Savannah & The Georgia Coast Moon Spotlight

 By Jim Morekis
"Moon Spotlight Savannah and the Georgia Coast is a 145-page compact guide covering historic Savannah and the Golden Isles, including Brunswick and Glynn County, Jekyll Island, St. Simon’s Island, Darien and McIntosh County, Cumberland Island, St. Mary’s, and the Okefenokee Swamp. Author Jim Morekis offers seasoned advice on must-see attractions, and includes maps with sightseeing highlights so you can make the most of your time. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreations, accommodations, food, and transportation, as well as easy-to-read maps, making navigating these historic areas uncomplicated and enjoyable."  (Publisher Description)   Check Our Catalog

Let's Go Europe 2011

By Sophia Angelis
"Offering a comprehensive guide to economical travel in diverse regions of the world, these innovative new versions of the popular handbooks feature an all-new look, sidebars highlighting essential tips and facts, information on a wide range of itineraries, transportation options, off-the-beaten-path adventures, expanded lodging and dining options in every price range, additional nightlife options, enhanced cultural coverage, shopping tips, maps, 3-D topographical maps, regional culinary specialties, cost-cutting tips and other essentials."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Insight Guide Finland

By Sian Lezard

Introduction. The best of Finland ; A place in Europe ; A wilderness experience -- History. Decisive dates ; The Finns arrive ; Birth of a nation ; Living with Russia ; The two wars ; A shift in balance -- Features. The Finnish soul ; Art, architecture, and design ; Music and film ; The writer's dilemma ; Finns who speak Swedish ; The Sami and their land ; From Flying Finns to Formula One ; Food and drink ; In defence of greenness -- Insights. Mini features. A winter journey ; The great general ; Ladies first ; Finnish youth ; Glass and wood ; Jean Sibelius ; The Moomins ; Immigrants ; Visiting Russia and the Baltics ; Canoeing and kayaking ; Karelians ; Elk and wolf hunting -- Photo features. Summer festivals ; Lapland : the home of Santa ; The traditional sauna ; Enjoying the Finnish summer -- Places. Introduction ; Helsinki ; West of Helsinki ; Southern Finland ; Western Finland ; The Aland Islands ; The west coast ; Lakeland ; Karelia and Kuusamo ; Lapland -- Travel tips. Transport. Getting there : by air ; by sea ; sailing around the Baltic ; by rail -- Getting around : public transport ; Driving ; Bicycles ; Snowmobiles -- Accommodation. Choosing a hotel ; Camping, farmstays, B&Bs ; Hotel listings : Helsinki ; southern Finland ; western Finland ; Aland Islands ; West coast ; Lakeland ; Karelia and Kuusamo ; Lapland -- Eating out. What to eat and drink ; Restaurant listings : Helsinki ; southern Finland ; western Finland ; Aland Islands ; West coast ; Lakeland ; Karelia and Kuusamo ; Lapland -- Activities. The arts ; Festivals ; Nightlife ; Children ; Shopping l Sports -- A-Z : practical information. Admission charges ; Budgeting for your trip ; Climate ; Customs regulations ; Disabled travellers ; Electricity ; Embassies and consulates ; Emergencies ; Gay and lesbian travellers ; Health and medical care ; Internet ; Media ; Money ; Opening hours ; Postal services ; Public holidays ; Tourist information ; Tour operators ; Visas and passports -- Language. Words and phrases.           Check Our Catalog

Kenya; Thomas Cook Traveller Guide

By Melissa Shales
"Travellers guides contain the essential information on where to go and what to see, as well as walks and tours, feature spreads, restaurant and accommodation listings and practical information.,....
SOAR over herds of game in the Masai Mara National Reserve in a hot air balloon, or experience elephants, giraffes and other animals close-up at one of Kenya’s many wildlife sanctuaries.  SAIL along the coast of Mombasa in a romantic dhow, dine on delicious seafood and watch the moon rise over the old harbour.   DIVE at the marine national parks of Malindi on Kenya’s Coral Coast, famous for its clear waters, manta rays and (harmless) whale sharks.  CLIMB majestic Mount Kenya, Africa’s second-highest peak, three summits worth of incredible rock formations, a range of wildlife and unparalleled scenery. "
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Off The Beaten Path Upstate New York: A Guide to Unique Places

By Susan Finch

"New York Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience––if only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, New York Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of New York that other guidebooks just don't offer."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Crossing The Heart Of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure

