Adventure Girl® Stefanie Michaels Launches New Book at Lulu.com

Adventure Girl®, Stefanie Michaels' launches her first book, "The Girlfriend's Guide to Finding Adventure ... without breaking a nail" at Lulu.com, where readers can purchase Michaels' book in either print or downloadable formats.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 5, 2006 -- Adventure Girl®, Stefanie Michaels launches her premiere adventure book on Lulu.com. Michaels' first book is titled, "The Girlfriend's Guide to Finding Adventure... without breaking a nail"-and can be purchased through Lulu.com in the traditional book format and also in a downloadable format. Books will also be available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com in upcoming weeks.

Michaels' adventure guide is targeted to young women looking for adventure-based vacations, but who are not willing to sacrifice, as Michaels' calls it, "high-end comforts". Each chapter in the book highlights five and six star resorts plus adventures. Included in the book are food and drink recipes from various locations, diving tips, "words to know before you go", what to bring checklists, "Adventure Girl Hip Tips" and "Adventure-isms" (quotes from the author herself). There is also a "schlep factor guide" that lets potential travelers know what is entailed for each location. Readers can learn about what there is to do and see in fifteen hip and happening locations around the globe, such as "Island Hopping" in Fiji, "Ultra-light Flying" in New Caledonia, an "Ice Hotel Adventure" in Quebec, "Golfing" in Buzios, "Epicurean Adventures" in Sicily, or "Safari" in Sabi Sands, South Africa at Sir Richard Branson's private game reserve, Ulusaba. The book also includes fast facts about each location, a resource guide for each area and additional resources such as: where to get travelers insurance, singles tours, gay, family and pet travel, travelers with disabilities info, links to airlines, currency exchangers, global volunteers, passport info, and world lingo sites.

"I wanted to give my readers my personalized travel options. I pick up various travel books in stores, and they are either photo books -- pretty but not informing, or information books --informational but boring and sometimes out dated. It's frustrating and there is nothing really personalized about them," says Michaels. "I like to know what's hot and happening, where I should stay at that moment- that might be unique but high-end to an area, local's hangouts, and of course really great adventures. Then I pass the info on to my fans and now readers. Most books won't give you all that."

Michaels' first "Girlfriend's Guide to Finding Adventure...without breaking a nail" book, will be the first in a series Michaels' plans to market world wide under her company Adventure Girl Publications. She also plans to continue working with Lulu.com. "Lulu.com gives me more flexible options than working with traditional publishers," states Michaels, "and I can update any local's information at the touch of a button, keeping my guides current, which as you know in travel, being up to date is so important. Why purchase a guide with outdated information?"

The Girlfriend's Guide to Finding Adventure...without breaking a nail is available at Lulu.com for a $14.95 print version and a $6.06 downloadable version. Locations chosen for Michaels' premier guide are Fiji, New Caledonia, South Africa, Vermont, Quebec, Gstaad-Switzerland, Sicily, New Zealand, Buzios-Brazil, Panama, Phuket-Thailand, St. Barts, Barbados, The Marquesas Islands and Tofino-Canada. Some of the accomadations Michaels' mentions include the Aranui Cruise through the Marquesas, Huka Lodge in New Zealand, Le Meridian Hotel in New Caledonia, The Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino, villa rentals in St. Barts, Baan Yin Dee and Amanpuri resorts in Thailand, The Equinox Resort and Spa in Vermont, The Palace Hotel in Gstaad, The Tamarind Cove and Sandy Lane Hotels in Barbados.

More about Stefanie Michaels:

Travel expert Stefanie Michaels is known around the globe as Adventure Girl®. Michaels seeks out destinations to report on for magazines such as Women's Health and Fitness and Elite Traveler Magazine, newspapers, network television outlets, her popular website-Adventuregirl.com, and the Adventure Girl® series of high-end adventure books. Michaels is a branded travel personality and online celebrity with 1.5 billion downloads and counting.

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