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A Travel Junkie's Diary: Searching for Mare's Milk and Other Far-Flung Pursuits

Dina Bennett · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback

Dina Bennett's on the road again -- and she can't stop! Having completed the 7,800-mile Peking to Paris Classic Car Challenge while braving carsickness and patching rocky marital relations, she's once more in over her head, enduring 100,000 miles of road trips through the world's...
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Michelin North America Large Format Atlas 2019

MICHELIN. · Michelin
Pages: 132
Format: Paperback

Covers USA, Canada and Mexico. Easy-read mapping, bigger page size and larger lettering compared to midsize atlas. 50 large-scale city maps and bonus Northeast Corridor.Reach your next road trip destination with Michelin's updated Large Format North America Road Atlas 2019. Large-format...
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A Wretched and Precarious Situation: In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier

David Welky · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places.In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious...
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Lonely Planet Scandinavia

LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Scandinavia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Cruise through Norway's majestic fjords, float in Iceland's Blue Lagoon...
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The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA

Doug Mack · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening journey to the most overlooked parts of America.Everyone knows that America is 50 states and ... some other stuff. Scattered shards in the Pacific and the Caribbean, the not-quite states -- American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin...
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Let's Go Europe 2018: The Student Travel Guide

HARVARD STUDENT AGENCIES. · Let's Go
Pages: 672
Format: Paperback

First time to Europe? It's our 58th. There isn't a hostel in Hungary we haven't tested, a beer in Brussels we haven't imbibed, or a metro line in Madrid we haven't mastered. After going through the ups and downs, we know the ins and outs. Part local expert, part goofy...
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The Camino Way: Lessons in Leadership from a Walk Across Spain

Victor Prince · AMACOM
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A leadership journey unlike any other. Stretching across 500 miles of northern Spain, the Camino de Santiago has been a pilgrimage route for a millennium. Each year, hundreds of thousands of peregrinos make their way through rugged countryside and medieval towns in order to reflect,...
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Wild Honey and Rye: Modern Polish Recipes

Ren Behan · Interlink Publishing
Pages: 207
Format: Hardcover

In this refreshing approach to Polish cuisine, food writer and blogger Ren Behan takes us on a journey to discover the new tastes of her beloved culinary heritage. The food of Eastern Europe, long misunderstood in the West, is changingthe focus is swinging away from heavy dumplings and stews...
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The Vanlife Companion

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to life on four wheels. Hit the open road with this practical and inspiring guide. In the first half, you'll discover how to choose and customise your perfect van, and get it fitted for sleeping, cooking and storage. In part two, we'll tell you how to stay safe, save money and park...
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Rick Steves London 2019

RICK STEVES · Rick Steves
Pages: 614
Format: Paperback

Explore London from the sacred stones of Westminster Abbey to the top of the London Eye. With Rick Steves on your side, London can be yours!Inside Rick Steves London 2019 you'll find:Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring LondonRick's strategic advice on how to get the most...
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A Paris All Your Own: Bestselling Women Writers on the City of Light

Eleanor Brown · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

A collection of all-new Paris-themed essays written by some of the biggest names in women's fiction, including Paula McLain, Therese Anne Fowler, Maggie Shipstead, and Lauren Willig, edited by Eleanor Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters and The Light of Paris....
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Top 10 Prague

Dorling Kindersley Inc. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Newly revised, updated, and redesigned for 2016.True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Prague covers all the city's major sights and attractions in easy-to-use "top 10" lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you.This newly updated pocket travel...
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Lonely Planet Morocco

LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

#1 best-selling guide to Morocco* Lonely Planet Morocco is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the medina and tanneries in Fez, hop between kasbahs and oases in the Draa Valley, or catch a wave at Taghazout;...
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Fodor's Essential Switzerland

Fodor's Travel Publications · Fodor's Travel
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback

Written by local experts, Fodor's travel guides have been offering advice and professionally vetted recommendations for all tastes and budgets for 80 years.Switzerland, Europe's mountain playground, is a classic tourist draw. Fodor's Switzerland is the perfect guide for travelers...
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Racing Against History: The 1940 Campaign for a Jewish Army to Fight Hitler

Rick Richman · Encounter Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Racing Against History is the stunning story of three powerful personalities who sought in 1940 to turn the tide of history. David Ben-Gurion, Vladimir Jabotinsky, and Chaim Weizmann--the leaders of the left, right, and center of Zionism--undertook separate missions that year to America,...
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