Books written by Amy C Balfour

  • Lonely Planet Discover USA
    Lonely Planet Discover USA

    Among the most well-known writers were poet Langston Hughes and novelist Zora Neale Hurston. After WWII, American writers delineated ever-sharper regional and ethnic divides, pursued stylistic experimentation and often caustically ...

  • Lonely Planet Texas
    Lonely Planet Texas

    Wineries are widespread too. The small historic district along Mercer St, just north of Hwy 290, stays lively with its come-one-come-all atmosphere, especially at the Mercer Street Dance Hall. Other charms include Hamilton Pool, ...

  • Lonely Planet USA
    Lonely Planet USA

    The most successful Broadway shows, including the hip-hop hit Hamilton (which re-imagines the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton), often go on to even greater earnings worldwide. (Gross worldwide earnings of The Phantom of the ...

  • Lonely Planet Best of USA
    Lonely Planet Best of USA

    Hamilton Broadway's hottest ticket, Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed musical uses contemporary hip-hop beats to recount the story of America's first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Inspired by Ron Chernow's biography the ...

  • Lonely Planet Maui
    Lonely Planet Maui

    ... a list of qualifying Native Hawaiians. For those who qualifed, this was the first step toward eventual self-governance. In her book The Wave (2010), Susan Casey chronicles Laird Hamilton's big-wave riding off the coast of Maui.

  • Lonely Planet Eastern USA
    Lonely Planet Eastern USA

    Jessop's Tavern AMERICAN $$ ( GOOGLEMAP ; %302-322-6111; www.jessops-tavern; 114 Delaware St; mains $12-24; h11:30am-10pm Mon-Thu, to 11pm Fri& Sat, to 9pm Sun) Tonight we're going to party like its 1679. Serves up Dutch pot roast, ...

  • Lonely Planet USA's Best Trips
    Lonely Planet USA's Best Trips

    The arm is buried at nearby Ellwood Manor. Ask a ranger for directions. The wound was patched, but Jackson went on to contract a fatal dose of pneumonia. He was taken to what is now the next stop on this tour: the Stonewall Jackson ...

  • Lonely Planet Eastern USA
    Lonely Planet Eastern USA

    1 Sights Ellwood Manor HISTORIC SITE (%540-786-2880; www.fowb.org; 36380 Constitution Hwy, Rte 20, Locust Grove; h10am-5pm early Jun-Aug, Sat & Sun only Apr-early Jun & Aug-Nov) F This fascinating home sits on the grounds of the ...

  • Lonely Planet Western USA
    Lonely Planet Western USA

    Taliesin West was the desert home and studio of Frank Lloyd Wright, one of America's greatest 20th-century architects. A prime example of organic architecture, with buildings incorporating elements and structures found in surrounding ...

  • Lonely Planet Civil War Trail Road Trips
    Lonely Planet Civil War Trail Road Trips

    ASIAN Xiao Bao Biscuit $$ (www.xiaobaobiscuit.com; 224 Rutledge Ave, cnr of Spring St; lunch $10, dinner smallplates $8-10, mains $12-17; 11:30am-2pm & 5:30-10pm Mon-Sat) Exposed brick walls, concrete floor and housed in a former gas ...

  • Lonely Planet USA's National Parks
    Lonely Planet USA's National Parks

    Seventy-five miles from Juneau lies Haines, where most passengers with cars disembark as the town is the main link to the Alaska Hwy. Haines has a laidback vibe with almost extravagant scenery. You can't miss the huge hammer outside the ...

  • National Parks of America
    National Parks of America

    To get your kicks on Route 66, drop your bags inside a concrete tipi at the beloved Wigwam Motel in Holbrook. Rooms are furnished with 1950s logpole furniture, and each tipisqueezes in a bathroom and a shower.

  • Lonely Planet Experience USA
    Lonely Planet Experience USA

    sturdy. The Midwest is content to leave all that fancy city-slicker nonsense to the Northeast, most of the flashy landscape to the West, and all that time-consuming genteelness to the South. In the plains states, they work, they farm, ...

  • Lonely Planet New England
    Lonely Planet New England

    Trapp Family Lodge LODGE $$$ (MAPGOOGLEMAP ; %802-253-8511; www.trappfamily.com; 700 Trapp Hill Rd; r $175-425, ste $275-750; iWs#) This hilltop lodge 3km above town boasts Stowe's most dramatic setting. The Austrianstyle chalet, built ...

  • Lonely Planet USA's National Parks
    Lonely Planet USA's National Parks

    The cabin was built in 1932 by petroleum geologist Wallace Pratt, who later donated the land to the NPS; it remains furnished as the Pratt family left it. Surrounded by. Guadalupe Mountains.

  • Lonely Planet New England's Best Trips
    Lonely Planet New England's Best Trips

    ... living history/ghost tours $25/12, museum only $6; 9:30am-5:30pm, closed Tue Jan & Feb; ), where novelist Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910) spent 17 years of his life writing the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

  • Lonely Planet New England Fall Foliage Road Trips
    Lonely Planet New England Fall Foliage Road Trips

    ICOB serves up the region's finest oysters, along with other local seafood, in an ethereal newage setting. The specialty – lobster roe noodles topped with braised short ribs and grilled lobster –

  • Lonely Planet Blue Ridge Parkway Road Trips
    Lonely Planet Blue Ridge Parkway Road Trips

    White House of the Confederacy MAP GOOGLE MAP HISTORIC SITE STREET ( 10am5pm) This 1818 building was the executive mansion of the Confederacy between 1861 and 1865, and the wartime home of its president, Jefferson Davis.

  • Lonely Planet Pocket Austin
    Lonely Planet Pocket Austin

    Lonely Planet Pocket Austin is your passport to the most up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.

  • Lonely Planet San Antonio, Austin & Texas Backcountry Road Trips
    Lonely Planet San Antonio, Austin & Texas Backcountry Road Trips

    Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's San Antonio, Austin & Texas Backcountry Road Trips.