Beer Lover's New York

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" "Beer Lover's New York "features breweries, brewpubs and beer bars geared toward hop heads looking to seek out the best beers--from bitter seasonal IPAs to rich, dark stouts--New York has to offer. "Beer Lover's" guides also offer beer recipes for home brewers, regional food recipes that incorporate beer, suggested regional food and beer pairings, and walkable pub crawl itineraries for craft beer-centric destinations."  (Publisher Description)

Where the Locals Go: More Than 300 Places Around the World to Eat, Play, Shop, Celebrate, and Relax

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"For many, the joy of travel is often an authentic, immersive experience of the local culture. Here, National Geographic's insider tips offer a unique look at the places and activities around the world that captivate the residents--from regional festivals, undiscovered local restaurants, and lesser-known art galleries, to quiet places to sit and watch another world stroll by. A bonus chapter features in-depth experiences in the top 15 greatest cities. This book goes beyond Internet basics to ensure rewarding and memorable travel for those who crave a deeper understanding of a country and its people. When in Rome, they say, do as the Romans do. Discover the soul of a place through a chance encounter, a kind word, or an unparalleled tip from a local.
In "Where the Locals Go," you'll find hundreds of authentic, beautifully photographed travel experiences, complemented with nuggets of entertaining and insightful text informed by locals. Now, you, too, can join the locals in Venice on their evening passeggiata; mingle with the crowds at sunset on Juhu Beach in Mumbai; sample some of France's best cheeses in the Alpine town of
Annecy; and walk the ancient peak-to-peak pilgrimage on Japan's Kunisaki Peninsula. This book will inspire you to make your next trip a truly authentic travel experience.  (Publisher Description)

Tanzania & Zanzibar ( Insight Guide Tanzania & Zanzibar ) (2ND ed.)

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"Whether you want to scale the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro, enjoy spectacular game viewing on safari, or simply lie on a beautiful beach, you can do it all in Tanzania and Zanzibar. This book has been fully overhauled by an expert Africa author and is packed with stunning new pictures bringing this breathtaking country and its people to life. It gives you more background on the country's fascinating history and culture than any other guide.
From the vibrant capital of Dar es Salaam to the plains of the Serengeti, all the country's top destinations are covered. You'll get the lowdown on unmissable Tanzania experiences like coral diving off the coast of Pemba and chimpanzee tracking in the Mahale Mountains, and there's fully illustrated gazetteer detailing Tanzania's fabulous wildlife. Maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information."  (Publisher Description)

Frommer's EasyGuide to Costa Rica (2014)

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"Selling for a lower price than any similar guidebook, and deliberately limited to a short 256 pages, this EasyGuide is an exercise in creating easily-absorbed travel information. It emphasizes the authentic experiences in each destination: the most important attractions, the classic method of approaching a particular destination; the best choices for accommodations and meals; the best ways to maximize the enjoyment of your stay. Because it is "quick to read, light to carry," it is called an "EasyGuide," and reflects Arthur Frommer's lifetime of experience in presenting clear and concise travel advice"  (Publisher Description)

The European Driver's Handbook

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" This concise and practical guide is essential reading for anyone planning to drive in Europe, with essential motoring requirements for 42 countries."

Chasing Shackleton: Re-Creating the World's Greatest Journey of Survival

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"Polar explorer Jarvis (Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica, 2008, etc.) takes on the re-creation of one of the most difficult treks imaginable. Trying to "double" Ernest Shackleton's (1874-1922) desperate trip 800 nautical miles across the Southern Ocean in a 23-foot boat followed by a 35 kilometer trek across South Georgia's heavily glaciated mountains requires a tight team with a strong leader. Shackleton had no choice as he altered his planned adventure of crossing Antarctica on foot from the Weddell Sea coast to the Ross Sea. After his ship, the Endurance, was trapped in the ice for more than a year, Shackleton set off in a reconfigured lifeboat with five men in search of rescue. It was the greatest survival journey of all time. After he was "asked by Shackleton's granddaughter to undertake this journey and was inspired to want to do it as the greatest survival story of the heroic era of exploration," the author's attempt to repeat this desperate journey began with finding sponsors, which took three years. The author was lucky in finding TV sponsors, although the trek was limited by filming requirements. They also had to travel three months before the period Shackleton's crew did due to permit requirements. The story of their journey is bone-chilling at the least and breathtakingly frightening. There are certain elements that will confuse nonsailors and nonclimbers, particularly terms never explained--e.g., katabatic winds, nunatak and bergschrund. The author's description of icy seas soaking the crew as they tried to sleep like sardines in the hold is not reading for the claustrophobic. Surely it was difficult enough to attempt this voyage, but as they accomplished it without modern (waterproof) clothing or navigational aids, it was a most remarkable feat. A well-written, compelling read begging for a warm fireside and a hot cup of cocoa"  (Kirkus Reviews)

Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World--From the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief

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"A rousing around-the-world paean to the rumble of the rails by accomplished journalist Zoellner (A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America, 2011, etc.). The author, who commutes by train to his teaching job in Los Angeles, notes their utility in moving people and freight. Also, Zoellner finds trains good places to fall in love, if fleetingly, and to get reading and thinking done. Some of the things he thinks about are--well, things that it hasn't occurred to other writers to ask about, such as the decidedly detrimental effects human excrement has on the rail lines of India: First, it eats away at the metal, and then it attracts insects that eat rail ties, telephone and signal poles, and even railroad cars themselves. (The Hindi word for "this universal human output" is goo.) Mostly, Zoellner concentrates on less icky topics, and often to memorable effect, as when he writes of a foggy journey through northern England, "a J.R.R. Tolkien vision come to life" and an "eldritch scene" to boot. England may be a land of plains and valleys "with an occasional volcanic knob on which the ruins of a fortress might be standing and one where the occupants had almost certainly sucked all the wealth from the surrounding fields and converted it into magnificent furniture and swords," but America, with its continentally vast distances, has much catching up to do--for one thing, trains travel much slower here than they do elsewhere in the world. Having train-hopped across continents, Zoellner closes his account with a cleareyed look at what needs to happen in America if trains are to have a future--it will involve considerable infusions of money and overcoming vested-interest opposition. Great for fans of Paul Theroux's railroad journeys, except that Zoellner isn't anywhere near as ill-tempered, and he has a better command of social history. A pleasure for literate travelers."(Kirkus Reviews)

Lonely Planet's Best in Travel: The Best Trends, Destinations, Journeys & Experiences for the Upcoming Year (2014)

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"This visually appealing guide provides suggestions for where to travel by country, region, and city, as well as various lists such as family travel, low cost, and best beaches. It is based on what the folks at Lonely Planet have observed as up-and-coming destinations, or those locations with significant events worthy of travel in 2014, such as the World Cup in Brazil. Whether these places are indeed the best is certainly open for debate, but nonetheless there are excellent suggestions for travelers looking for ideas. This volume offers only an overview, so specifics such as sites, lodging, or logistics are not available--just ideas, lovely photographs, and enticing reasons to visit. Lonely Planet publishes this guide annually to highlight the best destinations for the upcoming year. Similar books such as National Geographic's "100 Countries, 5,000 Ideas" and Reader's Digest's "Off the Beaten Path" contain inspiration but do not focus on what's trending for the upcoming year. VERDICT This is a fun title to browse, good for trip idea generation and particularly useful for those who are out of ideas about where to travel for their next vacation."(Library Journal)