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| Books We Like
? we?re big readers and love travel anthologies and novels that inspire
us to look deeply into other cultures, motivate us to get off the
beaten path, offer a new perspective on foreign lands and the people
who live there. And we know guidebooks ? from those that provide the
basics to those that direct you to hidden restaurants, bargain hotels
or luxe lodging. Here are some of our favorites (and check back
frequently, we?re always adding to the list): ARMCHAIR TRAVEL Travelers? Tales: A Woman?s World Edited by Mary Beth Bond. Published by Travelers? Tales, Inc. This book gives chick lit a gutsy name. Fifty-six stories by top female writers who?ve circled the globe and loved every minute of it. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die - A Travel Life List By Patricia Schultz. Workman Publishing. So you think you?ve visited the world?s highlights? What about the Stone Town in Zanzibar? The Otavalo Market in Ecuador? Calcutta?s Marble Palace? This book will inspire you to make your own list and start checking it off. The Gift of Travel ? The Best of Travelers? Tales Edited by Larry Habegger, James O?Reilly, Sean O?Reilly. Published by Travelers? Tales, Inc. Travelers?as opposed to tourists?journey for the thrill of it, knowing they are learning new things about the world and themselves with each trans-ocean flight, each jitney ride, each person met, each new food sampled. Jump aboard this wonderful anthology of stories from the road. A Year in Provence By Peter Mayle. Published by Vintage Press. Mayle, his wife and two large dogs set up residence in a 200-year old farmhouse in France and learn the value of humor, patience and a slower pace of life. Bill Bryson?s African Diary By Bill Bryson. Published by Broadway Books. Always irreverent and insightful, Bryson goes one better in his Kenya journal. He?s profoundly moved by the people, the landscape and the poverty; you will be, too. All royalties and profits from the sale of this book are donated to CARE, International. On Rue Tatin ? Living and Cooking in a French Town By Susan Herrmann Loomis. Published by Broadway Books. When a cookbook author and her family buy a rundown convent in a small town in Normandy, they encounter suspicion and plumbing challenges. Through persistence, goodwill and fine food, they make Louviers their home. Great recipes included. The Best American Travel Writing Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. For the last four, years a new collection of stories has appeared under this title. Each year a different editor (Paul Theroux and Bill Bryson to name two) chooses the stories that will have you reading your way around the world through the experiences of some of the planet?s best travel writers. A Walk in the Woods By Bill Bryson. Published by Broadway Books. Only Bryson could recount his hike of the entire length of the Appalachian Trail and have you learning, laughing and gasping from page to page. Monkey Dancing By Daniel Glick. Public Affairs Books. Dan Glick chose an unusual way to work through divorce and single parenthood. He packed his suitcase, gathered his two kids, and took off for a five-month journey around the world. As others have said before him, ?the journey is the destination.? Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures Edited by Jennifer L. Leo. Published by Travelers? Tales, Inc. Sarah Vowell, Sandra Tsing Loh, Anne Lamott and over 20 other women travelers share their misadventures from Abu Dhabi to Zambia. GUIDEBOOKS Escape to Nature Without Roughing It Edited by Constance Jones. Fodor?s Travel Publications. If you want to get away from it all without sacrificing comfort, good food and fine wine, this is your guidebook. Fodor?s has found 250 resorts, inns and lodges in pristine natural settings throughout the United States and Canada. Eccentric America By Jan Friedman. Published by Globe Pequot Press Inc. Who?d have guessed there were so many wacky monuments, shops, attractions and lodging facilities in the United States? To name a few: an office building shaped like a giant picnic basket in Ohio, gangster tours in Minnesota, a Las Vegas restaurant with a roller coaster thundering through it, a bed and breakfast in a New Mexico cave, a beer can house in Texas?need we say more? Don?t take a road trip without this book. Knopf Mapguide Series Published by Alfred A. Knopf With pop out maps, no frills descriptions, info on transportation, shopping, dining, partying, art and culture, these guides are the perfect size to fit into a backpack or purse. From Amsterdam to Vienna, nearly 30 cities have their own volumes. Moon Handbooks Avalon Travel Publishing Pick a country, or a region of a country (Mexico?s Pacific Coast, for example), and it?s all there ? helpful phrases, history, economy, government, culture, maps, transportation, food and drink suggestions, lodging ideas from resorts to campgrounds. Moon Handbooks are the essential guides for travelers who want to see the sights, experience the culture and learn a great deal about their destination. yemek tarifleri |