In a series of remarkable books - Travels in a Thin Country, Terra Incognita, Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry Garrard, Too Close to the Sun and The Magnetic North - Sara Wheeler has shown that she is not only one of the finest travel writers of her generation but a very fine biographer too.
Photographer Frank Chillemi experienced the coast of Maine with its evocative light and beauty for the first time in 1988, and in his heart he has never left.
A classic for our times MONIQUE ROFFEY Haunting, beautiful Anima will live with me for a long time CAL FLYN'A book that mesmerises with its sense of adventure and epic sweep, this is creative non-fiction at its best' GUARDIANOver the course of one summer, Kapka Kassabova lives with perhaps the last true pastoralists in Europe.
Whether you want to explore the Alhambra, wow at La Sagrada Familia, or enjoy tapas, wine, and flamenco, the local Fodors travel experts in Spain are here to help!
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Washington DC is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.
Humor and trivia author Bill Cannon discovered there really was a Toadsuck, Texas, and he has collected a series of delightfully funny stories about folks he imagined might have lived in a town with such a comical name.
Bestsellerautorin Margot Flügel-Anhalt hält es nach ihrem Motorradtrip um die halbe Welt nicht lange in Deutschland: Mit 65 Jahren, einem 24 Jahre alten Benz und ohne Reisepass macht sie sich auf, um 15 Länder über 18.
From wild carrot to serviceberries, pineapple weed to watercress, lamb’s quarter to sea rocket, Foraging Oregon uncovers the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Beaver State.
A sweeping social and environmental history, The Riviera, Exposed illuminates the profound changes to the physical space that we know as the quintessential European tourist destination.
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Mystische Giganten: vom besonderen Glück, Wale zu beobachtenIn seinem Buch unternimmt Oliver Dirr eine ebenso lebendige wie persönliche Walfahrt einmal rund um die Welt.
When her two daughters were approaching the finish of their education Marie Herbert felt the need to mark the end of the child-rearing phase of her life by a rite of passage, a way to find herself a new place in the grand scheme of things.
Museums and Social Responsibility examines inherent contradictions within and effecting museum practice in order to outline a museological theory of how museums are important cultural practices in themselves and how museums shape the socio-cultural dynamics of modern societies, especially our attitudes and understandings of about human agency and creative potential.
Conservation of Time-based Media Art is the first book to take stock of the current practices and conceptual frameworks that define the emerging field of time-based media conservation, which focuses on contemporary artworks that contain video, audio, film, slides or software components.
Ausgedehnte weiße Sandstrände wie aus dem Bilderbuch und artenreiche Korallenriffe, Wasserfälle und Vulkankrater inmitten tropischer Urwälder, kunstvolle Tempel und majestätische Königspaläste: Inmitten des indonesischen Archipels gelegen, bieten Bali, Lombok und die dazwischenliegenden Gilis auf kleiner Fläche zahlreiche landschaftliche und kulturelle Schauplätze.
Best Rail Trails Illinois is the complete guide to walking, jogging, biking, and cross-country skiing more than forty of the most popular rail trails in Illinois.
This encyclopaedia has a basic objective to develop hotel and hospitality management capability through inter-and multidisciplinary subject exposure and management applications based on corporate business ethics and social responsibility.
Charley Boorman is back on his bike exploring the world's second largest country - home to some of the most stunning and challenging terrain known to man.
At the end of the 2008 season, Yankee Stadium will be closing its doors, and in memory of this illustrious stadium, this tribute provide fans with hundreds of anecdotes about the iconic ballpark through the eyes of both those who performed there and the many others who were spectators.
This page-a-day Japanese language pad teaches a new Japanese phrase each dayuseful vocabulary that comes in handy for everyday situations when visiting Japan.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Vanuatu & New Caledonia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.
