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Fodor's correspondents highlight the best of Hawaii, including Honolulu's urban vibe, Maui's Road to Hana, Kauai's beaches, and the Big Island's volcanoes. Includes must-see attractions, from Pearl Harbor to Napali Coast ; perfect hotels for every budget ; best restaurants to satisfy a range of tastes ; useful features on hula, luau, and lei ; valuable tips on when to go and ways to save ; insider perspective from local experts ; and, color photos...

History comes alive in this engaging tribute to a state with distinctive landscapes and the people affectionately known as Hoosiers. A professor of history, Furlong is a master storyteller and meticulous researcher. -- Betterworldbooks.com

Now more than ever, you can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through France. Wander the lavender fields of Provence, climb the steps of the Eiffel Tower, and bite into a perfect croissant. Inside Rick Steves' France you'll find: fully updated, comprehensive coverage for planning a multi-week trip to France; Ricks's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see...

The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: "This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books" (Publishers Weekly). In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux embarks on an eighteen-month tour of the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux...

"Follow in the footsteps of kings and queens, Shakespeare, and the Beatles. Now more than ever, count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know to travel in England. In this book, you'll find his up-to-the-minute advice alongside time-tested travel tips"-- Provided by publisher.

"Quirky, well-crafted essays" by an award-winning journalist about his home state of Indiana, filled with characters famous, notorious, and unknown (Indianapolis Star). Fueled by an insider's view of Indiana and the state's often surprising connections to the larger world, IN Writing is revelatory. It is Indiana in all its glory: sacred and profane; saints and sinners; war and peace; small towns and big cities; art, architecture, poetry and victuals....

English was an alert, observant traveler. He made friends with local people during his travels through the American West, gained admittance to places off the beaten track, and noted his reactions and observations in his journal.

"Explore Antarctica--the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth--in this adventure-filled title in the Who HQ series. Antarctica, the earth's southernmost continent, was virtually untouched by humans until the nineteenth century. Many famous explorers journeyed (and often died) there in the hope of discovering a land that always seemed out of reach. This book introduces readers to this desert--yes, desert!--continent that holds about 90...