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Foodies Rejoice For Lonely Planet’s “Ultimate Eats”

Sampling delicious pintxos along the grid of narrow streets in San Sebastián’s old town has been named the #1 best food experience in the world, according to global travel authority Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Eats (Lonely Planet), available to purchase August 21. In the much-anticipated follow-up to Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Travel (Lonely Planet) Ultimate Eats:…

BookTribAugust 17, 2018

Exploring Wine Regions - Mexico by Michael Higgins

Nonfiction Recommended

Guide Through México’s Wine Country, the World’s Best Kept Secret

What if the world’s most exciting wine destination wasn’t where you thought it was? Hidden just south of the border, México’s wine country is rewriting the rules of winemaking. Michael C. Higgins, PhD, invites readers to embark on an exciting journey through the heart of México’s wine regions in Exploring…

Monique SnymanFebruary 7, 2025

Miscellany

Books to Take You to Tokyo and Beyond, Ava Gardner’s Many Loves and Gatsby Lived Where?

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. 10 Books to Introduce Readers to Japan's Vast and Beautiful Capital City of Tokyo —…

BookTribJune 12, 2020

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured

DJ Lynn Ran From Her Demons and Ran Into Renewal

DJ Lynn had a simple wish: a life uncomplicated. Instead, she was barely 40 with four failed relationships, a college-age daughter who basically hated her and a witty preteen son with ADD. At the root, she supposed, were the men. Reflection time leads to reaction, which leads to a road…

Judy MorenoNovember 22, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Mother-Son 12,000-Mile Road Trip Shows the Journey Always Exceeds the Destination

It’s 1995, and Debbi Lynn is taking a cross-country road trip with her son, Steve. While she travels with a cell phone, it is long before the time of Google Maps and “find rest stops near me.” When she tells people about her plans to travel the country with only the…

Nicole MaherNovember 9, 2021

Nonfiction Recommended

Glimpse the National Parks as You’ve Never Seen Them in 3D Photo Collection

In David A. Bossert’s coffee-table-sized stereoscopic photography book, 3D National Parks (The Old Mill Press), he uses the subhead “Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before.” Let’s qualify that a bit. Even though visitation to our national parks has been steadily growing every year, there remain millions of Americans who, for…

Jim AlkonFebruary 5, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Diverse Lives of Circus Performers Blur the Lines of Reality & Fiction

You’ve heard the old expression that the clown is smiling on the outside but crying on the inside? Step right up and enter a world of illusion and grandeur, where the lines between reality and fiction blur. In his debut novel Circus Home: A Novel of Life, Love and New…

Katie BloomerJanuary 26, 2023

Nonfiction

A Family’s Journey to Enlightenment in India and Nepal

What a stark revelation for Dena Moes, some 10,000 feet high in view of the Annapurna peaks in Nepal during her family's eight-month, life-altering trip to India, chronicled in her charming debut, The Buddha Sat Right Here: A Family Odyssey Through India and Nepal (She Writes Press). To fully understand…

Meagan FoyApril 2, 2019

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Untamed America: Rediscovering Our Wild Heritage With Ruby McConnell

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews…

Blaine DesantisMarch 13, 2024

Author Spotlight

“You Only Get One Shot” at Life, Says 9/11 Fire Captain and Cross-Country Cyclist

As Joe Matthews notes in his inspirational story Cycling for a Cause, “Life is not a dress rehearsal. You only get one shot at it, so why not try and make it count.” Matthews made his life count by cycling across the country and raising funds for those affected by…

BookTribJanuary 6, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

9/11 Firefighter Makes a Difference by Cycling Across America

You might be wondering how we can be describing a feel-good story that encompasses the Soviet invasion of Ukraine, 9/11, young burn victims, two knee replacements, a broken clavicle and a mind-bending, treacherous journey across the country. It’s because some people are observers and some people are doers. Joe Matthews,…

Jim AlkonDecember 16, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Globe-Trotting Memoir Recounts Woman’s Path to Becoming a “Traveler Between Worlds”

“There is a threshold which most do not see nor cross during their life on Earth ... We are able to travel between portals of space and time. Between worlds.” When Jo Patti Munisteri is offered a paper “with colored spots like dot candy” by her friend Meg in college,…

BookTribFebruary 14, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Delightful and Insightful Travel Guide to the World of California Wine

Whether you’re a casual wine drinker with a thirst for learning more or on your way to becoming a full-fledged sommelier, Michael C. Higgins has produced the quintessential tome for traveling wine country along California’s central coast. Exploring Wine Regions: The Central Coast of California is the third in Higgins’…

Dawn IusNovember 17, 2023

Foodies Rejoice For Lonely Planet’s “Ultimate Eats”

Guide Through México’s Wine Country, the World’s Best Kept Secret

Books to Take You to Tokyo and Beyond, Ava Gardner’s Many Loves and Gatsby Lived Where?

DJ Lynn Ran From Her Demons and Ran Into Renewal

Mother-Son 12,000-Mile Road Trip Shows the Journey Always Exceeds the Destination

Glimpse the National Parks as You’ve Never Seen Them in 3D Photo Collection

Diverse Lives of Circus Performers Blur the Lines of Reality & Fiction

A Family’s Journey to Enlightenment in India and Nepal

Books & Looks Podcast: Untamed America: Rediscovering Our Wild Heritage With Ruby McConnell

“You Only Get One Shot” at Life, Says 9/11 Fire Captain and Cross-Country Cyclist

9/11 Firefighter Makes a Difference by Cycling Across America

Globe-Trotting Memoir Recounts Woman’s Path to Becoming a “Traveler Between Worlds”

Delightful and Insightful Travel Guide to the World of California Wine

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