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Travel the USA

Travel the USA

Are you thinking about taking a road trip across the the United States and want to learn more about where to go? Do you want to know the best destinations and the perfect places to go once you get there? LearnOutLoud.com's United States Travel section offers more than just books on the subject, we also offer an audio experience of a given place.

We have audio books here that cover the sights you'll see while you travel the highways, and the people you'll meet in every town along the way. Whether you wish to visit one of the nation's great state parks, or would rather take an intimate walk through one of her many major cities, we have audio books that will help you decide the best trip for you.

A good place to start is with the "Ride With Me" series. For instance there's "Ride with Me: The Washington, D.C. Story" an essential travelogue through the nation's capital. This series gives you a blow by blow experience of every sight worth seeing and how to get the most out of it.

Want something funny and infomative? There's the ever entertaining Bill Bryson's "A Walk In The Woods"; a hilarious memoir on Bryson's return to his homeland after living abroad for many years. There's "Soundwalk: Lower East Side, New York", a literal walk through of one of the most exotic and energizing neighborhoods in New York City.

Finally there are harrowing adventure travelogues like "River" by Colin Fletcher, which takes you down an exhilarating trek through the Colorado River. This is only the tip of the iceberg of what you'll find in LearnOutLoud's travel section, so come in and explore the best destination for you!

Authors on this Topic

Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson is the best selling author of several humorous and informative books on travel with well written guides to such disparate locales as Australia, Africa, Europe, and many sections of the United States. When it comes to his audio books (most of which he reads himself) be prepared for a great time as Bryson guides you through some of the most interesting places in the world.

Publishers on this Topic

Ride With Me Audio

Ride With Me Audio is a publisher and retailer of more than 100 audio tours covering major highway routes and favorite destinations in many states throughout the USA.
Soundwalk

Soundwalk is a publisher and retailer of audio walking tours on CD and MP3 download that cover various sections of New York City.

Titles on this Topic

Accesswalks: San Francisco
 
Accesswalks: San Francisco
by Nan Lyons

ACCESSWalks knows the way through the City by the Bay. Fourteen tours takes listeners from the grandeur of the Golden Gate to the vertiginous vistas of the Filbert Steps; and much more.
Blue Highways
 
Blue Highways
by William Heat-Moon

First published in 1982, William Least Heat-Moon's account of his journey along the back roads of the United States (marked with the color blue on old highway maps) has become something of a classic.
Blues City: A Walk in Oakland
 
Blues City: A Walk in Oakland
by Ishmael Reed

Welcome to one of America's most vibrant cities, what Ishmael Reed calls "planet city." He takes us behind the scenes of Oakland's Japanese jazz clubs and black cowboy parades, through its beautiful hills and waterfronts, and into its fascinating history.
Charles Kuralt's America
Charles Kuralt's America
by Charles Kuralt

In 1994, retired CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt set out to spend a perfect year in America - traveling to his 12 favorite American places, in just the right month for a visit to each.
The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic
The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic
by Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman, the original Texas Jewboy, takes us on a rollicking, rock-and-rolling tour of his favorite city: Austin.
Lost in My Own Backyard
Lost in My Own Backyard
by Tim Cahill

Lost in My Own Backyard brings acclaimed author Tim Cahill together with one of his, and America's, favorite destinations: Yellowstone, the world's first national park.
Never a City So Real
Never a City So Real
by Alex Kotlowitz

The acclaimed author of There Are No Children Here takes us into the heart of Chicago by introducing us to some of the city's most interesting, if not always celebrated, people.
Rolling Nowhere
 
Rolling Nowhere
by Ted Conover

In Ted Conover's first book, now back in print, he enters a segment of humanity outside society and reports back on a world few of us would chose to enter but about which we are all curious.
Time and Tide
Time and Tide
by Frank Conroy

This book, part travel diary, part memoir, is a hauntingly evocative and personal journey through Nantucket: its sweeping dunes, rugged moors, remote beaches, secret fishing spots, and hidden forests and cranberry bogs.
A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson

Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire, I happened upon a path...
Washington Schlepped Here
Washington Schlepped Here
by Christopher Buckley

In Washington Schlepped Here, Buckley takes us along for several walks around the town and shares with us a bit of his "other" Washington...