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Along Florida's Expressways
By David Hunter
Unlike your average Florida guidebook, this is not a "destination" travel guide.
Instead, we help you drive around the State with the ease, comfort and safety
which "local knowledge" provides. The book contains no advertising or commercial
content, but its packed with information accumulated after many years of
traveling around the State and writing driving guides.
"Along Florida's Expressways" is a driving guide which allows you to travel
Florida's expressways just as if you've lived here all your life. In short, we
remove "traveler's stress" and put you in control of your Florida driving trip.
- Item# ZZ9451
- 202 pgs., softcover, 1-896819-45-1
- $23.95
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Along Interstate 75, 13th Edition
By David Hunter
"Local Knowledge" for the I-75 between Detroit and the Florida border. Turns a boring
drive into a fun trip. A mile-by-mile guidebook to entertain you on your journey to and
from Florida. Learn exit & side roads when I-75 is blocked, where police radar hides,
where facilities with RV parking are located, favorite local restaurants, fast food places
with children's playgrounds, and more...
- Item# ZZ9265
- 208 pgs., softcover, 1-896819-26-5
- $23.95
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Around and About Paris: Volume One
By Thirza Vallois
The 1st - 7th arrondissements. How to see the real Paris on foot. Paris is a collection
of arrondissements, each having it's own history and distinctive character. Around and
About Paris is published in three volumes, each covering several arrondissements, in
numerical order, for ease of reference and because this accurately represents the way
the city grew. Each chapter consists of an introduction that sets the scene for your
explorations of the arrondissement and a section outlining where to walk and what you
will learn and experience along the way.
- Item# 780x
- 299 pgs., softcover, 0-9525378-0-x
- $29.95
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Around and About Paris: Volume Two
By Thirza Vallois
The 8th - 12th arrondissements. From the guillotine to the Bastille Opera.
- Item# 7834
- 223 pgs., softcover, 0-9525378-3-4
- $29.95
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Around and About Paris: Volume Three
By Thirza Vallois
The 13th - 20th arrondissements.
- Item# 7826
- 309 pgs., softcover, 0-9525378-2-6
- $29.95
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At Home in Asia
Expatriates in Southeast Asia and Their Stories
By Harold Stephens
At Home in Asia comes from the pen of Harold Stephens who has spent
most of his adult years in Asia where he has become one of that region's
best-known writer/adventurers. He has authored more than a dozen books
(travel, adventure, exploration, biographies) and thousands of newspaper
and magazine articles on his Asia experience. From mountain climbing to
jungle trekking, from sailing to diving, few have experienced Asia and
its people with the richness of Harold Stephens. He presently divides
his time between Miranda, northern California, and Bangkok, Thailand,
where he writes a weekly travel column for the Bangkok Post and is
Travel Correspondent for Thai Airways International.
In this, his latest book, Stephens introduces the reader to some of
the fascinating expatriate men and women he has come to know over the
years. The biographical sketches of action photographers, artists,
philosophers, entrepreneurs, sailors, environmentalists and others, are
as varied and alluring as Southeast Asia itself. The book can also serve
as a how-to book for those who dream about living abroad.
- Item# 2112
- 385 pp., softcover, 0-964252-11-2
- $14.95
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Aveyron, A Bridge to French Arcadia
3rd Edition
By Thirza Vallois
Aveyron, A Bridge to French Arcadia is the captivating story of a once destitute corner of France that is now singled out for its unbeatable, idyllic quality of life. More than a travel book to a unique and beautiful area, it is also a portrait gallery of the people of the Aveyron who are building bridges to the outside world. Bridges that will take you on an exciting journey and a mystical quest across the millennia.
- Item# 7847
- 288 of text + 32 pages of colour photos
- 13 ISBN: 978-0-9525378-4-7
10 ISBN: 0-9525378-4-2
- $24.99
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Best Drives' Snorkeling Adventures
3rd Edition
By Joyce Huber, Jon Huber & Claudia Sammartino
Anyone who can slip on a mask and peer beneath the ocean's surface will treasure this 214-page
travel guide to top marine parks, shipwrecks and shallow coral gardens. Adventures include captive and wild dolphin swims, manatee encounters, turtle byways, the first
snorkel-thru museum, sail-snorkel trips, kayak dives, and off-beat excursions. Destination chapters
cover the Whitsunday Islands of Australia, the Bahamas Out Islands, Bermuda, Belize, Turks &
Caicos, Yucatan, Florida, Hawaii and Caribbean Islands.
