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Haunted Portsmouth: Spirits and Shadows of the Past (Haunted America)
by Roxie J. ZwickerNew Hampshire&’s historic port town is no stranger to ghostly goings-on—from the local TV personality and author of Massachusetts Book of the Dead. A tour of Portsmouth&’s back alleys and docksides, filled with the lingering whispers and memories of generations long dead. Venture through the haunted past and present of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, if you dare. Before Portsmouth was a charming seaside community, it was a rough-and-tumble seaport. Hear phantom footsteps in the Point of Pines Burial Ground and mysterious voices at the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, haunted by the ghost of its former keeper. Tour guide and hauntings expert Roxie Zwicker takes readers on a tour of the nation&’s third-oldest city, where buildings and street corners teem with ghostly stories and legends. Includes photos!
Maine Book of the Dead: Graveyard Legends and Lore (American Legends)
by Roxie J. ZwickerMaine's graveyards contain the ancient memories and last words of woodsmen, lighthouse keepers, inventors, sea captains and the people who called this rugged land home. In an island cemetery rests Tall Barney, a six-foot-seven folk hero who single-handedly took down fifteen men in a Portland bar. Kittery holds the grave for the crew of the doomed ship the Hattie Eaton. Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor is the final resting place for the famed "Sky Blue Madam" Fanny Jones and Public Enemy No. 1, gangster Al Brady. Camp Etna contains the grave of famed medium Mary Vanderbilt. Dead Man's Gulch in Wales holds many eerie tales of ghosts that refuse to leave. Join renowned author and tour guide Roxie Zwicker as she explores Maine's historic and legendary graveyards.
Vermont Book of the Dead: Graveyard Legends and Lore (The History Press)
by Roxie J. ZwickerVermont's hills hold the echoes of a spirited past. Haunting stories and wandering ghosts are found in numerous burial places from the Riverside Cemetery in Burlington to the Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier. The Bowman mausoleum in Cuttingsville contains some heartbreaking symbolism. Throughout the state, disturbing tales of mountain madness, murder and "vampires" can be found carved in stone. Discover the graves of humble farmers with independent spirit like Justin Morgan, Ethan Allen, and "Snowflake" Bentley who changed the course of history. The ancient gravestones in Rockingham were once removed and put on exhibit in New York City, while innovative gravestone carvers from Barre to Bennington left artistic interpretations of death to awe and inspire. Author and tour guide Roxie Zwicker explores these historic and legendary graveyards.
Haunted Pubs of New England: Raising Spirits of the Past (Haunted America Ser.)
by Roxie ZwickerThis ghost guide explores pubs and taverns from Rhode Island to Maine that serve up spirits of all kinds—includes photos! The taverns of colonial New England were gathering places for Revolutionary Patriots, nerve centers for spreading vital news and sanctuaries for outlawed organizations. Perhaps inevitably, certain pubs bore witness to ghastly deeds and sorrowful tragedies. Some of them became tinged with the aura of the supernatural. Through firsthand interviews with dozens of pub owners and employees, author Roxie J. Zwicker has discovered tales of hauntings in which bartenders have their drinks mysteriously upended, waitresses find dining room objects scattered about bizarrely and other staff and patrons catch sudden glimpses of ghostly figures. Haunted Pubs of New England reveals the spine-tingling lore lurking within New England's oldest taverns.
Genius and Discovery: Five Historical Miniatures
by Stefan Zweig Anthea BellOne of two beautifully designed hardback gift editions of Stefan Zweig's breathlessly dramatic historical sketches, out in time for the holidays.Millions of people in a nation are necessary for a single genius to arise, millions of tedious hours must pass before a truly historic shooting star of humanity appears in the sky.Five vivid dramatizations of some of the most pivotal episodes in human history, from the Discovery of the Pacific to the composition of the Marseillaise, bringing the past to life in brilliant technicolor.Included in this collection:"Flight into Immortality": Vasco Núñez de Balboa's quest to be the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. "The Resurrection of George Frederic Handel": Handel falls into depression until a poet sends him an inspirational work."The Genius of a Night": Captain Rouget writes La Marseillaise, the song which is to become the French national anthem."The Discovery of El Dorado": John Sutter founds New Helvetia in western America and attempts to keep it."The First Word to Cross the Ocean": Cyrus W. Field resolves to lay the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.
