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Stories I recommend for the person still waiting for vacation time or looking for something to read on the plane, train or beach.

 

 

Insiders' Guide Madison

by Kevin Revolinski

Available for pre-order! Everything you need to know to get the inside scoop on the most consistently praised city in the United States. More about Backroads and Byways here!

 

Best Easy Day Hikes: Milwaukee

by Kevin Revolinski

The perfect pocket hiking book for the Milwaukee area with 20 hikes that make great day outings.

 

Backroads and Byways of Wisconsin

by Kevin Revolinski

12 chapters with 12 detailed road trips through some of the most scenic terrain in the state and slightly off the beaten path. More about Backroads and Byways here!

 

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Madison

by Kevin Revolinski

Covering the best hikes in the Madison area, complete with maps, directions, and in-depth trail descriptions.(Read more about 60 Hikes Madison here!)

 

The Wisconsin Beer Guide: A Travel Companion

by Kevin Revolinski

Send an email to kevin [at] revtravel.com to be alerted on the release of the new spring 2010 version! A road trip guide to 72 places making their own beer in Wisconsin, plus bits on history, festivals, beer styles, and where to find fish fries or fresh cheese curds nearby. PLUS offers for FREE BEER and more from many of the brewers! (Read more here!)

 

The Yogurt Man Cometh: Tales of an American Teacher in Turkey

 

by Kevin Revolinski

Simply put, my year in Turkey was the best year of my life. So good I had to write a book about it. (Interviews, reviews and more (here!)

 

Rails Trails Wisconsin

edited by Kevin Revolinski

Wisconsin is full of old rail corridors turned biking/hiking paths. This guide takes you to them and provides a detailed account of what's along each trail.

 

Best in Tent Camping: Wisconsin

by Kevin Revolinski and Johnny Molloy

If you like quiet, beautiful tent-oriented camping, this book is for you. Find the best spots in Wisconsin to rough it.

 

Travels With Charley in Search of America

by John Steinbeck

Feeling out of touch with the common man of America--the subjects that made his novels famous--Steinbeck reconnects by taking his dog on a roadtrip to assess the state of the union in the 1960s. Striking stuff.

 

 

The Sex Lives of Cannibals

by J. Maarten Troost

This is laugh-out-loud funny as the author follows his girlfriend to her job on a remote Pacific Island where the Macarena is the only song on the radio.

 

The Pillars of Hercules

by Paul Theroux

The sharp-witted tell-it-like-is travel writer makes a circle tour of the Mediterranean and offers an insightful and often humorous view of the neighbors along the coast.

 

Italian Neighbors

by Tim Parks

Another book about moving to Italy and meeting the crazy people next door, but this one is really good.

 

Route 66 A.D.

by Tony Perrottet

If you think tourism and obnoxious travelers overrunning places is a modern phenomena, check this out. The author visits the places that drew travelers of long ago.

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