Maps, drawings and black and white and color photos illustrate the text. Resort properties listed
have reef snorkeling off the beach or nearby some with dolphin lagoons.
Plus, travel information, special cruises, resorts, first-aid tips for coral cuts and sea stings, a special
chapter on sharks, underwater photo procedures and an introduction to gear for newcomers.
- Item# 4442
- 204 pgs., softcover, 0-9643844-4-2
- $15.95
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Bicycle Across America
By Barbara Siegert
Your guide to five classic cross-country adventures. Including preparation tips, maps,
and tour notes. This book chronicles five trans-America tours, provides route notes and
maps, offers suggestions on what to see and expect along the way - and features a special
section on how to prepare for long-distance cycling.
- Item# 7728
- 203 pgs., softcover, 0-9637077-2-8
- $14.95
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Bicycling Southern New Hampshire
By Linda Chestney
New Hampshire has it all -- seacoast, quaint New England villages, panoramic views,
peaceful backroads, and unlimited opportunities to enjoy nature from the saddle of
your bike. This updated and expanded second edition (over a dozen new rides), offers
the best routes in southern New Hampshire.
Here's a chance to get some exercise and take full advantage of the best "de-stresser"
known to humankind -- nature in all its glory. Designed for beginner cyclists, as well
as the serious rider, Bicycling Southern New Hampshire offers rides as short as 9.7
miles or as long as 104 miles.
* Review *
"Linda Chestney brings the adventure of New Hampshire's backroads to us. Breathtaking
vistas, tranquil country roads, and many unique discoveries just around the bend in the
road, await you on your riding ventures here. Whether you are a visitor to New Hampshire
or a resident, Bicycling Southern New Hampshire will take you to magical places."
~Kristina Deren Arrain, East Coast Greenway Alliance/NH
- Item# 7752
- 224 pgs., softcover, 0-9637077-5-2
- $17.95
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Bullies Behind The Wheel (Printed
Version)
How Your Reactions to Aggressive Drivers Can Cause Road
Rage, or Prevent It!
By Joel Shorey
Wouldn't you like
to know which drivers are most likely to do something foolish before
they can involve you? Wouldn't you like to have the benefit of
years of experience, without learning it the hard way? Whether
you're an experienced professional driver pushing 80,000 pounds down the
road, a daily commuter, a soccer mom, or a teenager with a new license,
this book will completely change your attitude about driving.
- Item# 2404
- 132 pp., softcover, 0-9711724-0-4
- $14.95
Bullies Behind The Wheel (Audio Tape
Set)
How Your Reactions to Aggressive Drivers Can Cause Road
Rage, or Prevent It!
By Joel Shorey
Wouldn't you like
to know which drivers are most likely to do something foolish before
they can involve you? Wouldn't you like to have the benefit of
years of experience, without learning it the hard way? Whether
you're an experienced professional driver pushing 80,000 pounds down the
road, a daily commuter, a soccer mom, or a teenager with a new license,
this book will completely change your attitude about driving.
- Item# 2412
- 2 audio tape set (1: 69 min, 2: 60 min), 0-9711724-1-2
- $19.95
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Central Florida Visions
By Joe Lee
- Item# 3614
- 355 pgs., hardcover, 0-9759736-1-4
- $49.95
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The Cohos Trail
The Guidebook To New Hampshire's Great Unknown
By Kim Robert Nilsen
Wild. Remote. Haunting. Starkly beautiful. Coos County, New Hampshire! The trail they
call the Cohos will take you there, where moose reign and only loons break the grand
mountain silence.
* Review *
"I'd thought a wilderness experience was no longer possible in New Hampshire until
Kim Nelsen opened up the vast, sparsely populated North Country with the new Cohos Trail."
~Mike Lanza, author of The Ultimate Guidebook to Backcountry Travel
"Too many trail guides are scant in detail or just plain boring. The Cohos Trail guide is
neither. You'll have no choice but to put on a pack and go."
~John Harrigan, NH Sunday News columnist
"An adventure replete with old logging trails, lost peaks, backcountry paths, and forgotten
ridge runs."
~Charlie Jordan, Northern New Hampshire Magazine
- Item# 7779
- 237 pgs., softcover, 0-9637077-7-9
- $17.95
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Distinguished Inns of North America - 17th Edition
by Select Registry
Your Guide to over 400 of the Finest Country Inns, B&B's
and Unique Small Hotels in North America.
Providing unforgettable introductions to the finest
accommodations and hospitality in North America for over
thirty years. Each property in this book in inspected
for quality assurance and meets the standards set by the
Association and its members.
