| Life on the Mississippi
| This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpiec...More
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| A left-Hander on Route 66
| --At a temporary bargain-price while we are polishing up final formating of the Kindle edition--Fairfield, Missouri native Hugh Noone knew he had been born on the wrong side of the tracks, and society's reaction to his left-handedness convinced him that he would never enjoy the promise represented by Route 66 or new freedoms of the Sexual Revolution. In fact, he writes his life story from jail, appealing a wrongful conviction and imprisonment twenty years after the event. But revealing the detai...More
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| Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
| On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and his childhood sweetheart Bess, off to visit old friends, take in a Broadway play, celebrate their wedding anniversary in the Big Apple, and blow a bit of the money he’d just received to write his memoirs. Hopefully incognito. I...More
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| For 91 Days in Savannah
| Photos, advice and anecdotes from our three months in Savannah, Georgia. We're two travelers who spend 91 days in various cities around the world, capturing the history, local flavor and way of life. Over the course of three months, we were able to explore the best of Savannah: the touristic highlights, all the historic squares, easy day trips, great restaurants and hidden gems. Read about all our experiences in this e-book, which also includes a wealth of images of this incredibly photogenic ci...More
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| The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012 (Unofficial Guides)
| This best selling and definitive guide to Disney World is bigger and better than ever!Exhaustively researched and packed with insider advice that will save you both time and moneyTried and tested touring plans that save as much as four hours of standing in line in a single dayTips, advice, and opinions from hundreds of Walt Disney World guests in their own wordsAlmost 250 hotels rated and ranked for quality and value, including the top non-Disney hotels for familiesA complete Dining Guid...More
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| Into the Wild
| In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.Immediately...More
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| Free Air (Annotated)
| - Transcribed word-for-word by hand- With full navigation- Annotated"Free Air" is one of the emblematic road trip novels of the early twentieth century, later serving as a model for Jack Kerouac's "On the Road."As with most travel literature, the journey of the hero and heroine can be seen on many levels, including journeys of self-discovery, inner change, class consciousness and liberation. As a literary homage to Sinclair Lewis, "Free Air" is also the book that the fictional character Jimmy Da...More
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| Roughing It (Enriched Classic Series)
| Though known throughout the world for his fictional novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain was also a skilled chronicler of his own life and experiences. In his youth, Twain traveled extensively throughout the untamed American West with his brother, working his way from town to town in a variety of jobs, including gold prospector, reporter, and lecturer. Roughing It is Twain's personal recollection of his wanderlust years. It is a ...More
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| Off the Leash: Subversive Journeys Around Vermont
| A grand tour of some of Vermont's most interesting and undervalued places, this guide ranges from the Domestic Resurrection Circus performed by giant puppets in Glover, to the Dowser's Labyrinth in Danville, to the birthplace of Joseph Smith, one of the founders of the Mormon Church, in Sharon. Vermont is full of quirky places and colourful history, and "Off the Leash" goes beyond the world of tourism to explore "the richness of life and the treasures in it, and how we lose these things in a wor...More
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| The Dark Side of Disney
| THE DARK SIDE OF DISNEY reveals all of the tips, tricks, scams, and stories that THEY don’t want you to know about! Unabashedly unafraid of offending the family-oriented audiences catered to by other Disney travel guides, author Leonard Kinsey gives intrepid travelers access to the seamy, raunchy, and often hilarious underbelly of Walt Disney World. From cautionary tales of scoring illegal tickets, to thrilling accounts of exploring off-limits areas, to chronicles of drug-induced debauchery, t...More
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| Map of New York, USA (Maps of the USA)
| The Complete map of New York City, USAInfo/Help in English:1.) Go to the Map2.) Go to get to Street Index3.) On the map use previous/next page to get to the left/right4.) On the map use next/previous page 7-times to get down/up5.) Click to the map to zoom (if available on your ebook reader)6.) Choose any street in the Index to get to the map. There is a map number behind every street name and a letter - A (the street is in the left-upper quadrant of the map), B (right-up), C (left-down), D (righ...More
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| A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
| The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaing guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way–and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk i...More
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| The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed
| The finest guidebook ever written for Kaua'i. Now you can plan your best vacation--ever. This all new eighth edition is a candid, humorous guide to everything there is to see and do on the island. Best-selling author and longtime Hawai'i resident, Andrew Doughty, unlocks the secrets of an island so lush and diverse that many visitors never realize all that it has to offer. Explore with him as he reveals breathtaking trails, secluded beaches, pristine reefs, delicious places to dine, relaxing res...More
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| Hawaii The Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook
| "The finest guidebook ever written for the Big Island. Now you can plan your best vacation—ever. This all new sixth edition is a candid, humorous guide to everything there is to see and do on the Big Island. Best-selling author and longtime Hawai‘i resident, Andrew Doughty, unlocks the secrets of an island so vast and diverse that many visitors never realize all that it has to offer. Explore with him as he reveals breathtaking trails, secluded beaches, pristine reefs, delicious places to din...More
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| Map of Washington DC, USA (Maps of the USA)
| The Complete map of Washington DC, USAPlace: Washington DCCountry: United StatesMap type: City Map for download to an ebook reader.More information: The eBook with the map contains index of streets (hypertext).DESCRIPTIONDesigned in 1791 by the French architect Major Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, Washington was the world's first planned capital. Washington, D.C. is not a state, but rather the combination of the District of Columbia, and Washington - the capital city of the United States of America. I...More
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| Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson And The Opening Of The American West
| In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies, and -- by way of the Snake and mighty Columbia -- down to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, endured incredible hardships and witnessed astounding sights. With great perseverance, they worked their way into an unexplored West and when they returned two years later, they had long since been given up for d...More
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| Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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| Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 2012
| Birnbaum’s Walt Disney World, the most respected and well-known name in travel guides, takes readers to the world’s most popular tourist attraction. Since ours is the only guidebook that’s official, this book includes the most accurate information on prices, changes, and new attractions for 2012. Highlights include complete coverage of Walt Disney World's newest resort-in-the-making: The Art of Animation; expanded information about the ever-popular Disney Vacation Club, including details...More
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| MAUI REVEALED: THE ULTIMATE GUIDEBOOK BY DOUGHTY, ANDREW(AUTHOR )PAPERBACK ON 15-JUN-2010
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| Artificial Imagination: A Glimpse Into the Hi-Tech Worlds of California and Seattle
| Supposedly written by an AI program mimicking human creativity, this humorous autobiography of an adventurous young man describes his journey through the Hi Tech world across USA--a journey which starts at the University of California and takes him through the technology worlds of Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Seattle (after a detour through Nashville, the Music City) and ending at beautiful San Diego. The book starts in the middle with Kalpanik, a technologist in the Software industry movin...More
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