A guide to getting started bike touring with children. This book provides all the information parents need to know to take their children out on bikes - including information on choosing bikes, packing, sleeping and eating.

The only book that looks at the business of concert promotion. Concerts are part art, part party—and a big part business. This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring is the first to focus on that all-important business aspect, from creating a show, to selling a show, to organizing the show, to staging the show. Working with venues, personnel, booking, promoting, marketing, publicity, public relations, financial management, and much more are covered in this indispensable one-volume resource. And the ideas and techniques explained here can be used for every type of concert promotion, including college shows, artist showcases, club gigs, as well as major events handled by local promoters, nationwide promoters, and worldwide promoters. Concert promoters and tour managers at every level need to know This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring

Martin Volken and his co-authors provide skiers with all the tools and knowledge they need to safely and successfully travel in the mountains. The guide features intermediate-to-advanced techniques for ski touring and ski mountaineering, from planning wilderness trips to perfecting turns in rolling terrain and mastering uphill climbing. For those skiers ready for a more technical, high alpine environment, they draw on traditional mountaineering skills, including roped climbing, setting protection anchors, using ice axes, climbing on bare rock, and more.

In addition to mastering techniques, Backcountry Skiing also features information on recent evolutions in ski equipment; avalanche safety tips; a primer on mountain weather and glaciers, trip planning tools, a discussion of emergency situations, nutrition and fitness advice, and winter camping basics. Throughout this guide, a special emphasis is put on being well-informed and making good decisions-whenever you strap on your skis and skins and head out into the backcountry.

The award-winning, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent THE Musician’s & Performing Artist’s Guide To Successful Touring is one of the top selling music and performing arts business books. It is regularly selected by professors teaching music business and the performing arts and is continually recommended by musicians and performing artists worldwide. Goldstein’s unique step-by-step guide and resource book is artfully organized into 488 pages of savvy advice, realistic methods and action plans for the performing artist and is now available in its Revised 3rd Edition. It provides current immigration regulations for touring artists, a completely rewritten Internet Marketing chapter along with exciting new insights from experienced professionals in the entertainment industry. The 24 chapters have completely updated resource sections following each chapter packed with recommended books, directories, web sites and new conferences to help performers achieve their career goals.

Awash in despair, Addie swallows a handful of pills, expecting to extinguish her misery along with her life. She is dead but she isn’t gone. Instead she is trapped in the Afterlife, where Addie finds herself surrounded by loving guides and terrifying apparitions as she is forced to do what she’s most wanted to avoid—examine the key moments of her life. Can she release the notion of herself as a victim, offer forgiveness and embrace redemption? Can she die and live to see another day?

Awash in despair, Addie swallows a handful of pills, expecting to extinguish her misery along with her life. She is dead but she isn’t gone. Instead she is trapped in the Afterlife, where Addie finds herself surrounded by loving guides and terrifying apparitions as she is forced to do what she’s most wanted to avoid—examine the key moments of her life. Can she release the notion of herself as a victim, offer forgiveness and embrace redemption? Can she die and live to see another day?

This text provides a practical guide to the great American national parks, how to avoid the crowds, walking tours, facilities and how to get there. This edition has been expanded to include 49 parks, information on accommodation and dining, camping and tours. Parks detailed in this third edition include Acadia, Badlands, Capital Reef, Crater Lake, Everglades, Devils Tower, Grand Canyon, Hawaii Volcanoes, Mammoth Cave, Mt Rushmore, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, Denali, Hells Canyon, Saguaro, White Sands and Dinosaur.

Discover everything you really need to know about traveling to China….in less than one hour!

Five years ago I arrived in China with Zero knowledge of Chinese culture and etiquette. To be honest, I felt lost and out of place. I read through a bunch of thick guidebooks and received tons of tips on where to travel and what hotels to stay in –but it was all rather overwhelming. There was so much information to sort through.

What I really wanted was someone to tell me only the most useful and practical information. I wanted succinct and to-the-point summaries on traveling in China, doing business in China, and Chinese culture and etiquette. Despite The China Travel Companion's compact size, the guide includes all of the most useful and practical information I have discovered from my years of experience here.

This is the book I wish I had when I first traveled to China. Whether you are coming to China for touring, living, study, or doing business….I designed this book for you.

Here's a sample of what you'll find in The China Travel Companion:

- The importance of first impressions... and how to create one when meeting people in China.

-Why, in China, your personal appearance is especially important.

- What you must do before arriving in China and traveling within the country.
For the most part, China is a very safe country. However, I'll give you some simple -- but important -- safety tips to observe.

- Understanding Chinese table etiquette, social drinking, and the culture. You'll learn the biggest do's and don'ts.

- Key aspects to attending Chinese business dinner banquets.

- Why personal relationships are so important for doing business in China.

- Practical tips on doing business with Chinese businessmen... and how to give yourself an advantage. (Hint: The small things count!)

- The concept of ‘Face’ and why it's so important.

- How to bargain in the Chinese markets. Some great deals are available... once you understand how to bargain with the merchants.

- How and where to get cell phone service in China. (This is essential info!)

- What you MUST understand before traveling to rural areas of China.

- The topics you should avoid speaking about.

- Must-know info about tipping, therapeutic massages, enjoying the Chinese nightlife... and much more!

Important phrases you need to know while traveling in China. (Hint: A few key phrases can go a long way!)

- A list of important resources... including info about useful phone numbers and embassies. Plus... helpful websites and iPhone apps (that you won't want to be without).