- Item# 2712
- 480 pp., softcover, 0-9759127-1-2
- $15.95
The 18th Edition of this Guidebook from Select
Registry, Distinguished Inns of North America is due to be released in May of
2006. You may place a pre-release order for this book. Your credit card will not
be charged until we ship this title to you.
- Item# 2720
- 480 pp., softcover, 0-9759127-2-0
- $15.95
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Drive I-95
Third Edition
by Stan Posner and Sandra Phillips-Posner
Road trips are back and to help those who travel up and down the East coast,
Drive I-95 is a new style of guidebook which combines colorful easy-to-follow
pictorial maps and fun stories.
Look ahead exit by exit to see which motels (with 800 numbers), gas stations,
restaurants, campgrounds, 24-hour pharmacies, radio stations or radar traps are
there.
This husband and wife share stories: history on I-95, museums, trivia, towns to
explore or places to run the kids. These can be read for entertainment during
the drive, and may entice motorists to stop, stretch their legs and discover
someplace new.
- Item# 9990D
- 208 pp., softcover,
1-894979-99-0
- $22.95
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Driving Techniques
3rd Edition
By Anthony J. Scotti
Maintenance and safety sections by Shell Oil Company
Driving Techniques, 3rd edition, details the basic science behind accelerating,
steering, braking with specific techniques to maintain maximum control of your
vehicle--and how to regain control if you lose it. A valuable reference, the
book is tiered with information for every level of driver-- from trainee to
professional. Ideal for teaching, the text walks you step by step through the
Driving system--the Driver, the Vehicle and the Driving Environment. Plus, a
maintenance checklist and a chapter on smart car care that keep tires and engines
going longer.
- Item# 4434
- 328 pgs., softcover, 0-9643844-3-4
- $15.95
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Greater Dallas Visions
By Raymond Nasher, photographer Teena Jayne Friedel
- Item# 3630
- 304 pgs., hardcover, 0-9759736-3-0
- $49.95
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In Search of Lost Civilizations
Adventures in Archeology: The Bone hunter Series
By Thom Tansey, Rainbow Books
Are you planning to pursue adventure travel? Do you wonder what
it would be like to participate in explorations of ancient ruins?
To learn from leading experts about the secrets of forgotten
cultures? To touch the millennia-old creations of the first
civilized people? Then you'll enjoy the journeys of veteran
adventure traveler Thom Tansey in The Bone hunter Series.
The legends of ancient civilizations in the Americas have always
enthralled Tansey. This book documents his travel adventure
experiences as he seeks to uncover the secrets of people who once
flourished in the Western hemisphere. Join Thom Tansey as he
explores:
- Teotihuacan, the City of the Gods, the first
true metropolis of the Americas, near modern-day Mexico City.
- The magnificent ruins left behind by the Maya of Tikai in Guatemala, once the epicenter of a vast trade route that
stretched all through what is now Central America, from the
Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean Sea.
- The Hohokam, whose impressive network of hand-dug canals and
ditches, the most extensive north of Peru, allowed them to thrive
in the forbidding Sonoran Desert of modern-day Mexico and
Arizona.
- The Mound Builders of the Lower Mississippi Valley, whose
sophisticated civilizations eventually fell to the diseases and marauding of European invaders.
To help plan your travel adventures, Thom has provided a list of
resources and contact information, plus an exhaustive
bibliography of publications for further reading on the topics
covered in this book.
- Item# 340DA
- 294 pp., softcover
- $14.95
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Jet With Kids
Taking The Fear Out of Flying
By Anya Clowers, RN
Flying with children is not a simple thing to do. New airline security regulations and airports that are more crowded than ever can be tough to figure-out; add an infant or toddler to the mix, and you can see preparation has never been more important. With down-to-earth advice and recommendations from experts, Jet with Kids will prepare you for a safe and fun flight with your kids!
- Item# 7575
- 164 pp., softcover, 9780615137575
- $19.95
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Lake Champlain Visions
By Patrick Leahy
- Item# 3606L
- 224 pgs., hardcover, 0-9759736-0-6
- $49.95
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The Last Voyage
The Story of Schooner Third Sea
By Harold Stephens
This book is about a dream, about a
man who wanted to sail the South Seas and Asian waters aboard his own boat, but
with the earnings of a writer, he lacked the finances. Never-the-less, with
little money but a lot of determination, he made that dream come true, through a
rather cunning scheme. You will read about the people, famous and not so famous,
who sailed aboard her, about her adventures and landfalls, about pirates,
renegades and typhoons she encountered. You will read about her tragic loss in a
hurricane that ravaged the Hawaiian Islands. This is more than a yachting tale
about a schooner; it is an inspiration to both young and old who dream about
going to sea aboard a sailing ship. Not since Jack London has there been another
book like it.