By Julian Smith

"An award-winning travel writer embarks on an African expedition to prove his love.
In 2007, Smith began a monumental trek walking the length of Africa, mirroring the trail that British explorer Ewart Grogan had taken more than a century ago. Grogan's purpose was to prove his worthiness to the stepfather of his wealthy sweetheart Gertrude, who saw him only as an unemployed university dropout. Smith's mission was to assess the current state of Africa—and to satisfy his obsession with Grogan—and also to alleviate a few last-minute, nagging reservations about his upcoming marriage to fiancée Laura. For both men, the exhaustive march from Cape Town to Cairo offered a physical token of commitment. Smith creatively dispenses Grogan's history—parentless by age 19, he traveled the world while harboring an obsession with Africa. In reimagining the uniqueness of Grogan's solitary journey up the Zambezi River, Smith dexterously interweaves it with his own turbulent courtship of Laura and the life-changing odyssey he hoped would quell his feelings of ambiguity about marriage. He sought to discover "some kind of equanimity in the tangle of self-doubt and hesitation I've woven in my head." The author's troubles along his journey—a "stifling" private cabin while crossing a massive lake, flirty locals, mountain gorillas—hardly compare to Grogan's, who had limited and comparably antiquated means to battle swarming insects, frequent fevers, parasites, malaria, larceny and cannibal tribes. Employing an affable, conversational tone and including generous photographs, Smith provides an engrossing story that runs parallel to Grogan's history. Most impressive is the author's stark honesty. Even after completing the 4,500-mile journey, marrying the girl of his dreams less than a month later and fathering a daughter, Smith still admits to the sadness of "old freedoms fading" and realistically ponders the longevity of true love.
Smoothly written chronicle that's part travelogue, part contemporary relationship commentary, and all heart.
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Eyewitness Tokyo

"This fascinating city; the world's largest metropolis, is becoming increasingly popular with and accessible to foreign visitors. Few people today are not affected by the creativity, culture and economy of Tokyo, yet this megacity remains an enigma for many.
Tokyo is the seat of the Japanese government and an economic powerhouse in the global financial market as well as a city at the cutting edge of fashion trends and modern architecture.
This DK Eyewitness Travel Guide provides in-depth coverage of the city, from the looming skyscrapers, neon-bathed streets and flashing video screens of the labyrinthine Shinjuku district to the traditional shrine complex of Meiji Jingu and the arresting mix of contemporary building developments found throughout the city. "  (Publisher Description)   Check Our Catalog

Rick Steves' Ireland 2011

By Rick Steves

"You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Ireland. With this guide, you can explore lively Dublin, quaint Kilkenny, and the moss-draped ruins of the Ring of Kerry. Navigate meandering back roads that lead to windswept crags on the dramatic Dingle Peninsula. Explore Ireland’s revered past by following St. Patrick’s footsteps to the Rock of Cashel. Marvel at Newgrange, the mysterious mound older than the pyramids; then connect with today’s Irish culture by grabbing a pint at the local pub, enjoying the fiddle music, and jumping into conversations that buzz with brogue. Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. He’ll help you plan where to go and what to see, depending on the length of your trip. You’ll get up-to-date recommendations on what is worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Fodor's South Florida 2011

"•Updated annually, Fodor’s South Florida provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
•Fodor’s South Florida features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in South Florida.
•Experience Florida like a local! Fodor’s South Florida includes unique photo-features that impart the state's culture and activities, covering fishing, scuba diving and snorkeling, Miami's Cuban and Haitian populations, the Everglades, and much more!
•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
•Full-color pullout map"    (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Compass American Guide: California Wine Country

By Matt Villano
"The guide that has it all–spectacular photography, evocative prose, insider tips, and detailed color maps to help you make the most of your trip. Written by longtime local residents, Compass American Guides California Wine Country, ... provides in-depth coverage of the history, culture and character of one of America’s most spectacular destinations! Follow your Compass to “get” there.
•Discover the state's top wine regions: renowned Napa, welcoming Sonoma, and the up-and-coming Central Coast. Sip your way through the tasting rooms both on and off the beaten path. Star ratings highlight our favorite spots.
•Day-long driving itineraries steer you through the best of each region. A wine-tasting how-to helps you sip like a pro, and timing tips reveal the best strategies for visiting the wineries.
•Follow our lead for indulging. Splurge on a memorable meal---or choose from our recommended picnic spots. Find an intimate inn or a luxe resort. Browse through tempting shops in Healdsburg or slip into one of Sonoma's decadent spas. "  (Publisher Description)   Check Our Catalog

