Books

Click on book image or title below to view and/or request the book from the ACC Libraries. 

Books can be transferred to any campus for pickup. 

INSPIRATIONAL TRAVEL

Comic book style graphic of a man in a flannel shirt hitchhiking

On the Road

 Jack Kerouac


Black & white photograph of father and son sitting in front of brick wall with a giant yellow arrow painted on the wall

Walking With Sam

Andrew McCarthy

A strand of pasta spelling out the word "eat," a strand of rosary beads spelling out the word "pray," and a strand of wildflower petals spelling out the word "love."

Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert

Bear's head in the woods peering out at reader.

A Walk in the Woods

 Bill Bryson

Expressionistic painting of table with flowers and writing utensils looking out windows to mountain view.

A Place in the World

 Frances Mayes

DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

The Travel Book printed in large caps with small photo images of exotic places below.

The  Travel Book

Lonely Planet Publications

Sepia photograph of Black mother, father, and little girl, standing in front of an old car from the 40s.

Overground Railroad

Candacy Taylor

Landscape at sunset tinted pinks and yellows, with mountains, a gorge with a river running through it.

Unforgettable Places

Candacy Taylor

Cartoon aerial image of Manhattan Island with Statue of Liberty and boats.

Only in New York

Sam Roberts

Very colorful photo of a church lit up at night with Mexican flags waving in the courtyard in front.

Mexico

Lonely Planet Publications

Illustration by Audubon of sea bird paddling in water.

Audubon at Sea

John James Audubon

Atlas Obscura

Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, Ella Morton

Island landscape photo with boardwalk out to sandy beach island.

World's Best Travel Experiences

Bill Bryson, Anna Quindlen

Earning the Rockies

Robert D. Kaplan

TRAVEL HOW-TO

View of massive canyon with mountains with stone ledges surrounding the canyon.

Ethical Travel Guide

Polly Pattullo

Beach island image on a laptop.

The Travel Writer's Handbook

Jacqueline Harmon Butler, 

Louise Purwin Zobel

Camping van with person and dog in front of craggy mountains.

Living the Van Life

Noami J. Grevemberg 

The Art of Travel

Alain de Botton

White stucco church against a bright blue sky.

Visual Geography of Travel & Tourism

Jan van Harssel, Richard Jackson, 

Lloyd Hudman

TEXAS TRAVEL

Focus on a Wild cat's face with a blurred background.

Explore Texas: A Nature Travel Guide

Mary O. Parker, Jeff Parker

Turtle lifting up his head perched on a log in the water.

Nature Watch Austin

Lynne Weber, Jim Weber

Wildflowers in the foreground then fields to the mountains.

Scenic Driving Texas

Laurence Parent

Rider with cowboy hat on galloping horse and lasso in midair.

Frommer's Texas

Janis Turk

Courthouse structure with clock tower against blue sky.

The Courthouses of Texas

Mavis P. Kelsey Sr. & Donald H. Dyal

Swimming hole with sparkling green water surrounded by trees.

Swimming Holes of Texas

Julie Wernersbach & Carolyn Tracy

Library materials are vetted based on the adopted ACC Library Services Collection Development policy. As part of the ACC collection, these materials are available for currently registered ACC students, faculty, and staff.