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The Rio Grande is simultaneously one of the most watched and least understood rivers in the world. Some stretches of the Rio pass for endless miles through remote wilderness, boxed in by canyons hundreds of feet high and inhabited by only the hardiest animals and humans. That's why journalist Keith Bowden decided to become the first person to travel the entire length of the Rio as it forms the border between America and Mexico.

For 53 years, San Francisco waited. Waited for a team like the 2010 Giants to come along. Waited for a team that could end a title drought that started in New York and carried on for more than five decades after a move to the West Coast. Waited for that one magical postseason run that could unleash more than a half-century of pent-up frustration. At long last, the 2010 Giants hopped on that magic carpet and made it happen. San Jose Mercury News beat reporter Andrew Baggarly captured the 2010 Giants' incredible run through the regular season, playoffs and World Series in his new book.

TRAVEL THROUGH A PIVOTAL TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY Jeff Shaara, America’s premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of a Civil War battlefield every American should visit: Chickamauga. Shaara explores the history, the people, and the places that capture the true meaning and...

TRAVEL THROUGH A PIVOTAL TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY Jeff Shaara, America’s premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of a Civil War battlefield every American should visit: Cold Harbor. Shaara explores the history, the people, and the places that capture the true meaning and...

Oakland is a blues city, brawling and husky . . . Often overshadowed by San Francisco, its twinkling sister city across the Bay, Oakland is itself an American wonder. The city is surrounded by and filled with natural beauty—mountains and hills and lakes and a bay—and architecture that...

For the past four years, Margaret Renkl’s columns have offered readers of The New York Times a weekly dose of natural beauty, human decency, and persistent hope from her home in Nashville. Now more than sixty of those pieces have been brought together in this sparkling new collection.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Georgia. Greater than a Tourist - Georgia, USA by author Gabrielle Chanthaphaeng offers all the ins and outs of the good Southern state of Georgia. 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 book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Greater than a Tourist - South Carolina, USA by Chandler Ragsdale offers the inside scoop on the state of South Carolina. 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 book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

USA Travel Guide - New York, Philadelphia, Boston box set! Get three audiobooks for the price of two! It's a life-changing experience! Unfortunately, many travelers don't have the time to spend extended periods of time in these cities. This is why this box set is perfect for someone who has limited time in these amazing cities. In this box set, you will get three audiobooks, and you will have the best of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston at your fingertips. These audiobooks focus on the best of these cities for people who have limited time in these cities.

If you are planning to go to New Orleans for vacation or business, only have two or three days, and you want to make the best of your short stay, then you have come to the right place. The focus of this audiobook is to make your short stay one of the most memorable experiences of your life.

This book is all about tips - 250 of them! There's no philosophy of tips and no long stories about how magical a tip made my vacation. If you want tips, then this is your book. It is full of tips. There are tips about each park, tips about dining, tips about where you can take a nap in each park (for real!), tips about getting around Disney World, and tips about which attractions might be too scary for your kids. If you want a seemingly nonstop list of tip after tip, then this is the book you want to listen to!

This audiobook will provide you with the 100 English phrasal verbs you have to use first to get around when traveling or interacting with English speaking people. The phrases are presented in a very simple fashion. No complications. Straight and simple. So, don’t waste your time and energy! Focus your effort on the most important English phrasal verbs you have to express to master your English!

One of the usual mistakes when learning a foreign language is that the student has no priorities. All the unknown adverbs get the same attention. Actually, to communicate you only need 100 adverbs in any language. These adverbs are the most frequently used and can be defined using an algorithm that provides the ranking. This book will provide you with the 100 adverbs you have to learn first to get around when traveling or interacting with Spanish speaking people.

This guide seeks to help the traveler choose the best boat for a tour of Alaska. It contains concise information on every vessel cruising Alaskan waters. It states room size, dining arrangements, passenger/crew ratio, itineraries for each ship, and candid comments on the pros and cons of each.

Algernon Blackwood was a contemporary of Arthur Machen, a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and writer of the weird and supernatural. Originally published in 1906, The Empty House tells the tale of Jim Shorthouse when his aunt shows up in town with keys to the local haunted house and expects him to help her investigate.

For most guests at a Disney theme park, it's enough to know when the park opens, where the rides are, and how long it'll take to get on those rides. But that's not you, is it? You're not a low-information guest. You know that a Disney attraction doesn't just pop up in a park one day, no questions asked. There's a method to the magic, a plan for making all that pixie dust happen, a high-stakes, high-thrills narrative available—once upon a time—to insiders only. Now it's demystified for one and all.

In Driving Lessons, Christopher B. Strain sets out on a quintessential American road trip, exploring not just the roads and byways of the country but the road trip's place in American culture. Strain dives into the well of American travel writing, illuminating fascinating aspects of the road trip, such as how race, class, and gender shape the experiences of road trippers.

This text provides a practical guide to the great American national parks, how to avoid the crowds, the walking tours, facilities and how to get there. This edition has been expanded to include 49 parks, information on accommodation and dining, camping and tours.

The California revealed here is not the stereotypical land of movie stars, sensational trials, or tourist snapshots, but instead a remarkable patchwork of out-of-the-way places and everyday people. Former Los Angeles Times columnist Charles Hillinger hones in on what makes each county unique, such as Johnny Heinold's First and Last Chance tavern in Alameda County where Jack London first began writing his stories.

“Let’s get lost together . . . ” Lost in My Own Backyard brings acclaimed author Tim Cahill together with one of his—and America’s—favorite destinations: Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. Cahill has been “puttering around in the park” for a quarter of a century...