Eyewitness Travel Guide: Brazil

By Aruna Ghose
"Use the 3-D models and cutaways to party your way around Rio and explore colonial architecture in the Northeast cities of Salvador, Sao Luis and Olinda and party.
Clue-up on the basics, from the capital of the Amazonas- Manaus to incomparable natural wonders including the inland semi-arid area of the sertao and the huge swampland of the Pantanal, full of alligators, birds and the occasional anaconda. And don't forget a visit to the futuristic city of Brasilia, a marvel of 1950s design.
Enjoy the diverse flavors of Brazil with scenic walks and thematic festivals, with sights, beaches, markets and festivals listed town by town. This guide includes a comprehensive selection of hotels and restaurants and full-color detailed maps that will ensure that your visit to this exotic country is one you'll never forget."  (Publisher Description)   Check Our Catalog

Frommer's Puerto Rico

By John Marino

• "Frommer's Puerto Rico, 10th Edition gives you in-depth, honest reviews of lavish honeymoon resorts, intimate inns, family-friendly condos, and dirt cheap hostels.
• This guide was researched and written by a travel writer and city news reporter based in San Juan, this edition has its finger on the pulse of the island, with updates on the latest openings and selections in every price category.
• We'll point you to a gorgeous white-sand beach that only locals know about, give you the scoop on both upscale dining and roadside nosh pits, and we list the best places for snorkeling, hiking, golf, sailing, deep-sea fishing.
• You'll also get a complete shopper's guide, and up-to-date coverage of the newest nightlife in the region, from casinos to salsa clubs to lowkey beach bars"  
• Includes a color fold-out map.      (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog 

Fodor's Spain

"• Full-color guide • Make your trip to Spain unforgettable with illustrated features, 75 maps, and 340 color photos.
• Customize your trip with simple planning tools • Convenient overviews of each region and its highlights • Top experiences & attractions • Easy-to-read color regional maps
Explore Madrid, Barcelona, Andalusia, and beyond
• Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more • “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers • Illustrated features on El Prado, the wines of Spain, paradors, bullfighting, Gaudí, flamenco, the Alhambra, El Camino de Santiago, tapas, and Basque Country • Best beaches, best restauranst, best tapas spots, and best lodgings
• Opinions from destination experts • Fodor’s Spain-based writers reveal their favorite local haunts •"  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Venice: Pure City

By Peter Ackroyd
"Even during the dominance of the Roman Empire, Venice and Venetians were regarded as distinct by their neighbors. They spoke Latin, and later Italian, in an unusual dialect. Their geographic position as an island in a lagoon contributed to their fierce spirit of independence, but it also positioned them to control trade routes to and from the East. Ackroyd, the novelist, biographer, and writer of tributes to great urban centers (London), has captured the rich tradition, beauty, and vibrancy of this magnificent city in a survey that combines political and artistic history with aspects of a travelogue. Ackroyd moves back and forth in time as he examines the growth of Venice, from prehistoric settlement to its place in both the Roman and Byzantine empires to the present time. As he describes the development of the art and architectural treasures, he includes informative and charming diversions on various traditions, events, and personalities. For those who have visited or hope to visit the "Pearl of the Adriatic," this work will be a treasure."  (Booklist Reviews)  Check Our Catalog

Lonely Planet Central Asia

By Bradley Mayhew

"Central Asia is Lonely Planet’s heartland. Exploring Uzbekistan’s blue-domed medressas, sleeping in felt yurts among Kyrgyzstan’s mountains or selecting fruit in Kazakhstan’s markets: we do it all with passion and expertise. Live your own Silk Road dream with this 5th edition as your guide.
Coverage includes: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan

• Colour feature on local traditions, ancient buildings & outdoor activities
• Extensive regional coverage: the only guide to include Afghanistan
• Bonus section on hiking, horse treks & mountaineering
• 76 detailed & easy to use maps"   (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Fodor's Lisbon's 25 Best

By Tim Jepson
"Fodor's 25 Best Lisbon contains EVERYTHING YOU NEED to experience Lisbon, focusing on the top 25 must-see sights plus:
-FULL-COLOR PULL-OUT MAP housed in a convenient envelope affixed to the guide
-LISBON BY AREA -- we've broken the city into five areas and recommended the best sights, shops, entertainment venues, nightlife, and restaurants in each one
-BEST HOTELS, whether you're looking for luxury, budget, or something in between
-INSIDER TIPS and EXPERT ADVICE
-Transportation Map"  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Colors of Fall Road Trip Guide

By Jerry Monkman
"The Colors of Fall Road Trip Guide details 25 of the best scenic tours during fall foliage season in New England. Trips vary from short drives on the coast to all-day excursions in the region’s mountains and forests. Detailed maps and itineraries compliment trip descriptions that tell you what you’ll find along the route. GPS coordinates are also included for trip “hot spots.” In addition, sidebars suggest short walks and hikes that are great diversions when a little leg-stretching is required. This is the perfect companion for any leaf-peeping excursion."  (Publisher Description)
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Fodor's 535 Best Beaches

By Douglas Stallings
"Find the Perfect beach in the U.S., Caribbean, and Mexico
Get ready to check another beach off your must-see list! This collection of the best sun-lover’s spots in North America will transport you from the white-sand beaches of Grand Turk to Maine’s rugged coast to the dramatic cliffs of Acapulco.

