Pequot Press: 696 books
Day Trips® from Austin
Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
For local travelers looking for an experience in their own backyard, this book is the essential guide to things to see and do around Austin, from Waco's Texas Ranger Hall of Fame to Museum of Handmade Furniture in Braunfels.
Spooky California
Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2019
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in California. Set in the Golden State's big cities, oceanside towns, rugged mountains, and sparsely populated deserts, the stories in this entertaining...
Providence & Rhode Island Cookbook
Big Recipes from the Smallest State
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Some attribute Rhode Islanders’ fascination with food to the state's ethnic mix: Italians who have an inherent love of food; French and Portuguese descendents, whose ancestral recipes are a part of the fabric of Rhode Island’s cuisine; and the Native Americans who were the first to use the bounty...
Virginia Curiosities
Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
This definitive collection of the Old Dominion's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things is filled with quirky photographs throughout and maps for each region. Virginia Curiosities includes humorous state facts and amusing stories and serves as a combination almanac, off-the-wall travel guide, and wacky news gazette.
by Visionary Living, Inc.
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2019
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Mountain State
Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Rosemary Ellen Guiley shines a light in the dark corners of Virginia and scares those spirits out of...
Utah Curiosities
Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Offbeat Fun
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Utah Curiosities brings to the reader with humor and affection—and a healthy dose of attitude—the oddest, quirkiest, and most outlandish places, personalities, events, and phenomena found within the state’s borders and in the chronicles of its history. A fun, accessible read, Utah Curiosities...
Nebraska Off the Beaten Path®
Discover Your Fun
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Nebraska Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience––if only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, Nebraska Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of Nebraska that other guidebooks just don't offer.
Haunted Hollywood
Tinseltown Terrors, Filmdom Phantoms, and Movieland Mayhem
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Haunted Hollywood, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings in Tinsel Town, will leave readers delightfully frightened. Each story includes notes on historical significance and local lore and readers will discover just how haunted and spooky their city is.
A bibliography,...
Haunted Highways
Spooky Stories, Strange Happenings, and Supernatural Sightings
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2008
For most of us, most of the time, the roads we travel are largely forgotten once we get to where we're going. By day, they usually reveal a familiar, real—living—world. But then darkness comes. Haunted Highways brings together more than twenty of the spookiest stories ever of ghosts, hauntings,...
Twin Cities Chef's Table
Extraordinary Recipes from the City of Lakes to the Capital City
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
The Twin Cities boast a culinary scene that features locally-grown foods showcased in both local specialties and a variety of international traditions. The cities’ chefs, several of which have been nominated for the James Beard Award, take the freshest ingredients from the season picked right from...
South Carolina Myths and Legends
The True Stories behind History’s Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Part of our ever-popular Legends of America series, South Carolina Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in South Carolina's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in South Carolina history.
Food Lovers' Guide to® Connecticut
The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings
The ultimate guides to the food scene in their respective states or regions, these books provide the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Engagingly written by local authorities, they...
Food Lovers' Guide to® Maine
Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants & Events
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Savor the Flavors of Maine
A lobster dinner—the plate piled with steamed clams, corn on the cob, and a cup of drawn butter, followed by a slice of blueberry pie. Maine cuisine? Yes, but it doesn’t end there. Far from it! Food Lovers’ Guide to Maine is the definitive contemporary resource...
Seafood Lover's New England
Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
New England is synonymous with great seafood––Narragansett Bay oysters, Maine lobsters, Nantucket Bay scallops, chowders, and seafood shacks––and Seafood Lover's New England celebrates the region’s best. Perfect for the local enthusiast and the traveling visitor alike, the book includes:...