The rough guide to the Czech Republic
by Humphreys, Rob, Bousfield, Jonathan, Horak, Steven
A travel guidebook to the Czech Republic. Covers all the galleries and museums, world-class concerts and festivals, key sights, hotels, restaurants, shops and bars.
For the first time in the history of our planet, more than half the population-3.3 billion people-is now living in cities. City is the ultimate guidebook to our urban centers-the signature unit of human civilization. With erudite prose and carefully chosen illustrations, this un…
Acclaimed author and independent scholar P.D. Smith explores what it was like to live in the first cities, how they have evolved, and why in the future, cities will play an even greater role in human life.
Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
"Provence, 1970 "is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic culinary figures James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone Beck, and Judith Jones found themselves together in the South of France.
The rewards you can reap from exploring this amazing planet are incalculable. Every year, more and more of us are discovering the joy, the excitement, the sheer sense of adventure in roaming the world. But travelling, particularly to the more remote and volatile corners of the g…
This book shows how the writings of travellers in Africa during the era of Victorian exploration tell us more about nineteenth-century Britain than about Africa. The author places the narratives in their historical an cultural context, and examines how racial images may be affec…
Check out works by Rembrandt and Van Gogh and bike along canals fringed with Dutch elm treeswith Rick Steves Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels, travelers can experience the best of this world-class destination.
Effective use of today's powerful GIS technology requires anunderstanding of the science of problem-solving that underpins it. Since the first edition published over a decade ago, this book hasled the way, with its focus on the scientific principles thatsupport GIS usage.
Born in Tokyo and raised in Hokkaido, Ruthy Kanagy is an expert on Japanese culture. In Moon Living Abroad in Japan, Kanagy lends her insight on how to navigate the language and culture of Japan, outlining all the information needed in a smart, organized, and straightforward man…
