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New travel guide: Backroads of the California Coast

We've done it again! Photographer Gary Crabbe and I are announcing the release of our new book, Backroads of the California Coast, our fourth title for Voyageur Press. With fabulous color photos on nearly every page, driving itineraries, maps and lively descriptions of each section of the coast from the redwoods to San Diego. Focused on off-the-beaten-track routes and lesser-known attractions, the new guide is loaded with indispensable information and entertaining reading. You'll use it on your own getaways, and find it a great gift for visitors.

A few highlights of the 24 itineraries:

Cliffs & Coves of the Palos Verdes Peninsula
Elephants & Moonstones: San Simeon to Cayucos
Torrey Pines & the Univ. of San Diego
The Seven Sisters: Morro Bay & the Edna Valley
Along the Navarro: Anderson Valley
Arcata to Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Gary and I also worked together on these popular "coffee-table style" books from Voyageur Press:
    The California Coast
   
    Backroads of the California Wine Country
   
    Our San Francisco

Christmas Gift for Golfers

For avid golfers who can't get enough of the game, a new book, Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects, will keep them busy reading all through the holidays. Dozens of the top course designers in the world contributed their funny stories, business lessons, mishaps, philosophies, travel tales, and inspirational stories as well as photos, blueprints, and concepts. Along with 150 color photos and illustrations, it's a fascinating and fun compendium from such as:               

         * Tom Fazio, who created a miracle for Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn.
         * Jack Nicklaus, who recounts how he takes history and politics of a country before designing his courses abroad.
         * Pete Dye, who was fired from his first big job after constructing nine holes that crossed a creek thirteen times 
         * Arthur Hills, whose builders faced armadillos, water moccasins, rattlesnakes, and wild boar during construction of the Legends Course
         and more great stories from Rees Jones, RTJ, Jr., Arnie and many more

The author, Michael Patrick Shiels, worked with the American Society of Golf Course Architects to interview the course designers. Shiels is an award-winning syndicated morning radio host and the author of numerous books, including collaborations with Donald Trump and Larry King.