"There are weekend vacations, quick getaways, and overnight jaunts. But in this border-hopping anthology of travel memoir and fiction, every trip is a big one, as an advance guard of adventurous writers - both seasoned names and fresh voices - scatter across the globe, face the pure euphoria and sheer anxiety of travel, and survive a lot of very fast living." "Reviving a time before the travel narrative developed into puny 10-best lists, these writers...

What do you get when you throw two postmodern pilgrims, two cats and a Macintosh into a twenty-six-foot motor-home? A high-octane, high-camp asphalt odyssey through the offbeat corners of America! The Monks are Jim Crotty and Michael Lane, who quit the work-a-day world in 1986 and hit the road in search of enlightenment, adventure, and a well-stocked K Mart.

Heartlands records Rist's unique journey of exploration, a quest for the real gay America beyond the stereotypes of the popular media.

Gay tourism is booming--"and with "How to Say "Fabulous!" in 8 Different Languages, you'll always know how to speak the native tongue. This hilarious phrase book features hundreds of outrageous phrases, all translated from English into French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.