- Item# 2139
- 382 pp., softcover, 0-9642521-3-9
- $16.95
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The Lion in the Moon
Two Against the Sahara
By Babs Suzanne Harrison and Staefan Eduard Rada,
Rainbow Books
Babs and Staefan met on a blind date. Within weeks they had
thrown themselves into the heart
of the Sahara in search of adventure. Through seas of powdery
sand, blinding sandstorms,
moon-like vistas of naked lava, freezing nights and scorching
days, a thousand miles of isolation
and desolation, they forged ahead, their compass pegged on due
south. If they made it home
alive, would they still be speaking to each other? Deep in the
Sahara, Babs and Staefan joined
Moulay for a communal bowl of couscous on the rug floor of his
oasis home. In Niger, Doulah,
a Fulani nomad, invited them to his mud hut for sweet tea and
offals. The police in Burkina
Faso detained them for running security roadblocks; in Togo, a
border guard accused them of
shooting John F. Kennedy! From Tunis to Togo, Babs and Staefan
crossed the skull of Africa, a
3500-mile odyssey through five countries, across half a continent
coming face to face with some
of the most grueling poverty in the world...An unforgettable
once-in-a-lifetime adventure. 24
photos.
- Item# 340AX
- 292 pp., softcover
- $19.95
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Old Money, New South
The Spirit of Chattanooga
By Dean W. Arnold
John T. Lupton, the godfather of Coca-Cola bottling, and Harry Scott Probasco,
founder of the “Coca-Cola bank,” guided Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a quiet but
powerful hand for decades. Generations later, the names Lupton and Probasco—and
a handful of intermarried families—continue to form a controversial web of
leadership for the city.
This strategic crossroads through the mountains is the scene of ancient
warpaths, the launching of the Trail of Tears, the greatest two-day battle in
American history, and the founding of the world’s most popular product. From its
religious and progressive tension to its cryptic, indigenous name, Chattanooga
proves to be an enigma at every turn.
- Item# 7634O
- 512 pgs., hardcover, 0-9749076-3-4
- $24.95
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On The Back Roads: Discovering Small Towns of America
By Bill Graves
Do you like small towns...places off the beaten path...trips down memory lane?
Ever wonder if old-fashioned values are still alive in America? Then kick back,
unwind, and hop onboard with travel writer Bill Graves as he takes you On The Back
Roads
Graves has a knack for finding the quirky, the offbeat in some of the most obscure,
yet fascinating, small towns on the map. Among the places and faces he discovers:
a town where it's against the law not to own a gun, a town famous for its split pea
soup, the wise 83 year old Emmy who camps alone in the desert, and a man who hunts
live ants for a living
Retired and free to roam in his motor home, the author logs 40,000 miles through the
western states of California, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming.
- Item# 9364
- 312 pgs., softcover, 1-886039-36-4
- $16.95
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Pittsburgh Will Steel Your Heart
250 Reasons to Love Pittsburgh
By Joanne G. Sujansky, Ph.D.
With our 250th birthday coming up, Pittsburgh has never been hotter.
Celebrate with this intriguing book. The book was awarded the official seal from Pittsburgh 250 Inc. This is the 2nd edition with several new reasons to love Pittsburgh!
It’s not only a great gift for friends and family members; it’s a unique business tool as well. Use it to reward employees, to wow prospective hires or to send a big Steel City thank you to clients and customers. Be sure to keep a copy for yourself, too. It’s a great way to discover (or rediscover) Pittsburgh’s best-kept secrets!
"Pittsburgh's unique character, beautiful landscapes and small-town charm always "steels the hearts" of visitors. For the people of Pittsburgh, Joanne's book shows how America's biggest small city has it all!"
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl
- Item# 9913
- 101 pp., softcover, 0-9748299-1-9
- $9.97
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Places in Time
Reflections on a Journey
By Maxine Rose Schur
For years readers have delighted in Maxine Rose Schur’s award-winning travel
essays. Now, all the tales of her unusual honeymoon are gathered in one
illustrated volume. Whether camping in the center of Paris, dangling off a
Panamanian tramp steamer, or hitching across Australia, her tales are funny,
exciting and tender.
