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English
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Anecdotes, observations, and reflections collected during a solo cross-country drive.
When Jacobson announced that she planned to drive across the country alone, she was met with lots of questions and opinions. The most common one: Why? Having always found comfort in solitude, she spent the journey mulling over the big questions-- What do I really want? What is the worst possible scenario in which I could run into my ex? How has the decision to wear...
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English
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"The author of How to Date Men When You Hate Men examines Americans' obsession with freedom, travel, and the open road in this funny, entertaining travelogue that blends the humorous observations of Bill Bryson with the piercing cultural commentary of Jia Tolentino"--
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Strapless and Guest of Honor, a book about a little-known road trip Andy Warhol took from New York to LA in 1963, and how that journey - and the numerous artists and celebrities he encountered - profoundly affected his life and art"--
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English
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Kathleen is eighty years old. After she has a run-in with an intruder, her daughter wants her to move in to a residential home. But she's not having any of it. What she craves-what she needs-is adventure. Liza is drowning under the daily stress of family life. The last thing she needs is her mother jetting off on a wild holiday, making Liza long for a solo summer of her own. Martha is having a quarter-life crisis. Unemployed, unloved and uninspired,...
7) Baseball road trips: the complete guide to all the ballparks, with beer, bites, and sights nearby
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Publisher
Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Sunshine, hot dogs, friends, and the excitement of the game: Baseball is called America's pastime for a reason. Experience the best of the MLB cities and stadiums with Moon Baseball Road Trips. --from Amazon.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist John Burroughs visited Thomas Edison in Florida and toured the Everglades. The following year Ford, Edison, and tire maker Harvey Firestone joined together on a summer camping trip and decided to call themselves the Vagabonds. They would continue their summer road trips until 1925, when they announced that their fame made it too difficult for them to carry on. Although the Vagabonds traveled with an entourage of...
10) RV vacations
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Provides a guide to RV travel in the United States, with itinaries, detailed maps, advice for trip planning, and information on campgrounds and interesting sights.
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Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Traverse Route 66 with Lonely Planet's collection of 3 amazing drives. From Chicago to Santa Monica and beyond, discover quirky towns and open roads. Pick a road trip that works for you, from just one stretch to the entire route. Take in the diverse landscapes around Meramee Caverns, Cadillac Ranch and Pasadena. Fill up on pie in Atlanta, IL, and step back in time at Tucumeari.
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Publisher
Motorbookss, an imprint of the Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Impossible Road Trip explores the roadside of all of America's 50 states, recalling the golden age of car travel with histories and color photos of iconic roadside attractions, as well as specially commissioned maps."--
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Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's Southwest USA's Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features 32 amazing drives, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Marvel at the Grand Canyon, soak up the beauty of Sedona, and stop off in Moab for some rafting. Get to Southwest USA, rent a car, and hit the road!
14) I don't care if we never get back: 30 games in 30 days on the best worst baseball road trip ever
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Ben, a sports analytics wizard, loves baseball. Eric, his best friend, hates it. But when Ben writes an algorithm for the optimal baseball road trip, an impossible dream of every pitch of 30 games in 30 stadiums in 30 days, who will he call on to take shifts behind the wheel, especially when those shifts will include nineteen hours straight from Phoenix to Kansas City? Eric, of course. Will Eric regret it? Most definitely"--Dust jacket flap.
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English
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It all starts with a fall from a ladder, in a firehouse in New York City. The firehouse has been converted into a unique Manhattan home and studio where renowned photographer Madison Allen works and lives after raising three children on her own. But the accident, which happens while Maddie is sorting through long-forgotten personal mementos and photos, results in more than a broken ankle. It changes her life. Spurred by old memories, the forced pause...
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National geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The fifth and latest edition of National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways provides more than 300 possibilities for spectacular getaways in your local area and throughout the 50 states. Whether you're looking for a short day trip close to home or a several-weeks-long vacation, you'll find a host of ideas in this beautifully illustrated, detail-packed book, which celebrates America's regional diversity, rich history, and jaw-dropping splendor....
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English
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"A high speed and darkly comic road trip through a near future America with a bighearted mercenary"--
"Sleepwalk’s hero, Will Bear, is a man with so many aliases that he simply thinks of himself as the Barely Blur. At 50 years old, he’s been living off the grid for over half his life. He’s never had a real job, never paid taxes, never been in a committed relationship. A good-natured henchman with a complicated and lonely past and a passion...
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the riveting history and personal experiences, at once liberating and challenging, harrowing and inspiring, deeply revealing and profoundly transforming, of African Americans on the road from the advent of the automobile through the seismic changes of the 1960s and beyond, it explores the deep background of a recent phrase rooted in realities that have been an indelible part of the African American experience for hundreds of years.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the year before Donald Trump was elected president, Jordan Blashek, a Republican Marine, and Chris Haugh, a Democrat and son of a single mother from Berkeley, CA, formed an unlikely friendship. Jordan was fresh off his service in the Marines and feeling a bit out of place at Yale Law School. Chris was yearning for a sense of mission after leaving Washington D.C. Over the months, Jordan and Chris's friendship blossomed not in spite of, but because...
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