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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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.
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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."
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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!
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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!
RV & CAMPING BOOKS
RV Camping in State Parks by D.J. Davin
In this new directory, you'll learn about state parks that have camping facilities suitable for RVers. Over 1,500 state parks and recreation areas in 49 states are included.
Details provide campground amenities, contact
information, location, and directions. Also provides number of
RV
sites are available, how many have water and electric
hookups, and number of sites with full hookups. Also provided is each park's season
of operation, average camping fee charged, and availability of showers and
dump stations. RV Camping in State Parks includes
maps for each state to aid you in finding state parks with RV campgrounds.
The book is a must-have for any
RVer that
enjoys state park camping! Second Edition, November 2006.
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Rest Areas and Welcome Centers, by William C. Herow
This is one of our most popular titles and now it has been completely updated and revised! Quickly and easily locate rest areas, welcome centers, roadside turnouts, and scenic vistas along America's Interstate highways. Find out where these areas are and the facilities available such as restrooms, phones, picnic tables, vending machines, RV dump stations, and designated pet walk areas.
The book also includes Cracker Barrel locations and discount stores like
Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, K-Mart, and Target. Easily
find travel centers like AmBest Truck Stops, Flying J Travel
Plazas, Love's, Petro, Pilot, and TA Travel
Centers. These places welcome RVers with services such as propane,
diesel fuel, restaurants, and dump stations. Some even offer free
overnight parking! Also included is state tourism contact
information, a convenient list of toll-free numbers for hotels and motels
across America, and an
RV dump
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National Park Service Camping Guide, by William C. Herow
National Park Service Camping Guide brings together in one book all the National Park
Service areas that offer some form of camping, whether it be in a developed
campground or primitive camping in the backcountry. More than one hundred areas
and over 400 campgrounds are described. National Park Service Camping Guide provides you with addresses and phone numbers and entrance fee information and visitor center information. Third Edition, published 2006.
Casino Camping, by Jane Kenny
Casino Camping is the best casino guide for RVers and a great tool for boondockers. Inside this book, you'll discover hundreds of RV-Friendly casinos throughout America. These casinos either have an RV park or campground as part of their facility or they allow free overnight parking.
Increasingly popular with full-timers
traveling the country, casino campgrounds provide modern, upscale
facilities for a price usually below that of other campgrounds. Plus
RVers can enjoy the amenities of the casino,
including restaurants, pools/spa, golf, and gaming. Casino Camping
provides you with maps for locating the casinos, descriptions of each
casino and campground, discounts available, detailed driving directions,
and parking information for
RVs.
RVers Guide to Dumpstations by RV Dumps
It isn't something any RVer enjoys doing but it is something that must be done. Eventually your RV's holding tanks must be emptied and finding a dump station can sometimes be difficult. RVer's Guide to Dump Stations makes it easy to find public dump stations. Over 1,300 locations across the United States are listed and include places like truck stops and travel centers, city and county parks, gas stations, rest areas, and more.
Dump stations easily accessed from
Interstate highways are listed by exit or mile marker number, making it
easy to find one as you travel. Those in other locations are listed
alphabetically by city or town. RVer's Guide to Dump Stations is the
perfect companion for boondockers and a valuable resource for all RVers.

RV Retirement by Jane Kenny
Ah, retirement dreams! We look forward to that time
of life when we won't have to report to work every day, when we can kick back,
relax and enjoy "the good life." For many of us, travel is on the list of
retirement dreams. We want to be adventurous, travel to places we've always
wanted to see, return to places where we vacationed in the past and visit
friends and relatives in far off states.
RV
Retirement was written by a retiree in an RV.
It has been compiled to share the knowledge, experience and skills developed
while spending retirement years in an RV.
The book is for RV
"newbies" and for RV retirement "wannabies." If you are new to RVing or want to
use an RV
when you retire, this is the book for you.
First Edition, October 2005
RVer's Guide to Corps of Engineers Campgrounds, by Jane Kenny
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages more than 12 million acres of land and water. They are the largest federal provider of outdoor recreation in the nation. No matter where you live in the United States, there is a Corps lake near you! This book will guide you to over 600 Corps-managed campgrounds across the nation with sites suitable for RV
camping. State maps help you identify the location of campgrounds.
Campground descriptions include: Season of
operation, number and type of sites, fees, amenities and facilities, directions
and contact information. First Edition, November, 2006.
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RV Camper's Package -
Everything you need to hit the road! Get
RV Camping in State Parks,
National Park Service
Camping Guide, Rest
Areas and Welcome Centers, and Casino
Camping all for one price. Retails for $57.80, but you get it here for
$47.80. Save $10.00 and save on shipping costs.

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