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New York's One-Food Wonders: A Guide to the Big Apple's Unique Single-Food Spots

Mitch Broder · Globe Pequot Press; First edition

Whether you're mad about mac and cheese or loopy for lobster rolls, New York's One-Food Wonders will satisfy your desires. It's the first and only book to collect all of the city's weird, wacky, and wonderful onesies - the spots where a single food is the star. From OatMeals...
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Rick Steves Florence & Tuscany 2015

Rick Steves , · Avalon Travel Publishing; 2015 Edition edition

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Florence and Tuscany.With the self-guided tours in this book, you’ll discover the geographic heart of Italy. Take the Renaissance Walk and tour the Uffizi Gallery to learn how Florence taught...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New York City

DK Publishing · DK Eyewitness Travel; Fol Lam Pa edition

Experience the best of New York City with DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New York City. This newly updated travel guide for New York City will lead you straight to the best attractions Manhattan has to offer, from unearthing archaeological treasures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art to biking...
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Lonely Planet Discover Canada

Karla Zimmerman · Lonely Planet; 2 edition

Lonely Planet The worlds leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planets Discover Canada is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hit the ski slopes at Whistler, wander Quebecs stunning Old Town, marvel at Niagara...
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1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die: A Food Lover's Life List

Mimi Sheraton · Workman Publishing Company

The ultimate gift for the food lover. In the same way that 1,000 Places to See Before You Die reinvented the travel book, 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die is a joyous, informative, dazzling, mouthwatering life list of the worlds best food. The long-awaited new book in the phenomenal 1,000...
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Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America

John Waters · Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover

A cross-country hitchhiking journey with America's most beloved weirdoJohn Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads "I'm Not Psycho," he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: California

DK Publishing · DK Eyewitness Travel; Revised edition

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: California will lead you straight to the best attractions California has to offer and provides the insider travel tips you need, whether you're making the most of the nightlife or exploring historic towns and museums. Fully illustrated, it covers all the major...
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A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light

David Downie · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"A top-notch walking tour of Paris. . . . The author's encyclopedic knowledge of the city and its artists grants him a mystical gift of access: doors left ajar and carriage gates left open foster his search for the city's magical story. Anyone who loves Paris will adore this joyful...
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The Good Shufu: Finding Love, Self, and Home on the Far Side of the World

Tracy Slater · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

The brave, wry, irresistible journey of a fiercely independent American woman who finds everything she ever wanted in the most unexpected place. Shufu: in Japanese it means "housewife," and it's the last thing Tracy Slater ever thought she'd call herself. A writer and academic,...
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Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park, 2nd Edition

Lee H. Whittlesey · Rinehart Publishers, Roberts
Pages: 412
Format: Paperback

The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks...
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