Maxine Rose Schur set out to see the world. With high spirits and little money,
the author traveled not only far geographically, but emotionally, toward the
hearts of others. She faced the violent grief of a Mexican sheriff, celebrated a
wild elopement in Turkey and was initiated into a mysterious daily ritual with
an Iranian forest ranger. Looking back, she tempers her youthful encounters with
mid-life wisdom, capturing the spirit of all those she met, and evoking
cherished places in time.
If you’re looking for travel writing that blends gentle insight with delicious
surprise, fasten the seatbelt on your armchair and come along.
- Item# 975X
- 230 pp., softcover, 0-9649497-5-X
- $14.00
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Return to Adventure Southeast Asia
By Harold Stephens
Southeast Asia, namely Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Burma, Indonesia,
and even tiny Singapore, is one of the last remaining quarters of this plant
where adventure is still very much alive. According to the author, there's a
misconception about Southeast Asia that's hard to overcome. The world views
Southeast Asia as the most populated place on earth, with crowded cities and
masses or humanity, and the only positive thing about it is that it has
wonderful temples, snake charmers, good food and good shopping. This is all true,
but Southeast Asia has more to offer than that, and Return to Adventure
Southeast tells readers what's out there, and where to look. What makes this
book different is that it's not a how-to-do guidebook to the outdoors. As the
author points out in the introduction, Return to Adventure is not a guidebook,
and is not intended to be one. It was written to make Southeast Asia's outdoors
known, to introduce readers to a side of Southeast Asia that has long been
ignored. To do this, Stephens takes us with him to bottom of the sea diving on
wrecks, such as the HMS Repulse, the invincible British battleship sunk by
Japanese bombers in the opening days of World War II, to the summit of the
highest mountain in Southeast Asia, Mount Kinabalu in Borneo. We search with the
author for lost cities, elusive one-horned rhinos, and the source of the Rejang
River in Sarawak.
We visit with aborigine Negritos in the jungle, dig for relics in
archaeological sites that pre-date anything in Europe and the Middle East, and
sail the South China Seas in sailing schooners and age-old junks. But not all is
Indiana Jones. Readers will learn about motor trips they can take, while seated
behind the driver's wheel, or about train excursions, like the Orient Express
from Bangkok to Singapore, the Reunification Express that runs fro Ho Chi Minh
City to Hanoi in Vietnam; the Toy Train to Darjeeling in the Himalayas; the
Tenom train through the jungles of Borneo; and others. As the author tells us,
he has spent all his adult life in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific,
searching out the forgotten as well as looking for the rainbow's end. He started
writing travel-adventure for the Bangkok Post in 1965, and the same year became
travel corresponded for Thai Airways International, taking him on assignments to
every corner of the globe. He has authored 21 books from travel and adventure to
books of fiction and biographies. Return to Adventure Southeast Asia is a book
that is certain to make us aware of the beauty of the world we live in.
- Item# 2163
- 241 pgs., softcover, 0-9642521-6-3
- $14.95
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Snow Trails
Cross-country Ski and Snowshoe in Central & Western New York
By Rich and Sue Freeman
Winters in Central and Western New York can be long and snowy. Perfect
weather for adventures on skis or snowshoes. Snow Trails shows you where
to go. Close to home for a spontaneous outing when new snow flies or
farther a field for a full day adventure to a new and exhilarating locale.
With Snow Trails you can choose from over 80 mapped
locations. Directions are given to winter parking areas and each trail is
described by length and level of difficulty. You'll learn where to find
groomed trails, seldom used trails for peace and quiet, or popular trails with
added amenities such as warming huts, refreshments, restrooms, guided tours, and
sleigh rides.
New to skiing or snow shoeing? Snow Trail lists places that
offer equipment rentals and lessons, and plenty of novice trails. From
novice to expert, everyone can find trails to suit their ability and spirit of
adventure. Let the snow fly. With this guidebook you're ready to
enjoy Central and Western New York's winters.
- Item# 7452
- 232 pp., softcover, 0-9656974-5-2
- $16.95
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Straight into Gay America
My Unicycle Journey for Equal Rights
By Lars Clausen
From anti-gay preacher Jerry Falwell to the gay-rights directors
of HRC, PFLAG, and Soulforce, Clausen’s personal journey as a Lutheran pastor
forces difficult choices between the exclusionary status quo of his church and
the inclusive commitment of Jesus.
