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Whether in a train derailment in the Australian Outback, flying on the world's least customer-friendly airline, or riding shotgun in a massive Scania truck down the Zambezi escarpment, John Burbidge's peripatetic life has been marked by adventure, serendipity and a deep sense of gratitude....

Discrepant Engagement addresses work by a number of authors not normally grouped under a common rubric--black writers from the United States and the Caribbean and the so-called Black Mountain poets. Nathaniel Mackey examines the ways in which the experimental aspects of their work advance...

"Adventure Running - Exploring Olympia's Trails" offers a visually engaging way to discover the outdoors in the backyard of Washington State's capitol city. From local trails in city parks, training runs in surrounding State Parks to long adventure runs in Olympic and Mount Rainier...

Pre-Adamite Man: Demonstrating the Existence of the Human Race Upon this Earth 100,000 Years Ago! is a book written by Paschal Beverly Randolph. The book explores the idea that humans existed on Earth 100,000 years ago, long before the biblical story of Adam and...

Find out what to do and where to eat on this vibrant tropical island in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. E.A. Farro, writer and scientist, travels with her family, but also spends time with young backpackers and older tourists from all over the world....

Hardback sleek matte finish cover Page size: 8.5" x 8.5" (216mm x 216 mm). Welcome page with a few lines for you to add details of your special occasion Page to add a photo if you wish. 95 lined white pages - each page...

A Guest Book for any occasion. HARDBACK, gloss finish cover 8.5" x 8.5" (216mm x 216 mm) 96 lined quality white pages Welcome page with space to add your personalized message Open layout - each page headed 'Guests' with an open layout for you...

Hardcover matte finish cover. Size: 8.5" x 8.5" (216mm x 216 mm). 96 lined white pages. Welcome page with space to add your personalized message Left page: Date, Name & Where we are from. Right page: Comments & what we especially enjoyed & recommend...

Looking for a new life in Spain and the Canary Islands? Forget the horror and chaos of Brexit, the misery of cold and wet weather, and head for a new and exciting life in the sun. In this new book, the ninth in the...

REVISED AND UPDATED EDITIONKelowna, BC is sometimes referred to as the "Palm Springs" of Canada, and the Okanagan Valley is often referred to as the "Napa Valley of the North".If you have ever wondered what it would actually be like to live in Kelowna,...

Bob Elliott grew up on Vancouver Island, BC. His family were fishermen, and when he was fifteen, he skipped school to go commercial fishing for the first time. He learned to cook by default - the regular cook on the boat quit, and so...

Far more women are traveling the world for business and pleasure and doing so on their own. Any woman that travels extensively knows that the world can many times be a cultural minefield Would you like to know which cultures are not big on...

A Reprint of the Original US Geological Survey Bulletin 1356. This publication is a catalog of locations, geology, and production from the placer districts of Nevada. Over 100 Nevada Placer locations covered in this publication. This book is the definative source for placer deposits...

When you look at a map of North America the Great Lakes shout out to you, "Come and explore me " With Lake Michigan being the only one of the lakes located entirely within the United States it makes for an inviting bicycle tour....

Art historian, Cecily Hennessy, explores medieval Byzantine wall paintings in churches cut out of the beautiful landscape of central Turkey. Many of these were decorated by local artists, sometimes monks, or by the finest artists brought from other centres, such as Constantinople. This book...

Author: Lowell Lindsay, Paul RemeikaISBN-10: 0932653170ISBN-13: 9780932653178Publisher: Sunbelt PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1993Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.52d

Accra City Guide-The Indispensable Companion, is an updated version of "The City of Accra- A Pictorial Visit," an essential guide with comprehensive and thoroughly researched information specifically designed for the needs of potential tourists, business travellers, students and researchers. Written by a local host,...

Maybe the game of golf wasn't invented in Ireland but to most visitors it seems that way. After all, there are more golf courses per square mile in Ireland than in any part of the world. A golfing visit to Ireland will be the...

Organize travel memorabilia with this handy take-along album. Protective sleeves in two different sizes preserve keepsakes, from ticket stubs and business cards to photos, postcards, and maps. With space in the margins for jotting down notes, the Travel Stub Diary can be used as...

Author: Capt Nicholas Stevensson KarasISBN-10: 145207528XISBN-13: 9781452075280Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/30/2010Pages: 400Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.63lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Sixteen-year-old Rebecca Middleton and best friend Jasmine Meens make their "trip of a lifetime" to the Queen's "Jewel in the Atlantic," oblivious to secrets beneath the island's idyllic guise and to the horrors that await them on the dark side of Paradise. Sunny days...

Merely a day after Titanic survivors arrived in port in New York City, a United States Senate committee began an investigation into the wreck of the great "unsinkable" ship. For the first time in book form, here is the dramatic testimony of crew and...

TEACH YOURSELF FRENCH Teach yourself French presents a clear, practical and interesting way of learning French. The logical sequence designed to meet the need of businessmen, students and tourists, also meet the need of all those who wish to speak, written and communicate in...

The goal of this Nepali grammar is to provide a reference to the fundamental Nepali parts of speech, its word types, and its rules of word formation from the Nepali perspective. The book begins with a brief description of the Devanagari script and of...

For ten years Marsha, Paul, and Simba cruised the snowbird circuit from San Diego to Key West, in three different motorhomes, towing a Saturn, with numerous campground memberships-two years as full-timers, when their family considered them "homeless". In addition to the U.S. snowbird hotspots,...