And much more...

Enjoy!

Discover everything you really need to know about traveling to China….in less than one hour!

Five years ago I arrived in China with Zero knowledge of Chinese culture and etiquette. To be honest, I felt lost and out of place. I read through a bunch of thick guidebooks and received tons of tips on where to travel and what hotels to stay in –but it was all rather overwhelming. There was so much information to sort through.

What I really wanted was someone to tell me only the most useful and practical information. I wanted succinct and to-the-point summaries on traveling in China, doing business in China, and Chinese culture and etiquette. Despite The China Travel Companion's compact size, the guide includes all of the most useful and practical information I have discovered from my years of experience here.

This is the book I wish I had when I first traveled to China. Whether you are coming to China for touring, living, study, or doing business….I designed this book for you.

Here's a sample of what you'll find in The China Travel Companion:

- The importance of first impressions... and how to create one when meeting people in China.

-Why, in China, your personal appearance is especially important.

- What you must do before arriving in China and traveling within the country.
For the most part, China is a very safe country. However, I'll give you some simple -- but important -- safety tips to observe.

- Understanding Chinese table etiquette, social drinking, and the culture. You'll learn the biggest do's and don'ts.

- Key aspects to attending Chinese business dinner banquets.

- Why personal relationships are so important for doing business in China.

- Practical tips on doing business with Chinese businessmen... and how to give yourself an advantage. (Hint: The small things count!)

- The concept of ‘Face’ and why it's so important.

- How to bargain in the Chinese markets. Some great deals are available... once you understand how to bargain with the merchants.

- How and where to get cell phone service in China. (This is essential info!)

- What you MUST understand before traveling to rural areas of China.

- The topics you should avoid speaking about.

- Must-know info about tipping, therapeutic massages, enjoying the Chinese nightlife... and much more!

Important phrases you need to know while traveling in China. (Hint: A few key phrases can go a long way!)

- A list of important resources... including info about useful phone numbers and embassies. Plus... helpful websites and iPhone apps (that you won't want to be without).

And much more...

Enjoy!

Dreaming of a big bike tour? You can do it, and the Bike Touring Survival Guide will help. It includes information on:

* Getting Ready (packing, planning, finding a route)
* Daily Logistics (navigating, sleeping, eating)
* The People You Meet (weird questions people ask, accepting hospitality)
* Staying Connected (staying in touch, gadgets, electricity, internet)
* Challenges (dogs, traffic, bad weather, staying healthy)
* Far Away Places (visas, vaccinations, safety, bribes and bargaining)
* Coming Home (readjustment, getting a job again)
* Bike & Gear Tips (caring for your bike, tent, stove, sleeping mat, etc)
* Resources (packing list, recommended equipment)

The book is written by Andrew & Friedel Grant, who have 60,000km of bike touring experience, including a round-the-world bicycle tour and run the popular www.travellingtwo.com bike touring website. The book also includes the tips, stories and photos of 50 other bike tourists.

"This book’s got soul! I’d recommend it to anyone setting out on the road to get the best ‘feel’ for what life on the road is like. -Stephen Lord, author of the Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook (also a fantastic book)

Dreaming of a big bike tour? You can do it, and the Bike Touring Survival Guide will help. It includes information on:

* Getting Ready (packing, planning, finding a route)
* Daily Logistics (navigating, sleeping, eating)
* The People You Meet (weird questions people ask, accepting hospitality)
* Staying Connected (staying in touch, gadgets, electricity, internet)
* Challenges (dogs, traffic, bad weather, staying healthy)
* Far Away Places (visas, vaccinations, safety, bribes and bargaining)
* Coming Home (readjustment, getting a job again)
* Bike & Gear Tips (caring for your bike, tent, stove, sleeping mat, etc)
* Resources (packing list, recommended equipment)

The book is written by Andrew & Friedel Grant, who have 60,000km of bike touring experience, including a round-the-world bicycle tour and run the popular www.travellingtwo.com bike touring website. The book also includes the tips, stories and photos of 50 other bike tourists.

"This book’s got soul! I’d recommend it to anyone setting out on the road to get the best ‘feel’ for what life on the road is like. -Stephen Lord, author of the Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook (also a fantastic book)

Have you ever been to the mountains of western North Carolina and wanted to see the scenery but escape the crowds? Maybe you were tempted to take off down a side road but hesitated, fearful of getting lost. Now, Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads can help you make that escape.

The book's 21 tours cover the entire mountain region of western North Carolina and provide numerous opportunities for seeing unspoiled landscapes and pastoral scenes. But scenery is not the only focus. Once you're on the backroads, you might speculate about the history behind the old white clapboard farmhouse that dominates the valley ahead, or you might wonder about the rest of the story behind the two sentences on the historical marker at the side of the road. Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads fills in those details. Drawing from local histories and early travel writings, each tour is designed to be a journey through the history of the ages, and stories about early settlers combine to present a perspective that makes the scenery come alive.

This third edition features updated directions, additional sites, new photographs, suggested spur trips, and nearby recreational opportunities. Use this guidebook to plan your next day trip, weekend getaway, or cycling adventure!


John F. Blair's Touring the Backroads series includes travel books that literally take readers off the beaten path to historic sites and landmarks. Each book departs the highways and thoroughfares in favor of the backroads, giving directions, suggested routes, and historical details along the way. These books can be read at home, or they make excellent travel companions for those looking for something beyond the norm.