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Spain
From the golden beaches on the Mediterranean coast to the wild peaks of the Pyrenees, Spain's varied landscape is a treasure trove for outdoor enthusiasts. But its cities are just as enticing. Discover architectural wonders, Roman ruins, captivating museums and, to top it all off, a tantalizing cuisine complemented by world-class wine.



Our updated guide brings Spain to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide does with expert-led insights, trusted travel advice, detailed breakdowns of all the must-see sights, photographs on practically every page, and our hand-drawn illustrations which place you inside the country's iconic buildings and neighborhoods. Whether you want to explore Granada's spectacular Alhambra palace, watch swirling flamenco dancers in Seville or walk through the lush countryside on the epic Camino de Santiago, DK Eyewitness Spain is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime.

Серия: Eyewitness Travel
Год: 2022
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 986723
ISBN: 9780241559369

Lost Japan. Last Glimpse of Beautiful Japan
An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future.

Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and tells the story of the hidden valley that became his home.

But the book is not just a love letter. Haunted throughout by nostalgia for the Japan of old, Kerr's book is part paean to that great country and culture, part epitaph in the face of contemporary Japan's environmental and cultural destruction.

Winner of Japan's Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize, and now with a new preface.

Alex Kerr is an American writer, antiques collector and Japanologist. Lost Japan is his most famous work. He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan.
Год: 2015
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 969409
ISBN: 9780141979748
Автор: Kerr Alex

The Roads to Sata. A 2000-mile walk through Japan
One sunny spring morning in the 1970s, an unlikely Englishman set out on a pilgrimage that would take him across the entire length of Japan. Travelling only along small back roads, Alan Booth travelled on foot from Soya, the country's northernmost tip, to Sata in the extreme south, traversing three islands and some 2, 000 miles of rural Japan. His mission: 'to come to grips with the business of living here, ' after having spent most of his adult life in Tokyo.



The Roads to Sata is a wry, witty, inimitable account of that prodigious trek, vividly revealing the reality of life in off-the-tourist-track Japan. Journeying alongside Booth, we encounter the wide variety of people who inhabit the Japanese countryside - from fishermen and soldiers, to bar hostesses and school teachers, to hermits, drunks and the homeless. We glimpse vast stretches of coastline and rambling townscapes, mountains and motorways; watch baseball games and sunrises; sample trout and Kilamanjaro beer, hear folklore, poems and smutty jokes. Throughout, we enjoy the wit and insight of a uniquely perceptive guide, and more importantly, discover a new face of an often-misunderstood nation.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 969131
ISBN: 9780141992839
Автор: Booth Alan

Landlines
Join Raynor and Moth on their remarkable 1000-mile walk from Scotland to the South West Coast Path in this powerful account of our country's land, and the people that make it



Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live . . .



Raynor knows that her husband Moth's health is declining, getting worse by the day. She knows of only one cure: the healing power of walking.



Embarking on a journey across the Cape Wrath Trail, over 200 miles of gruelling terrain through Scotland's remotest mountains and lochs, Raynor and Moth look to an uncertain future. Fearing that miracles don't often repeat themselves.



But for all the physical struggle, there is healing. And so when their journey ends, they do what they know best: they keep walking . . .



Their journey began in fear. But can it end in hope?



From the glens of Scotland to the familiar shores of the South West Coast Path, this is the inspiring story of a thousand-mile journey and love letter to our land.
Год: 2023
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 969433
ISBN: 9781405947787
Автор: Winn Raynor

Jupiter's Travels
Jupiter's Travels -Ted Simon's astonishing 4 year motorbike journey around the world



The book that inspired Ewan McGregor's Long Way Round



In the late 1970s Ted Simon set off on a Triumph and rode 63, 000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world. Through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters and a Californian commune, he travelled into the depths of fear and reached the heights of euphoria.



He met astonishing people and was treated as a spy, a welcome stranger and even a god. For Simon the trip became a journey into his own soul, and for many others - including bikers Charley Boorman and Ewan McGrergor - it provides an inspiration they will never forget.



This classic text, which has informed a whole genre of travel writing in the thirty years since it was first published, will never be bettered for sheer adventure, passion, humour and honesty.



Brought up in England by a German mother and a Romanian father, Ted Simon found himself impelled by an insatiable desire to explore the world. It led him to abandon an early scientific career in favour of journalism, and he has worked for several newspapers and magazines on Fleet Street and elsewhere. Ted Simon is also the author of Riding Home and The Gypsy in Me.
Год: 1981
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886285
ISBN: 9780140054101
Автор: Simon Ted

The Pie at Night. In Search of the North at Play
Join Stuart Maconie as he clock off in the north of England



Factory, mine and mill. Industry, toil and grime. Its manufacturing roots mean we still see the North of England as a hardworking place. But, more than possibly anywhere else, the North has always known how to get dressed up, take itself out on the town and have a good time. After all, working and playing hard is its specialty, and Stuart Maconie is in search of what, exactly, this entails what it tells us about the North today.



Following tip offs and rumour, Stuart takes trip to forgotten corners and locals' haunts. From the tapas bars of Halifax to the caravan parks of Berwick Upon Tweed, from a Westhoughton bowling green to Manchester's curry mile, via dog tracks and art galleries, dance floors and high fells, Stuart compares the new and old North, with some surprising results.



