Newly updated edition of Insight Guides City Guide Rome is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences, In-depth on history and culture: enjoy special features on Roman fashion and Mussolini's Legacy, all written by local experts.
Practical travel guide to USA: The South featuring points-of-interest structured lists of all sights and off-the-beaten-track treasures, with detailed colour-coded maps, practical details about what to see and to do in USA: The South, how to get there and around, pre-departure information, as well as top time-saving tips, like a visual list of things not to miss in USA: The South, expert author picks and itineraries to help you plan your trip.
THERE have been better women than Catherine of Russia, nobler and more learned women, but history discloses no woman who combined so much of good and evil into one bewildering and gloriously successful career.
THE STORY OF LINCOLN AND RUSSIA-VIRTUALLY AN UNKNOWN CHAPTER IN THE LINCOLN SAGALincoln and the Russians, first published in 1952, is the first volume to explore extensively a much neglected aspect of American diplomatic relations: American-Russian relations prior to the First World War.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the inquisitorial activities of Don Fray Juan de Zumarraga, first Bishop and Archbishop of Mexico, 1528-1548.
A VIVID AND DRAMATIC STORY OF LOVE, CONFLICT AND REBELLION IN NINETEENTH CENTURY MEXICOIn the late 1860's the royal families of Europe collaborated with the French in an ingenious plan to take over Mexico.
In this well-rounded study, which was first published in 1952, author Fanchon Royer vividly presents Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz (1648-1695), a seventeenth-century Hieronymite nun of New Spain, known in her lifetime as "e;The Tenth Muse"e;, "e;The Phoenix of America"e;, or the "e;Mexican Phoenix"e;.
In this concise, readable account, the history of one of the Western Hemisphere's most important countries is recounted, from the first recorded appearance of early man around 10,000 B.
Pat Spain was nearly thrown in a Cameroonian prison, learned to use a long-drop toilet while a village of pygmy children watched, and was deemed ''too dirty to fly'' for this book.
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Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Bhutan is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.
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