Healthy Highways; The Traveler's Guide To Healthy Eating

By Nikki & David Goldbeck

"This is the second edition of the popular healthy eating guide from best- selling food writers Nikki & David Goldbeck. This new edition has 1000 new listings for a total of 2800 , all verified. Exclusive local driving directions guides you to each listing. Indispensable to vegetarians, vegans, organic and sustainability fans and those with special dietary needs."       Check Our Catalog

Art + Travel; Step Into The Lives Of Five Famous Painters

..."it describes how five cities influenced five artists;Van Gogh's Arles, France; Munch's Oslo, Norway; Vermeer's Delft, the Netherlands; Caravaggio's Rome; and Goya's Madrid. This guide allows a tourist to stand where pictures were painted and see what the artist saw (albeit the present setting). This first-rate book is packed with a crash course on the history of each artist, walking tours, information on where to stay, directions on how to get to the cities and around them, an index of artworks and museum locations, lists of books, music, and films related to the artists, and hotel and restaurant recommendations. VERDICT With fantastic color reproductions and great value for the price, this little gem is as much fun for the armchair traveler as it is for the tourist eager to get a close-up look at Europe's greatest artists. (LJ Reviews, Joseph L. Carlson, Vandenberg A)
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Eyewitness Austria

By Teresa Czerniewicz-Umer
"From Mozart at the Viennese Opera House to the hills resounding with the sound of music, explore it all with this guide to Austria's finest. It also includes tips on where to sample the best strudels, schnitzels and schnapps."  (Publisher Description)
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Eyewitness France

By Tanya Colbourne
"You'd be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive, engrossing, and just plain fun-to-read guidebook than the Eyewitness Travel Guide: France. Spilling over with all sorts of useful information for the traveler, you'll find three-dimensional drawings, floor plans, and detailed neighborhood maps, as well as timelines, charts, even Metro stations. Broken into four sections--"Introducing France," "Region by Region" (covering Paris quite impressively, as well as the Loire Valley, Provence, Brittany, and Normandy), "Traveler's Needs," and "Survival Guide"--the guide paints a complete picture of the country. Readers will especially appreciate the hundreds of color photos of everything from ski towns in the Alps to the beaches of St. Tropez to vineyards of the Rhone Valley. You'll also find street-by-street illustrated city walks (Paris's Champs-Élysées and St. Germain-des-Pres are two good ones), not to mention the best brasseries, bistros, and boulangeries. --(Jill Fergus -Amazon Review)

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Frommer's Portable Cayman Islands

Frommer's Portable Cayman Islands includes complete information for all three of the Cayman Islands— Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman— in one easy-to-carry guide. ... This portable guide is geared toward travelers visiting only islands in the Caymans...(Publisher Description)
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Country Driving; A Journey Through China From Farm To Factory

By Peter Hessler

"In 2001, Hessler, the Beijing correspondent for the New Yorker, acquired a Chinese driver's license and embarked on a seven-year odyssey that took him from one end of the country to the other. He charts the changes the automobile has brought to China (in 2001, the country's population was 1.2 billion, but it had only about one-fifth the cars and buses of the U.S. and more than twice as many traffic fatalities). Personal driving, whether for commuting or recreation, is relatively new to the country, and such seemingly innocuous matters as the paving of a rural road can dramatically and sometimes catastrophically, affect both the countryside and the residents' way of life. It's strange for Western readers to think of such a technologically advanced country as China undergoing massive upheavals due to something as mundane (to us) as automobiles, but China is experiencing now what the U.S. experienced decades ago: increased tourism from its own citizens and an emptying-out of rural regions as residents pursue jobs in urban centers. A fascinating and frequently surprising look at China from a very unusual perspective." (Booklist Reviews)

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The Woman Who Fell From The Sky; An American Journalist In Yemen

By Jennifer Steil

"When newspaper editor Steil first arrived in Yemen to teach a three-week journalism workshop at the Yemen Observer newspaper, she had no idea what she was getting herself into or how it would change her life. Here, she chronicles her adventures during what would become a yearlong stay in Sanaa, Yemen, as she learns to deal with a foreign culture in which women are seen only in burkas, her male staff is often busy chewing khat (a legal stimulant), and getting to the truth is not as simple as it would seem. Readers will enjoy Steil's wonderful attitude about trying new experiences, her joy in meeting people, and how her life totally changed when she least expected it (she fell in love with the married British ambassador). VERDICT A delightful and straight-talking story of one American woman living, working, and finding friendship and love in a Muslim country. Highly recommended for interested memoir readers as well as journalism, Middle Eastern, and women's studies students. " (LJ Reviews)
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The Lost Girls; Three Friends, Four Continents, One Unconventional Detour Around The World

By Jennifer Baggett
"After a thrilling trip to South America, Jen, Holly, and Amanda, three Manhattanites in their mid-twenties, decide to climb off the career ladder for a year to travel the world. Inspired by The Flame Trees of Thika, Jen has always longed to see Kenya, while Holly wants to study yoga in an ashram in India. Amanda has dreams of pursuing a career as a freelance travel writer, but when she takes time out from their adventures to work on articles, it grates on the nerves of Jen, who is hoping to truly immerse herself in their surroundings. Though the three encounter snafus on the way—Holly initially finds the rigors of the ashram disheartening, the girls find themselves trapped in a car with a frightening taxi driver in Vietnam—there are many rewards on the journey, most notably when the three friends organize a group of Kenyan girls to perform a play about an influential Kenyan woman. For those with similar wanderlust, Jen, Holly and Amanda's lively accounts make for the ideal armchair journey."  (Booklist Reviews)
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Zagat 2010/11 New York City Shopping

"Whether you’re a shopaholic or a bargain-hunter, you’ll find Zagat’s New York City Shopping guide indispensable. Covering over 2,000 stores in 50+ categories ranging from handbags to home goods, shoes to software, toys to toiletries – it’s all here. Rated by thousands of enthusiastic NYC shoppers, this guide is sure to be the one you won’t leave home without...Zagat Survey is based on a simple premise – that the shared opinions of thousands of avid consumers with real experiences are inherently more accurate than the opinions of just one or two critics. Through our guides, we give people the power of a collective voice and the information to make smart decisions."  (Publisher Description)
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