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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 |
E-Book zur 4. komplett überarbeiteten und aktualisierten Auflage 2020 Wanderbar! Zwischen Ägäis und Libyschem Meer prunkt die legendäre Insel des Zeus gleich mit drei grandiosen Gebirgsketten. Unsere Autoren Marie Luise und Gunnar Schuschnigg gehören zu den Pionieren in Sachen geführter Kreta-Touren. In diesem Buch verraten sie Ihnen alles über die 35 schönsten Wege ihrer Wahlheimat. Wenn Sie mehr wollen als den Gänsemarsch durch die Samaria-Schlucht, liegen Sie mit diesem Titel genau...
| Автор | Luisa Schuschnigg |
Der Arzt verordnete der an Tuberkulose erkrankten Edith Durham, London zu verlassen und sich unter der Sonne des Südens von ihrer Krankheit zu erholen. Sie aber entschied sich für den «Nahen Osten» und ging dort im Sommer 1900 in Montenegro zum ersten Mal an Land. Von diesem Moment an begann ihre lebenslange Liebe und Faszination für den Balkan – und vor allem für Albanien.Von 1908 bis 1912 reiste sie durch die Bergwelt im Norden Albaniens. Eine Gegend, in die zu jener Zeit noch kein westlicher...
| Автор | Edith Durham |
"Warum in die Ferne schweifen, wenn das Gute liegt so nah?" Goethes geflügelte Worte beschreiben diesen Deutschland-Bildband wohl am besten. Denn vom weiten Wattenmeer an der Nordsee bis zu den wilden Schluchten des Südschwarzwalds hat Deutschland so viel Naturschönheit zu bieten, dass jedes Fernweh schnell zur großen Heimatliebe wird. «Lerne nur das Glück ergreifen, denn das Glück ist immer da»: auch in diesem Naturparadiese-Bildband!
| Автор | Julia Schattauer |
Recorrer Europa es un objetivo que está en la mente de los viajeros pero muchos no saben por dónde comenzar y la riqueza de nuestro continente les asusta. Nadie está dispuesto a perderse nada. El coche es el único medio que nos garantiza libertad: la libertad de detenerse en el más pequeño de los pueblos, libertad para desviarnos de la ruta, libertad para conversar con las gentes del lugar Una libertad que se traduce en experiencias, vivencias La idea de Recorrer Europa en 30 rutas es una...
| Автор | Marc Ripol Sainz |