Triumph and Disaster: Five Historical Miniatures
by Stefan Zweig Anthea BellOne of two beautifully designed hardback gift editions of Stefan Zweig's breathlessly dramatic historical sketches, out in time for Christmas.A single Yes, a single No, a Too Soon or a Too Late makes that hour irrevocable for hundreds of generations while deciding the life of a single man or woman, of a nation, even the destiny of all humanity.Five vivid dramatizations of some of the most pivotal episodes in human history, from the Fall of Constantinople to Scott's doomed attempt to reach the South Pole, bringing the past to life in brilliant technicolor.Included in this collection:"The Field of Waterloo": A fascinating little known story of Napoleon's defeat."The Race to Reach the South Pole": The failed expedition of the English to discover the South Pole first."The Conquest of Byzantium": Sultan Mahomet's defeat of Byzantium through a neglected door."The Sealed Train": Lenin's triumphant return from exile."Wilson's Failure": The Treaty of Versailles is signed.
Journeys (Modern Voices Ser.)
by Stefan ZweigA collection of the great writer's observations, made during his travels across the Europe he loved so muchWhen I am on a journey, all ties suddenly fall away. I feel myself quite unburdened, disconnected, free - There is something in it marvellously uplifting and invigorating. Whole past epochs suddenly return: nothing is lost, everything still full of inception, enticement.For the insatiably curious and ardent Europhile Stefan Zweig, travel was both a necessary cultural education and a personal balm for the depression he experienced when rooted in one place for too long. He spent much of his life weaving between the countries of Europe, visiting authors and friends, exploring the continent in the heyday of international rail travel.Comprising a lifetime's observations on Zweig's travels in Europe, this collection can be dipped into or savoured at length, and paints a rich and sensitive picture of Europe before the Second World War.
Errant Journeys: Adventure Travel in a Modern Age
by David ZurickIn this pathfinding book, David Zurick explores the fastest-growing segment of the travel industry--adventure travel. He raises important questions about what constitutes the travel experience and shows how the modern adventure industry has commercialized the very notion of adventure by packaging it as tours.
être payé pour voyager: Voyagez gratuitement en location en temps partagé
by Angel Zuri Travel HackerzUne lecture facile à lire dans un condensé pour inverser les rôles de l’industrie des locations en temps partagé (timeshare). Les locations en temps partagé profitent des gens depuis des dizaines d’années. Il est temps que vous preniez les choses en main et que vous compreniez enfin comment vous pouvez les faire fonctionner à votre avantage. Dans ce guide, vous apprendrez les secrets et les tactiques de l’industrie, comment ils utilisent votre argent durement gagné et le mette dans les poches de cadres avides. Plus important encore, vous apprendrez à inverser les rôles et à mettre cet argent dans votre poche tout en riant jusqu’à la banque. Dans ce livre, vous apprendrez : comment séjourner gratuitement dans des complexes de luxe exotiques cinq étoiles. Comment être payé plus de 100 $ par heure pendant les vacances. Évitez de dépenser des dizaines de milliers de dollars sur des locations en temps partagé ridicules. Comment faire des croisières romantiques au coucher du soleil, Comment aller sur un navire de croisière tout frais payé gratuitement pendant trois jours. Comment partir pour de nouvelles vacances tous les quelques mois sans lever le petit doigt. Ce livre vous épargnera des dizaines de milliers de dollars de frais de voyage inutiles. Ce sont des conseils pratiques utiles et utilisables qui aideront tout le monde à plonger leurs orteils dans les hôtels cinq étoiles du monde entier. Faites une faveur à votre famille et à vous-même en lisant ce livre et découvrez comment vous pouvez voyager gratuitement comme une star du rock.
