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The perfect companion to Bradshaw’s guide book. Showcasing in colour all that is great about Bradshaw’s guide.Great British Railway Journeys has been a hugely successful TV programme, which is now into its third series on BBC2. Much as Michael Palin built up a dedicated fan base for travel around the globe, so Michael Portillo has done likewise for lovers of trains in his explorations the length and breadth of the United Kingdom from the window of a train seat.Both charming and insightful,...
| Автор | Karen Farrington |
Further adventures on life in a small French town from Susan Loomis, cookery book writer and author of ‘On Rue Tatin’.‘On Rue Tatin’ was a delightful discovery, and every reader asked for more. The life on Rue Tatin seemed like a dream fulfilled.Now in ‘Tarte Tatin’, Susan Loomis shares with us how she, her husband and two children settled into life in a small French town, learnt about their neighbours and how to be accepted as inhabitants of the town. With her son going to a French school and...
| Автор | Susan Loomis |
Sure to be hailed alongside H is for Hawk and The Hare with Amber Eyes, an exceptional work that is at once an astonishing journey across countries and continents, an immersive examination of a great artist’s work, and a moving and intimate memoir. At the age of 42, his father not long dead and his young sons growing fast, Toby Ferris set off on a seemingly quixotic mission to track down each of the 42 surviving paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, who, at the age of 42, had been approaching...
| Автор | Toby Ferris |
‘Full of gems … Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown’Daily Telegraph ‘Entertaining and beautifully illustrated’The Sunday Times ‘For real intel, [The Crown] can’t come close to The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly’The New York Times First print run features a specially designed cut-down dust jacket ‘Fascinating book’HELLO! ‘The book is a trove of warm and insightful anecdotes’ Daily Mail ‘Angela Kelly shares fascinating and charming anecdotes’ Good Housekeeping When Angela Kelly and The...
| Автор | Angela Kelly |
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...
| Автор | Phyllis Hinz |
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%. ...
| Автор | Conner Gorry |
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...
| Автор | Linda Lappin |
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....
| Автор | Michael Shapiro J. |
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,...
| Автор | Nona Kilgore Bauer |
A brilliant Scandi-crime thriller from international bestseller Camilla Lackberg, perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson.Twenty years ago, two young women disappeared whilst holidaying in the peaceful Swedish resort of Fjällbacka. Now their remains have been discovered, along with those of a fresh victim, sending the town into shock.Local detective Patrik Hedström, whose girlfriend Erica is expecting their first child, has personal reasons for wanting to find the killer....
| Автор | Камилла Лэкберг |
A unique guide to communicating in Spanish. It will help you to find out more about Spanish culture and to practise your spoken Spanish with a free downloadable audio file.An ideal tool for learners of Spanish at all levels, whether at school, in evening classes or at home, and is indispensable for business or leisure.The text consists of 12 units, each illustrating the language used in a particular situation, followed by a summary which gives all the key phrases covered throughout the book. The...
| Автор | Collins Dictionaries |
As a child, award-winning travel writer Stanley Stewart dreamed of crossing Mongolia on horseback. This is the story of how that dream was fulfilled by following in the footsteps of a 13th-century Franciscan friar.Eight centuries ago the Mongols burst forth from Central Asia in a series of spectacular conquests that took them from the Danube to the Yellow Sea. Their empire was seen as the final triumph of the nomadic ‘barbarians’. But in time the Mongols sank back into the obscurity from which...
| Автор | Stanley Stewart |
The stunning debut of a talented young travel writer.‘South from Barbary’ – as 19th-century Europeans knew North Africa – is the compelling account of Justin Marozzi’s 1,500-mile journey by camel along the slave-trade routes of the Libyan Sahara.Marozzi and his travelling companion Ned had never travelled in the desert, nor had they ridden camels before embarking on this expedition. Encouraged by a series of idiosyncratic Tuareg and Tubbu guides, they learnt the full range of desert survival...
| Автор | Justin Marozzi |
The third book from the most gifted young travel writer at work today, author of the best-selling In Xanadu (‘one of the best travel books produced in the last twenty years’ – Scotland on Sunday) and City of Djinns (‘the best travel book I have ever read’ – George Mackay Brown).In the spring of 587 AD, two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos...
| Автор | William Dalrymple |
An enchanting tale of travels among South East Asia’s Sea Gypsies, scattered groups of semi-nomadic fisher people who occupy the spaces between the islands.A glance at the map of South East Asia reveals more blue than green, more sea than land. By separating the islands of the Malay Archipelago the sea has created diversity; by joining them together it has enabled trade and laid them open to influences from China, India and the Middle East. All Malays were sailors once – their ancestors reached...
