In the middle of the nineteenth century, British archeologist Austen Henry Layard uncovered parts of several ancient Assyrian cities buried beneath the earth, including the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Nineveh.
Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this guide to the WWI battlefield of Verdun offers a deeper understanding of its history and its monuments.
La Americana is the story of Melanie Bowden Simn, who, at the age of twenty-five, left her job at Tina Browns Talk magazine following the death of her mother and decided to take a vacation in Havana, Cuba, with a friend.
Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this guide to the WWI battlefield of Verdun offers a deeper understanding of its history and its monuments.
Mitten im Herzen Asiens, wo Großbritannien, Russland und China ihre Finger nach einem möglichen Zusammentreffen ausstreckten, liegt der geheimnisvolle Landstrich, der in den meisten Geographiebüchern nur auf einer halben Seite erwähnt wird .
Mitten im Herzen Asiens, wo Großbritannien, Russland und China ihre Finger nach einem möglichen Zusammentreffen ausstreckten, liegt der geheimnisvolle Landstrich, der in den meisten Geographiebüchern nur auf einer halben Seite erwähnt wird .
Beautifully illustrated book contains an account of his walks and explorations in the Lake District based on the jottings in his notebooks and his vast correspondence.
A new and 50% enlarged, entertaining, but fundamentally serious selection of the most rewarding places to visit the most visited and beloved country in the world.
This personal and well-informed selection and description of the most interesting towns and individual buildings and archaeological sites in Turkey is the definitive guidebook for the discerning traveler.
Streifzüge durch eine sagenhafte LandschaftCarmen Rohrbach führt den Leser auf facettenreichen Wanderungen durch das wildromantische Elbsandsteingebirge und den Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz.
Lace up your boots and sample more than sixty of the finest hiking trails in southeastern Utah, where the breathtaking canyons, multicolored sandstone arches, and magnificent spires of Canyonlands and Arches National Parks provide the setting for countless outdoor adventures.
The Columbianna, an ancient tramp steamer with a notably eccentric crew, 200 layers of paint on her decks, a sailing history going back to 1945, and demons in her plumbing, was crossing the Atlantic for the umpteenth timebut on this occasion with a sharp-eyed observer, whose brilliant account brings to life the harshness, humor, and bizarreness of life on board.
'In the wake of the strongest earthquake in Italy for nearly forty years and the many aftershocks that followed, Italians began speaking of the earth beneath our feet as la terra ballerina, the dancing earth.
Irland, die Grüne Insel, ist reich an faszinierenden Landschaften: An den Küsten wechseln sich malerische Sandbuchten mit windumtosten Klippen wie den Cliffs of Moher ab, im Inselinnern prägen sattgrüne Ebenen, verwunschene Moore und glitzernde Seenlandschaften das Bild – ideal für erlebnisreiche Wandertouren.
Life Is Sweet in the SouthFull of small towns and sparkling cities, this welcoming area invites all who visit to put your feet up, have a glass of ice tea in a mason jar and reminisce on some of the most wonderful things in the South.
The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the RenaissanceIn 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan diplomat, was seized by pirates while travelling in the Mediterranean.
Explore America from your RV What could be better than hitting the road in an RV and seeing the best of what the United States has to offer with your family?
Fully updated and revised, this edition includes trail descriptions and maps of the authors favorite short hikes in Canyonlands and Arches National Parks.
Tras haber perdido su trabajo y a su esposa —después de un matrimonio fallido—, William Least Heat-Moon llega a un punto de inflexión en su vida y decide coger su camioneta y realizar un viaje de 13.
Antes de "La tormenta perfecta", antes de "En el corazón del mar", la dramática historia de supervivencia en el mar de Steven Callahan estuvo en la lista de libros más vendidos del New York Times durante más de treinta y seis semanas.
Antes de ser galardonados con el premio Nobel, los dos ilustres escritores latinoamericanos ensalzaron las excelencias culinarias de Hungría, describiendo con todo lujo de detalles los secretos de su cocina, con unos relatos aderezados de humor y "salero".
