Ohio University Press
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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"An illuminating travelogue through Central Asia ... . As a genial travel guide, Mould, an academic who doesn't write like an academic, shows how one should resist the temptations to stereotype a culture too easily and understand it too quickly." - Kirkus ReviewsCentral Asia... |
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Fodor's Vietnam: with a Side Trip to Angkor Wat
Fodor's · Fodor's Travel Publications
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
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Buzzing cities, world-class cuisine, dramatic landscapes, and welcoming locals give Vietnam a distinct character and have made the country increasingly popular with American travelers. From Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta to the capital city of Hanoi and the northern highlands, Fodor's... |
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Time to Take Flight: The Savvy Woman's Guide to Safe Solo Travel
Jayne Seagrave · TouchWood Editions
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Take it from a friend who knows: "travel is not scary or difficult for the mature single woman. Confidence and planning are the keys."Rome, Chicago, London, Vienna, Berlin . . . best-selling author and entrepreneur Jayne Seagrave has traveled there, and she's done it solo.... |
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101 Ways to Live Well
Victoria Joy · Lonely Planet
Pages: 143
Format: Print book
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Feel like life's too busy to find your zen? Think again. Be a calmer, more productive, healthier you, without sacrificing precious hours. Discover the secret wellness hacks you can incorporate into your routine - whether it's a 5-minute focus exercise on your commute, 10 minutes'... |
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Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London
Lauren Elkin · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Amazon Best Books of the Month (March 2017) The New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceFinancial Times, New Statesman and The Guardian Best Books of 2016The flneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon.... |
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World Heritage Sites: A Complete Guide to 1,031 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNESCO · Firefly Books
Pages: 932
Format: Print book
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Reviews of previous editions: "No school, public, or academic library could go wrong including the very affordable World Heritage Sites in both reference and circulating collections." -- Booklist "This treasure trove of a book... through spectacular photographs,... |
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My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth
Wendy E. Simmons · Rosettabooks
Pages: 312
Format: Print book
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Most people want out of North Korea. Wendy Simmons wanted in.In My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth, Wendy shares a glimpse of North Korea as it's never been seen before. Even though it's the scariest place on Earth, somehow Wendy forgot to check her sense of humor... |
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Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork
Simon Majumdar · Hudson Street Press
Format: Hardcover
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Simon Majumdar is probably not your typical idea of an immigrant. As he says, "I'm well rested, not particularly poor, and the only time I ever encounter 'huddled masses' is in line at Costco." But immigrate he did, and thanks to a Homeland Security agent who asked... |
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Going Somewhere: A Bicycle Journey Across America
Brian Benson · Plume
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Brian has a million vague life plans but zero sense of direction. So when he meets Rachel, a self-possessed woman who daydreams of bicycling across the States, he decides to follow her wherever she'll take him. Brian and Rachel soon embark on a ride from northern Wisconsin to Somewhere... |
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The Wonder Trail: True Stories from Los Angeles to the End of the World
Steve Hely · Dutton
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Steve Hely, writer for The Office and American Dad!, and recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, presents a travel book about his journey through Central and South America. Part travel book, part pop history, part comic memoir, Hely's writing will make readers want to reach for their... |
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100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go
Susan Van Allen · Travelers' Tales
Pages: 441
Format: Print book
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Imagine creating an Italian dream vacation with a fun-loving savvy traveler girlfriend whispering in your ear. Go with writer Susan Van Allen on a femme-friendly ride up and down the boot, to explore an extraordinarily enchanting country where Venus (Vixen Goddess of Love and Beauty) and The Madonna... |
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Full Moon over Noah's Ark: An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond
Rick Antonson · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 382
Format: Print book
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Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson sets his adventurous compass on Mount Ararat, exploring the region's long history, religious mysteries, and complex politics.Mount Ararat is the most fabled mountain in the world. For millennia this massif in eastern Turkey has been rumored as the resting... |
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