| Автор | Sebastian Hope |
A gripping tale of adventure, danger and humor, peppered with investment tips from a Wall Street legend The best-selling author of Investment Biker takes a fascinating journey through the world's economic situation in a convertible yellow Mercedes. This is the motivating story of entrepreneur Jim Rogers, dubbed «the Indiana Jones of finance» by Time magazine, who made his fortune playing the stock market and then embarked on his lifelong dream adventure. Together with his fiancee, Paige Parker,...
| Автор | Jim Rogers |
For Dummies Travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners, combining the broad appeal and time-tested features of the For Dummies series with up-to-the-minute advice and information from the experts at Frommer's. Small trim size for use on-the-go Focused coverage of only the best hotels and restaurants in all price ranges The fun and easy way to explore Europe From great museums and historic sights to fabulous food and trendsetting styles, Europe has it all. Get the lowdown on...
| Автор | Mark Baker |
Туристичний путівник та українсько-хорватський розмовник Цей путівник був створений мною не тільки для того, щоб надати інформацію про історичні пам'ятники і найкрасивіші місця малознайомого туристам Спліта, а й забезпечити їх необхідними лінгвістичними інструментами для вивчення хорватської мови, щоб вони мали можливість отримати повне задоволення від поїздки і могли б порозумітися в будь-який ситуації. Маю велику надію, що створений мною путівник буде корисним туристу, який бажає не...
| Автор | Sanja Pokrajac |
Туристический путеводитель и русско-хорватский разговорник Этот путеводитель был создан мной не только для того, чтобы предоставить информацию об исторических памятниках и красивейших местах малознакомого туристам Сплита, но и обеспечить их необходимыми лингвистическими инструментами для изучения хорватского языка, чтобы они имели возможность получить полное удовольствие от поездки и могли бы изъясниться в любой сложившейся ситуации. Очень надеюсь, что созданный мной путеводитель будет полезным...
| Автор | Sanja Pokrajac |
Guide et conversations en langue croate. J’ai réalisé ce guide avec la volonté d’offrir des informations non seulement sur les lieux historiques et les beautés d’une Split méconnue, mais aussi sur les outils linguistiques nécessaires pour pouvoir profiter pleinement du voyage, et être capable de s’exprimer en toute situation. Je garde l’espoir d’avoir conçu un guide utile au voyageur curieux de connaître des endroits inconnus et d’apprendre une langue. Bon voyage.
| Автор | Sanja Pokrajac |
The mystery, the adventure and the probable disappearance of St characterize the various elemente of the narration This novel, where the visionary-metaphysical element is skilfully intertwined with the everyday, has as its main theme the disappearance of a protagonist – truth or illusion? – and it emerges, at the limit of the incredible, from an on the road and mental adventure: a journey that Domenico and Gabriella, free and curious spirits, backpackers and a great desire for nature, have made...
| Автор | Domenico Scialla |
Dedicado a Belgrado: Tomé un poco de tus años y letra por letra comencé a unir los mundos. Sanja. El primer libro guía completamente escrito en caracteres cirílicos y latinos. Es una guía de los lugares históricos y de entretenimiento, de conversaciones extensas, de pronunciación y gramática simplificadas para entender mejor el idioma, pero también la escritura oficial serbia, el cirílico. El gran novelista y pintor serbio, Momo Kapor dijo de Belgrado: ”Belgrado no está en Belgrado, porque...
| Автор | Sanja Pokrajac |
Загадка, приключения и предполагаемое исчезновение девушки Сти, – да ещё в истории, которая рождается из духовного путешествия в поисках самого себя, – вот характерные черты этого повествования. Этот роман, где фантастико-метафизический элемент искусно переплетается с повседневным, нанизан на сюжетную нить с исчезновением героя – правда это или всего лишь иллюзия? – и рождается на грани невероятного из одного приключения во время поиска нужного пути – как в прямом, так и в переносном смысле: из...
| Автор | Domenico Scialla |
Пътеводител и разговорник на хърватски език Съставих този пътеводител с желанието да предложа информация не само за историческите места и красоти на непознатия Сплит, но и за езиковите инструменти, необходими, за да се насладите напълно на пътуването и да можете да изразите себе си във всяка ситуация. Оставам с надеждата, че предоставям един полезен пътеводител на пътника, който е любопитен да опознае не само непознатите места, но и да научи езика. Приятно пътуване!
| Автор | Sanja Pokrajac |