After Hurricane Katrina laid bare the fragility and environmental peril of south Louisiana, author Ian McNulty set out on a series of daytrips to delve into the area's diverse cultural landscapes. He explored communities staked up and down the Mississippi River, nestled into the teeming bayous, braced along the edge of the Gulf, and planted out on the golden prairie stretching to the west. Louisiana Rambles is his richly evocative guide to those journeys.McNulty delivers an inimita...

After Hurricane Katrina laid bare the fragility and environmental peril of South Louisiana, author Ian McNulty set out on a series of daytrips to delve into the area's diverse cultural landscapes. He explored communities staked up and down the Mississippi River, nestled into the teeming bayous, braced along the edge of the Gulf, and planted out on the golden prairie stretching to the west. Louisiana Rambles is his richly evocative guide to those journeys.McNulty delivers a...

Ten for the Road gives you a mix of travel and adventure stories and observations drawn from my many years of motorcycle jaunts throughout the United States and Canada to popular destinations and rides down roads less traveled.Even if you don't ride a motorcycle, you'll finds plenty of travel information, adventure stories and lots more to enjoy in this book.Experience with me…Visit Woodstock decades after the summer of 1969…View Bannerman Ca...

Palm Springs & the Coachella Valley, Big Bear Lake & Lake Arrowhead, San Diego & beyond - it's all covered in detail here. A selection of recommended inns, delightful restaurants, resorts, festivals, the best places to stroll together under the stars or have a secluded champagne picnic - the most romantic places in the Southwest. This book visits special spots in Southern California. Each place has been carefully selected, making sure that it offers something special - in-room fireplaces, ...

Start your engines and follow the backroads, the historical paths, and the scenic landscape that were fashioned by geologic Ice Ages and traveled by Big Thicket explorers as well as contemporary park advocatesall as diverse as the Big Thicket itself. From Spanish missionaries to Jayhawkers, and from timber barons to public officials, you will meet some unusual characters who inhabited an exceptional region. The Big Thicket and its National Preserve contain plants and animals from deserts a...

Anne Rice, lauded author of gothic fiction calls it, "Delightfully vivid bringing to life all the favorite haunts of the lively spirits both living and dead."Deborah Burst continues her series of discovery on a trail of history and mystery across Louisiana's most solemn and revered locales. In her ten-year writing and photography career, Burst has combined her love for art, history and architecture into a poetic trail of Louisiana's Sacred Places.From New Orleans across the...

FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK:"I'm not angry. I don't hate my job. I'm not annoyed with capitalism, and I'm indifferent to materialism. I'm not escaping emptiness, nor am I searching for meaning. I have great friends, a wonderful family, and fun roommates. The dude two doors down invited me over for steak or pork chops--my choice--on Sunday, and I couldn't even tell you the first letter of his name. Sure, the producers of The Amazing Race have rejected all five of my applications to ho...

The 2015 inaugural Bentonville Film Festival - This unprecedented festival champions women and diversity in film. It is sponsored by some of the largest corporations in America including Coca Cola and Walmart. Launched by Academy Award winning actor Geena Davis and ARC Entertainment, the festival's Founding Sponsor is Walmart, and its Presenting Sponsor is Coca Cola. Held on May 5 -9, the festival is the only film competition in Arkansas and throughout the world to offer digital and retail...

Tom Miller's On the Border frames the land between the United States and Mexico as a Third Country, one 2,000 miles long and twenty miles wide. This Third Country has its own laws and its own outlaws. Its music, language, and food are unique. On the Border, a first-person travel narrative, portrays this bi-national culture, "unforgettable to every reader lucky enough to discover this gem of southwestern Americana." ( San Diego Union-Tribune) It's a "deftly writte...

Chaco Canyon, Zuni Pueblo, Aztec Ruins, Shiprock, Bandera Crater, ghost towns, Indian reservations, Albuquerque, Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Carlsbad - plus all the smaller towns and attractions. Accommodations, restaurants, shopping for every budget. Plus hiking, biking, horseback riding, skiing, backpacking, with all the details on where to do it, the outfitters and guides. Everything you need to know. Photos and maps throughout.

In the first years of the twentieth century, motoring across the vast expanses west of the Mississippi was at the very least an adventure and at most an audacious stunt. As more motorists ventured forth, such travel became a curiosity and, within a few decades, commonplace. For aspiring western travelers, automobiles formed an integral part of their search for new experiences and destinations—and like explorers and thrill seekers from earlier ages, these adventurers kept records of their e...

There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour is ready to explore when you are.Each walking tour describes historical and architectural landmarks and provides pictures to help out when those pesky street addresses are missing. Every tour also includes a quick primer o...