Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways
10 best books like Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways (Jamie Jensen): Roadfood, The Size of the World, Off the Tourist Trail: 1,000 Unexpected Travel Alternatives, Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die, The Smart Traveler's Passport, Braving Home: Dispatches from the Underwater Town, the Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales, A Bike Ride: 12,000 Miles Around the World, The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey, Thuggin In Miami (The Family Is Made : Part 1), Route 66: The Mother Road
| Author | Jane Stern |
| ISBN | 0767922646 |
Roadfood by Jane and Michael Stern is
a cross-country culinary guide that should be stashed in every food lover's glove compartment.--People magazine
Now in its sixth edition, Roadfood has been called a bible for motorists seeking mouth-watering barbecue or homemade pie by USA Today. This...
By the time that travel writer Jeff Greenwald hit his late thirties, he had covered more ground than Magellan, Marco Polo, and Columbus combined. But he also came to a sobering conclusion: airplanes had reduced his exotic explorations to a series of long commutes. So he set out to rediscover the mass,...
| Author | Sadie Smith |
| ISBN | 0756653991 |
Off the Tourist Trail is a guide to the world's unspoiled sights and experiences. It takes a hundred clichéd tourist destinations - everything from over-visited national parks to overrated museums - and reveal 1,000 fresh and fascinating alternative options. Written by a team of travel experts,...
| Author | Steve Davey |
| ISBN | 1552979555 |
An inspiring exploration of the forty most memorable travel destinations in the world.
As travelers become more experienced and sophisticated, they become more discriminating about their destinations. Many are seeking the unusual and avoiding the routine and predictable tours.
Unforgettable...
| Author | Erik Torkells |
| ISBN | 1594741778 |
Travel Smart!
The Smart Traveler’s Passport is a collection of 399 of the best travel tips you’ll ever read, compiled from the pages of Budget Travel magazine. You’ll learn:
• 13 different uses for Ziploc bags
• How dental floss can...
| Author | Jake Halpern |
| ISBN | 0618446621 |
“Part travelogue . . . part meditation on the meaning of home” (Wall Street Journal), Braving Home introduces readers to some of modern America’s most unusual, unforgettable pioneers. The cub reporter Jake Halpern — dubbed the Bad Homes Correspondent by his colleagues — sets out on a journey...
| Author | Anne Mustoe |
| ISBN | 0863696503 |
When ex-headmistress Anne Mustoe gave up her job, bought a bike and took to the road, she couldn't even mend a puncture. 12,000 miles and 15 months later, she was home.
Her epic solo journey took her around the world, through Europe, India, the Far East and the United States. From Thessaloniki...
| Author | Douglas Brinkley |
| ISBN | 1560254963 |
An absolute must-read! Brinkley's "American Odyssey" was a unprecedented class at Hofstra University that allowed a small group of incredibly fortunate students to spend the semester traversing the American landscape to study the history and pop culture of the United States. While studying our...
| Author | R.A. Robinson |
| ISBN | 0985399538 |
After the death of his father, Rich Kid takes his destructive, malicious, and loyal team of hustlers, known amongst them-selves as The Family, to the next level of thuggin. Using his relationships within the drug distribution realm, Richard catapults his growing empire, taking down anyone who stands...
| Author | Michael Wallis |
| ISBN | 0312281617 |
This book is a treasure for anyone with an interest in the old Route 66. Physically it’s larger than your average book, but not quite a large coffee table tome. There are lots of photos and plenty of text.
Printed in 1990, the book itself is a great piece of history. So even the new photos are 27yrs...
National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways
| Author | National Geographic Society |
| ISBN | 1426200560 |
"This is the book for those who want...to take the slow route...get out of the car and walk around and look and talk to the people." —Times-Picayune
Expanded to include all U.S. designated America's Byways as well as other selected drives in all 50 states, this stunning new edition features...
The People's Guide to Mexico
| Author | Carl Franz |
| ISBN | 1566917115 |
Now in its updated 13th edition, The People's Guide to Mexico still offers the ideal combination of basic travel information, entertaining stories, and friendly guidance about everything from driving in Mexico City to hanging a hammock to bartering at the local mercado.
Features include:
-...
Travelers' Tales India: True Stories
| Author | James O'Reilly |
| ISBN | 1932361014 |
India is among the most difficult—and most rewarding—of places to travel. Some have said India stands for "I’ll Never Do It Again." Many more are drawn back time after time because India is the best show on earth, the best bazaar of human experiences that can be visited in a lifetime. India dissolves...
Metal Cowboy: Tales from the Road Less Pedaled
| Author | Joe Kurmaskie |
| ISBN | 0609809113 |
This heartwarming collection of true stories reveals the thrill and the freedom of traveling America's back roads on a bicycle, and the joy of discovering unforgettable characters along the way.From the moment he "borrowed" his big sister's banana-seat bike and careened down the neighborhood hill...
| Author | Peter S. Beagle |
| ISBN | 1933572078 |
In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. articulated his dream, JFK was assassinated, and zip codes were first introduced to the US. The world was monumentally changing and changing fast. But in the eyes of future fantasy author Peter Beagle and his best friend Phil, it wasn't changing fast enough. For these...
American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders
| Author | Richard Grant |
| ISBN | 0802141803 |
Fascinated by the land of endless horizons, sunshine, and the open road, Richard Grant spent fifteen years wandering throughout the United States, never spending more than three weeks in one place and getting to know America?s nomads ? truckers, tramps, rodeo cowboys, tie-dyed concert followers,...
An Empire Wilderness: Travels into America's Future
| Author | Robert D. Kaplan |
| ISBN | 0679776877 |
"Full of surprises and unusual revelations . . . an informed and disturbing portrait of the new American badlands."--Chicago Tribune
"[Kaplan is] tireless, curious, and smart. . . . I cannot imagine anyone will concoct a more convincing scenario for the American future." --Thurston Clarke, ...
| Author | Colin Fletcher |
| ISBN | 0679723269 |
At three o'clock one sleepless night, Colin Fletcher decided that what he must do was walk the length of California. He could only fumble with the supporting reasons, but he knew it was a hike he had to make. Fletcher followed lonely stretches of the Colorado, crossed the Mojave, walked the trough of Death...
I read this a number of years ago before visiting Ireland, then reread many parts of it while in Ireland. And just this morning I felt like a brief visit to Ireland, so I read through numerous articles again. I love the slick magazine-like pages, the maps, all the great information. I can't vouch that every...
The Most Scenic Drives in America: 120 Spectacular Road Trips
| Author | Reader's Digest Association |
| ISBN | 0762105801 |
While roaming around the library looking for travel info on the Dakotas I blundered on this book. Reminded me what fun you can have wandering around the library.
Cherry picked a few of the drives for a soon to occur road trip to the Badlands, and while one usually thinks of the ‘cake-pan’ shaped...
1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die
| Author | Patricia Schultz |
| ISBN | 0761147381 |
It's the phenomenon: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die has 2.2 million copies in print and has spent 144 weeks and counting on The New York Times bestseller list.
Now, shipping in time for the tens of millions of travelers heading out for summer trips, comes 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. &...
This travel volume, by the folks at Lonely Planet, is well done! It begins with the authors listing their favorite places, with nice color photos to illustrate--from # 1, Avenue Champs-Elysees to # 16 Annecy. The book begins with an exhortation to prepare for a trip to France well in advance: "Some parts...
