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Travel
2024 WINNERS - TRAVEL
See below for the list of 2024 winners in the TRAVEL category, for books with a copyright date of 2023.
The Dayhiker's Guide to the National Parks: 280 Trails, All 63 Parks
2024 Gold Winner
Author: Michael Joseph Oswald
Publisher: Stone Road Press
ISBN: 9781621280798
The National Park Service manages more than 21,000 miles of hiking trails across 85 million acres of land. Yellowstone alone is home to more than 1,000 miles within its 2.2 million acres. The Dayhiker's Guide is designed to help you find your trails at all 63 National Parks.
Exploring Austin with Kids: Over 100 Fun Things to Do
2024 Silver Winner
Author: Annette Lucksinger
Publisher: Stomping Grounds Press
ISBN: 9780991227044
With over 100 family-focused outings, 25 annual events, and the best kid-friendly restaurants, this guidebook makes it easy to explore Austin, Texas, with kids. Whether you are a new parent, grandparent, visitor, or local looking for added adventure, this book guides you to the city's vibrant kid culture.
Wonder Year: A Guide to Long-Term Family Travel & Worldschooling
2024 Silver Winner
Authors: Julie Frieder, Angela Heisten, Annika Paradise
Publisher: Wonderwell
ISBN: 9781637560242
If you’ve ever dreamed about an epic family adventure and heading out on the road for a few months or more, Wonder Year is for you. Part inspiration and part how-to, this book demystifies the seemingly outrageous prospect of embarking on a long-term family trip and using the world as a classroom for your kids―a trailblazing approach known as worldschooling.
2023 WINNERS - TRAVEL
See below for the list of 2023 winners in the TRAVEL category, for books with a copyright date of 2022.
The Photographer's Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park
2023 Gold Winner
Author: Erik Stensland
Publisher: Rocky Trail Press
ISBN: 978-1-970099-03-4
If you want to take stunning photos while visiting Rocky Mountain National Park, then you will want this book in your pack. In it you’ll find 136 photo locations, custom maps, color photos, as well as advice from one of the premier photographers of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Hazelet's Journal: Travel Edition - A Riveting Alaska Gold Rush Saga
2023 Silver Winner
Author: George Cheever Hazelet
Publisher: Old Stone Press
ISBN: 978-1-938462-59-7
This TRAVEL EDITION is designed in a paperback format, lightweight to fit inside a backpack to read (no wifi required) as the traveler makes his or
her way to the town of Valdez, the staging site of the old 1898 pioneer tent city and trailhead of the Alaska gold fields.
Who Will Accompany You? My Mother-Daughter Journeys Far From Home and Close to the Heart
2023 Silver Winner
Authors: Meg Stafford with Kate Stafford and Gale Stafford
Publisher: River Grove Books
ISBN: 978-1-63299-490-5
Award-winning memoirist Meg Stafford has an adventurous spirit. Visiting one daughter meditating in the Himalayas and the other providing unarmed accompaniment in the Colombian countryside, Stafford’s insights are generous, thoughtful, and deeply funny. She is the ideal tour guide for a journey as big as the world and as intimate as the human heart.
2022 WINNERS - TRAVEL
See below for the list of 2022 winners in the TRAVEL category, for books with a copyright date of 2021.
A Sports Fan's Guide to Route 66
2022 Gold Winner
Author: Ron Clements
Publisher: Imbrifex Books
ISBN: 978-1-9455-0173-9
Get your balls, bats, and sticks on Route 66! In this groundbreaking new guidebook, sports writer and lifelong sports fan Ron Clements goes beyond nostalgic buildings and classic cars to highlight historic sports venues, storied sports professionals, and current sports events along the Mother Road.
Adventure in Zanskar: A Young Woman's Solitary Journey to Reach Physical and Metaphysical Heights
2022 Silver Winner
Author: Amy Edelstein
Publisher: Emergence Education Press
ISBN: 9781735265087
In 1983 Amy journeyed to the Himalayas, Zanskar, India. Traveling alone, she crossed 16,000ft mountains, slept in caves, met Buddhist masters, and discovered a rare harmonious culture. Adventure in Zanskar is an inner quest, daring mountain adventure, story of women’s empowerment, and proof that we can live an awakened life and be truly happy.
A September to Remember: Searching for Culinary Pleasures at the Italian Table
2022 Silver Winner
Author: Carole Bumpus
Publisher: She Writes Press
ISBN: 978-1-63152-727-2
A cultural and gastronomic tour through Italy by train, car, and ferry with culinary delights at every turn...Elaborate descriptions of almost every meal and snack turn this compelling and humorous travel book into an enjoyable vicarious experience...A joyous book of Italian history, traditions, and food that’s worth savoring. Recipes included.
2021 WINNERS - TRAVEL
See below for the list of 2021 winners in the TRAVEL category, for books with a copyright date of 2020. Click here to watch the Gold and Silver winner speeches.
Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-Trotting Hypochondriac
2021 Gold Winner
Author: Jeremy Leon Hance
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN: 978-0-7573-2206-8
An award-winning journalist chronicles his eco-adventures with his three traveling companions: his fiancée, his OCD, and his chronic anxiety. Baggage is a hilarious jaunt that will inspire travelers, environmentalists, and anyone with mental illness. It will motivate people to step out of their comfort zones and take the road meant to be traveled.
Exploring Wine Regions — Bordeaux France: Discover Wine, Food, Castles, and the French Way of Life
2021 Silver Winner
Author and Photographer: Michael C. Higgins, PhD
Publisher: International Exploration Society
ISBN: 978-0-9969660-2-3
Explore the beautiful wine regions of Bordeaux France with this insiders travel-guide of spectacular photography, romantic conversation, cultural exploration, inspiring education, captivating adventures into the depths of travel, food and wine connoisseurship. The book is a coffee-table quality travel guide with fun personal narratives for travel, wine and food lovers.
Wherever the Road Leads: A Memoir of Love, Travel, and a Van
2021 Silver Winner
Author: K. Lang-Slattery
Publisher: Pacific Bookworks
ISBN: 978-1-7342796-4-1
Newlyweds travel four continents living in a VW van in a world before the Internet and cell phones. Descriptions of travel experiences are mixed with details of van-life chores, marketing and cooking on the road, mechanical problems, people encountered along the way, and intimate moments of love and discord.
2020 WINNERS - TRAVEL
See below for the list of 2020 winners in the TRAVEL category, for books with a copyright date of 2019.
Hiking Rocky Mountain National Park: The Essential Guide
2020 Gold Winner
Author: Erik Stensland
Publisher: Rocky Trail Press
ISBN: 978-0-9969626-8-1
Everything you need to know about hiking Rocky Mountain National Park from what to wear to encountering wildlife along with stunning photos and custom maps.
A Textile Traveler's Guide to Guatemala
2020 Silver Winner
Author: Deborah Chandler
Publisher: Thrums Books
ISBN: 978-1-7323528-4-1
Geared to independent-minded travelers, this is an excellent resource for discovering artisans, markets, shops, and those storied regional textile traditions.
A Textile Traveler's Guide to Peru & Bolivia
2020 Silver Winner
Author: Cynthia LeCount Samake
Publisher: Thrums Books
ISBN: 978-1-7323528-5-8
From some of the world’s finest knitting in the Peruvian highlands to the intricate weaving of Bolivia, readers will discover the color, joy, and culture of traditional textiles.
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