A general guide for visitors of the Casco Bay islands in Maine and greater Portland, this book includes profiles of the major islands in the bay; features on local history, island geology, and island wildlife; information about mainland departure points and tips on how to get to the islands; and maps of the individual islands profiled in the book.
In April 2004, Barbara Egbert and Gary Chambers and their precocious 10-year-old daughter Mary embarked on a 2,650-mile hike from Mexico to Canada along the famed Pacific Crest Trail.
The Best Travel Writing 2011 is the eighth volume in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers.
Meterhohe Regalwände, endlose Bücherreihen, der verführerische Geruch von Papier und Druckerschwärze – das Innere einer Buchhandlung hat etwas Magisches.
He's master of the PlayStation, he listens to rap music, he writes poetry and, in his eighteen-year-old hands, may hold the future of the Tibetan people.
WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS DEBUT DRINK BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019WINNER OF THE LOUIS ROEDERER INTERNATIONAL WINE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018'Wine is alive, ageing and changing, but it's also a triumph over death.
The Best Travel Writing Volume 9 is the latest in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writingfrom Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers.
Arguably the most fascinating but least known country in the Arab world, Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fictitious.
Winner of the Mbokodo Award for Women in the Arts for Literature, the ATKV (Afrikaans Language and Culture Association) Award for non-fiction and the kykNet/Rapport Award for non-fiction.
Parcourant la cité, s’établissant de manière prolongée sur les places publiques, les skaters animent, jouent, mettent en scène ou perturbent l’animation des centres urbains.
Eine Reise nach Tel Aviv verändert Sarah Levys Blick auf Israel – aus dem Urlaubsort ihrer Kindheit, Heimat ihrer jüdischen Familie und Konfliktschauplatz wird ein Sehnsuchtsort voller Wärme und inspirierender Begegnungen.
I am taking a few months off to travel and wander, drinking my way across the Islamic world to see whether I can dry myself out, cure myself of a bout of alcoholic excess.
Where We Are, the hotly anticipated official 1D book, now combined for the first time in a single eBook volume with One Direction's first ever official book, Dare to Dream.
Follow much-loved Scottish comedian Billy Connolly across Route 66 on this unforgettable journey, filled with music, modern history and hilarious stories.
CLICK HERE to download a sample chapter from The Tecate Journals* More than a man-against-nature adventure-the author floats us along the border of political furor, cultural limbo, and dangerous human encounters*Touches on environmental issues, adrenalin-spiked action, and the author's ambivalence with his own cultural identity* A first work from a new voice that is parts gritty, elegant, and contemporaryThe Rio Grande is a national border, a water source, a dangerous rapid with house-sized boulders, a nature refuge, a garbage dump, and a playground, depending on where you are on its 1885-mile course.
