Best Houston Texas Travel Books
100 Things Astros Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of the Houston Astros. The Houston Astros beat reporter since 2004, Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag’s Lines.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Insightful and interesting read."
"Brian McTaggart has always done a great job covering the Astros for the Houston newspaper and now Astros.com."
"Perfect condition."
"Even better was getting them before release date, made the PERFECT opening day gift for my mother in law."
"Good for long-time fans or those falling in love with the 'stros this season (the more the merrier.)."
"Nice condensed "big picture" history of the Houston ball club."
"Item arrived in a timely manner, exactly as described."
"Old and young enjoy. Bought as gift...especially this year!"
Each chapter serves as both a navigational aide and an interpretive guide to familiarize hikers with wondrous destinations in and around The Bayou City. The most frequent question I was asked was, “Where are you going to find 60 hikes around Houston?” Not only did I find 60 hikes, but I could have added another 10 to 15 hikes if the book were called 75 Hikes Within 75 Miles: Houston. Sims Bayou, Buffalo Bayou, White Oak Bayou, Armand Bayou, and Brays Bayou all have trails and, in many cases, paved and lighted trails that run parallel to each waterway. And, while Houston has subtropical weather in the summer, it also has that same subtropical weather in the winter, making the area ideal for winter hiking.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have been wanting to get out and about on some day hikes in the Houston area for a while now, and this book breaks it all down."
"Good compilation of fun hikes!"
"But the book does have a really good overview of many of the hikes in the area which is incredibly helpful."
"This book did not have exact addresses of the trail heads to enter into a car GPS device."
"Super to find hikes so close to home."
"The book has good ideas for Houston area hikes."
"This book is exactly what I was looking for!"
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If not for anything else, but to be unafraid to be human and give us commoners a true hero to look up to--not the watered down, politically correct, perfectly groomed specimens that they must be in today's astronaut corps."
"I will definitely be reading this book more than once. I encourage anyone, who has a love for NASA, space, space history, or the moon, to read this book."
"Gene comes across as a skilled, humble and honest man. Too many academics are not humble or honest."
"Whether or not you lived through the Apollo era, you owe it to yourself to re-live this part of American history, when we achieved the unachievable!"
"It would be like Colombus discovers the new world, and Magellen goes around the world a few years later."
"If closing down the NASA program seemed like the right decision or would not make any difference to the advancement of our country's scientific advancement at the time,readers may have a different point of view after reading how Astronaut Cernan's life was changed after returning from the moon."
"This is a very well-written book by one of America's brave lunar voyagers ."
"Nonetheless, I read books like this for three reasons: to be entertained, educated, and inspired! I read this book while traveling to Africa and it made my flight time pass with little pain. That was exciting for me and reminded me that an author's purpose is to engage the reader to be a part of the story."
Best Austin Texas Travel Books
It doesn't matter if you're a born Austinite, a recent transplant, or a visitor; this book will help you discover 100 things that make Austin, Texas, one of the greatest cities in the world!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"However, the book offers a good starting list of the many adventures Austin offers."
"When use it to plan our frequent trips to Austin to visit our daughter who is there in college."
"OK, list, good gift for someone traveling to Austin for the first time."
"This was our go-to guide when we went to Austin this summer for the first time."
"Great to have when you visit Austin."
"Hopefully I can add a few of these things to my bucket list!"
"comprehensive."
"Traveled to Austin this past month, and this book was a great addition to my Austin itinerary research."
Best San Antonio Texas Travel Books
San Antonio, Texas, has it all and más! The Alamo City - the seventh-largest municipality in the United States - conveys a small-town vibe. It's filled with friendly locals who are happy to share what they love most about their ciudad: Barbacoa! For a city that pre-dates the Declaration of Independence, San Antonio has a youthful vibrancy that belies its age. Richter has lived and studied in Mexico, Spain, and Guatemala, and she has traveled extensively throughout Europe, Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"For new comers, tourist and natives the work is effective at several levels as it serves as a guide for walkers, day trippers and those of us who have lived here for decades just wanting to catch up on opportunities we missed, ignored or wrote off as inconsequential."
