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Tropical Living

Elizabeth V. Reyes

Tropical Living

This tropical design book showcases the innovative interior designs and architecture of The Philippines most luxurious homes.Start with a warm tropical climate. Add an abundance of exotic natural building material. And then let the cross currents of Asian design and aesthetics create a rich architectural alchemy of it's own. The result? The exquisite homes of the Philippines, a perfect balance of form and functionality, beautifully portrayed in Tropical Living.This Filipino design book...

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Elizabeth V. Reyes

Temples of Kyoto

Donald Richie

Temples of Kyoto

The Temples of Kyoto takes you on a journey through these environs and presents twenty-one of these marvelous structures that are unique creations which, while quintessentially Japanese, somehow speak a universal language readily appreciated by people the world over.Donald Richie, called by Time magazine, «the dean of art critics in Japan,» turns his attention to these twenty-one temples with scholarship and an eye for the dramatic. Drawing off such classic sources as The Tale of Genji and...

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Donald Richie

Tokyo a Cultural Guide

John H. Martin

Tokyo a Cultural Guide

This useful Tokyo travel guide presents fourteen original walking tours that unlock some of Tokyo’s secrets and mysteries.Although Tokyo today is a sprawling urban patchwork of towns and wards, each of the city’s districts retains a unique charm and character.Discover, in a series of linked, engaging half-day excursions, the stories behind places like Hibiya's Hall of the Cry of the Stag and «Flying Head» of Marunouchi. Visit the sites where the Forty-Seven Ronin, the...

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John H. Martin

Tokyo on Foot

Florent Chavouet

Tokyo on Foot

This prize-winning book is both an illustrated tour of a Tokyo rarely seen in Japan travel guides and an artist's warm, funny, visually rich, and always entertaining graphic memoir. Florent Chavouet, a young graphic artist, spent six months exploring Tokyo while his girlfriend interned at a company there. Each day he would set forth with a pouch full of color pencils and a sketchpad, and visit different neighborhoods. This stunning book records the city that he got to know during his...

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Florent Chavouet

New Asian Style

Jane Doughty Marsden

New Asian Style

More than ever before, interior design is a global affair. And more than ever, Westerners are eager to try out elements of Asian design. This book is the ultimate resource for professional and amateur designers seeking to recreate the mysterious elegance, balance, and beauty of Asian design. Through the magic of Masano Kawana's beautiful full-color photography, New Asian Style explores more than 30 stunning contemporary houses and homes from Singapore, all of which stand as examples of...

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Jane Doughty Marsden

Asia's Legendary Hotels

William Warren

Asia's Legendary Hotels

Featuring over 370 artful photographs and insightful commentary, this book is an exploration of the most magnificent and opulent hotels across the Asia-Pacific region.Asia, and its many splendid countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Sri Lanka, prides itself on being a destination. It has a rich history, and a part of that history is the magnificent travel accommodations that sprang up to cater to the western traveler.Presented with more spectacular photos and rare archival images,...

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William Warren

Bali Houses

Gianni Francione

Bali Houses

This Balinese design book, containing over 300 beautiful photos and extensive commentary will add a distinctive tropical flair to your interior decorating and architecture. The phenomenon loosely termed «Bali style» has been the subject matter for countless books on art, architecture, and interior design. In this book, author and architect Gianni Francione showcases the new generation of Bali-style homes, interiors, and artifacts that utilize what he terms a new internationalism. Even though...

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Gianni Francione

Indonesian Slang

Christopher Torchia

Indonesian Slang

Cekidot, gan! —"Check it out, Boss!" Kamu Dodol —"You're a coconut fudge!" (You're slow on the uptake) This book is an informal compendium of Indonesian expressions, including proverbs, slang, quotations and acronyms. The unique aspects of the Indonesian language offer one of the best windows into Indonesian culture. Slang, titles, proverbs, nicknames, acronyms, quotations and other expressions reveal its character, in the words of its people and are a great way...

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Christopher Torchia

Welcome to Japanese

Kenneth G. Henshall

Welcome to Japanese

This is a concise and userfriendly introduction to the Japanese language.Japanese has too often been treated by Westerners as an exotic curiosity, but the reality is that it is a functional language spoken as a mother tongue by more than 125 million people, and ranks as the ninth most spoken language in the world. In the present global age, an age characterized by a vast range of Japanese products including electronic games and anime, more and more Westerners are in one way or another...

