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|  | Northern Spain by Barrie Kerper
This offbeat anthology of essays features pieces by Tom Brokaw, Calvin Trillin, food writer Sally Schneider, and others, and is organized into sections such as Food and Drink, Museums and Monuments, and Current Events. Includes maps and hotel information as well as more detailed information on the region. AUTHOR: Barrie Kerper
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel 
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 | Rhode Island by William G. McLoughlin
High atop the Rhode Island capitol in Providence, a bronze likeness of The Independent Man keeps watch over a state that historically has put the ideal of individual liberty before all others. Like many ideals, this one was freighted with many meanings. As the colony grew in the seventeenth century, the belief in religious liberty and freedom of conscience espoused by its founder, Roger Williams, led to the development of political liberty and practical democracy. AUTHOR: William G. McLoughlin
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | Gone by Renata Adler
A lament for the old days of one of America's most venerable magazines, this book calls to task those who, in the author's opinion, were responsible for taking a great publication and turning it into a mediocre one. She especially regrets the influence of the string of editors who ran the magazine after William Shawn left in 1987--Robert Gottlieb, Tina Brown, and David Remnick. AUTHOR: Renata Adler
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Sports & Outdoors
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 | Before the Wind by David Gowdey
Here is a collection of 25 stories about sailing that will transport the reader into a waveswept cockpit in the Bay of Biscay, into the planning stages of an assault on the Americas Cup, or into an hilarious misadventure with a first boat--all from the dry comfort of a favorite armchair. Contributors include Ann Davison, Buckminster Fuller, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joshua Slocum, Ernest K. Gann, Raymond Carver, Clare Francis, Jack London, Frank Mulville, Alec Waugh, and Ted Turner. AUTHOR: David Gowdey
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | Colorado's Fourteeners by Gerry Roach
Written and compiled by Gerry Roach, this map package includes 31 full-color removable topographic maps, descriptions for climbing the standard route on each of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks, photographic overlays of each peak, trailhead directions, and a climbing log. AUTHOR: Gerry Roach
PUBLISHER: Fulcrum Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Sports & Outdoors
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 | Guest Afloat by Barbara Bradfield, Sara Slater
In seven richly illustrated chapters, Guest Afloat covers everything that a guest on board a boat needs to know in order to be a useful (and welcome) addition to the crew. In an entertaining manner, the book covers: -- Boating etiquette and sea knowledge -- What to do and what to expect as a guest on board a boat -- How to use the boat`s equipment -- Practical ways for one to be a welcome guest So, whether the reader is an old salt or a beginner, Guest Afloat will make his or her experience on board a boat one to remember. AUTHOR: Barbara Bradfield, Sara Slater
PUBLISHER: Marlor Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Sports & Outdoors
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