New York's European Explorers (Spotlight On New York Series)
by Amelie Von Zumbusch Daniel R. FaustFounded on recent historical investigations, this exciting volume delves into the journeys of the first intrepid travelers who sailed across the ocean to explore unknown lands. • Featured explorers include Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, and Giovanni da Verrazzano. • Address which Native American peoples were encountered by early explorers. • Also included are valuable primary source documents and maps from this exciting period of New York’s history.
La vuelta al mundo en 15 mujeres: Historias de mujeres que me han cambiado la mirada
by Verónica ZumalacárreguiLa periodista y presentadora de televisión Verónica Zumalacárregui nos presenta en este libro-reportaje quince historias de mujeres que, como ella misma dice, le han cambiado la mirada y aportan distintas opiniones y perspectivas de temas y retos sociales a los que nos enfrentamos. Un poliédrico y rico retrato de nuestros desafíos y nuestros logros. HISTORIAS DE MUJERES QUE ME HAN CAMBIADO LA MIRADA «En mis viajes a lo largo y ancho del planeta he conocido a mujeres con valores, culturas y vidas muy distintas a la mía. En lugar de convertir nuestras diferencias en una barrera, he querido ponerme en su piel para intentar ver el mundo desde sus ojos. Me han hecho cuestionarme mis ideas, para cambiarlas, reafirmarlas o, simplemente, enriquecerlas. Pero, sobre todo, me han ayudado a liberarme de prejuicios, demostrándome que no hay una sola fórmula para ser feliz, sino muchas y muy diversas, y que aquellas que podemos elegir la nuestra somos realmente afortunadas».
Moon New York State
by Sascha ZugerTraveler and author Sascha Zuger covers the best of New York State, from iconic metropolis New York City to rural, natural regions such as Madison County and the Finger Lakes. Zuger provides a variety of unique travel strategies for any kind of traveler, such as The Best of New York State, Three Weekend Getaways, and Culture Outside New York City. Including expert advice on dining and entertainment in all five boroughs of New York City as well as richly historical sights in central New York, Moon New York State gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.
Moon Spotlight Adirondacks
by Sascha ZugerMoon Spotlight Adirondacks is a 70-page compact guide covering the best of the Adirondacks, including the Fort Ticonderoga, the Hyde Collection, the Olympic Ski Jump Complex, and Sackets Harbor. Seasoned traveler and author Sascha Zuger offers her firsthand advice on must-see attractions and activities, and sightseeing highlight maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation, making navigating this vast, unusual refuge uncomplicated and enjoyable.
Moon Spotlight Finger Lakes: 2010
by Sascha ZugerMoon Spotlight Finger Lakes is a 65-page compact guide covering the highlights of this scenic region, including picturesque Skaneateles Village, the historic Women's Rights National Historical Park, and the remarkable Corning Museum of Glass. Author Sascha Zuger offers her seasoned advice on must-see attractions, and she includes maps with sightseeing highlights so you can make the most of your time. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on entertainment, shopping, recreations, accommodations, food, and transportation, making navigating these singular locations uncomplicated and enjoyable.
The Seven Keys of Balabad
by Mark Zug Paul HavenInspired by the years he spent in Afghanistan and Pakistan as bureau chief with The Associated Press, Paul Haven's intricately crafted tale is filled with details of everyday life in this remote and frequently overlooked part of the world. Loosely based on the legendary Golden Hoard of Bactria--the renowned hidden treasure discovered in northern Afghanistan in 1978--this fast-paced middle-grade novel will appeal to readers who like their twists and turns filled with mysterious characters, exotic locales, and an utterly relatable protagonist. Welcome to Balabad, birthplace of the international secret society known as the Brotherhood of Arachosia--and rumored hiding place of the grandest riches the world has ever known. Balabad is also the country Oliver Finch has called home ever since his father was reassigned to this dull, war-torn dust bowl. Each day runs into the next for Oliver until a five-hundred-year-old sacred carpet is stolen. Then one of the few friends he has disappears. Oliver is determined to figure out what exactly is going on. But in order to do that he'll have to consult with a one-eyed warrior, track down the far-flung members of the Brotherhood, and unlock a centuries-old secret! Suddenly, life in Balabad for Oliver has become a whole lot more interesting . . . and dangerous.
