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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
328 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
The beauty of Alpine peaks, idyllic valleys and magnificent waterfalls has long enchanted visitors to Austria and inspired a rich cultural output. You'll see it on the evocative cobblestoned streets and grand boulevards of Austria's cities, where the sounds of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven fill the air, and magnificent palaces stand shoulder-to-shoulder with modern architectural masterpieces. Our newly updated guide brings Austria to life, transporting...
Author
Series
Publisher
APA Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Description
From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of California, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top attractions like Hollywood, and hidden cultural gems like the Pacific Coast Highway.
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
720 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
From the modern galleries of Berlin to the ancient ruins of Rome, Europe's capitals host a seemingly endless array of attractions. Venture outside the cities and you'll discover a diverse landscape ranging from snow-capped mountains to balmy beaches. Andall across the continent, a plethora of tantalizing cuisine tempts the taste buds.
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Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
414 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm. + 1 pull-out map (folded).
Description
"Lonely Planet's Korea is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the dramatic landscape of Jeju-do, feast on bibimbap in Jeonju, and wander the streets of Bukchon; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Korea and begin your journey now!"--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
White Star Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
46 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Kids are naturally curious and that curiosity is enhanced when traveling. With this children's travel guide, they can visit popular sites around London like Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, and Hyde Park. The book is broken up into differentitineraries and includes facts about each iconic place visited. It can be used for inspirational travel or to take along with you on a real trip to this fascinating citY.
6) Around Paris
Author
Series
Publisher
White Star Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Kids are naturally curious and that curiosity is enhanced when traveling. With this children's travel guide, they can visit popular sites around Paris like the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, and the Place de la Concorde. The book is broken up intodifferent itineraries and includes facts about each iconic place visited. It can be used for inspirational travel or to take along with you on a real trip to this beautiful city.
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
371 pages : map ; 24 cm
Description
"Warned by a Hong Kong fortune-teller not to risk flying for a whole year, Tiziano Terzani - a vastly experienced Asia correspondent - took what he called "the first step into an unknown world ... It turned out to be one of the most extraordinary years I have ever spent: I was marked for death, and instead I was reborn."" "Traveling by foot, boat, bus, car, and train, he visited Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, Japan, Indonesia,...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xiv, 347 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
Teddy Roosevelt once exclaimed, "When I am in California, I am not in the West. I am west of the West," and in this book, Mark Arax spends four years travelling up and down the Golden State to explore its singular place in the world. This is California beyond the clichés. This is California as only a native son, deep in the dust, could draw it. Compelling, lyrical, and ominous, his new collection finds a different drama rising out of each confounding...
9) Indonesia
Author
Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
829 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 20 cm + 1 pullout just landed card.
Description
Lonely Planet's Indonesia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore Komodo National Park, patrolled by the world's largest lizard, unwind on the sugar-white sand and turquoise waters of the Gili Islands, and experience a Balinese dance performance on Indonesia's most famous holiday island; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Indonesia and...
Author
Publisher
The Narrative Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
A combination of observation and propaganda, Hastings' guide was invaluable for pioneers travelling to Oregon or California in the 1840's and afterwards. It describes geography, climate, and economic possibilities and lists equipment and resources necessary for the journey west. It places the modern reader in the mind of the pioneer, with all of the pioneer's attitudes, ideals and prejudices of the time.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Description
"G'Day mate! Discover the landmarks that make Australia well known around the world-ancient landforms, such as Uluru, unique animals, sunny beaches, and modern city structures, such as the Sydney Opera House"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
ix, 409 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
The history of reportage has often depended on outsiders—Ryszard Kapuściński witnessing the fall of the shah in Iran, Frances FitzGerald observing the aftermath of the American war in Vietnam. What would happen if a native son was so estranged from his city by war that he could, in essence, view it as an outsider? What kind of portrait of a war-wracked place and people might he present? A Stranger in Your Own City is award-winning writer Ghaith...
14) Arabian sands
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
xvii, 347 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm.
Description
Born in Addis Ababa in 1910 and educated in England, from 1945 Wilfred Thesiger spent five years exploring in and around the vast, waterless desert, the 'Empty Quarter' of Arabia. Travelling amongst the Bedu people, he experienced their everyday challenges of hunger and thirst, the trials of long marches beneath the relentless sun, the bitterly cold nights and the constant danger of death if it was discovered he was a Christian 'infidel'. He was the...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[1998], c1997
Physical Desc
ix, 351 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Description
In the summer of 1966, Rinker and Kernahan Buck, two teenaged boys from New Jersey, bought a dilapidated Piper Cub for $300, rebuilt it, and piloted it on a record-breaking flight across America, navigating all the way to California without a radio, because they couldn't afford one. Their trip retraced a mythical route flown by their father, Tom Buck, a brash, colorful ex-barstormer who had lost a leg in a tragic air crash before his sons were born,...
Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xvii, 943 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Description
Spain is an immemorial land like no other, one that James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and celebrated citizen of the world, came to love as his own. Iberia is Michener's enduring nonfiction tribute to his cherished second home. In the fresh and vivid prose that is his trademark, he not only reveals the celebrated history of bullfighters and warrior kings, painters and processions, cathedrals and olive orchards, but also shares the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
105 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Description
Marco Polo was seventeen when he set out for China . . . and forty-one when he came back! More than seven hundred years ago, Marco Polo traveled from the medieval city of Venice to the fabled kingdom of the great Kublai Khan, seeing new sights and riches that no Westerner had ever before witnessed. But did Marco Polo experience the things he wrote about . . . or was it all made-up?
18) Wild Scandinavia
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Immerse in three iconic Scandinavian landscapes: the hauntingly beautiful coast; the magical seasonal forests, and the volcanic and arctic extremes. Surprising wildlife stories of lynx and puffins, orca and wolves reveal the resilient spirit of Scandinavia. Myth and modernity co-exist: Odin and Thor, basejumpers and reindeer herders are all woven into this icy natural world.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xiii, 676 pages.
Description
During the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic and colorful book, Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East, from the Ottoman Empire and India to China and Japan.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiv, 240 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Sharing her once-in-a-lifetime experience studying penguins in Antarctica, a scientist, weaving together the history of Antarctic exploration with climate science, field observations, and her own personal journey of growth and reflection, offers a rare glimpse into life on this uninhabited continent.
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