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As mobile technologies become ever more pervasive in modern society, users find increasingly innovative methods to take advantage of the newest developments and mobile devices. Data mining, in particular, has seen a vast shift as a result of wireless technologies. Mobile Technologies for Active-Travel...

A universal approach to the ontology of geographic space has already been, and is going to be, a comprehensive task for establishing more effective spatial models. The concept of a universal spatial ontology should be independent of location, culture, and time. It should be...

Author Maurice Harvey returns with another collection of exciting firsthand stories from his time as a missionary and as the Bible Society photojournalist. He recounts many of his firsthand experiences over the years as an international photojournalist in Into the Great Unknown. The memoir...

Delightful accounts and keen observations taken during walks and journeys capturing month by month the essence of the seasonal changes taking place over a year in the countryside. This eclectic collection of short narratives also encompasses some interesting character portrayals ranging from an impoverished...

A young boy sailed on board of a small drift netter to north, cold Norwegian and Greenland seas; he survived the vicious storms and got great discoveries. The Arctic and Barents Sea opened their secrets to him and to those brave and stubborn, who...

The Author's interest in Berlin began in earnest in 1963 during a year spent teaching English in the West Berlin district of Neukolln. Some of the material was collected at that time but far more has amassed over the years so that it now...

Mindi S Johnson-Eluwole was just like everyone else, until one day she sold her house, her car and gave away her worldly belongings to fulfill her life's dream to backpack around the world. Seven years and 117 countries later, she is ready to share...

Author: Fa ShepherdISBN-10: 145670186XISBN-13: 9781456701864Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2010Pages: 188Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

This is based on a true story from a journal I wrote in 1976. I had been offered a job to drive across Europe. This was a planned trip which would terminate in Singapore and included camping across Europe and traveling in a 1966...

Author: Robert W. SchmittISBN-10: 1452095485ISBN-13: 9781452095486Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/08/2011Pages: 116Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

When, in 1978, as a participant in a teacher exchange programme, the author, accompanied by his wife and young family, exchanged his boring existence in Grangemouth in central Scotland for life in Missoula, Montana, in the western United Sates, he could not have foreseen...

Sheila Redgrave writes about her son Sir Steve Redgrave, the five times Olympic Gold Medallist which is based upon her own diary entries that she has religiously made each and every day of her life. The book depicts the Redgrave family life during the...

A four-month cycling trip from tip to tail of Africa - in the company of like-minded individuals, accompanied by a support team - was the perfect way for Beryl and Bernie Doiron to marry their joy of cycling with their love of travel and...

The Jurassic Coast, stretching from Exmouth to Studland on the South Coast, is England's first natural World Heritage Site, putting it on a par with such famous features as the Grand Canyon. This 95-mile stretch of coastline exposes 185 million years of geological history...

This is the true story of two Bricklayers David and Scott, who met at technical college in 1978, where they were both studying to become bricklayers. They quickly became firm friends, and after completing their apprenticeships worked together as a team and eventually started...

Adventures In Mexico And The Rocky Mountains is a travelogue written by George Frederick Ruxton in 1848. The book chronicles Ruxton's travels through Mexico and the Rocky Mountains during the mid-19th century. Ruxton was a British explorer and adventurer who traveled extensively throughout North...

""A Journal Written During An Excursion In Asia Minor"" is a travelogue written by Charles Fellows in 1838 and published in 1839. The book chronicles Fellows' journey through Asia Minor, a region that encompasses modern-day Turkey. Fellows was an archaeologist and his journey was...

Part travelogue, part memoir, and part novel, David M. Dinga's newest book explores the many disparities between fantasy and reality lived by many immigrants to the United States. Featuring characters both real and fictional, Dinga shares his observations about the realities of making a...

Ezra Meeker's famous recollections of life in the American wilderness are published here complete with the one hundred and twenty original photographs and illustrations. In his memoir, Ezra Meeker casts his mind back to his early years growing up in Indiana during the 1830s...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

""The First Voyage Round The World By Magellan"" is a historical account of the first circumnavigation of the globe, led by Ferdinand Magellan in the early 16th century. The book is written by Antonio Pigafetta, a Venetian scholar and one of the few survivors...

""The Parks and Gardens of Paris"" is a comprehensive study of the public and private gardens of Paris, written by William Robinson and originally published in 1878. The book examines the history and design of the city's parks and gardens, including the famous Tuileries...

Travels in Western Africa, in the Years 1818-21: From the River Gambia, Through Woolli, Bondoo, Galam, Kasson, Kaarta, and Foolidoo is a travelogue written by William Gray and first published in 1825. The book details Gray's journey through various regions of Western Africa, including...

Letters Written During A Journey To Switzerland: In The Autumn Of 1841 V1-2 (1843) is a two-volume book written by Mrs. Ashton Yates. The book is a collection of letters written by the author during her journey to Switzerland in the autumn of 1841....

