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The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoir

Tom Stone · Simon & Schuster
Format: Deckle Edge]

Tom Stone went to Greece one summer to write a novel -- and stayed twenty-two years. On Patmos, the tiny island where St. John received the apocalyptic visions recorded in the Book of Revelations, he fell in love with Danielle, a beautiful French painter. His novel completed and sold, he decided...
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Yankee's New England Adventures: Over 400 Essential Things to See and Do

Editors of Yankee Magazine · Globe Pequot Press
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback

The experts at New England's iconic Yankee magazine have distilled nearly a century of experience and knowledge into the guide you have been waiting for. Yankee's New England Adventures is the go-to source for in-depth travel information, with the same stunning photography and practical...
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Lonely Planet Northern California

Nate Cavalieri · Lonely Planet
Pages: 582
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Northern California is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at the natural wonders of Yosemite, meet the diverse...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Norway

Dk Publishing. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Norway will lead you straight to the best attractions this breathtaking country has to offer.Explore Norway region by region, from the enchanting Northern Lights and beautiful fjords to the vibrant Oslo nightlife. Experience the culture, history, wildlife, and architecture...
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Insight Guides: Alaska

Insight Guides. · Langenscheidt
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Bears, birds, totems, cruising amidst the glaciers, camping in the wilderness... Alaska can still astonish the most jaded of travellers. Insight Guide Alaska is a comprehensive full-colour travel guide to the huge, untamed spaces of America's 49th state. Beautiful photographs on every...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Scotland

Dk Publishing. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Scotland is your in-depth guide to this unique country. Explore all that Scotland has to offer, from the streets of Edinburgh to the wind-swept highlands and lochs, from golf trips and whiskey tours to impromptu ceilidhs in cozy pubs.Discover DK Eyewitness Travel...
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A Year of Living Prayerfully: How A Curious Traveler Met the Pope, Walked on Coals, Danced with Rabbis, and Revived His Prayer Life

Jared Brock
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Follow Jared on a 37,000-mile trip around the world as he...* Dances with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn* Discovers the 330-year-old home of Brother Lawrence* Burns his clothes at the end of the Camino de Santiago* Attends the world's largest church in Seoul* Visits Westboro Baptist Church* Tries...
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Venice: A Traveller's Reader

JOHN JULIUS NORWICH · Robinson
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

Henry James wrote of Venice: 'You desire to embrace it, to caress it, to possess it . . .' whereas Mark Twain found St Mark's 'so ugly . . . propped on its long row of thick-legged columns, its back knobbed with domes, it seems like a vast, warty bug taking a meditative...
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Moon Florida Gulf Coast

Joshua Lawrence Kinser · Avalon Travel
Pages: 450
Format: Print book

Long-time Florida resident Joshua Lawrence Kinser covers the best of the Gulf Coast, from the mangroves of Everglades National Park to the glass skyscrapers and lazy canals of Tampa. Kinser has plenty of fun, interesting trip strategies to offer, including Best Beaches, Camping on the Coast,...
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Frommer's Dublin day by day

Jack Jewers · Frommermedia
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

The city that was home to James Joyce, Maeve Binchy, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, William Butler Yeats and scores of other brilliant men and women, is as rich, intellectually heady and welcoming a place to visit today as it ever was. The trick is how to make the most of your precious...
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