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A large part of Howell's time in Venice was given up to a critical study of life in that city, and in his «Venetian Life,» which appeared in 1866, he has given to the world the result of his observation and study. The book abounds in dainty pen pictures of the beauties of Venice ; as he tells us of the Grand canal, we can almost hear the dipping paddles of passing gondolas, and the barcarolle wafted on the evening breeze. It may seem almost sacrilege to lovers of the old legends, that he...
| Автор | William Dean Howells |
Podemos diferenciar diversas Américas Latinas con vulnerabilida – des, sensibilidades y desarrollos muy variados. En ellas, el Estado y otros actores no gubernamentales interactúan dependiendo de la apertura del régimen político, así como de las élites económi- cas y políticas. Países como Estados Unidos, que han ejercido una hegemonía unipolar en la región, atraviesan un debilitamiento y comienzan a ser reemplazados por otros como China o la Unión Europea. Los liderazgos, tanto externos como...
| Автор | Ana Marleny Bustamante |
Es beginnt mit der Sehnsucht nach dem selbstbestimmten Leben in unberührter Natur. Als die Münchner Filmemacherin Claudia Heuermann genug von Smog, Stress und Stadtleben hat, wagt sie den Ausstieg: Mit ihrem Mann und den zwei kleinen Söhnen zieht sie in die tiefen Wälder der nordamerikanischen Catskill Mountains, richtet sich dort mit Ziegen und Hühnern auf einer 200 Jahre alten Farm ein und macht ihren Traum vom unabhängigen Selbstversorgerleben wahr. Sie baut Gemüse an, kocht Ahornsirup überm...
| Автор | Claudia Heuermann |
Flowing among the beautiful mountains and valleys of Virginia and North Carolina, the 469-mile-long Blue Ridge Parkway is a true American jewel. Built to expose motorists to nature as well as to preserve its beauty, the Parkway still delivers unrivaled beauty today. Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway is filled with information useful to those traveling the Parkway and is detailed with color photographs throughout. It highlights the many significant points of interest located on and nearby the...
| Автор | Victoria Logue |
The ultimate guide to paddling whitewater in the western Carolinas, Carolina Whitewater has guided boaters to the best water in the Tar Heel and Palmetto states for almost 30 years. This latest edition includes expanded and updated information for the classic rivers, like the Chattooga, French Broad, and Nantahala, in addition to many new steep creeks including Cove, Rockhouse, and Hurricane. New to this edition is a section on flatwater that is suitable for canoe camping and can be handled by...
| Автор | David Benner |
Canoeing & Kayaking West Virginia is the definitive guide to whitewater in the Mountain State. More than 40 years after the initial printing, this book continues to bring paddlers the best of West Virginia's waters: from classics rivers, such as the Gauley, the New, and the Tygart, to steep creeks like North Fork of Blackwater and Meadow River.At-a-glance information for each river section helps boaters pick rivers to match their ability and current weather conditions, while river...
| Автор | Paul Davidson |
Paddling Long Island is the only book on the market to depict routes and destinations across the whole of Long Island and the New York City area. And it showcases 50 of the very best. It is a diverse selection, too. After all, according to skill level, weather, personal mood, and other factors, a paddler may want open, fast water one day, but a quiet, protected experience at another time, and something in-between later on. It's all here, from New York City to the far eastern tip of Long...
| Автор | Kevin Stiegelmaier |
From a city of smokestacks to a city of culture, technology, and trees, Pittsburgh's revitalized city parks, abundant state parks, tranquil state forests, and enhanced riverfronts offer endless opportunities to hike and explore. 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Pittsburgh has something for explorers of every ability and interest.Diverse hikes include Frick Park, which can be combined with a visit to the Frick Art and Historical Center (free); Ohiopyle State Park, with views of the beautiful...
| Автор | Donna Ruff |
Five-Star Trails: Columbus is the most current and comprehensive guide to hiking the area and rates hikes on the following factors: scenery, trail condition, difficulty, appropriateness for children, and solitude. Each hikes also includes detailed landmarks, flora, fauna, and local history. In this Columbus guide, an impressive collection of routes ranges north, east, south, and west from the metro center, as well as within the urban setting. This capital city is rich in metro parks, natural...
| Автор | Robert Loewendick |
Carefully researched on foot, hiking enthusiast Jordan Summers introduces area residents and visitors to an array of the best day hikes from casual riverside nature hikes to rugged foothill treks within roughly an hour's drive of Sacramento.Filled with detailed descriptions of firsthand trail notes, this newly updated edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Sacramento helps hikers discover their choices with concise at-a-glance information highlighting details such as location, access,...
| Автор | Jordan Summers |
The author has worked to answer all your questions about travel and recreation in a state so remote. This guide attempts to target your interests and save you time, money, and effort so that nothing is wasted during your trip.Because Alaska is so big and your options so varied, the guide is organized so you can zero in on the activity or activities that appeal to you most. Thirteen chapters focus solely on adventure travel, each devoted to a single activity.The five regional chapters that follow...
| Автор | Melissa Devaughn |
The Everglades Wilderness Waterway winds an enthralling path through rivers, bays, and streams on the southwestern edge of Everglades National Park. Rich with wildlife and scenic beauty, it also poses many challenges for paddlers. Canoeists and kayakers must deal with wind, waves, limited campsites (in the form of «chickee» platforms over the water and historic groundsites), and no fresh water. As veterans of this complex passage, authors Holly Genzen and Anne Sullivan turn those limitations...
