Best Road Trips From Kansas City - April 2024

Ballparks: A Journey Through the Fields of the Past, Present, and Future

If you love baseball and the venerable stadiums its played in, you need this definitive history and guide to Major League ballparks of the past, present, and future. With a tear-out checklist to mark ballparks you’ve visited and those on your bucket list, Ballparks takes you inside the histories of every park in the Major Leagues, with hundreds of photos, stories, and stats about:  Storied parks like Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, and Dodger StadiumFan favorites AT&T Park, Camden Yards, PNC Park, Safeco Field, and so much moreForgotten treasures like Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Sportsman’s ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0785836160
• ASIN: 0785836160
• ISBN: 0785836160
• Manufacturer: Chartwell Books

The Best Hits on Route 66: 100 Essential Stops on the Mother Road

Inspiring, practical, and entertaining, this is the premier guide to all the off-the-radar stops along America’s Mother Road that you simply must not miss. Author Amy Bizzarri, a Route 66 expert and enthusiast, provides a comprehensive list of 100 unique stops that you’ll want to take a moment to explore as you journey along the highway’s 2,500 miles. The Best Hits on Route 66 also includes specialized itineraries with themes that make it easier than ever to plan a road trip to remember. Check out:- Gearhead's Guide to Route 66- Hollywood on 66- Native American History on Route 66- Mothe... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1493036904
• ASIN: 1493036904
• ISBN: 1493036904
• Manufacturer: Globe Pequot Press

Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways

Now in its seventh edition, Jamie Jensen's best-selling Road Trip USA is better than ever. Inside, you’ll find cross-country routes and road-tested advice for adventurers who want to see the parts of America that the interstates have left behind. Jensen also includes mile-by-mile highlights celebrating major cities, obscure towns, popular attractions, roadside curiosities (if you’re looking for the world’s largest jackalope, you’re in luck), local lore, and oddball trivia. With full coverage of more than 35,000 miles of classic blacktop, Road Trip USA will take you off the beaten path ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1612389023
• UPC: 884778975155
• ASIN: 1612389023
• ISBN: 1612389023
• Brand: Avalon Travel Publishing
• Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing

Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder

1996 Minnesota Book Award winner ― A Native American bookThe heart of the Native American experience: In this 1996 Minnesota Book Award winner, Kent Nerburn draws the reader deep into the world of an Indian elder known only as Dan. It’s a world of Indian towns, white roadside cafes, and abandoned roads that swirl with the memories of the Ghost Dance and Sitting Bull. Readers meet vivid characters like Jumbo, a 400-pound mechanic, and Annie, an 80-year-old Lakota woman living in a log cabin. Threading through the book is the story of two men struggling to find a common voice. Neither Wolf... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1577312333
• ASIN: 1577312333
• ISBN: 9781577312338
• Brand: Brand: New World Library
• Manufacturer: New World Library

The Illustrated Route 66 Historical Atlas

The definitive, fully illustrated state-by-state atlas of the shifting alignments, historic sites, and current points of interest along the United States' beloved Route 66.Route 66 changed immensely in the six decades between its opening in 1926 and its removal from the U.S. highway system in 1985. Since that time, Route 66 has enjoyed a renaissance, and interest in America's Mother Road as both a historical byway and a travel destination continues to grow. In this unprecedented volume, prolific Route 66 author Jim Hinckley presents an illustrated Route 66 atlas that explores the road's histor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0760345430
• UPC: 752748345430
• ASIN: 0760345430
• ISBN: 0760345430
• Brand: Voyageur Press MN
• Manufacturer: Voyageur Press

Day Trips from Kansas City, 15th: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler (Day Trips Series)

This guide features more than 200 adventure-packed destinations and activities within a two-hour drive of Kansas City, including exploring Missouri's 5,000 caves; looking for migratory birds in Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area; or experiencing a live theater performance in a century-old boiler room in St. Joseph, Missouri.

• ASIN: 0762747749
• ASIN: 0762747749
• ISBN: 0762747749
• Manufacturer: GPP Travel

Easy To Fold: Kansas, Nebraska (Easyfinder Maps)

The durable and convenient Kansas and Nebraska EasyToFold state map will take all the wear and tear your journey can dish out. The heavy-duty laminated design allows you to mark your route, make notes, then wipe the surface clean for further use. This is a must-have for navigation whether you're a state resident or just passing through. Easy to fold means no fumbling Heavy-duty lamination allows you to write on, wipe off Durable and tear resistant Folds to display individual map sections Full-color maps with enhanced cartography Clearly indicated highways, county boundaries, points of interest... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0528854178
• UPC: 070609854175
• ASIN: 0528854178
• ISBN: 0528854178
• Brand: Rand McNally
• Manufacturer: Rand McNally

Glory Road: My Story of the 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and How One Team Triumphed Against the Odds and Changed America Forever

Timed to the release of Jerry Bruckheimer's movie, the moving autobiography of Hall of Fame basketball coach Don Haskins and his storied team of players, the Texas Western MinersIn 1966, college basketball was almost completely segregated. In the championship game for the NCAA title that year, Don Haskins, coach of the then little-known Texas Western College, did something that had never been done before in the history of college basketball. He started five black players, and in the now legendary game, unseated the nationally top-ranked University of Kentucky. Broadcast on television throughou... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1401307914
• ASIN: 1401307914
• ISBN: 9781401307912
• Brand: Haskins, Don/ Wetzel, Dan
• Manufacturer: Hachette Books

