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“I love everything about this hilarious book except the font size.” —Jon Stewart Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that routine didn’t seem as funny to John Hodgman anymore. Everyone is...

What is it about the South that has inspired so much of America's greatest literature? And why, when we think of Flannery O'Connor or William Faulkner or Harper Lee, do we think of them not just as writers but as Southern writers? In South Toward Home, Margaret Eby - herself a Southerner - travels through the South in search of answers to these questions, visiting the hometowns and stomping grounds of some of our most beloved authors.

The music of Frank Sinatra, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and many other artists provides the score to the reflections of a musician on the road in this memoir of Neil Peart's travels from Los Angeles to Big Bend National Park. The emotional associations and stories behind each album Peart plays guide his recollections of his childhood on Lake Ontario, the first bands that he performed with, and his travels with the band Rush. The evocative and resonant writing vividly captures the meanderings of a musical mind.

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From Mexico to Chile to Colombia to the Dominican Republic, people across Latin America don't speak the kind of Spanish you learn from a textbook or hear in most classrooms. ¡Ay, caramba! They speak real Latin American Spanish, loading their conversations with lively idioms and colorful expressions. Now you too can use these expressions. And understand native speakers when they use them!

Read by the author, this is Louis Theroux's hilarious and thought-provoking journey through weird America. For 10 years, Louis Theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of US society. Now he revisits America and the people who have most fascinated him to try to...

In 2017, professional runner Rickey Gates ran 3,700 miles across the continental United States with just a small backpack and an anthropologist's curiosity to discover the divided America in which we live. In the book Cross Country, Gates documents this epic experience from South Carolina to San...

From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All Over but the Shoutin' and The Best Cook in the World, a collection of irresistible columns from Southern Living and Garden & Gun Celebrated author and newspaper columnist Rick Bragg brings us an ode to the stories and history of the...

Great businesses don't always have great starts. In the summer of 2010, Green Beret Jason McCarthy was going through a divorce, separating from the military, and struggling with money issues. He used his new company, GORUCK, as an excuse to drive to all lower 48 states with his dog, Java, to meet people and get into adventures, while searching for how to rebuild in America.

This serves as the first volume of a series covering the amazing 50 states. It looks at facts about each state, their histories, and interesting little tidbits of information about each. In this volume Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, and Maryland are covered.

A collection of transcendent, lyrical essays on life in the American West, the classic companion to Gretel Ehrlich’s new book, Unsolaced “Wyoming has found its Whitman.” —Annie Dillard Poet and filmmaker Gretel Ehrlich went to Wyoming in 1975 to make the first in a series of...

Travel Like a Local is a series of travel guidebooks written by local experts to help travelers explore new places like an insider. From learning about the culture and customs to finding the best restaurants and attractions, these guidebooks provide comprehensive information to ensure a hassle-free unforgettable journey. Each guidebook is packed with insider tips and recommendations, tailored specifically to the location, so you can make the most of your time and truly get to know the destination. With The Travel Like a Local Guidebooks you’ll get the most out of your travels.

From the muddy banks of Buffalo Bayou to the gleaming towers of a global metropolis, Houston’s story is one of ambition, transformation, and endurance.

In the summer of 1869, John Muir, a young Scottish immigrant, joined a crew of shepherds in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The diary he kept while tending sheep formed the heart of this book, which was first published in 1911 and which eventually lured thousands of Americans to visit Yosemite country. My First Summer in the Sierra incorporates the lyrical accounts and sketches Muir produced during his four-month stay in the Yosemite River Valley and the High Sierra.

Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than $200. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, atop Maine's Mount Katahdin, she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it."

Florida Bound is a practical, real-world guide written for people planning to move to Florida, not just visit. Are you considering moving to Florida but are not sure what to expect? Look no further! In this comprehensive guidebook, I, a longtime Florida enthusiast, will share my insider knowledge and passion for the Sunshine State!

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit St. Petersburg Florida. Greater Than a Tourist- Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States by Tyler M McIntosh offers first-hand and personal insight into the best ways to visit St. Petersburg like a local.

Explore California like never before with Exploring California: A Journey Through History and Must-See Destinations. From ancient Indigenous lands to the golden era of Hollywood, from bustling cities to serene national parks, this guide blends rich history with practical travel insights. Discover the stories behind the state’s iconic landscapes, uncover hidden gems, and plan your ultimate California adventure. Whether it’s redwood forests, coastal drives, deserts, or world-famous cities, this book gives you the context, culture, and inspiration to explore responsibly and meaningfully.

Travel Like a Local: Dallas — Fort Worth by Emily Fiala-Dagnan offers an insight to the metroplex that is jammed full of arts, culture, and diverse food. Everything is bigger, allow her to share what she thinks is better. From learning about the culture and customs to finding the best restaurants and attractions, these guidebooks provide comprehensive information to ensure a hassle-free unforgettable journey.

The ultimate year-round survival guide for living in Florida—before, during, and after disaster strikes. Florida’s tropical paradise comes with a cost: powerful hurricanes, oppressive heat, and sudden floods. In Survive the Season: Florida, author David G. Stone delivers a no-nonsense, easy-to-follow guide packed with practical advice for protecting yourself, your family, and your home. Whether you're new to the state, caring for kids or seniors, or just want a better way to manage the chaos of storm season, this book has you covered.

Acclaimed, bestselling author and travel writer Paul Theroux turns his gaze to Canada in a sweeping, personal journey. For more than half a century, Paul Theroux has traveled the globe and chronicled its far corners with curiosity, wit, and an unflinching eye. With True North, his twelfth travel...