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"Steep are the hills we're climbing today, Rivers and valleys dividing the way." -Porters' songKnown as one of the world's most spectacular and challenging treks, the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, offers the experience of a lifetime. On the 75th anniversary of the...

A story of one woman's pilgrimage to the planet's most sacred places. Discover the wisdom and transformation she experienced through journeying to the earth's healing sites. Her pilgrimage encourages greater trust, intuition and understanding of your soul path. Learn ancient wisdom for present healing...

Yes, there's ice hockey in Australia. There's a thriving national league featuring dedicated locals and adventurous internationals. They train and play like professionals, pushing their underground sport to the brink of emergence, but no-one gets paid. Age writer Will Brodie spent a year chronicling...

Geography Militant is a compelling account of the relations between geographical knowledge, exploration and empire.Author: Felix DriverISBN-10: 0631201122ISBN-13: 9780631201120Publisher: Wiley-BlackwellLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2000Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.03h x 5.99w x 0.79dReview Citation(s): Choice 04/01/2001 pg. 1522

Despite warnings of incipient danger, the author and his reluctant wife journeyed to Pakistan to see what had happened to the country that had fascinated him since first reading Kipling in grammar school and that he had come to love through many visits. They...

This book provides a way to explore Venice, Italy in a manner never before available. The book divides the bridges of Venice into 27 tours. Each tour provides detailed, step-by-step instructions of how to walk from one bridge to the next. A map of...

The printed day-by-day journal of Joel (Mojave) Clark's thru-hike of the 2,658 mile Pacific Crest Trail in 2006. Details the "fun" of hiking with an obsessive-compulsive trail partner; but also the beauty, the bizarre, and the techniques of hiking from Mexico to Canada.Author: Joel...

On the advice of a Jesus-loving taxi driver while on the New Jersey Turnpike, Christine leaves Pavlov Memento, her deeply flawed boyfriend of seven years, two days before moving to Italy. She nurses her heartbreak in an empty palazzo by the sea; then, with...

Shortly after his retirement, author Robert S. Ashton buys a 1983 Nordic 40 sailboat. He names the boat Chandelle, not realizing at the time that it will be his home for the next ten years. Along with his friends, Don, Roger, and Martha, Ashton...

This is the story of one couples adventures living and traveling aboard their 47-foot cruiser, "Farfetched". It starts with their getting hooked on boating and traveling by water, many years earlier. It tells how they made their decision to really make this move and...

A superb account of the American Navy's boldest and most tragically ill-fated effort to reach the North Pole. "A gripping tale,"--The Washington Post "Truly exciting,"--The Atlantic Monthly "Beautifully executed narrative,"--Kirkus Reviews "...Uncovers intriguing new information, including the reason the expedition's full story was never...

Trip to the Maldives, plus history, geography and ocean life in the atollsAuthor: Vincenzo BerghellaISBN-10: 0578142430ISBN-13: 9780578142432Publisher: Vincenzo BerghellaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/02/2013Pages: 52Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d

What is life on the road like for a rock star? Jason Leung is no rock star but he lives the life of one while following Pearl Jam on tour around the world. Starting in 2005 with a modest road trip in a beat...

Explore the fascinating highlights, history, geology & nature of Grand Canyon National Park with this entertaining, educational, point-by-point Waypoint Tour complete with travel expert stories, breathtaking photography & detailed tour maps. Your personal tour guide for Grand Canyon travel adventure www.waypointtours.com Waypoints Include: Grand...

Exploring the Hudson Valley's 100 Great Places...Just North of New York City offers a plethora of historic and scenic locations for New York and New Jersey residents to visit. The 350-page topical guide is a comprehensive book for those visiting the Hudson Valley region....

BOLOGNA REFLECTIONS: AN UNCOMMON GUIDE provides the visitor to Bologna with a different approach to encountering a remarkable city. The walking itineraries explore its historical and artististic heritage and point out hidden treasures not often found in traditional guidebooks. The tourist and the armchair...

Discover the incredible highlights, history, geology & nature of Yosemite National Park with this entertaining, educational, point-by-point Waypoint Tour complete with travel expert stories, breathtaking photography & detailed tour maps. Your personal tour guide for Yosemite travel adventure www.waypointtours.com Waypoints Include: 1) Yosemite 2)...

A 66-year old woman takes a solo trip across America for ten months. Over one hundred pictures and her personal perspective make up the book, plus lots of tips for others. Appendix includes route and recommendations of places to stay and things to see.Author:...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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...

