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... Fall 2009
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Travelers' Tales got its start in 1993 when travel writers James O'Reilly and Larry Habegger teamed up with computer writer and publisher (and James's brother) Tim O'Reilly to produce a new kind of travel book, one that would paint a portrait of a country through the experiences of many travelers. Through true stories, these books would give readers a depth of understanding that can only come from people who have been there. Reading each book would be like sitting in a cafe filled with fellow travelers swapping tales about the place you're headed next - you come out changed, and eager for more. Over time, this basic premise has been expanded to include a variety of anthologies, travel advice books, and single-author narratives. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Travelers' Tales currently has more than 100 titles in print, and publishes approximately 6-8 titles per year.
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Mousejunkies! Where should you turn if you want the best inside information for your Walt Disney World vacation? Why, to the fanatics who go year after year, several times a year, who spend all their waking hours planning their next trip and devising strategies to make the most of their time there. For them it’s not a vacation, it’s a way of life. That’s right, you’d turn to the Mousejunkies! Inside these pages lies the accumulated wisdom of many years and countless trips to Walt Disney World. Follow the Mousejunkies and mainline the magic!
The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2009 Since the publication of A Woman’s World in 1995, Travelers’ Tales has been publishing award-winning books by and for women. We continue this tradition with The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2009, the fifth collection in our annual series guaranteed to inspire women to take their first trip, or to continue exploring the world with wit, soul, and verve. From breaking the gender barrier on a soccer field in Kenya to learning the art of French cooking in a damp cellar in the Loire Valley, the points of view and perspectives are global and the themes eclectic, including stories that encompass spiritual growth, hilarity and misadventure, high adventure, romance, solo journeys, stories of service to humanity, family travel, and encounters with exotic cuisine.
Marco Polo Didn’t Go There For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel sensibility into the far reaches of five continents for such publications as National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com, and The New York Times Magazine. This book documents his boldest, funniest, and most revealing journeys...from getting stranded without water in the Libyan Desert, to crashing the set of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie in Thailand, to learning the secrets of Tantric sex in a dubious Indian ashram.
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Andrew Zimmern
In The Bizarre Truth, Andrew Zimmern, the host of the hit show Bizarre Foods, delves deep into the cultures and lifestyles of far-flung locales as he tastes the taboo treats of the world.
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Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.
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