Best travel and adventure books.
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Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook:Travel
by Joshua Piven. Learn what to do when the tarantula crawls up your leg, the riptide
pulls you out to sea, the sandstorm’s headed your way, or your camel just won’t
stop. Find out how to pass a bribe, remove leeches, climb out of a well, survive a fall
onto subway tracks, catch a fish without a rod and preserve a severed limb. An appendix of travel tips, useful phrases, and gestures to avoid will also
ensure your safe return. Because you just never know... |
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Road Trip USA
by Jamie Jensen, celebrates
the notion that freedom and discovery await us on the open road.
This second edition lures travelers off the
soulless interstates and into the world of the two-lane road
and a view of real Americana.
There are tips to the best diner apple pies, soda fountains, and out-of-the-way lodgings;
call letters of lively radio stations, toll-free numbers for road conditions
and coverage of minor-league baseball, RVing,
camping and motorcycle touring, |
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Last Trout in Venice: The Far-Flung Escapades of an Accidental Adventurer
by Doug Lansky With a bottomless
taste for the absurd, Doug Lansky takes the reader on a global odyssey. In
Naples, reputedly the world’s worst place to drive, Lansky rents a car. In Berlin, he
dons a latex jumpsuit and spiked collar for a visit to the notoriously erotic Kit Kat
Club. And in Tokyo, determined to deepen his appreciation for sumo wrestling, Lansky takes
lessons from a master and rediscovers how it feels to be lifted into the air by a wedgie.
Other adventures include climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in ill-fitting hiking boots, competing
with the mobs to get picked for The Price Is Right, and tandem hang gliding with a daredevil pilot in New Zealand.
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The Travel Detective: How to Get the Best Service and the Best Deals from Airlines, Hotels, Cruise Ships, and Car Rental Agencies
by Peter Greenberg Renowned travel authority and NBC Today show travel editor Peter
Greenberg shares his insider secrets. Americans now travel more than ever before. Yet as our traveling has
increased, the service we receive from airlines, hotels, and other agencies has
deteriorated dramatically.The Travel Detective tells you the things most travel agents
can't — or sometimes just won't -- like, the secret rule to know to avoid being
bumped from a flight.
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Motorcycle Journeys Through California
by Clement Salvadori This book is about superb routes that offer some of the best
year-round riding in the world according to moto-journalist Clement Salvadori.
Welcome bits of history, commentary, and notes from the author will give you plenty of
good excuses to stop, as well as things to ponder, as the miles roll by. And should you be
in the right place at the right time and wish to really take in the local motorcycle
scene, you will learn which famous runs and roadhouses typically bring together
like-minded riders to kick tires over coffee.
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Storm : A Motorcycle Journey of Love, Endurance and Transformation
by Allen Noren This haunting travel memoir is
about a motorcycle journey around the Baltic Sea. A beautifully written, stirring
story that gets better and better as the journey worsens. A diehard traveler, Noren had
been exploring the far corners of the world for years when he and his girlfriend, Suzanne,
pinned a map of the world to their bedroom wall and plotted out an adventurous,
three-month route around the Baltic Sea.
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Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, 4th Edition
by Chris Scott The fourth edition, now published by Trailblazer,
features an improved layout and graphics, a larger format and now covers wilderness riding
in North America, as well as updates on adventuring in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Australian Outback. Plus there's
detailed information on machine choice, preparation and equipment. Written with the
support of cycle organizations worldwide, Adventure Motorcycling Handbook contains a dozen new Traveler's
Tales and maps and over 100 photographs. This is the ideal guide for seeing the world on a
motorcycle.
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Road Trip USA: California and the Southwest
by Jamie Jenson Powered by the same restless, nostalgic heart that
charmed readers and critics in the original Road Trip USA, this book focuses on the
nation's most car-crazed quadrant: California and the Southwest. Author Jamie Jensen and
his contributors deepen their top-down, radio blasting, coffee-swilling exploration of
America's historic two-lane highways, which in this region include
the western stretch of the Mother Road - Route 66 - as well as Highway 50, the
"Loneliest Road in America"; the Pacific Coast Highway; and the old Southern
Pacific Route, Highway 80. |
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Eat Your Way Across the U.S.a : 500 Diners, Farmland Buffets, Lobster Shacks, Pie Palaces, and Other All-American Eateries
by Jane & Michael Stern |
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Road Trip USA: New England
by Jamie Jensen Inspired by the idea that getting there is half the
fun, this guide takes you to all the best places, and points out all sorts
of great stuff to enjoy along the way -- from roadside trading posts selling
rubber tomahawks to evocative historical sights. Included are essential tips
on the best places to eat, hundreds of unique places to stay, and sound
advice about everything you need to have a good time. Whether you want to
take a Christmas sleigh ride around a village green, hop on a rollercoaster
at a family-friendly beach resort, or relax by the side of a waterfall along
the Appalachian Trail, Road Trip USA: New England has it all. |
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