Whether your dream beach is an off-the-beaten-path escape, an exotic and luxurious private island, a low-key surfer hangout, or a classic stay-all-day family favorite, you’ll find it here.

Dive Right In!
• Recommendations for your perfect beach vacation—for romance and relaxation, active adventures, exciting nightlife, fabulous shopping, and more
• Illustrated features covering unique experiences in each region: exploring Kaua`i’s N-apali Coast, indulging at Riviera Maya’s spas, sport fishing in Florida, Carnival in Trinidad, chartering a yacht in the Caribbean, and other memorable trip highlights
• Insider advice from Fodor’s local writers
• More than 300 color photos to inspire your trip"   (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Eyewitness Travel Guide: Eastern & Central Europe

By Jyoti Kumari

"|The DK Eyewitness Eastern and Central Europe travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions eastern and central Europe has to offer. Covering 17 countries, this guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs, whether you're traveling to Tallinn, Krakow, Prague, Budapest, Dubrovnik or Ljubljana - or perhaps through them all! With comprehensive listings of the best hotels, restaurants, shops and nightlife for all budgets, this guide takes you to every city, national park, castle, church and museum worth seeing across eastern and central Europe. It's fully illustrated, with 3D cutaways and floor plans of all the must-see sites, as well as street maps and reliable information for getting around. Exploring the culture, history and architecture, while not missing the best in entertainment, shopping, tours and scenic walks."

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Fodor's In Focus Cayman Islands

By Doug Stallings
• Choice ratings you can trust. Exceptional restaurants, hotels, and sights selected to help you make the best choices.
• Simple pleasures. Embrace the local scene as you stroll Seven Mile Beach, hike the Mastic Trail, or visit Pedro St. James Castle.
• Boundless activities. Find choices for every traveler, from swimming with stingrays to diving Cayman’s famous wall to dining in fine restaurants.
• Local Experts Fodor’s worldwide team of 700 writers reveal their favorite haunts to enrich your travel experience.
• Freshest Facts You won't find a more up-to-date guide to the region. Our writers seek out hot spots while verifying that current listings still meet our high standards.
• Travelers Like You Get candid advice from fellow travelers at Fodors.com, and read their “Word of Mouth” tips throughout this book."  (Publisher Description)   Check Our Catalog

AAA Spiral Guide Barcelona

By Andrew Benson
"Discover the grand old city of Barcelona, now a chic, cosmopolitan
metropolis. With its compact size and unique lay-flat binding, AAA Spiral
Barcelona puts exceptional content right at your fingertips:
• Finding Your Feet – basics on transportation, cuisine, and more
• Don’t Miss – sightseer’s A-list
• In a Day – what to see and do
• At Your Leisure – when time allows
• Excursions, Walks and Tours – itineraries created by experts"  (Publisher Description)
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Rick Steves Provence & The French Riviera 2011

By Rick Steves
"In this guide, you’ll find a dazzling mix of enjoyable cities, warm stone villages, Roman ruins, and breathtaking coastline. Experience Roman history with self-guided tours of the Pont du Gard aqueduct, Roman theater in Orange, and Arena in Arles. Explore sun-soaked Riviera beaches and resort towns, from cosmopolitan Nice to colorful Villefranche-sur-Mer. Get inspired by artistic masterpieces by Renoir, Matisse, Picasso, and Chagall. After a day of sightseeing, relax at a café with a view, dive into a bowl of bouillabaisse, and watch fishermen return to the harbor. Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. You’ll learn which sights are worth your time and money, and how to get around by train, bus, car, or boat. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket."   (Publisher Description)
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Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading For Travelers, Vagabonds, And Dreamers

By Nancy Pearl
"With the holidays just around the corner, Nancy Pearl's little gem will please many a traveler (or dreamer) who loves to read about faraway places but doesn't know where to start. With fanciful alliteration, Pearl lists titles under topics arranged from "A is for Adventure" to "Zipping through Zimbabwe." Recommendations are accompanied by brief critiques and insights. In an entry for "Las Vegas," for example, Pearl recommends Chris Ewan's novel, The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas, for fans of Hiaassen and Westlake, capers that use various cities of the world for their settings. Pearl classifies her recommendations well enough so that readers can take or leave her advice. In "Africa," for instance, she includes the classic Cry the Beloved Country as well as contemporary mysteries such as Wife of the Gods. It might have been easy to stick with the country structure for a book like this, but Pearl mixed it up, to good effect, with chapters like "So We/I Bought (or Built) A House In…" which includes books about homes in Morocco, Mexico, France, Brazil, and Ireland. Pearl has produced a winner and the perfect bedside companion. "  (PW Annex Reviews)
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Drives Of A Lifetime; 500 Of The World's Most Spectacular Trips