Frozen in Time
by Mitchell ZuckoffThe author of the best-selling Lost in Shangri-La recounts the November 1942 crash of a U. S. cargo plane into the Greenland Ice Cap, the loss of the B-17 sent to find it, and the loss of a Grumman Duck amphibious plane that had managed to rescue one B-17 crew member. The remaining crew endured 148 days of Arctic winter before finally being rescued. With a 200,000-copy first printing.
The Day is Waiting
by Linda ZuckermanDon Freeman, the creator of Corduroy, was one of the most beloved and popular author/illustrators of picture books for children. After Freeman&’s death in 1978, colleagues and his wife decided to use his never before published artwork and make a commemorative book using his wonderful illustrations. Paired with Linda Z. Knab&’s thoughtful rhyming text, The Day Is Waiting takes readers on a tour of our big, wide world and reminds us that no matter how far we roam, we always have home to come back to. This classic tale is imbued with Freeman&’s gentle humor, spontaneity, and his appreciation of the variety and complexity of human experiences, creating a book that children will enjoy reading again and again.
The Role of Pleasure to Improve Tourism Education
by Alejandra Zuccoli Maximiliano E. KorstanjeThis book discusses how pleasure, as an emotional motivation, can play a leading role in improving the learning of new cognitive skills and abilities. Set in a research center orientated to innovate educative techniques for optimizing the learning process, this case study is focusing on the power of pleasure (joy) as a strategy to better the standard education systems in Argentina and beyond.This editorial project is based on an efficient experiment known as “PANCOE” where pre-graduate students of tourism bachelor at the University of Palermo, Argentina, were subject to different pleasurable experiences mainly marked by eating, tasting dishes and non-alcohol drinks while cooking and kneading bread pieces. PANCOE aims to integrate students' senses with their emotions, academic performance, and digital platforms. PANCOE devotes efforts to transforming negative feelings like fear into positive ones like joy. As an outcome, students who had taken part in PANCOE not only obtained higher degrees but also completed their studies with a bachelor's degree. Therefore, PANCOE situates as a promising and exciting tourism education method to better the academic performance of low-grade students in tourism and to bring creativity to the tourism classroom for all students.
Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto
by Marlena Zuber Shawn MicallefWhat is the 'Toronto look'? Glass skyscrapers rise beside Victorian homes, and Brutalist apartment buildings often mark the edge of leafy ravines, creating a city of contrasts whose architectural look can only be defined by telling the story of how it came together and how it works, today, as an imperfect machine. Shawn Micallef has been examining Toronto's streetscapes for a decade. His psychogeographic reportages, some of which have been featured in EYE WEEKLY and Spacing magazine, situate Toronto's buildings and streets in living, breathing detail, and tell us about the people who use them; the ways, intended or otherwise, that they are being used; and how they are evolving. Stroll celebrates Toronto's details - some subtle, others grand - at the speed of walking and, in so doing, helps us to better get to know its many neighbourhoods, taking us from well-known spots like the CN Tower and Pearson Airport to the overlooked corners of Scarborough and all the way to the end of the Leslie Street Spit in Lake Ontario. Stroll features thirty-two walks, a flâneur manifesto, a foreword by architecture critic John Bentley Mays and dozens of hand-drawn maps by Marlena Zuber. 'Shawn Micallef looks at the city in a way we all should more often - he sees it as a living book that is alive with stories just waiting to be told to the attentive observer. In Stroll, he gives us an introduction to just how interesting and surprisingly dramatic those stories are, and how exciting our city is when we hear them.' - David Crombie, former mayor of Toronto. 'A smart and intimate guide to the city that makes you feel like an insider from start to finish.' - Douglas Coupland. Stroll is co-published with EYE WEEKLY.
