By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com ...

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Understanding the different types of exercises and how to incorporate them into your weekly routine can help you start exercising. Some tips, such as joining a fitness class or doing mini-workouts ...

“I can’t imagine a solo traveler intentionally choosing a middle seat,” says Pauline Frommer, travel journalist and co-president of Frommer’s Travel. “They’re there because there were ...

He wrote his first travel book as a U.S. Army intelligence officer in Berlin. Arthur Frommer, whose empire of travel guidebooks led one interviewer to call him the “quintessential wandering Jew ...

Frommer died from complications of pneumonia ... Eventually he wrote "The GI's Guide to Traveling in Europe," and a few weeks before his Army stint was up, he had 5,000 copies printed by a typesetter ...

In August, Google announced the purchase of Frommer's from Wiley publishing for a price that later was determined at $23 million in cash and stock. In September, Penguin announced the re ...