In Straight Into Gay America people share their lives with the Guinness World
Record–holding pastor who unicycles 1,000 miles for equal rights. Through
roadside encounters and overnight stays, this is the story of everyday people
living through the most polarizing political and religious battles of our times.
Lars Clausen is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America, and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest unicycle tour (9136
miles). He received his Master of Divinity degree from Pacific Lutheran
Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California, and holds degrees in Mechanical
Engineering from U.C. Berkeley and from Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois.
Along with his own writing, he currently works with American Author to help
authors promote their work online.
Writing expresses Lars Clausen’s hope to foster community and discover a deeper
personal honesty. His first book, One Wheel – Many Spokes: USA by Unicycle is a
"stepping-out" story, depicting his unicycle journey through all 50 states,
exploring Native lands and history. Straight Into Gay America: My Unicycle
Journey for Equal Rights, is a "coming-out" story, combining personal
exploration with active advocacy.
Clausen lives with his family in Chelan on the east side of Washington’s Cascade
Mountains. Every morning he wakes up to the greatest gift he can imagine, life
with his wife, Anne and two children, KariAnna and Kai.
- Item# 1513
- 342 pgs., softcover,
978-0-9719415-1-9, 0-9719415-1-3
- $16.95
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Tracking the Dinosaurs
Unraveling the Mystery: The Bonehunter Series
By Thom Tansey
Adventure travel in the U.S. and Canada. Are you planning domestic
adventure travel? Do you wonder what it would be like to search rich
fossil beds? To learn from leading experts about the rise and fall of the
dinosaurs? To join professional diggers in excavating, identifying and
preparing bones for further study? Then you'll enjoy journeys of veteran
adventure traveler Thom Tansey in Tracking the Dinosaurs.
- Item# 0878
- 198 pp., softcover, 1-56825-087-8
- $14.95
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Travel Made EZ: Beat the language Barrier
By Joanne Smith and Ev Luceris
Travel Made EZ is truly easy. It gives you pictures of many common items you need while traveling. Let's face it - when you can;t understand the road signs in a foreigh country, how are you going to buy a skirt or pair of pants for that special sidetrip or order a glass of wine to celebrate? With Travel Made EZ all you have to do is follow the colored tabs to find the picture of what you want, point to the picture and possibly the color and say "please and "thank you" in the languages provided. The words have phonetic clues to pronunciation. You might still pack your big bulky phrase books, but for every day life on the street and int he cafes, restaurants and stores, you should be fine with Travel Make EZ.
- Item# 9283T
- 100 pages, paperback, 142430928X
- $14.95
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Traveler's Joy
By Juliette de Bairacli Levy, Keats Publishing
This enchanting guide to the wonders of unfettered travel takes
the reader far from the stress and clutter of travel agencies,
reservations, timetables and tickets, to the timeless landscapes
of the Gypsies and other birthright wanderers. Learn the secrets
of survival, comfort and enjoyment in forests, fields or caves,
and the exhilaration of the freedom of the wandering life, from
the legendary Juliette de Bairacli Levy--famed for her mastery of
herbal lore and her many books on living in tune with the rhythms
of nature.
Helen Scott Nearing wrote in the foreword to the book:
"Traveler's Joy is a joy to travel through. Juliette de
Bairacli Levy . . . survives in scarcity and in occasional
affluence . . .unperturbed by dangers and calamities. She stays
healthy and strong in all situations, but gives recipes for all
types of ailments such as wounds, strains, sores and fevers . . .
She tells how to live high and low, in mansions and in
caves."
- Item# 236-D
- 244 pp., softcover
- $11.95
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Views From Lebanon
Narrated and Written by Native Lebanese
Views from Lebanon is an exciting multimedia CD-Rom, featuring views from selected cities,
towns and sites from all over Lebanon.
You may search or use the map to view a certain location. You can also view the slide
show or a selection of over 30 videos for hours of entertainment. Views From Lebanon is
a must for anyone's collection.
- Item# vfl
- CD-Rom, vfl
- $29.95
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Walking with the Wild Wind
Reflections on a Montana Journey
By Walkin' Jim Stoltz
At long last! A story for
those who love wilderness and the adventuring spirit. Walking With The
Wild Wind is a book that will take you to the wild places, a story that
shares the ups and downs, the joys and sorrows of a wilderness wanderer.
Put on your hiking boots and come experience the laughter, the fears,
close calls and magical times of a unique backcountry journey.
Folksinger, adventurer, photographer, activist and artist, Walkin'
Jim Stoltz has taken to the backcountry of North America, walking the
last wild places for months at a time, nearly every summer since 1974.
