MBR: The Travel Shelf
Midwest Book Review
Frankenmuth
Lynn Marie-Ittner Klammer
Tourist Town Guides
c/o Channel Lake Inc.
PO Box 1771, New York, NY 10156
9780976706489, $13.95, www.touristtown.com
You can experience Bavaria and not even need a passport. "Frankenmuth:
A Guide to Michigan's Little Bavaria" is a guide for travelers in
visiting the town of Frankenmuth, a small town in Michigan which
offers must for tourists traveling through. With over thirty annual
events, the town has much to offer travelers and Lynn Marie-Ittner
Klammer hopes to give travelers all they need to know to best
experience the town. "Frankenmuth" should not be missed for those
looking for European flavor without leaving the continent.
360 Degrees Longitude
John Higham
Alyson Books
245 W. 17th St., Suite 1200, New York NY 10011
1593501080, $17.95 www.alyson.com
360 DEGREES LONGITUDE: ONE FAMILY'S JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD tells of
how the author and his family packed up and set out to travel around
the wo5rld, crossing 24 times zones and visiting 28 countries in 52
weeks. Their discoveries of other cultures, wildlife, and about each
other makes for a fun narrative that accompanies Google Earth as a
compliment to the narrative. General lending libraries will find it a
different kind of travel title.
Shopping Marrakech
Susan Simon
Little Bookroom
435 Hudson, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10014
9781892145789, $18.95 www.littlebookroom.com
SHOPPING MARRAKECH includes color photos throughout by Nally Bellati,
includes style considerations by the author, and is packed with
insights on how to navigate Marrakech's markets and alleys to locate
treasures. Seven walks plotted on maps are accompanied by shopping
tips and packed into a very small take-along tote perfect for
destination travelers and those reaching Marrakech's shopping
opportunities. Market locations, hours, payment methods and notes
abound in an astounding array of insights.
China Underground
Zachary Mexico
Soft Skull Press
2117 - 4th St. Suite D, Berkeley, CA 94710
9781593762230, $16.95 www.softskull.com
CHINA UNDERGROUND is a fine firsthand story of a young American's
encounter with the 'new China' and its subcultures. From rock stars
trying to make it big in Shanghai to a Chinese Mafia kingpin and a
punk band trying to stay at the cutting edge of different cultural
norms, this provides a fine view of a China trying to change its own
culture and its relationship with the world, and is a pick for both
armchair readers and any collection interested in modern Chinese
affairs.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns
Alfred A. Knopf
c/o Random House
1745 Broadway, 17th floor, NY, NY 10019
9780307268969, $50.00 www.aaknopf.com
The National Parks: America's Best Idea offers a companion volume to
the twelve-hour PBS series and provide a history of the idea of
America's national parks, from birth to development. From explorations
to political battles behind the parks system, THE NATIONAL PARKS is an
outstanding celebration of American achievement and this is a pick
both for travelers interested in visiting parks to any interested in
how the parks system evolved. Packed with color photos and exciting
history.
Ho! For Wonderland
Lee H. Whittlesey & Elizabeth A. Watry
University of New Mexico Press
1312 Basehart Road SE, Albuquerque NM 87106-4363
9780826346162, $29.95, www.unmpress.com
Collaboratively compiled and deftly edited by the team of Lee H.
Whittlesey and Elizabeth A. Watry, "HO! FOR WONDERLAND: TRAVELERS'
ACCOUNTS OF YELLOWSTONE, 1872-1914" offers a wonderful set of stories
from Lee's lifelong editing of thousands of firsthand accounts of
Yellowstone. Blend that with Elizabeth Watry's passion for
Yellowstone's cultural history and you have a blend of history and
travelogue packed with unique park experiences and encounters, perfect
for any library interested in Yellowstone's background.
Women in the Wild
Lucy McCauley, Editor
Travelers' Tales
Box 610160, Redwood City, CA 94061
188521121X, $17.95 www.oreilly.com/ttales
Deserving of ongoing recommendation is this lively survey of 'wild
women' who journey into remote wilderness locations to make
discoveries and have adventures. From Iceland, Ireland, Ecuador to
India, first-person experiences capture both adventure and connection
and are a pick for any lending library.
Cycling France
Ethan Gelber
Lonely Planet
150 Linden St., Oakland, CA 94607
9781741040449, $24.99 www.lonelyplanet.com
CYCLING FRANCE offers over thirty rides through French countryside,
from route descriptions to maps, cue sheets and more. This take-along
tote offers everything needed to get prepared, from what to bring and
costs to different areas of France perfect for a bicycle tour. A
'must' for any planning a bicycle tour of France.
The Ethical Travel Guide, second edition
Earthscan
c/o Stylus Publishing
PO Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605
9781844077595, $22.50, www.earthscan.co.uk
How does one keep one's soul while seeing the world? Now in a fully
revised and updated second edition, "The Ethical Travel Guide: Your
Passport to Exciting and Alternative Holidays" is a guide to bringing
ethics into one's vacation planning and picking destinations that will
not only benefit the traveler with experience, but enrich the local
community and economies. So many destinations support some form of
exploitation on some level, but Earthscan seeks to help travelers find
guilt free destinations of many sorts, be it from hiking to romantic
getaways. "The Ethical Travel Guide" is a top pick for those who want
to travel but don't want to be part of the problem.
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