An Unofficial Disneyland book full of activity pages to keep kids, big or small, happy while waiting in rides for lines or parades, as well as fun and creatively designed autograph pages for tons of your favorite characters! Ride checklists for Disneyland, with height...

A Gold Country house haunted by a phantom "flasher;" a weird ancient city buried beneath downtown Los Angeles; a lovely lake that's home to a terrifying monster . . . these are just a few of the strange and fascinating places you'll visit in...

Pictures from Italy is a travelogue by Charles Dickens, written in 1846. The book reveals the concerns of its author as he presents, according to Kate Flint, the country "like a chaotic magic-lantern show, fascinated both by the spectacle it offers, and by himself...

Join traveler and writer Murdock O'Mooney in adventure that spans four continents, as he considers the best way to approach international travel, expounds on what he sees, and philosophizes ideas of place and belonging. After getting his start teaching English in South Korea in...

Massachusetts Bay stretches along the rocky coast and dangerously sandy shoals from Cape Ann to Cape Cod and gives the Bay State its distinctive shape and the Atlantic Ocean one of its largest graveyards. Author and longtime diver Thomas Hall guides us through the...

Switzerland is a country of Alpine lakes, forested valleys, pastures and vineyards. It is one of the author's favourite destinations, as the scenery and the country as a whole is stunning. The local people of Switzerland are extremely friendly, attentive and helpful. You will...

When national newspapers reported in 1938 that a large dam would be built in northern California, hundreds of job-seeking families streamed into Shasta County. Shasta Dam would be America's last large concrete dam and would take years to build, offering employment for those fortunate...

Elberton, Georgia, chartered in 1803 and chosen as the seat of Elbert County, earned fame as the "Granite Capital of the World" with an industry that dates back to the late 19th century. Along with the pioneering residents who first settled the area and...

From Plotzk to Boston is an American women's biography by Mary Antin., Mary Antin's vivid description of all she and her dear ones went through, enables us to see almost with our own eyes how the invasion of America appears to the impecunious invader....

Author: Conradin PernerISBN-10: 1524571881ISBN-13: 9781524571887Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/15/2017Pages: 814Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.58lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.80dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 04/23/2018

"Scrambles amongst the Alps" from Edward Whymper. British illustrator, climber and explorer best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 (1840-1911).Author: The Perfect Library, Edward WhymperISBN-10: 1523224991ISBN-13: 9781523224999Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/02/2016Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x...

Create a cherished keepsake of your favorite journey with this elegant and inspiring travel journal. Record your observations and insights, travel plans, accommodations, companions, memorable moments, interesting people met, and favorite sights, meals, and adventures. Includes packing and travel tips, conversion charts, a point...

Create a cherished keepsake of your favorite journey with this elegant and inspiring travel journal. Record your observations and insights, travel plans, accommodations, companions, memorable moments, interesting people met, and favorite sights, meals, and adventures. Includes packing and travel tips, conversion charts, a point...

Create a cherished keepsake of your favorite journey with this elegant and inspiring travel journal. Record your observations and insights, travel plans, accommodations, companions, memorable moments, interesting people met, and favorite sights, meals, and adventures. Includes packing and travel tips, conversion charts, a point...

Create a cherished keepsake of your favorite journey with this elegant and inspiring travel journal. Record your observations and insights, travel plans, accommodations, companions, memorable moments, interesting people met, and favorite sights, meals, and adventures. Includes packing and travel tips, conversion charts, a point...

Safer Journeys and Happier Holidays in FranceAuthor: Christopher Anthony MaldenISBN-10: 1512381675ISBN-13: 9781512381672Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/11/2015Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d

A chance sailing trip with a friend from work led me to wonder if I could learn to sail. After all, I'm a woman, and the sailing world seems to favor men. I am not athletic; I didn't grow up in a family where...

Mexico City has always been a seat of empire. With its grandiose pretensions, sheer swagger, and staggering proportions, it gives the impression of power exercised over great time and distances. And yet this power has frequently been contested, lending the city a tough, battle-hardened...

The people of Waxahachie, Texas, have always been at the heart of a thriving community that was once the largest cotton-producing county in the nation. As county seat, Waxahachie burgeoned into a bustling center for business and education and carved out a unique niche...

An accessible guide to the ideas and technologies underlying such applications as GPS, Google Maps, Pok mon Go, ride-sharing, driverless cars, and drone surveillance.Billions of people around the globe use various applications of spatial computing daily--by using a ride-sharing app, GPS, the e911 system,...

"No one dies anymore in Vucciria. Time runs suspended in Purgatory, with a moth-colored rain that corrupts souls and stones the same way."--Giosu CalaciuraVucciria is the oldest and most famous market in Palermo. Long the living heart of Sicily's colorful capital, portrayed by masters...

Hidden Gems of America. Best of the Best Wines of America you never knew existed Informative, entertaining and interesting, Hidden Gems of America: Wineries and Vineyards 2019 is a unique compilation of American wineries and vineyards that produce high quality wines but are not...

This is an inspirational tale of one family's international achievement in the face of adversity. In 2014, the Mundell family embarked on a spectacular adventure. After introducing their children to the thrills of mountaineering, they ascended to the Mt. Everest Base Camp in Tibet....

"On the last leg of our flight back from Vietnam," writes the author of this scintillating collection, "I check my watch and do some fast math: twenty-eight hours since we left the hotel in Hoi An, three flights, five hours of dead time in...

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations...