Author Nona Kilgore Bauer begins Retriever Madness with a chapter called “Know Your Retrievers,” and few know their retrievers like this expert author, trainer, and breeder. Bauer introduces the readers to the six retrievers recognized by the American Kennel Club, among them two of the most popular companion dogs in the world, the Labrador Retriever and the Golden Retriever, along with other superb overachievers: the Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Flat-Coated Retriever,...
The Big Picture <P> “La Dolce Vita University” (LDVU) offers considerable market potential and extendibility as a book franchise, but also ultimately as an entire lifestyle, entertainment and educational brand. <P> Purchaser / Reader Prospects <P> La Dolce Vita University should be a book of broad and perennial interest both domestically and overseas (particularly in the U.K., Canada, Japan and China). It could sell as either an impulse or planned purchase to any of these...
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 do and what that place means to them. The book chronicles a young writer’s conversations with his heroes, writers he's read for years who inspired him both to pack his bags to travel and to pick up a pen and write....
In this engaging creative writing workbook, novelist and poet Linda Lappin presents a series of insightful exercises to help writers of all genres—literary travel writing, memoir, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction—discover imagery and inspiration in the places they love.Lappin departs from the classical concept of the Genius Loci, the indwelling spirit residing in every landscape, house, city, or forest—to argue that by entering into contact with the unique energy...
This book deals with the litany of the traveler's basic health problems. Readers will learn how to avoid and deal with:Traveler's DiarreheaUnhealthy waterWeird foodsStrange ToiletsDehydrationGastroenteritisImmunizationLack of adequate hygieneWormsSnakes, Spiders and LeechesGoing outsideBathingThe special problems of childrenIssues with seniors
An exciting father and son African Safari book on their hunt including the preparation and planning phase to get their trophies back home and the Trophy Room.
The Market<P> In 2016, Cuba broke new records for foreign arrivals to the country, with 4 million visitors coming to the island – this total is on track to be surpassed in 2017. While the number one foreign arrivals are from Canada (topping 1 million), US arrivals were up by 168% in 2016 from the year previous and there was significant growth in arrivals from the UK. Meanwhile, people arriving on organized tours was up 12% and those arriving on private boats and cruises was up 333%. ...
Stratford for All Seasons, Theatre & Arts, shares the immensity and diversity of the theatre and arts scene in Stratford, Ontario. It is extraordinary to have culture of this magnitude in a city with a population of approximately 32,000. Many of the 500,000 annual visitors to the city who attend the Stratford Festival, as well as many busy Stratfordites, are not aware of the countless cultural events available to them year-round. Stratford is not your pop-up tourist town. This quiet, scenic...