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A Traveller in Rome
by H. V. MortonThis is H. V. Morton's account of his sojourn in Rome. He leads the reader on a well-informed and insightful journey around the city from the Fontana di Trevi and the Collosseum to the Vatican Gardens.
A Traveller's History of germany (Interlink Traveller's Histories)
by Robert ColeA Traveller's History of Germany offers a complete and authoritative history of a country of which much of its rich past and legacy of great culture has been forgotten after the traumas of the two world wars.
A Traveller's Wine Guide to California (Interlink Traveller's Wine Guides)
by Robert HolmesThis guidebook gives you everything you need to know when touring California's beautiful wine countryIf California were an independent nation it would be the fourth leading wine-producing country in the world after Italy, France and Spain. And nowhere else will you find more visitor-friendly wineries. Sampling these and tasting their wines is a rewarding experience, but, faced with the bewildering variety of wineries on offer, it's hard to know where to start. This book guides the wine tourist-not only through the better-known regions of Napa and Sonoma, but also the Central Coast, Santa Barbara County and Southern California-and gives ample recommendations on where to stay and eat in and around each region. A Traveller's Wine Guide to California contains spectacular photography as well as easily-accessible information on such topics as The Winery Experience and The System of Classification and Grape Varieties.
A Traveller's Year: 365 Days of Travel Writing in Diaries, Journals and Letters
by Travis Elborough Nick BennisonA collection of anecdotes for each day of the year on the subject of travel and exploration from Charles Darwin, Michael Palin, Evelyn Waugh, and others.With an emphasis on the period 1750–1950—the classic era of both European exploration and diary-writing—this anthology features excerpts that convey men and women’s experiences of travel and discovery from the sixteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. The authors of the pieces range from famous explorers such as Captains Cook and Scott to modern travel writers journeying through the contemporary world, from people who pushed back the boundaries of geographical knowledge to people who wrote about what they did on their summer holidays.The book includes an introduction, explanatory notes and mini-biographies of all the contributors, including:Gertrude Bell (woman traveller in the Middle East)James Boswell (travels in Scotland and the Hebrides)William Cobbett (Rural Rides through England)Christopher Columbus (journals of his voyages to America)Charles Darwin (Voyage of the Beagle)Captain James Cook (voyages in the Pacific)Washington Irving (American writer travelled in Europe in first decades of nineteenth century)Edward Lear (landscape painter and nonsense writer produced journals of his travels in Greece, Corsica, Near East etc)Lewis & Clark (journals of famous journey of American exploration)William Morris (wrote a journal of a trip to Iceland in 1870s)Michael Palin (a Python abroad)Mungo Park (African explorer in early nineteenth century)Captain Robert Falcon Scott (doomed journey to South Pole)Evelyn Waugh (diaries of 1930s travels in Mediterranean and beyond)William John Wills (explorer of Australia)
A Travellers Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
by Carl Shilleto Mike TolhurstA Traveller's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy covers the period from June to August 1944 when the Allies stormed ashore, fought their way through the bocage country of Normandy, and eventually broke out through the Avranches gap.A new kind of guidebook. This title gives comprehensive information about:o Major battles and battlefieldso Memorials, sites, cemeteries, and statueso How to get there; what to seeo Contemporary eyewitness accountso Then-and-now photographs and mapsThe guide helps us understand what it was like to have endured the ordeal of combat. Through their own words, we learn the feelings of those young men and women of many nationalities who fought and died. What were their private thoughts and fears? Their personal memories? Contemporary eyewitness accounts are woven into the fabric of this book, which has an immediacy and vividness that marks a new departure in guidebooks.
A Trip Too Far: "Ecotourism, Politics and Exploitation"
by Rosaleen DuffyEnvironmentally-sustainable tourism or ecotourism has become a major area of interest for governments, the private sector and international lending institutions. It is regarded as a way of allowing economic development whilst protecting against environmental degradation, especially in those countries with fragile ecosystems. However, despite the beneficial intentions of ecotourism, it tends to be regarded uncritically by environmental organizations, governments and the private sector alike. Rosaleen Duffy presents this analysis of ecotourism, linking it with environmental ideologies and the politics of North-South relations. By the extensive use of case study and interview material, she formulates ideas and proposals that should be important for the development of ecotourism around the globe.
