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Few cities anywhere are as vibrant, historically rich, and just
plain fun as New Orleans. But it's not a "dummy proof" destination.
Too many travelers leave town wondering what all the fuss is
about.That doesn't happen to those carrying this book. Written by
travel experts Lavinia Spalding and Tami Fairweather, Frommer's
EasyGuide to New Orleans introduces travelers to the experiences
other visitors miss; and has the type of insightful commentary on
the iconic sights that brings them to life. The book includes
special sections for those who are visiting during Mardi Gras and
Jazz Fest; and day trips to nearby plantations and nature sights.
Finally, there's exact pricing for every item in the book, along
with transportation tips, to help make your vacation worry free.
Exact pricing and public transportation instructions, so there's
never any guessing Complete information on the city's legendary
nightlife scene (including the places only locals' know about)
Opinionated advice on which attractions and restaurants are worth
your time and which can be skipped Detailed info on the city's
lodging options, with frank assessments of what's worth your
vacation budget and what isn't 16-page photo guide with vibrant
photographs Printed in large, easy-to-read type Maps throughout and
a handy, full-sized pull-out map About Frommer's: There's a reason
Frommer's has been the most trusted name in travel for more than 60
years. Arthur Frommer created the best-selling guide series in 1957
to help American servicemen fulfill their dreams of travel in
Europe, and since then, we have published thousands of titles,
become a household name, and helped millions upon millions of
people realize their own dreams of seeing our planet. Travel is
easy with Frommer's.
As Andrew McCarthy wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "For
more than 20 years, Travelers' Tales has been publishing books that
might best be described as the literary equivalent of a group of
travelers sitting around a dim cafe, sipping pints or prosecco and
trading their best stories." Now, new from Travelers' Tales comes
The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 12: True Stories from
Around the World-the latest collection in the best-selling,
award-winning series that invites you to ride shotgun alongside
intrepid female nomads as they wander the globe discovering new
places, faces, and facets of themselves. "In story after story,"
McCarthy wrote about the previous volume of The Best Women's Travel
Writing, "the refreshing absence of bluster and bravado, coupled
with the optimism necessary for bold travel, create a unifying
narrative that testifies to the personal value and cultural import
of leaving the perceived safety of home and setting out into the
wider world." The essays in this volume are as diverse as the
destinations, exploring themes of kindness, transformation, nature,
friendship, family, strength, and resilience. In The Best Women's
Travel Writing, Volume 12, you will... Settle a thirteen-year debt
in Cuba Learn to survive in the polar regions of Canada Witness an
amateur autopsy in Ireland Get chloroformed, robbed, read to, and
propositioned in Italy Summit Kilimanjaro in Tanzania Get lost and
found on a dark and rainy morning in northern France Find joy in
Azerbaijan while walking across two continents Explain American
reality TV to a bewildered bunch in Bolivia Fear for your life on a
stormy Adriatic Sea Bear witness at the site of a volcano disaster
in Indonesia Contemplate the perils of too much safety in Nepal Get
conned and taken for a ride in Colombia Track one of the world's
most elusive animals in India Travel the world on stolen plane
tickets Outgrow nihilism and embrace friendship at a convent in
Spain ...and much more!
Since publishing the original edition of A Woman's World in 1995,
Travelers' Tales has been the recognized national leader in women's
travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The
Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual
collection of the best women's travel writing of the year. This
title is the eleventh in that series The Best Women's Travel
Writing presenting stimulating, inspiring, and uplifting adventures
from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover
new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common threads
connecting these stories are a female perspective and fresh,
compelling storytelling to make the reader laugh, weep, wish she
were there, or be glad she wasn't. The points of view and
perspectives are global, and themes are as eclectic as in all of
our books, 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. The 31 true travel stories in this year's
collection are, as always, wildly diverse in theme and location.
They tell of places like California and Cuba, Switzerland and
Singapore, Iran and Iceland, Montana and Mexico and Mongolia and
Mali, our own back yards and some of the farthest, most extreme
corners of the world. They are the personal stories we can't help
but collect when we travel, stories of reaching out to embrace the
unfamiliar and creating cross-cultural connections while learning
more about ourselves. In The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume
11, you will: go scuba diving with sharks in Palau cook for Syrian
refugees in Greece be the first American to play pro basketball in
the Czech Republic anger a nun in Ethiopia go whitewater rafting on
the Nile in Uganda help slaughter a pig in Hungary realize your
limits of filial piety in Singapore seek healing at the hands of a
witchdoctor in Mexico feast on rancid food in Iceland avoid
hypothermia by spooning in Mongolia fall in love in Nepal ... and
much, much more.
In The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from
Around the World, thirty celebrated and emerging writers invite you
to ride shotgun as they travel the globe to discover new places,
people, and facets of themselves. The essays are as diverse as the
destinations, the common thread being fresh, compelling
storytelling that will make you laugh, weep, wish you were there,
or thank your lucky stars you weren’t. The Best Women’s Travel
Writing speaks to the reasons why we travel—and how travel changes
our lives. In The Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 10: True
Stories from Around the World, you’ll: Study the ancient art of
belly dancing in Egypt Go day-drinking with a sea captain in
Croatia Scuba dive through an underground cave in Mexico Run from
massive exploding balloons in Burma Embed with the military in
Afghanistan Experience a different kind of time in Argentina Go
dogsledding in Finland Confront heartache, pain, and a deadly
creature in Indonesia Negotiate with smugglers in Mongolia Marry a
stranger at Burning Man ... and much, much more.
Two major trends have recently swept the travel world: the first,
an overwhelming desire (thanks to Elizabeth Gilbert's bestseller,
Eat, Pray, Love) to write one's own memoir; the second, an
explosion of social media, blogs, twitter and texts, which allow
travelers to document and share their experiences instantaneously.
Thus, the act of chronicling one's journey has never been more
popular, nor the urge stronger. Writing Away: A Creative Guide to
Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler, will inspire budding
memoirists and jetsetting scribes alike. But Writing Away doesn't
stop there author Lavinia Spalding spins the romantic tradition of
keeping a travelogue into a modern, witty adventure in awareness,
introducing the traditional handwritten journal as a profoundly
valuable tool for self-discovery, artistic expression, and
spiritual growth. Writing Away teaches you to embrace mishaps in
order to enrich your travel experience, recognize in advance what
you want to remember, tap into all your senses, and connect with
the physical world in an increasingly technological age. It helps
you overcome writer's block and procrastination; tackle the
discipline, routine, structure, and momentum that are crucial to
the creative process; and it demonstrates how traveling while
keeping a journal along the way is the world's most valuable
writing exercise.
Two major trends have recently swept the travel world: the first,
an overwhelming desire (thanks to Elizabeth Gilbert's bestseller,
Eat, Pray, Love) to write one's own memoir; the second, an
explosion of social media, blogs, twitter and texts, which allow
travelers to document and share their experiences instantaneously.
Thus, the act of chronicling one's journey has never been more
popular, nor the urge stronger. Writing Away: A Creative Guide to
Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler, will inspire budding
memoirists and jetsetting scribes alike. But Writing Away doesn't
stop there--author Lavinia Spalding spins the romantic tradition of
keeping a travelogue into a modern, witty adventure in awareness,
introducing the traditional handwritten journal as a profoundly
valuable tool for self-discovery, artistic expression, and
spiritual growth. Writing Away teaches you to embrace mishaps in
order to enrich your travel experience, recognize in advance what
you want to remember, tap into all your senses, and connect with
the physical world in an increasingly technological age. It helps
you overcome writer's block and procrastination; tackle the
discipline, routine, structure, and momentum that are crucial to
the creative process; and it demonstrates how traveling--while
keeping a journal along the way--is the world's most valuable
writing exercise.
Since publishing the original edition of A Woman's World in 1995,
Travelers' Tales has been the recognized national leader in women's
travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The
Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual
collection of the best women's travel writing of the year. This
title is the eleventh in that series The Best Women's Travel
Writing presenting stimulating, inspiring, and uplifting adventures
from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover
new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common threads
connecting these stories are a female perspective and fresh,
compelling storytelling to make the reader laugh, weep, wish she
were there, or be glad she wasn't. The points of view and
perspectives are global, and themes are as eclectic as in all of
our books, 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. The 31 true travel stories in this year's
collection are, as always, wildly diverse in theme and location.