For over thirty years Stoltz has celebrated the natural world through
his songs and concerts.
Now he shares his unique view of the wilderness through this
personal tale of a trip through the heart of Montana's last roadless
areas. He introduces us to the life of a long-distance walker, and
gives us a view of the natural world many of us will never get to
experience.
Jim's close calls with natural obstacles (brush fires, falls off
mountains, wildlife encounters, and river crossings) are woven
together with both humorous tales and more serious issues, such as the
impending death of his mother and the loss of wilderness. This book is
a must for anyone who has ever tossed a pack on their back and taken
off into the mountains, and for all those who have dreamed of it, too.
- Item# 2810
- 185 pp., softcover, 0-9620228-1-0
- $14.00
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What's Up America?
by Diane Asitimbay
If you are heading to the United States, this book could be more valuable than
an English dictionary or Alka Seltzer tablets to digest the greasy food at the
fast food places. This isn’t a traditional guidebook that directs you to a
particular hotel or helps you apply for a driver’s license. What it will do is
take you inside American culture, serve you a slice of apple pie, and then show
you what’s under the crust.
Organized into twenty chapters, the author boldly answers questions like the
following. Why do many young Americans leave home when they turn eighteen years
old? What is American food? Why are so many Americans on diets but still
overweight? How do we judge if an American is just being friendly or truly being
a friend? Why don’t Americans learn another language?
You’ll find everything foreigners always want to know about Americans but are
afraid to ask. Actually, many of them have asked but no one has answered them
until now. In this book, the American author answers the real questions that
foreigners have asked her in the course of her international career.
From growing up to growing old, every important cultural topic is covered here,
including some controversial ones such as being independent from your family,
racial identity and religious practices which are themes usually missing in
guidebooks. Foreigners will feel 100% more comfortable being in the United
States with a book that uncovers and explains the hidden values of the American
people.
Americans who are curious about what foreigners want to know about the United
States and its people will find this book entertaining as well. You’ll laugh
when you see yourself described in its pages. At the same time, you’ll learn how
American attitudes and customs compare to those of other countries.
What’s Up America? will make readers, both Americans and foreigners alike, want
to learn more about the rest of the world.
- Item# 7604
- 214 pgs., softcover, 0-9759276-0-4
- $14.95
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Who Needs A Road?
By Harold Stephens and Albert Podell
"Wild and Exciting ... Even the reading leaves you breathless" --
Publisher's Weekly
Who Needs a Road? is a true story of two men who in the 1960's drove around
the world in a Toyota Land Cruiser. A best seller at the time but long out of
print, this rollicking adventure is now available for the first time in
paperback.
Reviews
"In this age of jet travel and space exploration a trip around the world
driving a Toyota Land Cruiser and camper across blazing deserts and through
hostile countries, over nearly impassable roads, and in all kinds of weather,
including monsoon rains and desert ghiblis, is quite an adventure! The authors
covered 42,252 tortuous miles from New York City to France, south to Spain,
across North Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, Panama,
and finally back to New York to break all previous records for driving non
repetitive mileage. They were trapped in East Pakistan when war broke out ...
felled by food poisoning, hepatitis, and other ailments ... ate spoiled camel
meat, kangaroo steaks, and warm monkey brains ... mechanical troubles and
political delays plagued them. Two facts stand out in their rollicking account
of fun and frustrations: the large sections of bleak, wild, and uncivilized
country are still very much with us in this 20th century, and the evidence of
the universal intolerance of men who have been taught to hate and mistrust other
men on the basis of race, religion, nationality, or politics. A fascinating
book." - Ruth G. Dorman, Library Journal
- Item# 2155
- 485 pgs., softcover, 0-964251-5-5
- $14.95
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WorldTrek
A Family Odyssey
By Russell and Carla Fisher
Russell and Carla Fisher were intent on
expanding the horizons of their daughters, 13-year-old
Lesley and 12-year-old Andrea, and they came up with a
plan that shocked everyone they knew. The Fishers would
put their conventional, suburban Texas lives aside for a
year and travel around the world! They could think of no
greater gift to give their children. Using the guiding
principles of self-reliance, compassion and persistence,
Russell and Carla taught the girls more than they could
ever have learned in a classroom.