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Kenneth G. Henshall

Outrageous Thai

T. F. Rhoden

Outrageous Thai

This is a user–friendly and concise Thai phrase book and guide to Thai slang and Thai curses. The Thai people love fun and laughter. They appreciate foreigners who speak their language. But how would they react to foreigners who throw insults in the Thai language and know how to make them blush at the use of direct and vulgar Thai words? This Thai phrasebook, while designed to teach non–Thais to understand that spoken language on the street or in everyday life, also teaches...

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T. F. Rhoden

Ryokan

Akihiko Seki

Ryokan

With over 180 color photographs and extensive commentary, this book showcases the beauty of Japanese inn, or ryokan . Featured are both old and new-from inns with a history dating back a thousand years to modern inns with the latest facilities that nonetheless capture the spirit of old Japan. Each of the properties has been handpicked by the authors for their strong design aesthetic, commitment to service and purity of their spring waters. The photographs showcase the resorts at their best and...

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Akihiko Seki

Bruckmann Wanderführer: Zeit zum Wa...

Peter Freier

Bruckmann Wanderführer: Zeit zum Wandern Schwäbische Alb.

Auf schmalen Pfaden am zerklüfteten Albrand entlang, durch Täler mit felsigen Talkanten, über Wacholderheiden, auf denen Schafe weiden, über blühende Obstbaumwiesen, durch hellgrüne Buchenwälder, auf der kuppigen Hochfläche, vorbei an spektakulären Burgruinen, Höhlen und Grotten aus der Eiszeit – Ute und Peter Freier beschreiben die 40 schönsten Halbtages- und Tagestouren durch die vielfältige Landschaft der Schwäbischen Alb für die ganze Familie.

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Peter Freier

Bruckmann Wanderführer: Wanderspaß...

Anita Morandell Meißner

Bruckmann Wanderführer: Wanderspaß mit Kindern Elbsandsteingebirge.

Höhlen, Felslabyrinthe und mittelalterliche Burganlagen – es ist erstaunlich, wie weit Kinderfüße tragen, wenn es Spannendes zu erkunden gibt. Wo es erlebnisreiche Touren im Elbsandsteingebirge gibt, das verraten wir in diesem Buch. Auf 33 Wanderungen entdecken wir die Sandsteingipfel, Tafelberge, Schluchten, Tiere und Pflanzen der Nationalparkregion. Die Festung Königstein, die Bastei-Brücke und die Kirnitzschtalbahn warten nur auf einen Besuch.

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Anita Morandell Meißner

Bildband: Flüsse, Freiheit, Wohnmob...

Torsten Berning

Bildband: Flüsse, Freiheit, Wohnmobil. Deutschlands Flüsse entdecken.

Entlang faszinierender deutscher Flusslandschaften geht es mit dem Wohnmobil durch eine einzigartige Flora und Fauna. An jedem Stell- oder Campingplatz warten abwechslungsreiche Freizeitmöglichkeiten in den schönsten Regionen Deutschlands auf Sie. Ob Kurzurlaub inmitten der Natur oder City Trip, hier wird jeder begeistert schon die nächste Reise planen. Der perfekte Reiseführer von der Elbe bis zur Spree, der Weser bis zur Ems oder an die Lahn.

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Torsten Berning

Desafiando a las alturas

Claudio Daniel Bo

Desafiando a las alturas

Surgió una idea, la soñé y la viví: Me fui a Mendoza a pasar unos días a la montaña. Pero no es solo a las montañas, mi objetivo era subir al Aconcagua, llegar al techo de América y decir acá estoy. Una idea que parecía una locura y terminó siendo una experiencia increíble, donde conocí gente con distintos ideales pero con un mismo objetivo. Y ni que hablar de cada paisaje que te regala la naturaleza, solo basta con cerrar los ojos y al abrirlos ver algo diferente. Nunca imaginé estar en medio...

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Claudio Daniel Bo

The Tree of the Doves

Christopher Merrill

The Tree of the Doves

Using several ageless questionsWhere do we come from? Where are we going? What shall we do?”as his point of departure, award-winning poet Christopher Merrill explores the related issues of terror, modernity, tradition, and epochal transformation. In three extended essays, Merrill observes the performance of a banned ritual in the Malaysian province of Kelatan; traces Saint-John Perse's epic voyage from Beijing to Ulan Bator in 1921, and relates it to...

