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Greater than a Tourist: Road Trips by author Angelina Rosa Truax offers an approach to road trips from her personal experiences. Most books on road trips focus on the different routes you can take. Although there's nothing wrong with that, most people need help with more than just a course to follow. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, preparation before the drive makes a road trip successful.

It was 23 months after his accident, and Peter was still dealing with constant excruciating pain. He'd seen dozens of doctors and tried a myriad of medications, but nothing seemed to work. Faced with the impossible choice of suffering through the rest of his life, he had an unlikely epiphany, "If I could somehow hike 2,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail, then my leg will have to be better." He set a starting date three weeks out, cobbled together a novice's pack, and set off on a journey destined to change his life forever—though not exactly how he had envisioned it.

Eat Like a Local - Vancouver by author Amanda Lawrence offers the inside scoop on food on the best restaurants in Vancouver, Canada. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and its culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

"Ich heiße Niu. N und I und U." Ein Neustart in New York. Die Hoffnung auf bessere Zeiten. Doch die Vergangenheit reist mit. Aber dann kommt Niu... Carmen und Thomas sind gerade erst nach New York gezogen. Sie haben große Pläne für ihr neues gemeinsames Leben. Doch dann lernen sie unabhängig voneinander Niu kennen. Wie zufällig taucht sie immer wieder auf: in der U-Bahn, im Coffee Shop, an der Brooklyn Bridge. Beide verfallen schnell Nius Bann und beginnen, ihr bisheriges Leben zu hinterfragen.

50 Things to Know About Birds in Texas by author Mariel Ortega offers an elegant approach to finding the most beautiful and varied species of birds on the continent. Texas has an extraordinary geography, and there is a great overlap in breeding and wintering ranges for many species. The state is uniquely positioned to offer a variety of habitats with irruptive specialties throughout the year. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, this book provides an understanding of identification and life history of several bird species.

Ein ausgiebiges Sonnenbad am Strand nehmen, am Meer entlang flanieren, in den Bergen wandern, die Skipiste in einem Affenzahn herunter jagen, eine exotische Flora und Fauna erleben, im Großstadtdschungel shoppen, in einem gemütlichen Altstadtcafé sitzen, architektonische Meisterwerke bewundern und die asiatische und indianische Kultur hautnah erfahren – was klingt wie das mehrwöchige Programm eines Globetrotters oder ein utopischer Traum, wird für Sie mit nur einer Reise wahr.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Hampton Roads, Virginia. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. This guide book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead gives you knowledge that you may not find in other smaller print travel books.

Like many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father's arrest. Fifteen years later, on the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart.

"My First Summer in the Sierra" (1911) takes inspiration from Muir’s journals of the months he spent between June and September 1869 as a shepherd in the Sierras. Muir went on to built a cabin along Yosemite Creek, where he lived for two years. He designed it in such a way that a portion of the stream flowed through it, as he wanted to enjoy its music. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, he was awestruck by everything he saw.

Chaque année, des hommes, femmes et enfants disparaissent dans les forêts et espaces naturels américains dans des circonstances inexpliquées, parfois en l'espace d'un instant. Certains sont, heureusement, retrouvés mais ce n'est parfois que le début du mystère, car ils livrent des récits étranges. Mais il y a pire : des personnes portées disparues sont découvertes décédées dans des conditions obscures. Le plus terrifiant concerne la proportion de citoyens américains partis en randonnée ou à la chasse et qu'on ne revoit plus jamais.

This audiobook is dedicated to my home town, and to the citizens and long-term residents of Campbell River. To my best friends Brooke, her daughter River, and Chandra - who are island adventure seekers, and residents of Campbell River, withholding a deep love for everything the city has to offer. Thank you for inspiring me to share my stories, and write in-depth about this special place. To Marion, who was a long time citizen of Campbell River, and whom I miss dearly. To my partner who supports every one of my ideas, projects, and my love for writing, travel, and animals.

Discover delightfully ghostly locations in all 50 states and plan your next haunted holiday. Do you believe in ghosts? Do you love reading about hauntings? Have you ever wanted to experience a close encounter with the paranormal? Then Haunted Hotels in America is for you! You've watched stories...

In this 30-day devotional, discover how Yellowstone National Park's natural phenomenon, geysers, reflect their creator. From the largest active geyser in the world, Steamboat Geyser, to the most famous geyser, Old Faithful, the author offers thoughts on how they might be God speaking out to those he loves on a daily basis. This is not a book of theology, but more of an encouragement to sit and wait on God. Whether you are a fan of geysers and Yellowstone National Park or looking for a devotional that is fun and thought-provoking, you've found it.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local author, it is never too late to visit Minute Man National Historical Park. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. This guide audiobook will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead gives you knowledge that you may not find in other smaller print travel books.

In 1994, two brothers, 10 years apart in age, leave rural Vermont and cross the United States in a truck only slightly younger than its passengers. Mutual interest in the American landscape and culture is one of the rare points of agreement as they head south and west, taking two months to reach Los Angeles. Now, 24 years later, Robby Porter has published the daily journal he kept during their trip. It is an American story involving transgressions against wildlife, Texas politics, bad cooking, home remedies, Southern family history, and a friendship almost ruined by falafel.

The peace Andrew found in the silence of the meditation hall is about to be tested by fire. In the remote district of Puna, a river of molten lava creeps toward the main road, threatening to sever the only lifeline to the outside world. As the fire advances, Hurricane Iselle—the first recorded hurricane to make landfall on the Big Island—screams toward the coast, turning a tropical dream into a raw battle for survival. But the most intense storm is the one happening within.

Every state has its spooky paranormal locations. This book lists 200 haunted hotels, restaurants, bars, museums, and other haunted spaces that you can visit for yourself in all 50 states. In Passport to the Paranormal, expert ghost hunter Rich Newman explores the nature of each location's activity and provides historical details. These active locations are operating businesses, so you, too, can experience the haunts and apparitions.

Seduced by the government’s offer of 320 acres per homesteader, Americans and Europeans rushed to Montana and the Dakotas to fulfill their own American dream in the first decade of the twentieth century. Raban’s stunning evocation of the harrowing, desperate reality behind the homesteader’s dream strips away the myth—while preserving the romance—that has shrouded our understanding of our own heartland.

In 1996, Patterson Hood recruited friends and fellow musicians in Athens, Georgia, to form his dream band: a group with no set lineup that specialized in rowdy rock and roll. The Drive-By Truckers, as they named themselves, grew into one of the best and most consequential rock bands of the 21st century, a great live act whose songs deliver the truth and nuance rarely bestowed on Southerners, so often reduced to stereotypes. Where the Devil Don’t Stay tells the band’s unlikely story not chronologically but geographically. 

When Meriwether Lewis began shopping for supplies and firearms to take on the Corps of Discovery’s journey west, his first stop was a federal arsenal. For the following 29 months, weapons were a crucial component of the participants’ tool kit. Historian Jim Garry describes the arms and ammunition the expedition carried, and the use and care those weapons received. Each chapter focuses on one of the major types of weapons, and weaves accounts from the expedition journals, with the added bonus of the author’s knowledge, gained from field-testing the muskets and rifles he describes.