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Dreaming about an exotic vacation in some tropical paradise? What could
be better than starting to plan your trip curled up with an inspiring
travel guide or two? Worth considering, particularly if the departure
date is a ways away, is getting a couple of travel guides and
supplementing them with a history book on the region you are going to
visit. Where do you find such information? This is the place for you!
You will find Amazon’s entire selection of over 4,000 Travel Guides
right at your fingertips. Enjoy!
Great Lodges of the National Parks
Stand amid soaring Douglas fir in the great hall of Glacier Park Lodge
or sit in the setting sun and gaze into the Grand Canyon at El Tovar.
This beautiful gift book will transport you to the majestic lodges of
our national parks to relive the glory of past vacations or plan
adventures anew. This book and the PBS television series of the same
take armchair travelers into these architectural wonders and explore the
surrounding natural beauty of our national parks.
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Chicken Soup for the Travelers’ Soul
Regardless of the destination, it is ultimately the journey that is the source of our most treasured tales and the wellspring of stories found in Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul-stories that will take you on an unforgettable and heartwarming voyage of insight and discovery.
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The Elegant Universe
By Brian Greene
This book sat on my shelf for a year, beacuse I thought it would be too heavy, too abstract, and too difficult. I finally picked it up and realized how wrong I'd been. I'm really enjoying learning from Greene's clear examples and easy-to-understand concepts. As a fellow writer, I know how hard this is, and he's achieved it masterfully.
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The Art of Travel
By Alain de Botton
Rather than lavishing pages on the sumptuous taste of a sun-ripened olive in Provence, philosopher de Botton examines what inspires us to escape the humdrum and purchase tickets to Tahiti, tromp through the countryside, or wander Rome. Left to one voice, such an inquiry might grow dull, but de Botton uses the lives and works of artists and writers to explore the premise.
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The Spiritual Tourist
By Mick Brown
On a pilgrimage to see the Dalai Lama in the foothills of the Himalayas; blissed out in Germany with a beautiful Indian girl believed to be "the Divine Mother"; witnessing miracles in the ashram of Sai Baba; and searching for the Messiah in the back streets of London--the spiritual tourist is the Candide of the age, on a voyage of inner search and illumination. This quest--a yearning for a sense of the sacred--has become a leitmotif of twentieth century life as we head for the millennium.
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Spectacular Ireland
By Peter Harbison
Spectacular Ireland takes you on a journey through Irish time and scenery that is as rewarding as traveling to the country in person (almost!). The text is logically laid-out and easily understood. The pictures are exquisite with good explanations of what they are and where they are located. Absolutely fabulous!
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James Bond’s London
By Gary Giblin
Gary Giblin's book "James Bond's London" is a highly readable and useful guide for James Bond and/or Ian Fleming fans. Giblin's enormous love for the subject and the incredibly minute details to which his research extended are obvious. The way he divided locations into different categories and grouped them according to districts of London is very intelligent, and makes using the book as a guide very simple and enjoyable.
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American Pie
By Pascale Le Draoulec
If it's true that there's nothing more genuinely American than pie, then Pascale Le Draoulec is the gastronomic version of Alexis de Tocqueville. Cruising the U.S. in her Volvo, food critic Le Draoulec searched for the best pies, both homemade and commercially produced, and for the histories of those who make them.
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Tropical Mexico
By Les Beletsky
Simply, a terrific wildlife guide and the best of its kind for Mexico. Chapters provided detailed information (with photos!) of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals found in southern Mexico. Recommeneded for any serious student of biology or dedicated eco traveler.
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America’s National Parks
By Paul Schullery
From stunning mountain ranges to arid expanses of desert, America has been blessed with an incredibly diverse land -- and the vision to protect it for our and future generations to enjoy. These lands are ours to view, wander, learn from, and revel in. America's National Parks captures all that is great about all fifty-six parks in the national park system.
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