Xanadu Enterprises Presents a Wondrous Selection of Books
Exotic Treks & Great Roadtrips!
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The books in this Aisle have been hand-picked for the adventurous -- both armchair and real-life -- who would love to hit the road and motor through some very exotic places! Enjoy!
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Central America by Car : A Driver's Guide
by Mike Nelson
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Travelers' Tales: The Road Within : True Stories of Life on the Road
by Sean O'Reilly, James O'Reilly, and Tim O'Reilly (Editors)
From Independent Publisher --
This hefty and fantastically varied collection of on-the-road enlightenment is an intimate travelogue best savored upon returning home, rather than read as a travel appetizer. Edited by the three O'Reilly brothers, founders of the Travelers' Tales Guides, these stories prompt readers to return, inwardly, to their own transforming moments, and savor the blend of these writers' stories with their own. Though sharing a spiritual component, each tale contains the loose semblance of an unsentimental lesson; even one as obvious as this: The journalist can't always stay out of the story ("The Serpent," by Dennis Covington). Understanding each writer's transformation, and the
circumstances which precipitated it, doesn't require membership in an organized religion, just a reader curious about the world, with a few road trips under their belt. "My religion usually depends on what holiday I do or do not want to celebrate, or the biases and proclivities of the country or people I happen to be
visiting," writes Marael Johnson in "Psalm Journey." And her words suggest the opinions of many, though not all, of the other writers in this collection. There are human-against-nature stories, still-quiet-moment stories and Dorothy-you're-not-in-
Kansas-anymore stories, each a powerful life lesson from what the O'Reillys call "that great and hard teacher: Travel." It is a lucky reader who returns home from an adventure with their memories, a warm sofa, a blanket and this book.
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Sean and David's Long Drive
by Sean Condon
A reader from Rotterdam wrote this review for Amazon on December 21, 1998 --
A Brilliant Book.
This is the funniest travel book - hell, one of the funniest books ever - I've read. Sean's world-view is so acute, so exactly right that you want to be his friend. But in a crazy sort of a way, he makes you feel like you are his friend, right there along side him and Dave as they drive, cracking wise on anything that occurs to them and entertaining the hell out of each other (and the reader) as they go. The book reminds me of equal parts Salinger and O'Rourke. A must for the modern and disenchanted.
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Road Fever : A High-Speed Travelogue
by Tim Cahill
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If you define "adventure travel" as anything that's more fun to read about than to live through, then Tim Cahill's Road Fever is the adventure of a lifetime. Along with professional long-distance
driver Garry Sowerby, Cahill drove 15,000 miles from the southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego to the northernmost terminus of the Dalton Highway in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, from one end of the world to another, in a record-breaking 23 1/2 days. Just like the authors' camper-shelled GMC Sierra truck, the narrative bounces along at a relentless pace. Along the way Cahill and Sowerby cope with mood swings, engine trouble, Andean cliffs, obstinate bureaucracies, slick highways, armed and uncomprehending soldiery (not to mention the challenges of securing O.P.M., or Other People's Money--the sine qua non of adventure, Cahill observes). Author of such off-the-wall travelogues as Pass the Butterworms and Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, Cahill is equipped with the correct amalgam of chutzpah and dementia to survive what can only be called "The Road Trip From Hell." Readers, however, will thoroughly enjoy themselves.
From Book Description --
Tim Cahill reports on the road trip to end all road trips: a journey that took him from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in a record-breaking twenty three and a half days.
From Synopsis --
With the high-octane humor, infallible radar for the absurd, and post-punk sensibility that have made him the premier adventure writer of our time, Cahill reports on the road trip to end all road trips: a journey from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska -- accomplished in a record-breaking 23 1/2 days.
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Driving the Pan-American Highway to Mexico and Central America:
A Complete Guide for Do-It-Yourself Planning and Driving
by Audrey Pritchard (Contributor), Raymond E. Pritchard, and Chris Howard (Editor)
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When the author decided to drive to Costa Rica, he went to the Automobile Club, the library and several bookstores for information on driving the Pan-American Highway to Central America. As far as he could discover there were no books available on this subject. So, he gathered as much word-of-mouth information as possible to make the trip.
As he and his wife drove through Mexico and Central America, he used a mini-cassette recorder to help make a graphic documentary of the trip. The result is the first one-of-a-kind annual guidebook to come on the market. Now, when someone else wants to drive through Mexico and Central America, there is a book.
Takes You Step-by-Step Through Practical Spanish phrases for all situations you will encounter. What papers you need. Best routes to take - including maps. En route sightseeing. Border crossings -- what to expect. Servicing your car en route. How to figure your costs in advance. Hotels & Motels -- where to stay. Details of actual trips, and much more useful information.
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