In 376 days and across 50,000 miles, the
Fisher Family explored Great Britain, Ireland,
Scandinavia, Estonia, Russia, The Czech Republic,
Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, India,
Thailand, China, Japan, Australia and Rarotonga. The
entire family was involved in both the planning and
budgeting of the trip, and they home schooled the entire
time. Their accommodations were frequently economical
hostels and flats, they prepared many of their own
meals, laundered their own clothes, practiced speaking
foreign languages and using foreign currencies, and they
often walked, jogged or used local public transportation
to explore both famous and out-of-the-way sites.
WorldTrek includes trip-planning
and budgeting appendixes to help readers plan their own
around-the-world trip.
About Russell and Carla Fisher
Russell Fisher grew up in Canton, Ohio,
and moved west after high school. A six-year adventure
in Socorro, New Mexico, earned him bachelors and masters degrees in Geology from New Mexico Tech
plus his traveling companion Carla, stalwart navigator
and love of his life. Between family adventures Russ
manages construction and business development projects,
works weekends with Habitat for Humanity and tutors
students in math.
Carla Fisher was born in Gunnison,
Colorado. After she finished high school in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, Carla earned a bachelors degree in
Biology from New Mexico Tech and a masters degree in
Fisheries Science from the University of Arizona. Since
returning from the WorldTrek, Carla arranges travel
excursions through Turnstone Travel (www.TurnstoneTravel.com)
and tutors Sudanese students in math and English.
After the WorldTrek, Lesley finished high school then
enrolled in engineering at University of Missouri-Rolla,
where she also volunteered for service in the U.S. Army
ROTC. Andrea donates a portion of her free time to
Habitat for Humanity and, with a bent for things
practical, plans to pursue a career in engineering.
WorldTrek: A Family Odyssey
by Russell and Carla Fisher
Rainbow Books
Book Review by Greta Jenkins
A family of four travels the world.
Their goal was to cross all 360 lines of longitude and
the equator. Russell and Carla Fisher and their two
adolescent daughters Andrea and Lesley have the travel
adventure of a lifetime when they take a year off from
their life in Houston, Texas.
This is the book to read if you are
planning a trip around the world or just dreaming about
one. It shows the true spirt of adventure and provides
practical know-how advice and tips. Advice about
planning, packing and ways to make accommodations
arrangements on the fly from Internet cafe's found along
the way, is mixed in with vivid descriptions of places
to see, modes of transportation, and ways to have a fun
trip.
The Table of Contents provides an
excellent roadmap for the book. Read about all of their
travels or choose one of the 19 countries and many more
cites they visited No matter if it is Stonehenge in
Great Britain, Skellig Michael in Ireland, a youth
hostel in Norway, the Vasa Museum in Stockholm,
celebrating Lesley's' 14th birthday in Estonia, standing
in Red Square in Moscow, wandering old town in Prague,
hiking in Germany's countryside, strolling in the Louvre
in Paris, eating at a Venetian Bakery, sitting in the
amphitheater in Pompeii and taking an early morning jog
around the Roman Colosseum, having Christmas in Athens,
visiting the Spice Bazaar in Istanbul, cruising the Nile
in Egypt, navigating the train system and riding
elephants in India, taking cooking lessons Thailand,
walking on the Great Wall in China, watching Kabuki in
Japan, camping the outback in Australia or enjoying the
beach in the Cook Islands, the descriptions are detailed
and vivid. You feel like you are there beside the Fisher
family as they navigate, negotiate, and relish their way
around the world.
They travel by air, ferry, train and
rental car (best budget deal to see much in Europe).
Some reservations for accommodations were made ahead of
time and some from Internet Cafe's and Tourist Bureaus
found along the way. They stayed in rented flats, bed
and breakfasts, youth hostels (not just for youths) and
even some four star hotels.
The trip was part adventure, part
family bonding and part educational. Russell and Carla
homeschooled the girls so that they would be able to
re-enter school upon their return to the States without
being behind their classmates. The girls also learned
much from going to the market, learning the exchange
rates, and living on a budget. They often cooked their
own meals at the youth hostel or flat rentals.
Daily itineraries were a combination
of planned excursions and explorations into the
neighborhood where they were staying or hiking the
nearby countryside. Russell, a coffee connoisseur, was
always chasing the best cup of local coffee or making
one after his morning jog. Carla made travel
arrangements mainly via the Internet, and through a
wholesale booking service. She kept the family organized
and moving from place to place. The only pre-packaged
tours they took were for Egypt and China. Only in India
did they encounter travel arrangement problems, but they
were able to overcome them due their good negotiation
skills and travel documents.
- Item# 1041
- 280 pp., softcover, 978-1-56825-104-2
- $16.95
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