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New travel books: From the sidewalks of LA to every kind of map

August 23, 2019 at 1:15 p.m.

"Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles" University of California Press, $16.95 Walking in Los Angeles is not an oxymoron. In this revealing meditation on what it means to pound...

New travel books: From soul food to great bike rides

August 23, 2019 at 1:10 p.m.

"The People's Place: Soul Food Restaurants and Reminiscences From the Civil Rights Era to Today" Chicago Review Press, $29.95 Soul food and the civil rights movement go hand in hand,...

"Planes, Canes, and Automobiles: Connecting with Your Aging Parents through Travel."

New travel books: Traveling with aging parents and taking a gap year

August 23, 2019 at 1:06 p.m.

"Planes, Canes, and Automobiles: Connecting with Your Aging Parents through Travel" Green Leaf Book Group Press, $16.95 "If you haven't traveled with your parents in a long time (or at...

Must-sees in New York for visitors and residents alike

August 23, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

"111 Places in New York That You Must Not Miss" Emons, $19.90 Many of us are suckers for best-of lists or variations of the sort. This very entertaining book follows...

‘111 Places’ names the parts of San Francisco not to be missed

August 23, 2019 at 12:56 p.m.

"111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss" Emons, $19.90 Every city has its unique sites. San Francisco certainly does, as this entertaining book proves. Author Floriana Petersen...

David Boatwright's mural in honor of Charleston's chefs and culinary heritage was inspired by Renoir's iconic painting "Luncheon of the Boating Party."

Charleston’s craft beer scene emerges after late start

August 23, 2019 at 12:52 p.m.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Although Charleston is known for its Low Country cuisine, such as shrimp and grits, oysters, she-crab soup and corn pudding, a kind of renaissance has been emerging...

Travel books: From romance of the sky to New York pizza

August 23, 2019 at 12:51 p.m.

"Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot" Knopf, $25.95 For many of us, flying is routine. Worse, it can be so routine that an increasing number of passengers don't even look...

"Hidden Tuscany: Discovering Art, Culture, and Memories in a Well-Known Region's Unknown Places,"
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press

New travel books: From ‘Reclaiming Travel’ to ‘Hidden Tuscany’

August 23, 2019 at 12:44 p.m.

"Reclaiming Travel" Duke University Press, $23.95 This quite brilliant little book by Ilan Stavans and Joshua Ellison begins appropriately with a quote from that quintessential nomad Robert Louis Stevenson: "There...

"A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light,"
St. Martin's Press.

New travel books: From Paris to ‘the other Europe’

August 23, 2019 at 12:42 p.m.

"A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light" St. Martin's Press, $26.99 David Downie begins his tale of Paris with a story about a little-known Frenchman...

Books for travelers: From Nordic icons to grand canyons of Utah

August 23, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.

"Nordicana: 100 Icons of Scandi Culture & Nordic Cool" Cassell Illustrated, $14.99 This fun, entertaining and delightfully illustrated book explores 100 Nordic icons, beginning with the voyage of the Kon-Tiki...

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