| Автор | Holly Genzen |
Each hike features an individual trail map, elevation profile, and at-a-glance information, helping readers quickly find the perfect trip. Sized to fit in a pocket, the book's detailed trail descriptions will help readers find their way on and off the trail. Driving directions and GPS trailhead coordinates will help with navigating the myriad of unnamed roads. The trails covered range from those best suited to the novice, families, experienced hikers, or backpackers.
| Автор | Greg Tasker |
Central Arizona's most popular forest area houses six separate ecosystems, and much of it can only be seen on foot. Hikers have long known about the natural wonders that exist here, and this guide corrals all of the best hikes – no small task, since there are over 900 miles of trails in the park. Offering detailed descriptions of each hike, along with practical, need-to-know logistical information, this guide demystifies a truly enormous and beautiful stretch of wilderness.
| Автор | Tony Padegimas |
Five-Star Trails: Orlando is a handy guide for area residents, vacationers seeking outdoor fun, and for business travelers with a free afternoon. With a diverse collection of hiking routes, the book offers choices for everyone from solo trekkers to companions to families with either youngsters or oldsters to consider.Researched, experienced, and written by a local author, the guide provides in-depth trail descriptions, directions, and commentary on what to expect along the way. Each hike...
| Автор | Sandra Friend |
Wo die Schönheit auf der Straße liegt Indien, Land der Wunder und Gegensätze, ist eine Herausforderung für jeden Reisenden. Auch für Michael «Schotti» Schottenberg, der fünf Wochen lang mit Rucksack und Notizbuch quer durch den asiatischen Subkontinent fährt, von Mumbai im Westen bis Kolkata im Osten. Was sich ihm bietet, ist eine Welt mit zwei Gesichtern, in der prunkvolle Märchenpaläste und leuchtende Farben neben bitterster Armut zu finden sind. «Indien ist ein unfassbar verwirrendes Land,...
| Автор | Michael Schottenberg |
There may be eight million stories in the Naked City, but there are also nearly three million dwelling places, ranging from Park Avenue palaces to Dickensian garrets and encompassing much in between. The doorways to these residences are tantalizing portals opening onto largely invisible lives. Habitats offers 40 vivid and intimate stories about how New Yorkers really live in their brownstones, their apartments, their mansions, their lofts, and as a whole presents a rich, multi-textured portrait...
| Автор | Constance Rosenblum |
Visit the blog for the book at www.brooklynbyname.com From Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history. Uncovering the remarkable stories behind the landmarks, Brooklyn By Name takes readers on a stroll through the streets and places of this thriving metropolis to reveal the borough’s textured past.Listing more than 500 of Brooklyn’s most prominent place names, organized alphabetically by region, and richly...
| Автор | Leonard Benardo |
Visit the Big Onion Guide to New York City site at www.nyupress.org/bigonion Whether you're a tourist or a native New Yorker, you will appreciate this witty, informative walking guide to New York City, as authors Seth Kamil and Eric Wakin peel back the layers of New York's most popular neighborhoods. Here in one volume are their award-winning tours. In their «Immigrant New York» tour you can take a walk on the Bowery, the most infamous street in the city and learn how the city's...
| Автор | Seth I. Kamil |
New York Jews, so visible and integral to the culture, economy and politics of America’s greatest city, has eluded the grasp of historians for decades. Surprisingly, no comprehensive history of New York Jews has ever been written. City of Promises: The History of the Jews in New York, a three volume set of original research, pioneers a path-breaking interpretation of a Jewish urban community at once the largest in Jewish history and most important in the modern world. Volume I, Haven...
| Автор | Daniel Soyer |
The final writings of Samir Amin—a mix of personal experiences and theoretical analysis of global challenges and movements In this second volume of his memoirs, Amin takes us on a journey to a dizzying array of countries, recounting the stages of his ongoing dialogue over several decades with popular movements struggling for a better future. As in his many works over the years, The Long Revolution of the Global South combines Amin’s astute theoretical analyses of the...
| Автор | Samir Amin |
Für alle, die Regensburg und Umgebung noch besser kennenlernen möchten, bietet dieser besondere Freizeitführer andere, frische und kreative Ideen, um ganz neue Seiten der Stadt zu entdecken. Regensburg lockt nicht nur mit seiner malerischen Altstadt, die seit 2006 zum UNESCO-Welterbe gehört, sondern zieht auch mit seinen kulturellen Highlights, bunten Cafés und naturgegebenen Ruheoasen Einheimische wie Touristen in den Bann.
| Автор | Sophia Wiesbeck |
2. Auflage 2020- 2021. Der perfekte Kreuzfahrt- Reiseführer für individuelle Landgänge auf Teneriffa, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, Fuerteventura und La Gomera. After Corona heißt es endlich wieder Schiff Ahoi! Lassen Sie Ihre Urlaubsträume wahr werden. Fernab organisierter Gruppenausflüge gestalten Sie mit dem Reiseführer Kreuzfahrten mal anders! 2020- 2021 die perfekten individuellen Landgänge und sammeln neue fantastische Eindrücke. Erkunden Sie einfach zu Fuß, per Bus oder Taxi die...
| Автор | Andrea Müller |
Este es un libro único. En primer lugar, porque su autor, ávido siempre de descubrir novedades, es también único: pocas personas conocen la geografía argentina como él, que la ha recorrido una y otra vez, investigando realidades para acercarlas al público. En segundo lugar, porque no presenta un único registro del país. A Mario Markic lo conmueven tanto el paisaje imponente del Valle de la Luna o la boca de un enorme volcán, como una leyenda de alguna localidad perdida, los credos que sorprenden...
| Автор | Mario Markic |