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Christopher Merrill

Mountain Walking in Snowdonia

Terry Fletcher

Mountain Walking in Snowdonia

This guidebook describes 40 day walks exploring Snowdonia. It showcases some of the best mountain walks in the area, with routes up Snowdon and Tryfan alongside other classic peaks like Y Garn, Cadair Idris and the Glyders. Routes are graded easy to strenuous and include airy and pulse-quickening scrambles such as Crib Goch and Bristly Ridge as well as the Snowdon Horseshoe, the Nantlle Ridge and a 2-day traverse of all 15 of Snowdon's peaks over 3000ft. Walks range in distance from 4...

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Terry Fletcher

Walking in Hungary

Tom Chrystal

Walking in Hungary

A guidebook to 34 days walks throughout upland Hungary from 4 – 24km in length (2.5 – 15 miles). The routes are set out by region. The highland areas are divided into two main regions: Northern Hungary (north and east of the Danube) including the Aggtelek karst, Borzsony, Matra, Bukk and Zemplen; and Transdanubia (west of the Danube) including the Bakony, Balaton Uplands, Buda Hills, Mecsek, Pilis and Vertes. Most visitors are unaware of Hungary's secret highland landscape of rolling...

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Tom Chrystal

The National Trails

Paddy Dillon

The National Trails

An inspirational larger format guidebook to Britain's National Trails – 19 long-distance walking routes through England, Wales and Scotland. Together, these routes (National Trails in England and Wales and Scotland's Great Trails) cover well over 3100 miles (5000km), exploring the rich scenic and historic countryside of Britain. Perfect for planning, the book offers stage by stage overviews for the full breadth of the network, including the popular South West Coast Path,...

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Paddy Dillon

Trekking in the Zillertal Alps

Allan Hartley

Trekking in the Zillertal Alps

This guidebook describes two popular hut-to-hut treks in Austria's Zillertal Alps. Both take eight to ten days to complete, with the option to add in day excursions from the huts to climb local peaks on both sides of the border, including the Zillertal's highest summit, the Hochfeiler. The Zillertal Rucksack Route, or Berliner Hoehen Weg, links eight huts without crossing glaciers or difficult passes. It starts above Mayrhofen and follows a circular route ending high above the...

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Allan Hartley

Abode of the Gods

Kev Reynolds

Abode of the Gods

On eight treks in Nepal's Himalaya; to Kanchenjunga, Manaslu, Annapurna, Everest, Langtang, Dolpo, Api and Mugu, the true spirit of trekking is captured in Kev Reynolds' reverence, curiosity and ongoing love of the world's greatest mountain range. The Himalaya are no ordinary mountains. Stretching through five countries and dwarfing all others, they have captured the imaginations of travellers and mountain lovers for centuries. While some seek to reach their snowy heights, many...

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Kev Reynolds

Japan Traveler's Atlas

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Japan Traveler's Atlas

Finding your way around the various regions of Japan is a breeze with this handy Tuttle Japan Traveler's Atlas. Designed for the adventurous traveler and containing all the maps you'll need on your explorations, this atlas includes many views that are not available anywhere else. The atlas is conveniently divided into the major regions of Japan:<ul><li>Tokyo</li><li>Mt. Fuji & Around...

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The Book of the Bothy

Phoebe Smith

The Book of the Bothy

An introduction to some of the best bothies in the UK. Featuring 26 selected bothies, the author shares her memories of using these free 'stone tents' in some of the country's wildest and most remote locations. Alongside notes on legends and landscape, wildlife and history, the book is full of expert guidance and tips on how to make use of bothies, from packing lists to bothy etiquette and the best walking routes in. Inspiring and fun, the book showcases bothies in Snowdonia, the...

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Phoebe Smith

Walking on the Brecon Beacons

David Whittaker

Walking on the Brecon Beacons

Guidebook to 45 lesser known circular walks in Brecon Beacons National Park, perfect for those wishing to discover the diversity of the region, away from the crowds. The routes, which range from 3.3km (2 miles) to 21.6km (13.4 miles), cover four geographic areas: Mynydd Du (The Black Mountain), Fforest Fawr, Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains (Y Mynyddoedd Duon), offering a variety of stunning mountain and valley walking. Designed to be akin to 'a park ranger in your pocket',...

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David Whittaker

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