Travel Essays

Eat Like a Local - Chattanooga by author Ashe Hilling gives you the inside scoop on Chattanooga Tennessee. Culinary tourism is an import aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and 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.

Urlaub zu Hause verbringen: Den meisten von uns ist der Gedanke so fremd wie früheren Generationen die Vorstellung einer Auslandsreise. Dabei ist Daheimbleiben kein Bekenntnis zur Langeweile, sondern die Möglichkeit, genau das zu finden, was wir in der Ferne oft vergeblich suchen: uns selbst. Es ist außerdem ein Akt der Rebellion - gegen Jetlags, CO2-Irrsinn und den Irrglauben, der geistige Horizont eines Menschen korreliere mit seinem Meilenkonto. Das beste Rezept gegen Stau ist immer noch, gar nicht erst loszufahren; man muss nur etwas mit sich und seiner Zeit anzufangen wissen.

 In this revolutionary new audiobook, you have a partner for your memorization practice without having to find someone to quiz you. Like verbal flashcards, US Geography Quiz: 50 States and Their Capitals is here to be the partner to your study session, reading off questions to help you memorize the capitals, or quiz yourself for trivia. By asking both the state and having you respond with the capital, as well as asking the capital and having you respond with the state, you'll know the answers to your upcoming quiz, test, or trivia night backwards and forwards. 

Edited by Krishna Ramanujan and Guillermo Rodríguez, Journeys offers access to Ramanujan's personal diaries and journals, providing a window into his creative process. It will include literary entries from his travels, his thoughts on writing, poetry drafts, and dreams. His diaries and journals served as fertile ground where he planted the seeds for much of his published work....

This audiobook grew out of the challenge of turning a two-hour hike in Portland’s Hoyt Arboretum into an “Airbnb Experience". Intrigued by the concept, the idea was to offer a guided visit through the lovely 188-acre park that's less than a mile from downtown. This audiobook tells the story of a park whose trails reach across continents and traverse millions of years of history. Thanks to the step-by-step directions, you can use this audiobook to walk confidently through this amazing place.

Thoreau gives an account of three canoe and hiking journeys - by himself and with others - through the mostly uninhabited forests of Maine in the 1850s. Identifying birds, trees and plants by their botanical as well as their common names, he also records the Indian names of lakes, rivers and plants. He investigates the connections between waterways and trails, and provides detail on camping, fishing and hunting in the woods, using whatever is at hand. Extolling the beauty of the wilds that he encounters, Thorough’s narrative is also imbued with elements of his philosophy.

За две-три недели в Провансе вы насладитесь теплом и солнцем, увидите виноградники и прославленные оливковые сады, побродите по местным рынкам, вдоволь надышитесь чистым деревенским воздухом... Но если вам захочется узнать о Провансе немного больше, то книга Питера Мейла окажется как нельзя кстати.

Journalistic stories - some with a happy ending, others ending with a crashing tragedy; simple or unbelievably complex, full of love or burning bitterness. Marcin Wójcik, a journalist from Duży Format, in his comprehensively documented and well-balanced book gives a voice to the clergymen, showing them as flesh and blood people who feel hunger, thirst, tiredness, and...have sex drive.

After thousands of rides, rideshare driver, author, and storyteller J.D. Phillippi is inviting you into his life on the road. The rider who "loved" him, his favorite category of riders, his biggest tip, his best story, flat tires, and surprises left behind by his riders are just a few of the stories here. Plus, tips on how to improve your safety in a rideshare and how to make your rides better, overall.  

En Jerusalen esta? llamando, Robbie Freeman Shugart comparte contigo su peregrinaje a la Tierra Santa. En el libro de Marcos, Jesu?s les dice a Sus disci?pulos que “vayan por todo el mundo y anuncien las buenas nuevas” acerca de lo que E?l hizo, y demostrar a otros, en Su nombre, los milagros, las sen?ales y maravillas que siguen a los creyentes.En Mateo, Jesu?s dice, “Pidan, y se les dara?; busquen, y encontrara?n; llamen, y se les abrira?”.

Jorge Carrion collects bookshops: from Gotham Book Mart and the Strand Bookstore in New York City to City Lights Bookshop and Green Apple Books in San Francisco and all the bright spots in between (Prairie Lights, Tattered Cover, and countless others). In this thought-provoking, vivid and entertaining essay, Carrion meditates on the importance of the bookshop as a cultural and intellectual space.

Il viaggio più affascinante è un viaggio antico, graduale, privato e sociale insieme: il viaggio in treno. I treni sono teatri, caffè, bazar. L'unico talk-show che non conosce crisi è quello che si replica quotidianamente sulle rotaie. La confidenza genera libertà: ci ha messo insieme il caso, ci dividerà una stazione. I treni aiutano a pensare. Tutti i grandi viaggi - dai pellegrinaggi cattolici al Grand Tour, dalla prima partenza con gli amici al viaggio di nozze - sono, in fondo, una scoperta di se stessi: il panorama che c'interessa sta dentro di noi.

This guide will take you from planning to partying with its simple and easy-to-follow tips and steps for having the best experience ever at a theme park.  

Singapore is one of the greatest food cultures in the world! You pretty much cannot go wrong with food in Singapore. Singapore is a foodie’s dream come true. The key to Singapore is to set out for the day and sample everything. Join Anand Bhatt as he samples the fare and lets you know what to try. 

Want to learn more about the state of Ohio? How much do you really know about the Buckeye State? There’s so much to learn about the state that even natives don’t know! In this audiobook, you’ll learn more about Ohio’s history, pop culture, folklore, sports, and so much more! This audiobook is packed with trivia facts about Ohio. Some of the facts are surprising, some of them are strange, and some of them are goosebumps-inducing, but all of them are fascinating.  

Mabel Stock, her brother Ralph, and their friend buy a 45-foot gaff-rigged sailboat after World War I and from 1919 to 1920 sail it half-way across the world. They are one of the first cruising yachts to transit the Panama Canal in the Ogre sailboat.They go on to sail the South Pacific. This is one of the earliest accounts of a sailing yacht cruise authored by a woman. 

Discover the best-tasting and most fun restaurants, food trucks, and foodie spots! The Rocking Anand Food Guide series is for those joints you won’t necessarily find on tourist lists. 

As you may know from the book Rock Star Recipes, I take my food seriously. And this week we’re visiting: Malaysia. 

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist audiobook is for you.

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