"I have lived in San Antonio all my life but still like to do the tourist thing in town."
"cool gift for someone who has everything or doesnt want anything."
"Not bad."
"What a great resource!"
"Recently had the opportunity to pick up this book."
"This is the first time I have ever read a travel book cover to cover in one sitting, but this book is so engaging that I couldn't put it down."
"As a former student of the author, I can safely say she has seen many things in her time at the Alamo City."
Best Big Bend Texas Travel Books
Expertly researched and created in partnership with local land management agencies, National Geographic's Trails Illustrated map of Big Bend National Park provides an unparalleled tool for exploring this unique region. This map offers unmatched detail of the entire park including such key areas of interest as Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Sierra del Carmen, Sierra del Caballo Muerto, and portions of Big Bend Ranch State Park. Helpful information about backcountry use, regulations, wildlife, and safety tips combined with a chart showing the location of designated backcountry campsites will prove invaluable in your exploration of the park. Founded in 1915 as the Cartographic Group, the first division of National Geographic, National Geographic Maps has been responsible for illustrating the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking.Today, National Geographic Maps continues this mission by creating the world's best wall maps, recreation maps, atlases, and globes which inspire people to care about and explore their world.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great clear map of Big Bend National Park."
"Used this for backpacking in Big Bend."
"I tried to tear it and couldn't."
"Must have for trip planning & routine navigation."
"Excellent map!"
"These are excellent maps."
"A great map."
Best Dallas & Fort Worth Texas Travel Books
Author and Cowboys employee Nick Eatman, through interviews with current and past players, provides fans with a one-of-a-kind, insider's look into the great moments and the lowlights throughout the team's history. Nick Eatman writes for DallasCowboys.com as the featured columnist and has been with the Dallas Cowboys organization since 1999.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As a Dallas Cowboys fan, I pride myself on knowing random tid bits of knowledge or facts that people rarely know."
"There were a few, but not a lot."
"Pick it up for the Cowboys fan in your family, I know they'll enjoy it."
"I really enjoy reading Nick's articles and finally got around to ordering his book; great book, brought back some memories and hit some things I had forgotten about."
"Christmas gift that I already gave a little early."
"Very informative."
"The author is also a gifted journalist, a knowledgeable and witty talk show host on The Cowboys Break streaming online."
"If you are a big fan of the Cowboys, and grew up watching the glory days of 90s and loved the Parcells era, this book is for you."
Best General Texas Travel Guides
Features: -All the roads of Texas from the interstates to the back roads -Comprehensive index listing over 4,000 cities, towns and communities -Overview map of Texas -Listings for Texas state & national parks and forests, roadside attractions, ghost towns and much more -All-inclusive legend -Vivid colors enhance the cartography within.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Also, many of the online map services still don't have our correct road number & address so that people who use them can't easily locate us! Hopefully the newest updated version of The Roads of Texas (with 15,000 corrections...according to MAPSCO) will have made all of the necessary changes."
"It is still very useful, as our gps doesn't have all the backroads and byways mapped still."
"This Atlas has every interstate, four-lane, two-lane, one-lane road and pig trail known to man."
"This is a wonderful book if you enjoy driving the back roads."
"This is the best Road Atlas for finding the back way to wherever you want to go in Texas."
"good map with all the back roads I love to ride."
"Thanks and God Bless y'all for providing this much appreciated product to our family, friends, etc..."
"Shearer Publishing then put together the individual county maps into this flowing atlas booklet format for the first edition of The Roads of Texas in 1989. I have the 2nd edition (1995, Shearer Publishing) which is awesome and very readable, and the 3rd edition (Mapsco). So there are less scenery markings (not good), and way too many graphic effects, for a double-whammy against the atlas."