The world has gone road trip USA mad this year with two new travel books out this month tipped by adventure travel magazine tripsideways.com to be this years Christmas 2011 big sellers.

(TRAVPR.COM) UNITED KINGDOM - September 25th, 2011 - The world has gone road trip USA mad this year with two new travel books out this month tipped by adventure travel magazine tripsideways.com to be this years Christmas 2011 big sellers.

1. Billy Connolly's Route 66 (Hardback)
The Big Yin on the Ultimate American Road Trip
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847445217/

Britain's best loved comedian hits the most famous highway in the world on an unforgettable journey. Music-lover, biker, and scourge of the beige and the bland the world over, Billy has dreamed about taking a trip on the legendary Route 66 since he first heard Chuck Berry belting out one of the greatest rock n roll records of all time. And now he's finally had the chance to do it, heading out on his custom-made trike in search of the real America that can still be found beyond the nation's freeways.

Travelling every one of its 2,278 miles from the skyscrapers of Chicago to Santa Monica Pier in California, Billy's journey takes him past many of the essential icons of the United States: the Gateway Arch in St Louis, Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon, and the funky neon-lit gas stations and diners that once lined the route. But it also gives him the chance to get to know the people who call it home, from Mervin the Amish carpenter, to fellow banjo enthusiast and obsessive instrument collector Rob, to Angel, one of the many people determined to keep the spirit of the Mother Road alive. Funny, touching and inspiring in equal measure, the tales he gathers on the way tell the story of modern America. And they might inspire a few people to get on their bikes as well.

With his unrivalled instinct for a good story, and the infectious enthusiasm that has made him our most engaging national treasure, Billy Connolly is the ultimate guide to the ultimate road trip.

Leaving London: Road Trip USA (Kindle)
By Simon Raven & Chris Raven
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005P7E9L4

The sudden break up with girlfriend Emily Willow finds Simon Raven, ex-amateur rock God and bored internet producer, on a Boeing 747 bound for Seattle. Led by his twin brother, Chris, who is more than happy to exchange a career in fashion photography for the open road, they embark on a buttock-clenching journey of paranoia and self-doubt, as they traverse Interstate Highway 15 through backcountry America.

Along the way our hapless heroes bumble through bear infested wilderness, meet the eccentric and plain weird on the American freeway, escape a bullwhip wielding maniac in Montana and survive the evils of Las Vegas. Testing their friendship to the limit as they battle to reach their nirvana, which exists in the form of the bikini beaches of California, the brothers find inspiration on a journey that exposes the stark truth about work and relationships and which asks the question - what do you really want to do with your life?

Poignant, candid and true, Leaving London is honestly written and hilariously funny.

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