By Keith Bellows
"Both a practical guide and an inspiring travel gift book, Drives of a Lifetime highlights 400 of the world's best car trips. The eclectic list takes readers across stunning natural landscapes of mountain, coastline, glen, and dale; into charming towns and out-of-the-way hamlets; to palatial estates, lovely gardens, and intriguing historic sites; and through bustling, thriving cities all over the world map. From America's scenic byways to the side lanes of Tuscany and the rugged dirt roads of Australia's outback—and hundreds of inviting routes in between—Drives of a Lifetime shows off the highlights of each area and tells readers exactly how to make the drive themselves. Since roads trips are a beloved cultural touchstone for Americans of every generation, Drives of a Lifetime will capture a huge and diverse audience.  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

AAA Easy Reading Road Atlas 2011

"Updated annually by the most trusted name in travel, the AAA Easy Reading Road Atlas provides comprehensive coverage of the United States, Canada and Mexico. The atlas also features crisply defined roads, handy driving distance charts and more two-page maps for better scale. And, it's all in an easy to read, 40% LARGER print size than our standard road atlas"  (Publisher Description)


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Lonely Planet USA's Best Trips

By Sara Benson

"99 of the country’s best trips! Whether you’re a local looking for a long weekend escape, or a visitor looking to explore, Lonely Planet’s Trips series offers the best itineraries – and makes it easy to plan the perfect trip time and again.

• Includes the Mid-Atlantic, New England, the South, Florida, the Great Lakes, the Great Plains, Texas, the Rocky Mountains, the Southwest, California and the Pacific Northwest
• Easy-to-use maps for every trip, plus driving times and directions
• Explore the country with trips ranging from two days to two weeks
• Theme icons make finding the perfect trip simple – no matter what your interest
• Local experts share their favorite trip ideas, including a food-lovers’ tour of Northern California from Alice Waters and a musician’s tour of the Midwest music scene
• Tune in on the road with our regional music playlists
• Family-friendly and pet-friendly listings throughout
• Green index lists the most environmentally friendly options across the country"                          (Publisher Description)      Check Our Catalog

Travels In Siberia

By Ian Frazier
"Veteran New Yorker contributor Frazier (Lamentations of the Father: Essays, 2008, etc.) begins bluntly. "Officially," he writes, "there is no such place as Siberia." It is not a country, nor a province, yet the region bearing the name is extensive, comprising eight time zones. Throughout, the author confesses to a long love affair with Russia, a relationship that has waxed and waned over the decades but in some of its brightest phases sent him back repeatedly to see what few have seen. Here Frazier records several visits: a summer's trip via cantankerous automobile across the entire region, in the company of a couple of local companions; a winter's journey by train and car, during which the car sometimes used frozen waterways for roads; and a return visit to see the effects of the emerging Russian energy industry. He prepared in a fashion familiar to readers of his previous works—read everything he could, talked with anyone who knew anything, planned and schemed and made it happen. He also studied Russian extensively and tried gamely to engage local people he encountered along the way. On the road, he visited local museums and monuments and natural wonders, and he pauses frequently for welcome digressions on the historical background. He camped, fished and ate local delicacies (and indelicacies). Endearingly, he freely admits his inadequacies, fears (during one perilous icy trip he actually composed a farewell message to his family), blunders, dour moods, regrets and loneliness. The contrasts are stark—one day, he walked through the ruins of a remote, frozen Soviet-era prison camp and later saw a ballet in St. Petersburg—and the writing is consistently rich.
A dense, challenging, dazzling work that will leave readers exhausted but yearning for more."  (Kirkus Reviews)   Check Our Catalog

The Best American Travel Writing;

Edited By Bill Buford
"The 2010 edition of this always-enjoyable series (which began in 2000) features, as usual, a collection of articles about out-of-the-way places, offbeat people, and exciting adventures. Simon Winchester visits "the most isolated permanent habitation in the world," Tristan da Cunha, a volcanic island 1,700 miles from the South African coast. Tom Bissell searches for Hakeldama, the biblical "field of blood" where Judas Iscariot hanged himself. Avi Davis travels to Romania, where he visits Sighisoara, the town where Vlad Tepes, the fifteenth-century prince (and model for Dracula), was born. J. C. Hallman takes readers to Norway, to meet the "father of the modern cruise industry." And so on. These gifted authors don't just tell us about unique or out-of-the-way places; they take us to them, show us what they look like, show us who their people are, and make us feel like we've experienced them. Readers of travel literature should be first at the gate when this series makes its annual appearance."  (Booklist Reviews)  Check Our Catalog

