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Discover America

READER'S DIGEST · Readers Digest
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover

Discover, re-discover, and renew your connection to America with this comprehensive, information-packed travel guide, featuring over 3,000 of America's most scenic treasures. Find not-to-be-missed historic sites, national parks, national monuments, and more-complete with over 1,200...
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1,000 Places to See in the United States and Canada Before You Die

Patricia Schultz · Workman
Pages: 1200
Format: Print book

Covering the U.S.A. and Canada like never before, and for the first time with full-color photographs, here are 1,000 compelling, essential, offbeat, utterly unforgettable places. Pristine beaches and national parks, world-class museums and the Just for Laughs festival, mountain resorts,...
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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

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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Frommer's Germany

Stephen Brewer · Frommermedia
Pages: 736
Format: Print book

Germany has the largest population of any nation in Western Europe, and is the ancestral home of the single largest ethnic group in America. To do justice to this major nation, we have called upon the talents and research abilities of six long-experienced journalists, most of them living...
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Fodor's In Focus Florida Keys: with Key West, Marathon & Key Largo

FODOR'S TRAVEL GUIDES. · FODOR'S
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for more than 80 years.A slender necklace of landfalls off the southern tip of Florida, the Florida Keys are nirvana for anglers, divers, literature lovers, and Jimmy Buffet wannabes....
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Fodor's In Focus Santa Fe: with Taos and Albuquerque

Fodor's · Fodor's
Format: Book

On a 7,000-foot-high plateau at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe is one of the most visited small cities in the United States. Fodor's new InFocus Santa Fe guide highlights the very best museums, one-of-a-kind cultural events, art galleries, and distinctive restaurants...
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Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders

Joshua Foer · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 481
Format: Hardcover

It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders - the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South...
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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

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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Meet Me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City

Mark Adams · Dutton Books
Format: Hardcover

"Adventurous, inquisitive and mirthful, Mark Adams gamely sifts through the eons of rumor, science, and lore to find a place that, in the end, seems startlingly real indeed." -Hampton Sides "Infused with humor and pop culture references, Adams makes what could have been a tedious...
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Worldmark encyclopedia of the nations

Gale Group. · Gale

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Fodor's Dublin 25 Best

Fodor's Travel Publications · Fodor's Travel
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Compact and affordable, Fodor's Dublin 25 Best is a great travel companion for travelers who want a light, easy-to-pack guidebook to one of Europe's most exciting cities.
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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland

Dave Barry · G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 229
Format: Print book

A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry...
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Official Guide to the Smithsonian, 4th Edition

Smithsonian Institution. · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

The Smithsonian Institution holds more than 142 million artifacts and specimens in its trust. This colorful guide to the museums and galleries on the National Mall, in the Washington metropolitan area, and in New York City presents an enormous amount of history and pertinent museum information,...
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Fodor's San Diego: with North County

Fodor's · Fodor's; 30 Fol Pap edition
Format: Print book

Fodor's correspondents highlight the best of San Diego, including beautiful landscapes, the historic Gaslamp Quarter, and where to eat the freshest seafood. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether it's your first trip or your...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: USA

DK Publishing · DK Eyewitness Travel; Rep Rev edition
Format: Print book

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: USA is your indispensable guide to this extraordinary and vast country. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans and reconstructions of the must-see sights, plus street-by-street maps of major cities. The new-look guide is also packed with...
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