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Cheap Bastard's Guide to Austin details endless free and inexpensive opportunities available in the Lone Star State's capital city from theater, concerts, and museums to wine tastings, yoga classes, haircuts, and massages--for native and visiting cheapskates alike. Written in a fun, humorous tone, this unique guide offers sound advice on how to live the good life on the cheap!

The West Texas frontier - the area encompassing the region stretching from Fort Worth to the Caprock, from Palo Duro Canyon to the San Saba River - has been a crossroads of humanity for thousands of years. Each group of humans who trekked across its sun-drenched prairies had to contend with the challenges of life in an area that has always been a climatic, geographical, political, and cultural borderland. In addressing these challenges, the people of the frontier developed perseverance, toughnes...

Insiders' Guide in Your Pocket is a new series of miniguides that distill the best of the trusted Insiders' Guide (R) series into easy-to-use, portable, quick references-each with two popout (R) maps and detailed listings on hotels, restaurants, and attractions, as well as suggested itineraries. By true insiders, they offer a personal and practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love from Insiders' Guides. The essential new source for easy-access travel information for...

Rated among the top cities for living and conducting business, Austin is the Live Music Capital of the World, a high-tech oasis, and home to the University of Texas. With thoroughly researched chapters on every aspect of life in Texas's capital city, this guide includes a treasure trove of information for residents and visitors.

Day Trips RM guides take travelers to dozens of wonderful destinations with attractions ranging from museums and arboretums to theme parks and micro-breweries. They also include all pertinent information on dining, shopping, and even lodging, should readers decide to really play hooky!Listings for each day trip will be fully updated in each new edition, including what to see and do and where to eat, stay, and shop.New Orleans is a 300-year-old city blessed by historic architecture, centuries-old...

Insiders' Guide to San Antonio is the essential source for in-depth travel information for visitors and locals alike to the Alamo City. Written by locals (and true insiders), Insiders' Guide to San Antonio offers a personal and practical perspective of San Antonio and its surrounding environs that makes it a must-have guide for travelers as well as residents looking to rediscover their hometown. The 5th Edition features a full-color insert.

The guides that show you what others can only tell you. Features clear maps and suggested itineraries to ensure you make the most of your trip, together with extensive hotel and restaurant listings. Using the unique 3D maps and cutaways this is the perfect guide for even the most inexperienced of cowboys, from the spectacular Grand Canyon to the 'mother road' Route 66. So don your riding boots, and head off into that sunset.

Whatever you do when you travel, get off the interstate. Who needs more bland rest stops and fast food? Get into the heart of things with Globe Pequot's Off the Beaten Path series. Devoted to travelers with a taste for the unique, this easy-to-use guide will help you discover the hidden places in Mississippi that most tourists miss - unsung, unspoiled, and out-of-the-way finds that liven up a week's vacation, a day trip, or an afternoon.

A first edition, Insiders' Guide to Shreveport is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to Louisiana's third largest city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Shreveport and its surrounding environs.

This colorful guide to National Parks provides cardinal information on special park passes,camping reservations, toll-free numbers, when to visit, how to get there, climate, activites, lodging and dining.

The ultimate guide to Austin's food scene provides the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Written for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information including: food festivals and culinary events; specialty food shops; farmers' markets and farm stands; trendy restaurants and time-tested iconic landmarks; and recipes using local ing...