A Week At The Airport

By Alain De Botton
"Travel writer de Botton sees the airport as the nexus of all that plagues and fascinates us about modern life: environmental destruction, high technology, constant movement, glittering distractions, consumerist temptations, and social interaction and isolation. Having accepted an invitation from British Airways to spend a week at its home, Terminal 5 of Heathrow, he is given unprecedented access to all the parts of the airport that travelers don't generally see. So, along with the shopping areas and arrival and departure and baggage-claim areas, he wanders into the huge stations for airplane repairs, the vast storage areas for rejected samples for cabin paraphernalia, the behind-the-scene offices, and the massive food-preparation areas. From a desk announcing his position as writer in residence, de Botton engages in conversations with business travelers, parting lovers, vacationing families, and the myriad workers—stationary and passing through—for whom the airport is workplace. Author of the best-selling The Art of Travel (2002), de Botton is amusing and lyrical in his observations of our modern comings and goings. Photographs add to the allure of this engaging look at air travel."  (Booklist Reviews)  Check Our Catalog

Tequila OIl; Getting Lost In Mexico

By Hugh Thomsom
"On his first trip to Mexico in the 1970s, Hugh Thomson is told by a stranger he could make money buying a car over the Texan border and taking it thousands of miles through the country to sell on the black market in Central America. What does it matter that he doesn't have a driving license? He is eighteen years old, far from home and with time to kill. It sounds like the most sensible plan in the world.
So, throwing himself on the kindness and mercy of the Mexicans he meets or crashes into, he and his beloved Oldsmobile 98 careen from one crisis to another before meeting their apocalyptic destiny in the slums of Belize City - where he returns many years later, older but not necessarily wiser, to complete his original journey.
His travels reveal a wild, off-the-beaten-track Mexico, leading him from the badlands of Chihuahua to the jungles of the Yucatan and one of the most enigmatic and least understood cultures on the planet, the Maya."  (Publisher Description) Check Our Catalog

Antarctica

 by Jeff Rubin. Ready for the adventure of a lifetime? Gape at the icebergs looming over your ship, stand awestruck in the midst of a teeming penguin colony, or glimpse a minke whale surfacing next to your Zodiac - Antarctica will astound and transform you. Written by authors with intimate knowledge of the region, this bestselling guide is your essential companion to The Ice.* More coverage of Ushuaia, Argentina, the departure point for 90% of visitors to Antarctica* New Climate Change chapter* Contributions from 26 world-renowned Antarctica experts, including historians, biologists, geologists, climatologists, environmentalists, meteorologists, paleontologists, and adventurers. --Summary (Check catalog)

Where to go when Italy

 Foreword by Frances Mayes, author of the bestselling travel memoir Under the Tuscan Sun Where To Go When: Italyis the essential vacation planner, unearthing the best of every region of Italy, month by month. Whether you're looking for a fun family getaway, a cultural weekend in the city, or a countryside retreat, Where To Go When: Italysuggests a multitude of appealing destinations and the best month of the year to visit each one. Written by knowledgeable travel writers with a passion for Italy, this book combines informative and inspirational narrative with truly sumptuous photography that brings each destination to life. Organized by theme-Festivals and Culture, Unforgettable Journeys, Natural Wonders, Luxury and Romance, Active Adventures, and Family Getaways-the book delivers something for everybody. Whether you want to visit the Venice Carnival in February or enjoy a relaxing week in Sardinia in June, the practical advice on local transportation, hotel and restaurant options, and the best activities and sights make finding your ideal vacation simple and fun.

Frommer's Istanbul

 Product Description from Frommers: Let Frommer's Istanbul take you beyond the tourist circuit to discover the city's hidden pleasures and historical secrets. Our expert author shares her insights and opnions on buying authentic rugs and Turkish crafts, visiting a hamam, haggling in the markets, dining on street food, and avoiding time-honored scams. Our walking tours introduce you to the city's many faces, from the back streets of ancient neighborhoods to the underground world of Byzantine ruins. Frommer's Istanbul includes suggested itineraries for seeing the city on a tight time-budget; side trips to get you out of the city and exploring a different perspective on Turkish life; an in-depth discussion of the city's complex history and culture; and a beginner's Turkish glossary, to help you greet your Turkish counterparts in their own language.
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Fodor's Rome

