 | The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World by Lonely Planet Publications
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $15.94 What a tempting compilation, the stuff of travel dreams!
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 | 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List by Patricia Schultz
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $0.87 Destined to be a classic. Can't imagine the research this work took. Have interviewed Patricia Schultz on our radio show.
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 | The Smart Traveler's Passport: 399 Tips from Seasoned Travelers by Erik Torkells
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.09 Eclectic mishmash of readers' travel tips, some not so new but others quite innovative.
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 | Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional Hedonism by Thomas Kohnstamm
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $4.99 Good read and lots of tongue in cheek.
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 | The Complete Travel Detective Bible: The Consummate Insider Tells You What You Need to Know in an Increasingly Complex World! by Peter Greenberg
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.13 Excellent travel reference book by the high-profile "Today Show" travel editor. A few incorrect phone numbers, but hey, it's a mammoth amount of research.
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 | Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Buy new: $9.47 / Used from: $0.01 Now why couldn't we have written something like this long-time bestseller detailing a woman's emotional journey and international adventures? Like the Italy part the best!
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 | The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century: Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Finney, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin,
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $6.50 Excellent bedtime reading and nice mix of writers, some of whose names didn't ring a bell.
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 | Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $7.50 Vintage Rolf Potts, the gifted travel writer and adventurer extraordinaire.
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 | Europe on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guides) by Sarah Johnstone
Buy used from: $20.99 Helpful book for Europe-bound travelers on a budget. But thank our lucky stars the dollar has remained stronger vs. the almighty Euro at least for this year.
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 | Live Your Road Trip Dream: Travel for a Year for the Cost of Staying Home by Phil White
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $11.36 Phil and Carol are a delight. Glad that gas prices are more affordable so more travelers can hit the road.
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 | Travel Writing: See the World. Sell the Story. by L. Peat O'Neil
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $3.48 Great tool for both fledgling travel writers and seasoned ones alike. Should be on every travel writer's bookshelf.
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 | Frommer's Germany 2008 (Frommer's Complete) by Darwin Porter
Buy used from: $1.92 Glad to see the book truly has been updated with the latest scoop on one of Europe's most popular destinations. Arthur and Pauline Frommer are long-time travel champs. Arthur's "Europe on $5 A Day" was the first travel book I ever owned.
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 | A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration (Travelers' Tales) by Michael Shapiro
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $4.13 Insightful interviews with a variety of veteran travel writers. Really helped me appreciate the amount of heart and soul going into travel research and the actaul art of penning one's travel experiences in an appealing, captivating way.
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 | Frommer's New Zealand (Frommer's Complete) by Adrienne Rewi
Buy new: $15.63 / Used from: $12.59 Excellent overview of Kiwi country. Good coverage of adventure sports too. If you haven't ventured outside our hemisphere, New Zealand is a wonderful place to start.
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 | Rick Steves' Italy 2009 by Rick Steves
Buy new: $17.24 / Used from: $2.99 Good ole folksy, down-to-earth, funny Rick Steves with more tips on seeing, experiencing, eating your way around, sleeping in, and enjoying la dolce vita in the soulful land of my heritage. Viva Italia!
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 | The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson
Buy new: $10.79 / Used from: $0.74 My favorite travel humor writer. Read this or any of Bryson's hilarious works only on an empty bladder...
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 | Europe by Eurail 2008: Touring Europe by Train by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski
Buy used from: $2.59 My all-time top way to explore the continent across the big pond. And remember that the Swiss Rail Pass includes free admission to over 400 Swiss museums and lake steamer and private rail line travel too.
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 | Iceland (Bradt Travel Guide) by Andrew Evans
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $10.00 You have to see Iceland at least once, especially now that it is much more inexpensive than this time a year ago. Thermal waters, geysers, no pollution, crime-free, interesting people who speak a language that the Vikings still could understand if they came back to the land of ice and fire. Just beware of that Black Death drink and the fermented raw shark meat.
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 | Frommer's Philadelphia & the Amish Country (Frommer's Complete) by Lenora Dannelke
Buy used from: $0.01 Good read and useful travel info. I have a soft place in my travel heart for Amish Country and once was honored to hitch ride on a horse-drawn Amish buggy.
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 | Europe's Monastery and Convent Guesthouses: A Pilgrim's Travel Guide by Kevin J. Wright
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $12.58 Hye thee to that nunnery and save a bundle! Useful reference book and excellent way to enjoy Europe from a different perspective.
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 | The Penny Pincher's Passport to Luxury Travel: The Art of Cultivating Preferred Customer Status (Travelers' Tales) by Joel L. Widzer
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.92 The insider's guide to caviar style travel on a beer budget. Good tips about cultivating a loyal relationship with specific airlines. But finding frequent flyer award tickets is another matter!
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