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American notes (Everyman's library ; #290)
By Charles Dickens. 2000
To the nineteenth-century Englishman, America was not unlike Russia or China or Cuba today - a new society, founded on…
new and revolutionary principles. Charles Dickens was only one of the more famous of those Englishmen who crossed the Atlantic to see democracy in action. He chronicles his five-month trip around the United States in 1842 and records his adventures as well as his impressions of American schools, prisons and slavery. 2000.Kayaking the full moon: a journey down the Yellowstone River to the soul of Montana
By Steve Chapple. 1993
Chapple, fed up with life in San Francisco, decided to return to his roots in Montana. In August, 1991, he,…
his wife, and their two sons began their adventure. They travelled the 671 miles of the Yellowstone and found two Montanas -- the old, where natives teach youth to appreciate their heritage, and the new, where people have summer homes and appear unconcerned for the environment. 1993.Kabbalah works: secrets for purposeful living (Your coach in a box)
By David Aaron. 2006
Rabbi Aaron shares the divine knowledge of Jewish mystical tradition to offer practical guidance for modern times. He shows how…
you can achieve success in every aspect of your life--love, happiness, creativity, and more--when you unlock your natural self-knowledge and reclaim the abundance within you! 2006.Journey on the Crest: walking 2,600 miles from Mexico to Canada
By Cindy Ross. 1987
Jackson Hole
By Frank Calkins. 1973
An earthy, personal, affectionate portrayal of the beautiful town in the mountains of Wyoming. Interspersed with fact, reminiscences, yarns, speculations,…
and contemporary observations, it recaptures the days when the hole was an outlaw retreat. 1973.Imperial city: the rise and fall of New York
By Geoffrey Moorhouse. 1988
The author has been visiting this city of contradictions for years and beginning with "the most sensational city walk in…
the world" - crossing the Brooklyn Bridge - he illuminates the past and present of Manhattan and writes about life in the lesser known boroughs of New York: Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. It is a city of superlatives, both high and low, a place of infinite variety, powerful urges, insatiable energy and boundless appetite. 1988.I'm a stranger here myself: notes on returning to America after twenty years away
By Bill Bryson. 1999
Highway 50: ain't that America
By Jim Lilliefors. 1993
Journalist Jim Lilliefors chronicles his travels along U.S. Route 50 during 1993, from Maryland to California. He focusses on the…
people who live along this historic route, with keen attention paid to local colour and dialogue. 1993.Haunted Texas: famous phantoms, sinister sites, and lingering legends (Lone Star audio)
By Scott Allen Williams, Donna Ingham. 2017
Texas history buffs and travelers have an eerie need for this book, which offers an unusual twist to seeing the…
"sights" in the Lone Star state. Organized by region--Gulf Coast, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, Central Texas, North Texas, and West Texas--this book is the complete guide for both hardcore ghost hunters and more earthly tourists seeking to add some spirited fun to their travels. Complete practical information on non-haunted accommodations, attractions, and restaurants are also included, making this the only guide your Texan spirit will need. 2017.Best. State. Ever: a Florida man defends his homeland
By Dave Barry. 2016
Sure, there was the 2000 election and flying insects the size of LeBron James. But Barry is going to show…
you why Florida is a great state. And whatever else you think about Florida-- you can never say it's boring. Bestseller. 2016.Deep South: four seasons on back roads (Southern voices)
By Paul Theroux. 2015
Theroux explores a piece of America too often overlooked--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable…
music, unparalleled cuisine, and yet also some of the nation's worst schools, housing, and unemployment rates. It's these parts of the South, so often ignored, that have caught Theroux's keen traveler's eye. 2015.Have a little faith: a true story
By Mitch Albom. 2009
The book begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy.…
Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left years ago. Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and well-to-do, Albom observes how these very different men employ faith similarly in fighting for survival. 2009.Great trails of the West
By Richard Dunlop. 1971
With his son and a friend, the author sets out to retrace the old Chisholm Trail, the Camino Real, the…
Chilkoot Pass and other byways of American history. There are also tales of tenderfoots and yarns about Indians and stagecoach drivers. 1971.Hard road West: alone on the California trail
By Gwen Moffat. 1981
Borderlands: riding the edge of America
By Derek Lundy. 2010
Setting out on his motorcycle and considering the post-9/11 American passion with security, Lundy took a firsthand look at the…
US/Mexican and the US/Canadian borders. "The periphery of a place can tell us a great deal about its heartland; along the edge of a nation's territory, its real prejudices, fears and obsessions - but also its virtues - irrepressibly bubble up as its people confront the 'other' whom they admire, or fear, or hold in contempt, and know little about". Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2010.A walk in the woods: rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
By Bill Bryson. 1997
Bryson relates the adventures and misadventures of two totally unfit hikers as he and longtime friend Stephen Katz traverse the…
2,100-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Returning from more than twenty years in Britain, he set out to rediscover his homeland, but the two men find themselves awed by the terrain and stymied by the unfamiliar local culture. His gruelling yet fascinating trek gave him a rare perspective on American life. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1997.A week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers (Penguin classics)
By Henry David Thoreau, H. Daniel Peck. 1998
Henry David Thoreau's account of a week he and his brother John spent on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers of…
New England in 1839. Written at Walden Pond (after John's death), it includes digressions on topics such as Native American history, friendship, literature, and sacred writings. 1998.A small town love story: Colonial Beach, Virginia
By Sherryl Woods. 2017
A Hoosier holiday
By Theodore Dreiser. 1997
An account of a trip in 1915, when author Theodore Dreiser and his friend, illustrator Franklin Booth, drove from New…
York City to their home state of Indiana. The adventure was heightened by the scarcity of roads, restaurants, and lodging along the way, prompting Dreiser to write one of the first road-trip books, complete with philosophical musings and travel advice. c1997.A country year: living the questions (Recorded Books evergreen)
By Sue Hubbell. 1989
Self-taught naturalist Sue Hubbell took refuge in the Missouri Ozarks and turned to commercial beekeeping to make a living. Her…
story is a true-life adventure so rare and sweet, so honest in the telling that any reader will find delight in her company, gladly sharing in her rediscovery of life at the core. 1989.