Travel / Europe

Not For Tourists Guide to London 2017

by Not For Tourists – Not For Tourists (October 18, 2016)

Whether you’ve called London your home for decades or just arrived last night, there’s information in the Not For Tourists Guide to London that you need to know. This map-based, neighborhood-by-neighborhood...

Not For Tourists Guide to Madrid 2018

by Not For Tourists – Not For Tourists (October 10, 2017)

With details on everything from the Prado to 1862 Dry Bar, this is the only guide a native or traveler needs.

The Not For Tourists Guide to Madrid is a map-based, neighborhood-by-neighborhood dream guide designed...

Not For Tourists Guide to London 2018

by Not For Tourists – Not For Tourists (November 07, 2017)

Whether you’ve called London your home for decades or just arrived last night, there’s information in the Not For Tourists Guide to London that you need to know. This map-based, neighborhood-by-neighborhood...

God Jul

by Anders Neumuller – Skyhorse (November 03, 2009)

The charm, warmth, and beauty of a Swedish Christmas is captured in this remarkable collection of 300 colorful, fun, and historic postcards dating back to the 1800s. Each postcard reveals the magic behind Christmas...

How To See Europe on 50¢ a Day

by Lee Meriwether – Skyhorse (May 26, 2009)

The original college-dropout backpacker that started it all—this traveler’s classic is reissued here for the first time, and follows the adventures of Lee Meriwether in 1886 as he boards a steamer in Brooklyn...

An Irish Christmas Feast

by John B. Keane – Skyhorse (October 11, 2011)

This bountiful collection of more than fifty tales by one of Ireland’s liveliest and most popular writers offers holiday charm and Gaelic humor by the Christmas stockingful. Drawing on the rich folk culture...

Meet Me in Munich

by Moses Wolff – Skyhorse (September 01, 2013)

Munich’s Oktoberfest, held each year since 1810 from late September through the first weekend in October, is one of the most famous events in Germany. It is a beer drinker’s paradise—over the course of...

Trail of Feathers

by Tahir Shah – Arcade (December 19, 2011)

A shrunken head from Peru and a feather with traces of blood are the clues that launch Tahir Shah on his latest journey. Fascinated by the recurring theme of flight in Peruvian folklore, Shah sets out to discover...

The Angel Tree

by Alex Dingwall-Main – Arcade (October 09, 2012)

A serendipitous, fender-bending encounter between the author, a distinguished landscape architect, and a wealthy Frenchman in Provence leads to the strangest, funniest horticultural odyssey in recent memory....

The Essence of Provence

by Pierre Magnan & Richard Seaver – Arcade (November 21, 2011)

The extraordinary rags-to-riches tale of Olivier Baussan and the roadside soap stand that became L’Occitane, one of the world’s most successful purveyors of natural fragrances. Founded in 1976 by Olivier...

A Fine Place to Daydream

by Bill Barich – Skyhorse (October 27, 2015)

Twenty-five years after his racetrack classic Laughing in the Hills, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with...

492 Great Things About Being Italian

by Boze Hadleigh – Skyhorse (September 15, 2015)

492 Great Things About Being Italian is fun, informative and catnip for 17 million Italian-Americans. It follows in the footsteps of other successful books aimed at this minority proud of its remarkable—and...

Words of Mercury

by Patrick Leigh Fermor, Artemis Cooper & Rolf Potts – Skyhorse (June 03, 2014)

A career-spanning anthology from the greatest traveler—and travel writer—of the twentieth century.

The adventures of Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor, Britain’s most beloved traveler, began in 1933, when...

The Savvy Backpacker's Guide to Europe on a Budget

by James Feess – Skyhorse (February 24, 2015)

Every year thousands of people dream about strapping on a backpack and embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure through Europe, but they are often discouraged by the perceived cost and daunting idea of traveling...