Readers Preference Reviews

It is rare to have someone write their personal adventure book well enough to really be interesting but Helen Thayer reaches that goal admirably.  Walking the Gobi if a fascinating read as she details her and her husband's experiences arranging and then completing this trip.  One of the things that makes the book so interesting is her ability to write in a style that draws the reader into the experience as a friend.  Likewise, her stories of interaction with nomads and border agents are at times very personal and at other times scary.  Through her writing you feel her co

Here Be Yaks chronicles the author's experiences traveling in Tibet.  She provides detailed descriptions of the land and people as well as the difficulties and pleasures of the trip.  Her goal on the trip was Mount Kailash and to settle question of the source of the Sutlej River as well as a spiritual journey of her own.  Most books of this type are not particularly interesting to read through but this one is an exception.  She adds so much detail and history that you come to appreciate the trip as well as the country, the geography, the people, and the culture.  Sh

If you like to travel and love history then you will greatly appreciate this excellent resource. This book provides information on the best Living History destinations in the United States from prehistory to the early 1840s. Instead of organizing the locations by particular area of the United States the authors have chosen to organize them by significant historical groupings. Examples of these groupings include a section on America's native peoples, one on religious and secular groups, one on the road to independence, and one on opening the West.

If you want a tour guide style book on sacred places around the world you can't go wrong with "Sacred Places Around the World". Brad Olsen covers sacred places in Africa, the Middle East, Far East, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands, South America, Central America, North America, and Europe. For each place he discusses history, local traditions, and how to get there. From cave paintings to medicine wheels to cathedrals the destinations run the full gamut of sacred places around the world.

Divided into 10 geographical sections (Southwest, West Coast, Alaska and Hawai'i, Western Canada, Rocky Mountains, Central Plains, Great Lakes Region, Eastern Canada, New England, and The South), "Sacred Places North America" is the ultimate travel guide for anyone seeking out places of great historical or religious significance. The guide is thorough, covering things as diverse as Anasazi dwellings, Area 51, medicine wheels, Indian mounds, petroglyphs, Walden Pond, and even Graceland. Each entry has a basic history of the place plus a description of how to get there.

In one of the most unique formats for such a book, the author has produced a highly educational and yet entertaining book on space travel. Written in a tourist handbook style, it starts with a series of vacation postcard style pictures including space pictures, vehicles, and training. From there you turn to the various potential space destinations. This section includes Spaceports you might leave from and destinations you might go to such as a space station or the moon. Now that you have picked your destination you have to choose how to get there.

This is a guide to Spanish schools in Mexico where you can get a complete language immersion experience. Each program is rated on a five star basis in terms of location, facilities and program. It also includes cost information, size of classes, address, contact information and plenty of other background information to help the student decide between the various choices.

From the title of the book I had expected this to be about some of the strange and wonderful creatures around the world. Although it does have some information on various creatures the author has encountered and even has a section of photographs of assorted creatures it is much more of a travelogue than anything else. Having said that, it is an excellent travelogue and written in a style that remains interesting throughout the book. The places where the author traveled in this text are Belize, the Amazon, Australia, Canada, Antarctica, Borneo, Europe, and Zimbabwe.

If you like to travel and love history then you will greatly appreciate this excellent resource. This book provides information on the best Living History destinations in the United States from prehistory to the early 1840s. Instead of organizing the locations by particular area of the United States the authors have chosen to organize them by significant historical groupings. Examples of these groupings include a section on America's native peoples, one on religious and secular groups, one on the road to independence, and one on opening the West.