Scenic views of many a favorite coastal subject, lighthouses. These being around the United Kingdom, with a focus on Welsh locations. Contains color and black and white images, in a mixture of landscape and portrait scenes. Some very light reading included.Author: B. E. C....

'Around Rakaposhi' is the story of three years living in Pakistan, mostly in the remote Northern Areas (which could be called 'Pakistani Kashmir') which encompass the western Himalaya and Karakoram regions. The book recounts incidents and insights from daily life, religion, travel, insurrection, and...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Presented in the style of a sketchbook, Stuart Henderson goes on a series of eleven Perambulations around the Civil Parish of Gosberton in Lincolnshire. The book is primarily a visual guide to just about every road in the parish. Although this is not a...

When a lifelong dream refuses to fade, it becomes a calling.For Doug Andonian, Africa was that calling-a place he first met in the pages of a borrowed magazine and spent a lifetime longing to stand within.From Where Lions Speak follows Doug's remarkable journey from...

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The...

In The Journey of Jason the Frog(TM) to Washington, D.C., young readers join Jason the Frog, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robot frog, on a fun-filled adventure to the nation's capital. Filled with engaging storytelling, clear definitions, fun facts, quiz questions, and an interactive activity,...

James' mission was routine-survey a deep-space sector and return home. But when space debris crashes into his ship and sends it hurtling onto the surface of an uncharted planet, survival becomes his only goal. But the planet is far from empty. Scattered across the...

It's not always about the waterfalls and beaches, sometimes it is just about the people we meet on our travels that show you more beauty than any landscape can.I have a desire to make something beautiful come from a sometimes very ugly and dark...

Indiana Shanachie, a Hoosier's Tales of Ireland offers a Midwesterner's unique peek into the people and places of County Donegal, Ireland. Isolated in the far northwest corner of Ireland, this very special place holds unbelievably beautiful scenery, as well as some of the finest...

Media headlines tell of business travelers or tourists who unwittingly violate foreign laws, get into trouble with local etiquette, or have a major medical emergency. LAW OF THE LAND, is your reliable source for navigating the legal and medical landscape of foreign countries with...

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The narrative and descriptive portion of this work speaks for itself. In the historical part I have consulted with advantage Von Engel's "History of Servia," Ranke's "Servian Revolution," Possart's "Servia," and Ami Boue's "Turquie d'Europe," but took the precaution of submitting the facts selected...

This collection of thirteen papers focuses on what it meant to be 'on the move' at different times in prehistory. Ideas of journeys and travel are integral to many traditions of interpreting the prehistoric archaeological record. Travel was after all the driving force behind...

We've all known safaris through movies and pictures, but this book offers something truly unique a first-hand account of wild African adventures seen through the eyes of someone who lived it. No cameras, no filters, just raw memories etched vividly into the mind and...

In this captivating collection of essays, drawn from over two decades of columns published in the El Paso Times (1998-2019), the author weaves a rich tapestry of reflections on language, art, travel, and the human experience. With wit and insight, these essays celebrate the...

"Thangai" is the pen name of Dasnavis Fernando. A native of Thangachimadam from Rameswaram Island, India. An Engineering graduate from Madras University in 1977 {CIT, Coimbatore}. He completed a course on 'International Business Management' from Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY, USA.True to his roots,...

Geographic Information Systems have revolutionized the face of technological paradigms. It has multiple actions in every sector of industry and in organizations of any size. This book includes all the latest approaches to Geographical Information Systems from all across the world. It is a...

Geographic Information Systems have revolutionized the face of technological paradigms. It has multiple actions in every sector of industry and in organizations of any size. This book includes all the latest approaches to Geographical Information Systems from all across the world. It is a...

Geographic Information Systems have revolutionized the face of technological paradigms. It has multiple actions in every sector of industry and in organizations of any size. This book includes all the latest approaches to Geographical Information Systems from all across the world. It is a...

Geographic Information Systems have revolutionized the face of technological paradigms. It has multiple actions in every sector of industry and in organizations of any size. This book includes all the latest approaches to Geographical Information Systems from all across the world. It is a...

The book provides advanced information regarding the implementation of geographic information systems. In theoretical and professional spheres, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) hold special and crucial significance. The use of GIS has been on a steep rise in various professional fields. From civil engineers to...

The inspiration for "The Spirited Aviator" came as a result of Donalyn's work at USAirways (formerly Piedmont and now American). Her love of flying, traveling, working with people and helping them with their travel needs was something she really enjoyed.Her wish is that you...

"This is a multi-volume publication highlighting critical topics related to geospatial analysis, geographic information systems, and geospatial technologies, exploring multidisciplinary applications of geographic information systems and technologies in addition to the latest trends and developments in the field"--Author: Information Reso Management AssociationISBN-10: 1466698454ISBN-13: 9781466698451Publisher:...