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The 2013 Road Atlas

Rand McNally and Company · Rand McNally and Company; Original edition
Format: Book

Find your next route with a modern road map The 89th edition of the most trusted and best-selling US atlas on the market features the winners from the first Best of the Road® search for America s best small towns.Use the book's scannable tags to point your smartphone to updated...
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Rick Steves Best of Italy

Rick Steves · Avalon Travel
Pages: 576
Format: Print book

Experience the best of the best with Rick Steves Best of Italy. Rick Steves Best of Italy puts the very best of Italy in your hands, with Rick's straightforward, time-tested advice in an easily scannable format so you can quickly find what you need on the go. With Rick's strategic...
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Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

Frances Mayes · Broadway Books; First edition. edition
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Frances Mayes—widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer—opens the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. In evocative language, she brings the reader along as she discovers the beauty and simplicity...
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To America with Love

A.A. Gill · Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

IN TO AMERICA WITH LOVE, celebrated British provocateur and Vanity Fair colum­nist A. A. Gill traverses the Atlantic to become the freshest chronicler of American identity in recent memory. With a fiery temper, a sharp-tongued wit, and an insatiable curiosity to figure out what makes...
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Paris Letters

Janice MacLeod · Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

A New York Times bestsellerFinding love and freedom in a pen, a paintbrush...and ParisHow much money does it take to quit your job?Exhausted and on the verge of burnout, Janice poses this questions to herself as she doodles on a notepad at her desk. Surprisingly, the answer isnt as daunting...
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Frommer's Walt Disney World and Orlando

Laura Lea Miller · Frommers; 14 edition
Format: Paperback

Insider advice on all the major theme parks in Orlando, from Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventures. Our author, a longtime theme park aficionado and the mother of five, has done it all.Where to find the best...
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Fodor's Walt Disney World with Kids 2013: with Universal Orlando, SeaWorld & Aquatica

Kim Wright Wiley · Fodor's; 23 edition
Format: Paperback

For generations, Americans have come to play and dream in Orlando. Whether you want to wander the halls of Hogwarts or dine with Cinderella, Fodors Walt Disney World provides everything you need to know. Color photos and features highlight the best of the theme parks, area hotels and restaurants,...
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Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra

Peter Stothard · Overlook Hardcover
Format: Hardcover

When Peter Stothard editor of the Times Literary Supplement finds himself stranded in Alexandria in the winter of after his flight to South Africa has been cancelled he sets out to explore a nation on the brink of revolution Guided by two native Egyptians Stothard traces his own life-long...
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Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another

Ellen Stimson · Countryman Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

After a getaway in gorgeous rural Vermont―its mountains ablaze in autumnal glory, its Main Streets quaint and welcoming―Ellen Stimson and her family make up their minds even before they get back to St. Louis: “We’re moving to Vermont!” The reality, they...
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Hitchhiking with Larry David: An Accidental Tourist's Summer of Self-Discovery in Martha's Vineyard

Paul Samuel Dolman · Gotham
Format: Book

A memoir about a broken-hearted, middle-aged man who stumbles upon solace, meaning, and Larry David while hitchhiking his way around Martha’s Vineyard One summer day on Martha’s Vineyard Paul Samuel Dolman was hitchhiking, and none other than Larry David pulled over and asked,...
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I Never Knew That About New York

Christopher Winn · Plume
Format: Paperback

A treasure trove of fascinating trivia about the city that never sleepsDid you know: Grand Central Terminal is the largest railway station in the world.Columbus Circle is the point from which all official distances to and from New York are measuredWhen Queen Elizabeth II visited Trinity...
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Frommer's EasyGuide to Australia 2014

Lee Mylne · FrommerMedia
Format: Paperback

Selling for a lower price than any similar guidebook, and deliberately limited to a short 256 pages, this EasyGuide is an exercise in creating easily-absorbed travel information. It emphasizes the authentic experiences in each destination:the most important attractions, the classic method...
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Fodor's Walt Disney World with Kids 2016: with Universal Orlando

Kim Wright Wiley · Fodor's Travel Publications
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

Inside this new edition is all the information you need to have the family vacation of a lifetime at the Orlando theme parks. Up-to-date and written with the help of more than 500 families, this guide is packed with details on all the attractions at Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando....
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