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Play Hard Rest Easy: New England
"One great guidebook...we wish all guidebooks
were as good."
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
This unique soft-adventure travel guidebook provides everything the reader needs to explore and enjoy one of 11 four-season vacation destinations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The guidebook reviews select accommodations, dining establishments, local points of interest and provides a rundown of the best hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing and other active pursuits in each of the destinations. Digitally drawn maps and compelling black and white photographs complement the straightforward and occasionally witty editorial.
Here's what you'll find under each section:
Play Hard
Hiking More than 150 hikes, including famous summit trails and little known paths.  Mountain Biking Easy-going logging roads to challenging singletrack Paddling Quietwater, whitewater, and sea kayaking Skiing Downhill ski resorts and Nordic ski centers Plus Road Biking Swimming Holes Rock Climbing Horseback Riding Snowshoeing Rainy Day Workouts
Rest Easy
Upscale Lodging Historic inns, country inns, B&Bs, and full-service resorts Gourmet Dining Restaurants, bistros, cafes, dessert shops, and picnic spots
And Much More
Shopping Museums Historic Sites Art Galleries Covered Bridges Antiquing Back Roads Touring Music & Theater Long Weekend Itineraries Put this gem in your pack! You'll pull it out often as you explore the trails, paths, villages, and back roads of New England. Plan the perfect getaway with photos, facts, detailed directions, maps, websites, and much more.
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For the table of contents and links to each chapter's abbreviated content, click here.
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What THE MEDIA IS saying about Play hard, Rest easy: New England
One great guidebook... We wish all guidebooks were as good as Malcolm W. Campbell's Play Hard, Rest Easy: New England.
Tara Mandy, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
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If you're an outdoor enthusiast who loves to combine the rugged and the Ritz, don't leave home without the Play Hard, Rest Easy guidebooks series. Fun to read and packed with travel essentials ranging from great hiking trails to wonderful lodges and luxury spas, the guidebook gives you everything you need to fulfill the title's promise.
Carole Jacobs, Travel Editor, SHAPE MAGAZINE
Play Hard, Rest Easy is a useful and practical guide for those who seek an active vacation but have no qualms about pampering themselves.
June Sawyer, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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"Presented in an easy-to-read, quick-to-digest format that makes the book perfect for planning a quick escape or a longer vacation."
Jerry Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
This guidebook will be indispensable to anyone planning a trip to New England and may convince those who are not to rethink their vacation plans. Recommended for all public libraries and essential for those in and around New England.
LIBRARY JOURNAL
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"Play Hard, Rest Easy: New England," a new guidebook by Malcolm Campbell from Walkabout Press (800-231-3949, walkaboutpress.com) based in Charlotte, North Carolina, covers hundreds of outdoor options in New England, from mountain biking in the Nepaug State Forest of Connecticut to sea kayaking in Maine's Penobscot Bay. Campbell's food and lodging recommendations -- classy restaurants, well-appointed inns and lodges -- are more upscale than you'd expect to find in an outdoor guide, but that's exactly the point: "A vacation," says Campbell, "can be rugged and refined at the same time." Look for Play Hard, Rest Easy guides to the Southeast, Pacific Northwest, and Midatlantic in 2002.
Dianna Delling, OUTSIDE, August 2002
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This is the only travel guide you'll need, whether you hike and bike or shop and stroll. Or both! That's the best part!
Scott Jagow, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
Although the Maine section covers only the Camden area and Mount Desert Island, it uncovers the best of both localities, and the chapters devoted to the other New England states should come in handy if you ever decide to vacation -- GASP -- outside Maine.
Paul Doiron, DOWNEAST magazine
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