They tell of places like California and Cuba, Switzerland and
Singapore, Iran and Iceland, Montana and Mexico and Mongolia and
Mali, our own back yards and some of the farthest, most extreme
corners of the world. They are the personal stories we can't help
but collect when we travel, stories of reaching out to embrace the
unfamiliar and creating cross-cultural connections while learning
more about ourselves. In The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume
11, you will: go scuba diving with sharks in Palau cook for Syrian
refugees in Greece be the first American to play pro basketball in
the Czech Republic anger a nun in Ethiopia go whitewater rafting on
the Nile in Uganda help slaughter a pig in Hungary realize your
limits of filial piety in Singapore seek healing at the hands of a
witchdoctor in Mexico feast on rancid food in Iceland avoid
hypothermia by spooning in Mongolia fall in love in Nepal ... and
much, much more.
Since publishing the original edition of A Woman’s World in 1995,
Travelers’ Tales has been the recognized leader in women’s
travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The
Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual
collection of the best women’s travel writing of the year. This
title is the eighth in an annual series—The Best Women’s Travel
Writing—that presents stimulating, inspiring, and uplifting
adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to
discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common
threads connecting these stories are a woman’s perspective and
fresh, compelling storytelling to make the reader laugh, weep, wish
she were there, or be glad she wasn’t. The points of view and
perspectives are global, and themes are as eclectic as in all of
our books, 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.
Since publishing A Woman’s World in 1995, Travelers’ Tales has
been the recognized leader in women’s travel literature, and with
the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004,
the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best
women’s travel writing of the year. This title is the seventh in
an annual series—The Best Women’s Travel Writing—that presents
inspiring and uplifting adventures from women who have traveled to
the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets
of themselves. The common threads are a woman’s perspective and
compelling storytelling to make the reader laugh, weep, wish she
were there, or be glad she wasn’t. In The Best Women's Travel
Writing 2011, readers Have lunch with a mobster in Japan and drinks
with an IRA member in Ireland Learn the secrets of flamenco in
Spain and the magic of samba in Brazil Deliver a trophy for best
testicles in a small town in rural Serbia Fall in love while riding
a camel through the Syrian Desert Ski a first descent of over 5,000
feet in Northern India Discover the joy of getting naked in South
Korea Leave it all behind to slop pigs on a farm in Ecuador...and
much more.
Few cities anywhere are as vibrant, historically rich, and just
plain fun as New Orleans. But it's not a "dummy proof" destination.
Too many travelers leave town wondering what all the fuss is about.
That doesn't happen to those carrying this book. Written by travel
experts Diana K. Schwam and Lavinia Spalding, Frommer's EasyGuide
to New Orleans introduces travelers to the experiences other
visitors miss; and has the type of insightful commentary on the
iconic sights that brings them to life. The book includes special
sections for those who are visiting during Mardi Gras and Jazz
Fest; and day trips to nearby plantations and nature sights.
Finally, there's exact pricing for every item in the book, along
with transportation tips, to help make your vacation worry free.
The book is fully updated after the pandemic lockdowns: Exact
pricing and public transportation instructions, so there's never
any guessing Complete information on the city's legendary nightlife
scene (including the places only locals' know about) Opinionated
advice on which attractions and restaurants are worth your time and
which can be skipped Detailed info on the city's lodging options,
with frank assessments of what's worth your vacation budget and
what isn't 16-page photo guide with vibrant photographs Printed in
large, easy-to-read type Maps throughout and a handy, full-sized
pull-out map About Frommer's: There's a reason Frommer's has been
the most trusted name in travel for more than 60 years. Arthur
Frommer created the best-selling guide series in 1957 to help
American servicemen fulfill their dreams of travel in Europe, and
since then, we have published thousands of titles, become a
household name, and helped millions upon millions of people realize
their own dreams of seeing our planet. Travel is easy with
Frommer's.
In The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from
Around the World, thirty celebrated and emerging writers invite you
to ride shotgun as they travel the globe to discover new places,
people, and facets of themselves. The essays are as diverse as the
destinations, the common thread being fresh, compelling
storytelling that will make you laugh, weep, wish you were there,
or thank your lucky stars you weren't. The Best Women's Travel
Writing speaks to the reasons why we travel and how travel changes
our lives. In The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 10: True
Stories from Around the World, you'll: Study the ancient art of
belly dancing in Egypt Go day-drinking with a sea captain in
Croatia Scuba dive through an underground cave in Mexico Run from
massive exploding balloons in Burma Embed with the military in
Afghanistan Experience a different kind of time in Argentina Go
dogsledding in Finland Confront heartache, pain, and a deadly
creature in Indonesia Negotiate with smugglers in Mongolia Marry a
stranger at Burning Man ... and much, much more.
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