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The Don't Sweat Guide to Travel by Richard Carlson

Travel can be stressful, perhaps more so now than ever before. Yet there are many simple yet incredibly effective ways to avoid becoming overly anxious about both business trips and vacations. With a bit more planning - as well as more mindfulness about one's approach to travel - taking trains, planes, and automobiles can become a much more benign, even pleasurable experience. The Don't Sweat Guide to Travel is the perfect book for those who want to experience more joy and less worry, every time they leave home

Guide to the National Wildlife Refuges by Laura Riley

For travelers interested in seeking out wild animals without having to enter the deep wilderness, there is no better resource than this. It will guide you to some 225 federal preserves across the United States, from Rhode Island's postage-stamp-sized Ninigret to Alaska's 19.5 million-acre Arctic reserves, both homes to a wide range of wildlife. Laura and William Riley, who helped found the Raptor Trust in the 1970s, have an easygoing style that balances their sometimes overwhelmingly exhaustive cataloging of the nation's wild creatures. Their useful book ought to make a lot of readers head for the nearest wildlife refuge--every state has at least one--and take a look for themselves. Softcover, 684 pages.

Escape to the American Desert, by Catherine Karnow and David Lansing

This book will inspire and guide you as you plan your American Desert getaway. Explore sagebrush canyons and ghost towns or leave your footprints in a sea of pure sand. Each of the 17 experiences and sights it highlights are illustrated in 135 luscious full-color photographs. The planning section tells you all about costs, lodging options, how to get there, and more, and a detailed map shows you what's where. Escape to the American Desert is lovely enough to treasure as a dream book, yet durable enough to withstand the rigors of travel, so keep this book by your bedside to sweeten your dreams, or pop it into your tote bag when you hit the road. And get ready for the trip of a lifetime.

Small Town Escapes, by National Geographic

America's most enticing small towns promise idyllic getaways in places that time forgot - from colonial villages to Old West towns to sunny pueblos to salt-sprayed fishing hamlets. Plan the perfect escape in 77 of America's best small towns, where you can visit antique shops or museums, take a hike, go birding, savor local cuisine, sleep on a feather bed, or simply rock away the afternoon on a breezy verandah. Descriptive essays by National Geographic travel writers capture the essence of each town. Detailed practical information highlights inns and B&Bs, restaurants, annual events, and must-see local and nearby sights. Brilliant color photos show off the towns' unique qualities, and easy-to-use, full-color maps make finding these special places easy.

Small World, by Brad Herzog

Small World is acclaimed travel writer Brad Herzog's unique tribute to the Land of the Free, featuring a world of stories culled along America's highways and byways. From Rome ( Oregon ) to Athens (New York), from Moscow (Maine) to Mecca (California), Herzog embarks on a fascinating journey into the nooks and crannies of the nation -- tiny towns struggling to live up to their grandiose names. Shattering the notion that distance alone translates to wonder, this perpetual traveler probes everything from the dark history of Congo (Ohio) to the residue of slavery along the great river in Cairo (Illinois).

Old Man River and Me by Mark Knudsen and Shawn Plank

The largest difference between this travelogue and, say, Life on the Mississippi or the adventures of Tom and Huck is the straightforward approach adventurer Knudsen takes. Mark Twain's works are more filled with fantasy and adventure, but Knudsen, who built an 18-foot flat-bottom boat himself and headed downstream from Minnesota, absorbed the sights, sounds, and smells of such cities as St. Louis and Memphis. Some negotiating of the river was trying (it wasn't just about going around bends and avoiding islands), but the hospitality Knudsen received along the river is unmatched. Nice people offered him food, a shower, and provisions along the way, although he does receive an ominous warning about "Cajun justice" while in Missouri.

Family Fun Vacation Guide - Southwest, by Kathryn Hopper

Together your family can pan for gold in Breckendridge, Colorado, ride a train to the Grand Canyon, step inside a beehive at the Children's Museum of Denver, tiptoe through a ghost town in New Mexico, and much, much more. this family tested guide delivers America's hidden gems where you can have fun and learn along the way.

Forgotten Edens by Frans Lanting and Christine K. Eckstrom

Journey to faraway corners of the art for an intimate portrait of some the world's most spectacular wild places. From the steamy rain forests of the Asian tropics to the frigid seas surrounding Antarctica, join photographer Frans Lanting and writer Chris Eckstrom on a natural history odyssey to five diverse and remote wilderness areas that reveal "what nature is capable of on a grand scale."  

Strange Highways by Jerry D. Coleman

If You Have Never Believed in the Paranormal Before --- You Soon Will! Explore the underbelly of American Strangeness with author Jerry D. Coleman as he goes behind the scenes into some of the most mysterious cases in paranormal history. Roaming the country, he presents an amazing phantasmagoria of Bigfoot sightings, visits from beyond the grave, eerie encounters with anomalous creatures, phantom panthers, startling first-hand accounts and much more.

Roaming the country, Coleman presents an amazing phantasmagoria of Bigfoot sightings, visits from beyond the grave, eerie encounters with anomalous creatures, phantom panthers, startling first-hand accounts and much more. This is one of the most amazing books you'll ever read about carefully investigated and first-person accounts of the unknown!

The Wonders of Wildlife --  by Outdoor Sports

Filled with color photographs, this vintage book describes prey, predators, birds, land animals of three continents and much more. First edition copyright, 1973, hard cover, 160 pages. Only one copy available.

America's Sunset Coast  -- National Geographic Society

From San Diego to the Pacific Northwest, this beautifully illustrated book includes more than 150 color photographs of the Pacific shoreline including sunsets, dunes, lakes and woods. This 211 page, hardbound book is filled with colorful photographs.

More Strange Highways by Jerry Coleman

The sequel to the bestselling book on America's most mysterious creatures, unknown places and strange tales. Take another trip into the darkest corners of the unknown with Jerry Coleman as he returns to the back roads of America in search of more of the strangest cases in paranormal and Cryptozoological history!

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