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Some new travel materials you may enjoy!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

National Geographic Traveler Croatia

By Rudolf Abraham
"The relaunched National Geographic Traveler guidebooks are in tune with the growing trend toward experiential travel, providing more insider tips and expert advice for a more authentic, cultural experience of each destination. These books serve discerning, curious travelers and supply information and interpretation not available on the Internet. In response to the interests of today's traveler, the acclaimed National Geographic Traveler series includes exciting new editorial features, a contemporary redesign, and inviting new covers."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Florence and Tuscany (American REV)

By Adele Evans
"This new-look "DK Eyewitness Florence & Tuscany Travel Guide" - now complete with a free pull-out map, clearly marked with sights from the guidebook - will lead you straight to the best attractions the charming city of Florence and awe-inspiring Tuscany region have to offer. You'll find detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets in this fully updated and expanded guide, plus in-depth coverage of all Florence and Tuscany's unforgettable sights. DK's uniquely visual "Eyewitness Florence & Tuscany Travel Guide" includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the region's stunning architecture. And the new-look guide's indispensable map is so easy-to-use - keep it with the book or remove and use on its own. The map has detailed street views of all the key areas, plus there are transport maps and information on how to get around, including the most useful tickets to buy for your stay. There's even a chart showing the distances between major sights for walkers. "  (Publisher Description)   Check Our Catalog

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Insight Guides; South Korea

By Tom La Bas
"This book contains detailed coverage of the whole of South Korea, with chapters covering the major cities and every area, full color mapping throughout, and useful practical information."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Grand Canyon; The Complete Guide

By James Kaiser
"Featuring a number of beautiful, high-quality color photographs, this guide is as browsable as the best coffee-table books while also offering maps, travel tips, and extensive listings for lodging, camping, and sightseeing. From river rafting to scenic fly-overs, the Grand Canyon offers a plethora of potential activities--but without careful planning, a trip to this popular national park can be overwhelming. This guide divides the attractions into sections--the North Rim, South Rim, Colorado River, and Havasu Falls--with lodging, dining, and camping information given for each. Including fully updated travel information, plus newly expanded sections on the geology, ecology, and history of the park, this edition is sure to encourage leisurely study of the area's unmatched natural beauty."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Frommer's 24 Great Walks In Rome

By Jennifer Griffiths
"Features 24 walking tours of Rome including:
  • Vatican City
  • the Catacombs
  • Trastevere
  • themed tours such as “Romantic Rome” and “Peaceful Places of the Aventine"
Discover Rome's most colorful neighborhoods—one step at a time. Follow Frommer's for an up-close and personal look at Rome's most cultureally rich areas, from famously places to lesser-know gems. Filled with color photos, easy-to-follow maps, clear route directions, and helpful commentary, this guide makes it easy to find your way around.
Let Frommer's take you to:
  • The Appian Way-the ancient road that leads to Rome-and the ramparts of the city
  • Trastevere, known for its chamring medieval lanes, restaurants, and churches
  • Vatican City, with its famous St. Peter's Square and masterpieces by artists such as Michelangelo and Raphael
  • Romantic Rome, with its gorgeous panoramas and intimate piazzas
  • The Catacombs, with their fascinating history and religious art"    (Publisher Description)   Check Our Catalog

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Everything Family Guide to Budget Travel: Hundreds of Fun Family Vacations to Fit Any Budget

By Kelly Gray
"Planning a fun family vacation doesn't have to break the bank. Travel writer Kelly Gray offers creative ways to plan affordable trips. Families with young children can visit popular sites at off-peak times. Adventurers can travel off the beaten path. And everyone can look for historic sites, scenic areas, and fun-filled attractions close to home. Featuring unique, family-friendly destinations, including:
  • Camping, from the mountains to our national parks
  • Adventure travel
  • Water and island vacations
  • All-inclusive resorts and cruises
  • Special-interest travel locations
  • Trips to Europe and beyond
This book helps you make the most affordable decisions about lodging, food, and tourist attractions. This easy-to-use guide will be an invaluable tool families simply won?t travel without!" (Publisher Description)

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Explorer's Guide: Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach & Florida's Space Coast: A Great Destination

By Diane Marcum
"Visitors and residents alike will enjoy exploring Brevard County, a recreational paradise where the high-tech space program exists alongside amazing natural areas like the Indian River Lagoon estuary--the most diverse marine estuary in the U.S. Comprehensive listings make this your most informative and entertaining vacation-planning tool."  Check Our Catalog

Monday, February 14, 2011

Rail-Trails Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York

By The Rails to Trails Conservancy
"Across the country, more than 1,600 unused railroad corridors have been converted to level, public, multiuse trails, where people can enjoy a fitness run, a leisurely bike ride, or a stroll with the family. In this newest addition to the popular series, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy presents the Northeast's finest rail-trails. "Rail-Trails Northeast" covers one hundred of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania's rail-trails. With a rich industrial and passenger rail history, the Northeast is one of the densest rail-trail regions in the country. Rural, suburban, or urban, rail-trails serve as the backbone of an impressive trail system. This two-color book includes succinct descriptions of each trail from start to finish, plus at-a-glance summary information indicating permitted uses, surface type, length, and directions to trailheads for each trail. Every trip has a detailed map that includes start and end points, trailhead, parking, restroom facilities, and other amenities."  Check Our Catalog

Open Road's Best Of Arizona

By BeckyYouman
"This third edition of Best of Arizona features new hotels and restaurants, maps, and even more beautiful color photos! If readers can only spend one day in Phoenix or Tucson before heading off to the Grand Canyon, we give them great choices. Or perhaps they'll choose to visit Phoenix for a week but want some great day trips nearby, or maybe it's a weekend in Navajo country to shop for Native American pottery and then a week touring around Sedona and Lake Powell. We've got it all planned out for them. Also includes the best of Tombstone, Lake Powell, the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, Bisbee, Gila Bend and more; every corner of Arizona is covered. Best of all, we don't weigh readers down with tons of useless information-we cut to the chase and give readers short descriptions of the best Arizona has to offer."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Frommer's Portable Turks & Caicos

By Alexis Flippin
"Whether you want to relaxon a secluded beach or discover world-class scuba diving, our expert author guides you toyour best Turks & Caicos experience.
Detailed maps throughout
Exact prices, directions, opening hours, and other practical information
Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants, plus sights, shopping, and nightlife
Insider tips from local expert authors."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Santa Barbara & California's Central Coast - Explorer Guide

By Donna Wares
"From the region s laid-back beach towns to the jumble of Monterey s Cannery Row, California s Central Coast offers the most spectacular triptych of landscapes surf, forests, and picturesque small towns in the West. Includes coverage of the region s vineyards, culinary gems, and coastal hideaways. "   Check Our Catalog

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Lonely Planet New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania

By Jeff Campbell
"Lonely Planet knows New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania. Our 3rd edition guarantees an adventure, whether it's shopping 'til you drop in Manhattan, wine-tasting your way around the Finger Lakes, time-warping through the small towns of Amish country, viewing Warhols in Pittsburgh, eating funnel cakes on the Jersey shore or winning big in Atlantic City.
In This Guide:
Extensive coverage of New York City and Philadelphia
Itineraries to inspire road tripping, gallery hopping, beach bumming and nature loving
Practical information on getting around by car, bus, plane, antique steam train or horse-drawn buggy.  69 Maps."  (Publisher Description)  Check Our Catalog

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)  Check Our Catalog