By Robert C. Fisher

"Full-color guide • Make your trip to Rome unforgettable with spectacular illustrated features, 43 maps, and 200 color photos. Customize your trip with simple planning tools • Convenient overview of each neighborhood and its highlights • Practical advice for getting around • Easy-to-read color regional maps Explore the Colosseum, the Vatican, the Spanish Steps, and beyond • Discerning Fodor's Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more • “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor's travelers • Illustrated features on Bernini's masterpieces, the Roman Forum, and the Sistine Chapel • Tips for beating the euro Opinions from destination experts • Fodor's Rome-based writers reveal their favorite local haunts • Frequently updated to provide the latest information “Fodor's has emerged this year as our fave guidebook series for insider tips about things you actually want to know…” -Miami Herald “Hipped up…with colorful maps and graphics, plus advice on a broader range of attractions, from classic to quirky.” -Outside Magazine   (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Moon Handbooks Guatemala

By Al Argueta
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Part-time Guatemala resident Al Argueta provides travelers with an insider's view of Guatemala's best, from idyllic surf spots to popular volcanoes. Argueta offers in-depth coverage of Lake Atitlan and La Antigua, as well as Guatemala City's diverse selection of museums. With expert advice on where to eat, sleep, relax, and explore, Moon Guatemala gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience." (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catlalog

Eyewitness Travel Top Ten Budapest

By Craig Turp
"Building on the successful Eyewitness Travel Guides series, this new series offers a quick and easy approach to travel that uses expert insights to list the top luxury hotels, economical places to stay or eat, best travel deals, favorite family activities and destinations, popular nightspots, the best things to see and do, local activities, and other insider tips, as well as a handy pull-out map."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Rick Steves Best Of Europe 2011

By Rick Steves

"Rick Steves tells travelers what they really need to know when planning a Grand Tour of Europe, covering the best of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland. He includes a healthy mix of big cities, small towns, and exciting regions, such as Barcelona, London, Prague, Rothenberg, Gimmelwald, Toledo, the Romantic Road, the Berner Oberland, and the French Riviera. Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. You’ll learn how to find the right bus in Rome, an inexpensive crêpe in Paris, and which museums and sights are worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket."   (Publisher Description)  Check  Our Catalog

Unofficial Guide To Walt Disney World 2011

By Bob Sehlinger
" Providing a sensible, objective, consumer's guide to travel, these easy-to-use travel handbooks provide useful evaluations of local hotels, attractions and restaurants in all price ranges; honest advice on local attractions that are worth the time and money; detailed maps; tips on special events and festivals; and extensive information on local shopping, sports, nightlife and other activities."  (Publisher Content)  Check Our Catalog

Europe With Kids (Footprint)

By Willam Gray
"While one needn’t forgo the beaches and the sun, a family holiday in Europe can of course be about much, much more. How about taking the little darlings around the Louvre in Paris, or the Uffizi Gallery in Florence? Climb the Leaning Tower of Pisa, scale an Alp or two, or even watch Mount Etna erupt? Yes, it can be done. Footprint’s new guide to savoring mainland Europe with children shows how to put the fun back into foreign holidays with a cornucopia of family-friendly places to see and things to do, plus recipes, games, and great ideas on how to get the kids as excited about being in the Old World as you are. "  (Publisher Content)
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Frommer's Bahamas 2011

By Darwin Porter
"If you’ve decided that The Bahamas sounds like the perfect
place to relax, feel free to start unwinding right now,
because we’ve done all the legwork for you.      .......you’ll
find our carefully compiled lists of the best that The Bahamas
has to offer, from beaches and dive sites to resorts,
restaurants, and sightseeing—and nearly everything else
you’ll want to see and do."  (Book Content)
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The Smalbanac; An Opinionated Guide To New York's Capital District

by Christine Garretson-Persans
“The Smalbanac is a delightful, informative and reasonably priced guide to history, culture, cuisine and shopping in Albany, Schenectady and Troy … Whether you like to travel, dine out or learn local history, this is an exceptional book, worth reading and keeping on hand for when someone laments, ‘I’m so bored.’” — Schenectady Daily Gazette
“An eclectic and affectionate look at the quirks of our region and its many hidden treasures.” — Albany Times Union

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Top 10 U.S. & British Virgin Islands

By Lynda Lohr
"Perfect for travellers taking a short trip or weekend break, these pocket-sized guides highlight the very best of every destination with the help of dozens of Top 10 lists. Every new title and edition now comes with a handy pull-out map and guide to help you get straight to the best things to see, do, buy, taste, avoid and much more."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Fodor's London

