Travel

This book examines the creation, characteristics, and tribulations of the first United States National Recreation Area. It also addresses the National Park Service's historic role in managing reservoir-based recreation in a uniquely arid region. First named the Boulder Dam Recreation Area, this parkland was...

Uncover thrilling paranormal tales of Gold Rush ghosts, haunted hotels, shipwrecks, giant squid attacks, disappeared Russian explorers, a vanished bear hunter, Sasquatch, Kushtaka, and so much more. A collection of twenty stories showcasing the supernatural legends and unsolved mysteries of Southeast Alaska, with a...

Welcome to the Rockies Parent and child Black Bears tour the Rockies in best-selling author-illustrator Martha Day Zschock's Hello board book series for children. In Hello, Rockies join the pair as they visit four of America's most beautiful National Parks--Rocky Mountain, Grand Teton, Yellowstone,...

Harry Potter Places Book Five-Scotland: Hogwarts' Home is the last of five travel guidebooks designed to help Potterites visit the POTTERVERSE: the real-life places described in J.K. Rowling's novels, and the real-life places seen on screen. Book Five Part One: Edinburgh explores Scotland's capital...

Documenting Feminist Activism addresses the practical and theoretical challenges and advantages of researching, documenting, and archiving recent and contemporary activists in the feminist and queer movements. In the last few decades, the place and practice of activism has shifted from a physical "headquarters" where...

In A Sense of Place, journalist/travel writer Michael Shapiro goes on a pilgrimage to visit the world's great travel writers on their home turf to get their views on their careers, the writer's craft, and most importantly, why they chose to live where they...

A trip to Japan is fascinating. Its rich culture and ancient traditions are elegant and enchanting. Whether you're on vacation or traveling on business, you'll want the local language in your pocket and JAPANESE a language map is the answer This unique guide will...

Okinawa, Japan. The People, History, World War II, Culture and Tradition. Travel and Tourism. Before Okinawa, there was Ryukyu, an independent kingdom ruled by its kings, its people seafarers prospering through trade with China and other neighboring countries. In 1609, Ryukyu was invaded by...

"Edited by Naomi Pollock, with photography by Jimmy Cohrssen, the bilingual (Japanese and English) map serves as an expertly curated guide to Tokyo's unique concrete architecture. This map highlights the most unique and influential examples of concrete buildings and structures across the city. Architects...

Imagine a summer spent swimming in mountain waterfalls, exploring lost ruins and caverns, and camping in ancient forests. In this explorer s compendium you will discover the most exciting and lesser-known places to visit in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, with magical places...

This easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 butterfly species most commonly seen in India is perfect for resident and visitor alike.High quality photographs from India's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly...

Drawn by the mysterious Mount Etna, Thomas Meyer sets off on a quest to discover the secrets of the Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Stromboli. The Sicilian region is not only famous for the drama of its live volcanoes, but also for its associations...

In 1925, Fernando Pessoa wrote a guidebook to Lisbon for English-speaking visitors, and wrote it in English. The typescript was only discovered amongst his papers long after his death, but has not hitherto been made available in the UK or the USA. The book...

Blue Guides, now in their centenary year, have been published continuously since 1918 and are the most comprehensive travel guides concentrating on history, architecture and art. This guide to Lombardy, with full coverage of the major city of Milan, also takes in Lakes Maggiore,...

This revised and updated comprehensive travel guide examines North America's most sacred sites for spiritually attuned explorers. Important archaeological, geological, and historical destinations from coast to coast are exhaustively examined, from the weathered pueblos of the American Southwest and the medicine wheels of western...

Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks. -- William DalrympleIn 1991, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. Two years later, fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads and...

Rod Heikell's latest guide, 'East Aegean', covers Patmos, Kalimnos, Kos, Rhodes and islands in between on the Greek side. On the Turkish side, the ports of Gumusluk, Bodrum, Marmaris and Fethiye, as well as almost every anchorage on the coast, and islands between as...

Insight Guides Pocket Guide FlorenceTravel made easy. Ask local experts.The definitive pocket-sized travel guide, now with free app and eBook.Compact, concise and packed full of essential information about where to go and what to do, this is an ideal on-the-move guide for exploring Florence....

This handy board book is perfect for introducing very young children to the French language. Coming in a convenient travel size, it features 12 words to learn - from sun and shoes to beach and book. Each word is accompanied with a beautiful illustration...

It is impossible to fully appreciate Jane Austen without experiencing the landscapes which inspired her. Jane Austen's England - the first book of its kind - takes the reader on a series of walking tours into the very heart of her world. These fifteen...