Tourism and Culture in Philosophical Perspective
by Marie-Élise Zovko John DillonThis book offers a philosophical approach to tourism as a permanent factor in the lifestyle, economy, and culture of the contemporary global community. Travel to well-known destinations and pursuit of an ever-increasing range of leisure activities are an aspiration of most humans today. Those not themselves engaged in tourist activities are quite often involved in providing the goods and services which make tourism possible. Yet the ill effects of mass tourism and overtourism on sensitive ecosystems, resources, and community life have begun to outweigh economic gains, threatening to destroy destinations, cultural heritage, and livelihoods. The editors and contributors of this collection reflect on the nature and meaning of tourism, its history, elements, and forms, the roles of tourist and host, the limits of hospitality, tendencies to excess and the reasons why we engage in such forms of behaviour, and the place of tourism in human culture as a whole. By shedding light on these questions, more efficacious solutions to the urgent problems raised by the practice of tourism can be found. This work is a must-read for scholars, teachers, and students engaged in study and research on philosophy of culture, philosophical anthropology, tourist and destination management, human factors engineering, and sustainability.
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: Aspects Of Euro-mediteranean Business Cooperation (Cooperative Management)
by Constantin Zopounidis George Baourakis Konstadinos MattasThis book brings together research on cooperative management from the agriculture and food sector. By examining issues from food-policy, trade and environmental perspectives and presenting both methodological and empirical work, it allows readers to develop a deeper understanding of collective management processes and cooperative initiatives, and provides a theoretical background for promoting research in the various sectors in which market communities operate. On a more global level the offers insights into how to building powerful tools for decision making, particularly at a time when agriculture and the economy alike are affected by a volatile political, social and economical environment and are forced to undergo major structural changes.
Sustainable Food Chains and Ecosystems: Cooperative Approaches for a Changing World (Cooperative Management)
by Constantin Zopounidis George Baourakis Gert Van Dijk Konstantinos Mattas Henk KievitUnarguably, preserving the ecosystem, securing sustainability and understanding the dynamics of agro-food chains have all become vital policy objectives with several interlinked dimensions. The main objectives of this book are to draw the attention of researchers, policymakers and businesspeople to the relation between agro-food chains and the ecosystem, and to demonstrate the importance of building resilient agro-food chains that take into account climate change and environmental challenges. Agro-food chains as they function today can serve as powerful tools for promoting sustainable forms of agriculture, consumption and production that are embedded in a viable ecosystem. The book addresses a range of environmental, methodological and societal issues from a transaction perspective, while also providing extensive background information on the topic, and outlining future applications and research directions.
Bassano del Grappa Pocket Guide
by Tania ZontaThe Bassano del Grappa Pocket Guide will help you discover the city, with its history and fine living. You will be able to organize your personal itinerary thanks to the following information found in the book: -Useful information for an all-round experience; -Localized route with short descriptions of museums and monuments to learn about its history; -Rooms and restaurants in the city centre; -Information about what to visit in the surroundings; -The people who made the city famous; -The role of Bassano in the First and Second World War.
Mini-guide de Bassano del Grappa: Réservé aux passionnés de voyages
by Tania ZontaLe mini-guide de Bassano del Grappa vous emmènera à la découverte de la ville, de son histoire et du bon vivre. Vous pourrez organiser votre visite personnelle grâce aux indications suivantes qui vous apporteront : - des informations utiles pour profiter à 100 % de votre séjour - un parcours repéré avec de brèves descriptions des musées et monuments pour connaître l’histoire des lieux - les établissements et restaurants situés dans le centre - des informations sur ce que vous pourrez visiter aux alentours - les personnes qui ont rendu la ville célèbre - le rôle joué par Bassano pendant la Première et la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.
Through Siberia by Train: Adventuring on the Great Trans-Siberian Express
by Jules G. ZonnInformation about modern train travel in Siberia is not easily available from any source. Jules Zonn has compiled facts and given the details about train travel in Siberia.