"Detailed and timely information on accommodations, restaurants and local attractions highlight these updated travel guides, which feature all-new covers, a dramatic visual design, symbols to indicate budget options, must-see ratings, multi-day itineraries, Smart Travel Tips, helpful bulleted maps, tips on transportation, guidelines for shopping excursions and other valuable features."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Eyewitness Peru

By Maryanne Blacker

"Let this lavishly illustrated guide whet your appetite and show you where to start looking for the real Peru - with cutaways and floor plans of all the major sites, and special features on the ancient Caral and the Colonial splendor of the Spanish conquistadors.
Sample the flavor of the country region by region, with new full-color detailed maps of towns and regions and comprehensive listings of hotels and restaurants.
Find out all you need for sights, beaches, markets and festivals listed town by town, from a home stay in the floating village of Lake Titicaca to a morning flight over the magical Nazca Lines. And with the absorbing in-depth section on the Inca heartland and a step-by-step route of the Inca trail, this is a guide not to be missed."
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Rick Steves' Europe Through The Back Door 2011

By Rick Steves

"You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Europe, including how to plan your itinerary and maximize your time, pack light (and right), find good-value hotels and restaurants, travel smoothly by train, bus, car, and plane, avoid crowds and tourist scams, hurdle the language barrier, understand cultural differences, connect with locals, and save money while enjoying the trip of a lifetime. Rick has been exploring Europe for 25 years, and he considers this travel skills handbook — in which he shares his favorite off-the-beaten-path towns, trails, and natural wonders — his life’s work. With this guidebook, you’ll experience the culture like a local, spend less money, and have more fun."  (Publisher Content)

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Fodor's Walt Disney World With Kids

By Kim Wright Wiley

"An up-to-date guide to traveling with children to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld and Aquatica includes insider tips, accessible maps to the various parks, restaurant and hotel descriptions, quick ratings for a wide variety of attractions and other tips on traveling with the entire family."  (Publisher Content)    Check Our Catalog

Eyewitness Southwest USA & Las Vegas

By Liz Atherton

"Packed with information, detailed Las Vegas maps, beautiful cutaways and floor plans of all Las Vegas' major sites, this guide explores every facet of the city known as 'the world's playground'. This fully updated and expanded Las Vegas guide provides comprehensive guidance on the best things to do in Las Vegas: from the huge flamboyant resorts, the glittering casinos of the Bellagio and MGM Grand and vast selection of shows, to the spectacular sights of the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Las Vegas provides all the insider tips every visitor to Las Vegas needs, with dozens of reviews for Las Vegas hotels, recommendations for Las Vegas restaurants, tips for shopping, where to go to get married and all the best places for entertainment in Las Vegas. " (Publisher Description) Check Our Catalog

Rick Steves' Eastern Europe

By Rick Steves

"You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Eastern Europe — including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia. Explore Eastern Europe’s top cities, from the romantic spires of Prague and the steamy thermal baths of Budapest to charming Kraków and laid-back Ljubljana. Enjoy the imperial sights of Vienna and walking tours of exotic Dubrovnik. Then delve into the region’s natural wonders: hike through the waterfall wonderland at Plitvice Lakes National Park, drive the winding road to the Julian Alps, and watch the sun dip slowly into the Adriatic from the Dalmatian Coast. Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. He’ll help you plan where to go and what to see, depending on the length of your trip. You’ll learn which sights are worth your time and money, and how to get around by train, bus, car, and boat. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket."  (Perseus Publishing) Check Our Catalog

The Black Nile; One Man's Amazing Journey Through Peace And War On The World's Longest River

By Dan Morrison
"Journalist Morrison has covered conflicts ranging from the political to the environmental in areas from Afghanistan to India to Uganda and beyond. While covering the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, he planned a trip not known to have been made in decades-travel up the White Nile from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea. Morrison's friend Schon Bryan accompanies him on part of the trip, his first travel outside of the States. The journey, planned to take three months, required six and was more land travel than river voyage. From Uganda, through Sudan and Egypt, the Nile has become undrinkable, overfished, dammed by hydroelectric plants, choked with water hyacinth, and traveled by warships. Morrison's narrative combines reporting and travelog in a way that brings readers to this most unlikely destination, a place of complexity, tension, struggle, and pain, where shreds of tradition and community are still visible. Verdict Morrison's account transcends the travel genre to provide authentic and timely information on a complicated part of the world."(LJ Reviews)
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Eyewitness Hungary

By Barbara Olszanska
"Three-dimensional cutaway illustrations and floor plans of key landmarks complement these richly illustrated, fully updated travel handbooks that also include enhanced maps, street-by-street guides, background information on a host of popular sights and an expanded traveler's survival guide providing tips on hotels, restaurants, local customs, transportation, medical services, museums, entertainment and more."  (Publisher Content)
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