The age of Francis Bacon marked the beginning of a long period when empirical science was seen as the key to progress in extending man's control over nature. Recently, however, a breakdown of confidence in the outcome of worldwide industrialism and a growing concern...

Is travel inherently beneficial to human character? Does it automatically educate and enlighten while also promoting tolerance, peace, and understanding? In this challenging book, Dean MacCannell identifies and overcomes common obstacles to ethical sightseeing. Through his unique combination of personal observation and in-depth scholarship,...

A classic of Christian mysticism, this marvelous guide to the contemplative life originated with the reflections of an unknown 14th-century priest who believed that a cloud of unknowing separates people from God. This cloud, the writer maintained, cannot be penetrated by intellect but only...

"In the unlikely event of an emergency..." ...What would you do? This book is a manual for those unlikely emergencies, written by people who travel often. A book created by experts. A book that tells real stories. A book that deals with some of...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Growing up in Monterey inspired Randall to write this book. His goal is to share the places you won't find on your own - hidden beaches, places to visit and things to do with limited time. When it comes to road trips, this is...

Growing up in Monterey inspired Randall to write this book. His goal is to share the places you won't find on your own - hidden beaches, places to visit and things to do with limited time. When it comes to road trips, this is...

This fourth edition of The Geography of Tourism and Recreation provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation from geographical and social science perspectives. It still remains the only book to systematically compare and contrast in a spatial...

Farmers' markets, veggie boxes, local foods, organic products and Fair Trade goods - how have these once novel, "alternative" foods, and the people and networks supporting them, become increasingly familiar features of everyday consumption? Are the visions of "alternative worlds" built on ethics of...

Fierce global competition in the tourism industry is now focused on integral parts of supply chains rather than on individual firms. The highly competitive environment has forced tourism firms to look for ways to enhance their competitive advantage. Tourism products are often viewed by...

In the spring of 1991, Noel Perrin flew from Vermont to California to pick up his newly outfitted electric car, a former gas-guzzling Ford. It would not be easy, but Perrin planned to drive Solo--as the car was soon dubbed--home, a 3,100-mile drive. Here...

A journalist stationed for seven years in the Middle East explodes many myths about life and culture in the region. He examines the reality of Muslim fanatics, the overwhelming wealth and power of the ruling royal families, and the vast gulf in understanding between...

The perfect companion for nature lovers, photographers, hikers, and waterfall chasers, Waterfalls of the Columbia Gorge offers the most complete look at the area's falling water to date. With hundreds of photos, it's a window onto the treasures of North America's favorite waterfall sanctuary.Author:...

Innovation and technological advancements can be disruptive forces, especially for conventional business in the hospitality and tourism industries. This book is timely with its critical examination of such forces and how the two industries should strategize and respond to changes effectively. It examines a...

The Masonic Tour Guide returns again Volume 3 features must-see Masonic locations and must-attend lodge meetings spanning the entire globe, coupled with some of the most stunning photographs of rarely seen locales of Freemasonry. No other resource has provided this level of detail on...

Charles F. Lummis tells of an America long departed, when the western and southern frontiers were wilderness, nature untrammeled and settlers rugged in the face of unforgiving conditions. Written as a retrospective of the adventurer's youth, A Tramp Across the Continent, through its varied...

Famous poet and novelist John M. Synge recounts his travels to the Aran Islands in 1906 - a group of small yet culturally significant isles off the west coast of Ireland. Notable for their history, which stretches back thousands of years, it was with...

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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,...

Updated and revised to include theoretical and other developments, bibliographical additions, new photographs and illustrations, and expanded name and subject indexes, the fourth edition of All Possible Worlds: A History of Geographical Ideas is the most complete and comprehensive book of its kind. The...

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,...

I used to get extremely burnt out in my old job and couldn't even handle finding and booking a hotel, flight or finding out what to do for a break. I thought "Wouldn't it be awesome if someone would write a guide that gave...

What makes a good explorer? Adaptability, ambition, stamina, self-confidence, curiosity, optimism, authority-and fund-raising ability. Though few of us will ever have to face a charging elephant, or survive solely on penguin stew, when it comes to project management, crisis aversion, or any number of...

For its millions of readers, the National Geographic has long been a window to the world of exotic peoples and places. In this fascinating account of an American institution, Catherine A. Lutz and Jane L. Collins explore the possibility that the magazine, in purporting...

A rugged land between the Black and Caspian seas, the Caucasus is a battle ground for a fascinating and formidable clash of cultures: Russia on one side, the predominantly Muslim mountains on the other. In Caucasus, award-winning author Nicholas Griffin recounts his journey to...