A Trip of One's Own: Hope, Heartbreak, and Why Traveling Solo Could Change Your Life
by Kate WillsAre you ready to embark on a life-altering adventure that will redefine your perspectives and open your heart to boundless possibilities? In this compelling memoir, travel writer Kate Wills fearlessly delves into her personal experiences, weaving a captivating narrative of hope, healing, and self-discovery. With courage as her compass, she embarks on solo expeditions across the globe, unearthing profound insights along the way.Follow Kate on her adventures through bustling cities, awe-inspiring landscapes, and tranquil retreats. Feel the rush of adrenaline as she embraces thrilling escapades, and share in her moments of vulnerability as she navigates through heartbreak and loneliness.A Trip of One's Own not only showcases the sheer joy of independent travel but also delves into the empowering and life-changing effects it can have. As you turn each page, you'll find yourself irresistibly drawn into Kate's world, feeling the warmth of new friendships and experiencing the freedom that only solo travel can offer. Embrace her triumphs, share her laughter, and learn from her challenges as you embark on this remarkable voyage together.A Trip of One's Own is not just a travel memoir; it's a profound testament to the transformative power of traversing the world on your own terms. Whether you're a seasoned traveler or a novice adventurer, this book will ignite your wanderlust and motivate you to chart your course towards self-discovery and personal growth.
A Trip to Washington, D.C.: A Capital Idea
by Jeffrey B. Fuerst Cyndy Turnage Martin FaganJack and Susie are on a family car trip to Washington, D. C. , the nation's capital. It's a long drive, and they're hungry, but Mom forgot the snacks! Can Susie and her capital letter writing magic pencil save the day?
A Trip to Washington, D.C.: A Capital Idea
by Jeffrey B. Fuerst Cyndy Turnage Martin FaganJack and Susie are on a family car trip to Washington, D. C. , the nation's capital. It's a long drive, and they're hungry, but Mom forgot the snacks! Can Susie and her capital letter writing magic pencil save the day?
A Trip to the Beach
by Melinda Blanchard Robert BlanchardThis is the true story of a trip to the beach that never ends. It's about a husband and wife who escape civilization to build a small restaurant on an island paradise - and discover that even paradise has its pitfalls. It's a story filled with calamities and comedy, culinary disasters and triumphs, and indelible portraits of people who work in a place where the rest of the world goes to play. It's about the maddening, exhausting, impossible complications of trying to live the simple life - and the joy that comes when you somehow pull it off.
A Turn in the South
by V. S. NaipaulV. S. Naipaul's first book about the United States is a revealing, disturbing, elegiac book about the hidden life and culture of the American South -- from Atlanta to Charleston, Tallahassee to Tuskegee, Nashville to Chapel Hill.From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Turn in the South (Vintage International)
by V. S. NaipaulThe Nobel Prize-winning author delivers a revealing and disturbing book about the American South—from Atlanta to Charleston, Tallahassee to Tuskegee, Nashville to Chapel Hill. • &“His comprehension is astute and penetrating.... The book he has written brings new understanding [of] the subject.&” —The New York Times Book ReviewIn the tradition of political and cultural revelation V.S. Naipaul so brilliantly made his own in Among The Believers, A Turn In The South is his first book about the United States.&“Naipaul&’s chapters honor the diversity that marks the South.... Conservatives and liberals, whites and blacks, men and women speak for themselves, and reveal the dark side of the story in their own ways … fascinating and revealing.&” —The New Republic&“Mr. Naipaul travels with the artist&’s eye and ear and his observations are sharply discerning.&” —Evelyn Waugh&“A master of English prose.&” —Nobel Prize Winner J. M. Coetzee, The New York Review of Books"His writing is clean and beautiful, and he has a great eye for nuance.... No American writer could achieve [his] kind of evenhandedness, and it gives Naipaul's perceptions an almost built-in originality." —Atlantic Monthly
A Tuscan Childhood
by Kinta Beevor"Wonderful. . . I fell immediately into her world, and was sorry when I reached the end. " --Frances Mayes, author ofUnder the Tuscan Sun The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between the wars. When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village of Aulla. There her parents were part of a vibrant artistic community that included Aldous Huxley, Bernard Berenson, and D. H. Lawrence. Meanwhile, Kinta and her brother explored the glorious countryside, participated in the region's many seasonal rites and rituals, and came to know and love the charming, resilient Italian people. With the coming of World War II the family had to leave Aulla; years later, though, Kinta would return to witness the courage and skill of the Tuscan people as they rebuilt their lives. Lyrical and witty,A Tuscan Childhoodis alive with the timeless splendour of Italy. From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Tuscan Childhood
by Kinta Beevor"Wonderful...I fell immediately into her world, and was sorry when I reached the end." --Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan SunThe sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between the wars.When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village of Aulla. There her parents were part of a vibrant artistic community that included Aldous Huxley, Bernard Berenson, and D. H. Lawrence. Meanwhile, Kinta and her brother explored the glorious countryside, participated in the region's many seasonal rites and rituals, and came to know and love the charming, resilient Italian people. With the coming of World War II the family had to leave Aulla; years later, though, Kinta would return to witness the courage and skill of the Tuscan people as they rebuilt their lives. Lyrical and witty, A Tuscan Childhood is alive with the timeless splendour of Italy.From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Vagabond for Beauty: A John Murray Journey (Overcoming Books)
by W L RushoINTRODUCED BY PAUL KINGSNORTH, Booker-shortlisted author of The Wake'I thought that there were two rules in life - never count the cost, and never do anything unless you can do it wholeheartedly. Now is the time to live.' Artist and wanderer Everett Ruess left home at the age of sixteen to immerse himself in the harsh desert landscapes of the American Southwest. With only his donkeys for company, driven by an insatiable longing for beauty and experience, he ventured ever further from civilisation and into the wilderness of Navajo country. In 1934, at the age of twenty, he vanished without trace in Utah, a disappearance that remains unsolved to this day. Through letters, diary excerpts and poems - charting not only his rugged adventures and his exquisite nature writing but his progression as a writer, and into adulthood - and with commentary by W. L. Rusho, A Vagabond for Beauty tells his remarkable story.
A View from a Tall Hill: Robert Ruark in Africa
by Terry Wielandafrica; hunting; short stories; sporting Robert Ruark was perhaps the most renowned safari writer of the twentieth century. As a respected columnist and author during his lifetime, his writings have influenced thousands of hunters to travel to Africa to see the places that Ruark immortalized in his writings. Despite his impact, Ruark only wrote for a period of fifteen years, but it was a time where he lived his life to its fullest potential. He travelled all across the world in order to see and do everything he could dream of, but it was in East Africa that he came to find a spiritual home. As the area became increasingly independent of colonial rule, Ruark predicted the economic, social, and political ruin that has since been the daily reality of the region. In this detailed account of Ruark&’s life, Terry Wieland has written a definitive book on Ruark, the restless traveler, and the times in which he lived, as well as his lifelong fascination with Africa.
A View of the State of Ireland
by Andrew Hadfield Willy Maley Edmund SpenserA translation which maintains much of the spelling of the time.
A Visa for a Dream: Dominicans in the United States
by Patricia PessarA Visa for a Dream:Dominicans in the United States is part of the New Immigrant Series. This installment of the series takes an indepth look into the Dominican experience in America. Through economics, culture, gender, and generations, Patricia Pessar provides a comprehensive look into the lives of newly immigrated Dominicans, established Dominicans populations and those that remain in the Dominican Republic. (taken from the book)
A Vision of Yemen: The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide, A Translation of Hayyim Habshush's Travelogue
by Alan VerskinIn 1869, Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew, accompanied the European orientalist Joseph Halévy on his archaeological tour of Yemen. Twenty years later, Habshush wrote A Vision of Yemen, a memoir of their travels, that provides a vivid account of daily life, religion, and politics. More than a simple travelogue, it is a work of trickster-tales, thick anthropological descriptions, and reflections on Jewish–Muslim relations. At its heart lies the fractious and intimate relationship between the Yemeni coppersmith and the "enlightened" European scholar and the collision between the cultures each represents. The book thus offers a powerful indigenous response to European Orientalism. This edition is the first English translation of Habshush's writings from the original Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew and includes an accessible historical introduction to the work. The translation maintains Habshush's gripping style and rich portrayal of the diverse communities and cultures of Yemen, offering a potent mixture of artful storytelling and cultural criticism, suffused with humor and empathy. Habshush writes about the daily lives of men and women, rich and poor, Jewish and Muslim, during a turbulent period of war and both Ottoman and European imperialist encroachment. With this translation, Alan Verskin recovers the lost voice of a man passionately committed to his land and people.
A Visit to Don Otavio: A Mexican Journey
by Bruce Chatwin Sybille BedfordIn the mid-1940s, Sybille Bedford set off from Grand Central Station for Mexico, accompanied by her friend E., a hamper of food and drink (Virginia ham, cherries, watercress, a flute of bread, Portuguese rosé), books, a writing board, and paper. Her resulting travelogue captures the violent beauty of the country she visited. Bedford doesn't so much describe Mexico as take the reader there--in second-class motor buses over thousands of miles, through arid noons and frigid nights, successions of comida corrida, botched excursions to the coast, conversations recorded verbatim, hilarious observations, and fascinating digressions into murky histories. At the heart of the book is the Don Otavio of the title, the travelers' gracious host, his garrulous family and friends, and his Edenic hacienda at Lake Chapala. Published in 1953, A Visit to Don Otavio was an immediate success, "a travel book written by a novelist," as Bedford described it, establishing her reputation as a nonpareil writer.
A Visitor's Guide to Colonial & Revolutionary New England: Interesting Sites to Visit, Lodging, Dining, Things to Do (Second Edition)
by Patricia Foulke Robert FoulkeA totally updated and revised second edition of their historically insightful survey of Revolutionary New England. In a totally updated and revised second edition of their historically insightful survey of Revolutionary New England, Patricia and Robert Foulke have scrupulously retraced their tracks to offer even more anecdotes, legends, and quotes on the countless battlefields and reenactments, historic homes and buildings, and living-history museums that help give this region its almost mythic appeal. Also brought up to date are recommendations for places to stay and eat and a calendar of events, from the reenactment of the Battle of the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, to a Thanksgiving feast at Plimouth Plantation. There’s early American history in New England at virtually every turn, and the Foulkes are your guides to it all.
A Visitor's Guide to Shakespeare's London (A Visitor's Guide #3)
by David ThomasA fresh and colorful look at Shakespeare&’s London published on the 400th anniversary of the playwright&’s death. In A Visitor&’s Guide to Shakespeare&’s London, readers can explore the streets of Shakespeare&’s London and see the sights he saw, while learning how people ate, drank, misbehaved, and had fun. You will discover what it was like to be a tourist in the sixteenth century from the voices of people who came to London during Shakespeare&’s day. You will travel with them to the major tourist sights and will learn how to get about, where to stay and what to eat and drink. You will visit the royal palaces, London&’s famous gardens, the Tower of London and Old St Paul&’s Cathedral. You will discover the pleasure of London&’s theaters, the sports people played and the shopping they enjoyed. As now, London was famous as a shopping destination. But beware, London is full of people who will pick your pockets or trick you out of your money and you are constantly at risk from the plague or even the polluted water supply. Most of the London Shakespeare knew has been destroyed by fire, war and developers, but a surprising number of buildings and places he knew still survive. The book contains guided tours that allow you to sample the atmosphere and see the sights Tudor tourists enjoyed. This title will appeal to Shakespeare lovers, social history fans, fiction and drama lovers, students, and anyone with an interest in this fascinating era of London&’s history.
A Visitor's Guide to the Literary South
by Trish FoxwellDiscover and explore the most fabled venues in American letters. Follow in the footsteps of some of American literature's most renowned writers: See the hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald to pen The Great Gatsby. Step inside the Asheville, North Carolina, home that became the model for Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel. Visit the Florida lighthouse whose beacon Stephen Crane followed after his shipwreck. Wander along the West Lawn at the University o Virginia and see the house where Edgar Allan Poe lived. This literary journey will bring you to these sites and more as you travel throughout the American South. From Virginia to Louisiana, you will experience the haunts, havens, and homesteads of important writers who lived in, visited, or were inspired by the South's fertile soil.
A Voyage Across an Ancient Ocean: A Bicycle Journey Through the Northern Dominion of Oil
by David GoodrichIn the face of widespread misinformation and misunderstanding, a climate scientist ventures into the vast heart of America&’s new oil country on just two wheels.Recently recovered from his epic bicycle journey that took him from the Delaware shore to the Oregon coast, distinguished climate scientist David Goodrich sets out on his bike again to traverse the Western Interior Seaway—an ancient ocean that once spread across half of North America. When the waters cleared a geologic age ago, what was left behind was vast, flat prairie, otherworldly rock formations, and oil shale deposits. As Goodrich journeys through the Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park and across the prairies of the upper Midwest and Canada, we get a raw and ground-level view of where the tar sands and oil reserves are being opened up at an incredible and unprecedented pace. Extraordinary and unregulated, this &“black goldrush&” is boom and bust in every sense. In a manner reminiscent of John McPhee and Rachel Carson, combined with Goodrich&’s wry self-deprecation and scientific expertise, A Voyage Across an Ancient Ocean is a galvanizing and adventure-filled read that gets to the heart of drilling on our continent.
A Voyage For Madmen: Nine Men Set Out To Race Each Other Around The World. Only One Made It Back ...
by Peter NicholsIn 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death. In this extraordinary book, Peter Nichols chronicles a contest of the individual against the sea, waged at a time before cell phones, satellite dishes, and electronic positioning systems. A Voyage for Madmen is a tale of sailors driven by their own dreams and demons, of horrific storms in the Southern Ocean, and of those riveting moments when a split-second decision means the difference between life and death.