The Tummy Trilogy: American Fried; Alice, Let's Eat; Third Helpings

• ASIN: 0374524173
• ASIN: 0374524173
• ISBN: 0374524173
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Listening to a Continent Sing: Birdsong by Bicycle from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Join birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma on a ten-week, ten-state bicycle journey as he travels with his son from the Atlantic to the Pacific, lingering and listening to our continent sing as no one has before. On remote country roads, over terrain vast and spectacular, from dawn to dusk and sometimes through the night, you will gain a deep appreciation for the natural symphony of birdsong many of us take for granted. Come along and marvel at how expressive these creatures are as Kroodsma leads you west across nearly five thousand miles―at a leisurely pace that enables a deep listen.Listening to... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0691166811
• ASIN: 0691166811
• ISBN: 0691166811
• Manufacturer: Princeton University Press

Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain

Albert Einstein's brain floats in a Tupperware bowl in a gray duffel bag in the trunk of a Buick Skylark barreling across America. Driving the car is journalist Michael Paterniti. Sitting next to him is an eighty-four-year-old pathologist named Thomas Harvey, who performed the autopsy on Einstein in 1955 -- then simply removed the brain and took it home. And kept it for over forty years. On a cold February day, the two men and the brain leave New Jersey and light out on I-70 for sunny California, where Einstein's perplexed granddaughter, Evelyn, awaits. And riding along as the imaginary fourth... [Read More]

• ASIN: 038533303X
• ASIN: 038533303X
• ISBN: 038533303X
• Brand: Paterniti, Michael
• Manufacturer: Dial Press

The Fourth Part of the World: An Astonishing Epic of Global Discovery, Imperial Ambition, and the Birth of America

“Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemüller world map of 1507.” So begins this remarkable story of the map that gave America its name.For millennia Europeans believed that the world consisted of three parts: Europe, Africa, and Asia. They drew the three continents in countless shapes and sizes on their maps, but occasionally they hinted at the existence of a "fourth part of the world," a mysterious, inaccessible place, separated from the rest by a vast expanse of ocean. It was a la... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1416535349
• ASIN: 1416535349
• ISBN: 1416535349
• Manufacturer: Free Press

Crooked Little Heart: A Novel

• ASIN: 0385491808
• ASIN: 0385491808
• ISBN: 0385491808
• Manufacturer: Anchor

Just Visiting

Reagan Forrester wants out - out of her trailer park, out of reach of her freeloading mother, and out of the shadow of the relationship that made her the pariah of Charytan, Kansas. Victoria Reyes wants in - in to a fashion design program and a sorority, in to the arms of a cute guy who doesn't go to Charytan High, and in to a city where she won't stand out for being Mexican. One thing the polar-opposite best friends do agree on is that wherever they go, they're going together. But when they set off on a series of college visits at the start of their senior year, they quickly see that the fu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1633920534
• ASIN: 1633920534
• ISBN: 1633920534
• Manufacturer: Spencer Hill Contemporary

The New Christian Traveler's Guide to the Holy Land

Knowing the Land helps us understand the Book in new and vivid ways. Charles Dyer, a Bible scholar and veteran Holy Land tour guide, and Greg Hatteberg, graduate of the Institute of Holy Land Studies in Jerusalem, created this reference guide for pilgrims who want to deepen the spiritual impact of their trip to Israel, as well as other travelers who just want to know more. Where did Jesus walk? Where is King David buried? Where is Mt. Sinai?You'll find detailed information about five key Bible lands: Israel, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, and Turkey. This guide includes a full color 32-page photo inse... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0802466508
• ASIN: 0802466508
• ISBN: 0802466508
• Manufacturer: Moody Publishers

Fodor's New England : With the Best Fall Foliage Drives & Scenic Road Trips

9781640971240

• UPC: 287670598

Fodor's california : with the best road trips - paperback: 9781101880081

Detachable, pull-out color map attached to page [3] of

• UPC: 56198018

The Polluted Church: From Rome to Kansas City

The first thing the Lord Jesus told His disciples when they asked Him, "What shall be the sign of Thy coming, and of the end of the world?" was - "Take heed (beware) that no

• UPC: 49009576

The Kansas City Star Quilts Sampler : 60+ Blocks from 1928-1961, Historical Profiles by Barbara Brackman

In 1928, the Kansas City Star newspaper printed its first quilt block pattern--they continued this tradition for 34 wonderful and influential years. Now for the first time, the best of the blocks from each year

• UPC: 962018717

RV Cooking : Best Road Trip Recipes for RV Living and Campsite Cooking

Whether you are looking for recipes for your next RV vacation or are just looking for healthy and nutritious food to make while at the campsite, you will find here a collection of recipes that

• UPC: 508754808

If These Walls Could Talk: Kansas City Royals : Stories from the Kansas City Royals Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box

9781629373843

• UPC: 55459462

Fodor's Maine, Vermont, & New Hampshire : With the Best Fall Foliage Drives & Scenic Road Trips

9781640971349

• UPC: 427680235

Moon drive & hike appalachian trail : the best trail towns, day hikes, and road trips in between: 9781640492714

9781640492714

• UPC: 833964319

BEST OF KANSAS (Music)

The Best of Kansas (1999)

• UPC: 928993
• Rating: 4.857

Route One Food Run : A Rollicking Road Trip to the Best Eateries from Connecticut to Maine

A rollicking, fast-paced tour of the best quick, indulgent, greasy, messy, delectable, and can't miss eats along (or not far from) Route One from Connecticut to Maine (along the 1-95 corridor). Written with acerbic wit,

• UPC: 55256598