The Pie at Night could be seen as a companion to the bestselling Pies and Prejudice, but it is not a sequel. After all, this is a new decade and the North is changing faster than ever. This is a revealing and digressive journey and a State of the North address, delivered from barstool, terrace, dress circle and hillside.
Год: 2016
Производитель: Ebury Press
Артикул: 884532
ISBN: 9780091933821
Автор: Maconie Stuart

Fifth Avenue. From Washington Square to Marcus Garvey Park
A compact architectural history of Manhattan with six walks that guide readers along New York's most glamorous street.



Fifth Avenue: From Washington Square to Marcus Garvey Park presents an in-depth exploration of architecture along one of the world's most iconic streets: New York City's fabled Fifth Avenue. Through six fact-filled walking tours, this accessible illustrated guide takes readers along the entire length of Fifth Avenue, studying its architecture block by block, building by building, offering the chance to discover exceptional and unusual structures across Greenwich Village, Midtown, the Upper East Side, and Harlem.



Heavily illustrated with more than 300 images and practical graphic maps that mark the stops along each route, Fifth Avenue spotlights hundreds of buildings, from familiar tourist destinations to lesser-known gems. Featured are, of course, major monuments including the Empire State Building, New York Public Library, Rockefeller Center, and Saint Patrick's Cathedral; luxurious shops such as Tiffany's, Cartier, and Bulgari; elegant hotels like the St. Regis and the Plaza; and the art treasures of Museum Mile on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Jewish Museum, and the Museum of the City of New York. Each of the walks offers a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of architectural styles, from the Beaux-Arts mansions of the turn of the twentieth century to the striking contemporary structures such as the glass flagship stores of Nike, Armani, and the towering One Vanderbilt. Highlights also include works by distinguished architects such as Richard Morris Hunt, Stanford White, and Frank Lloyd Wright and contemporary leaders like Rem Koolhaas and Bjarke Ingels.



Written as both a fireside and curbside read, this new book is essential for the curious architecture lover touring the New York streets, as well as anyone looking to gain a comprehensive understanding of the historic, social, and economic forces that shaped Fifth Avenue's growth and character.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Monacelli
Артикул: 945304
ISBN: 9781580936071
Автор: Hennessey Wiilliam J

Derelict London. All New Edition
The London That Tourists Don't See



Look beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to Derelict London: a realm whose secrets are all around us, visible to anyone who cares to look . . .



Paul Talling - our best-loved investigator of London's underbelly - has spent over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world. Now, he brings together 100 of his favourite abandoned places from across the capital: many of them more magnificent, more beautiful and more evocative than you can imagine.



Covering everything from the overgrown stands of Leyton Stadium to the windswept alleys of the Aylesbury Estate, Derelict London reveals a side of the city you never knew existed.



It will change the way you see London.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Random House
Артикул: 892741
ISBN: 9781847948380
Автор: Talling Paul

Coast. Our Island Story. A Journey of Discovery Around Britain and Ireland
Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications.



And the people who have lived, worked and played on this spectacular coast - from Stone Age fishermen to seafarers, chart-makers and surfers - have an incredible tale to tell.



Coast: Our Island Story is an enthralling account, sparkling with geography, history, adventure and eccentric characters, told with Nick Crane's trademark charisma and wit.
Год: 2012
Производитель: BBC books
Артикул: 892769
ISBN: 9781849904346
Автор: Crane Nicholas

Egypt
The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Egypt.

Marvel at the Pyramids of Giza, cruise down the Nile or explore the Valley of the Kings: everything you need to know is clearly laid out within colour-coded chapters. Discover the best of Egypt with this indispensable travel guide.

Серия: Eyewitness Travel
Год: 2015
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 986638
ISBN: 9780241198438

Round Ireland With A Fridge
'I hereby bet Tony Hawks the sum of One Hundred Pounds that he cannot hitchhike round the circumference of Ireland, with a fridge, within one calendar month'



A foolhardy attempt to win a drunken bet led to Tony Hawks having one of the most unforgettable experiences of his life. Joined by his trusty travelling-companion-cum-domestic-appliance, he found himself in the midst of a remarkable, inspirational and, at times, downright silly adventure.



In their month of madness, Tony and his fridge surfed together; entered a batchelor festival; and one of them had sex without the other knowing. The fridge got christened, and they even met the poorest king on Earth.



An absurd story of an extraordinary adventure, Round Ireland with a Fridge follows the fearless pair as they battle towards Dublin and a breathtaking finale that is moving, uplifting, and a fitting conclusion to the whole ridiculous affair.
Год: 2007
Производитель: Ebury Press
Артикул: 884479
ISBN: 9780091867775
Автор: Hawks Tony

Greatest British Railway Journeys
The perfect gift for fans of the show as well as lovers of Britain's cultural heritage.



It is now over a decade since the much-loved Great British Railway Journeys series set off on its incredible run discovering the cultural, social and engineering landscape of the United Kingdom through the prism of George Bradshaw's Handbook to rail travel. Veteran politician and ex cabinet minister Michael Portillo has since presented eleven seasons of this ever-popular show on BBC Two, covering every part of the existing train network in Britain, as well as others that were closed as a result of the Beeching Report in 1963. Across a decade of these journeys, Portillo has celebrated how every corner of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland was opened up by the railway line as a result of the Industrial Revolution, thus giving fans a unique insight into our shared past of train travel since the Victorian era.



With the anniversary, this new collection will celebrate Michael's top fifty journeys from the hundreds he has covered, adding more insight and analysis to some of the greatest railway lines, stations, bridges, viaducts and tunnels the Victorians built to create the world we now live in. From Paddington Station to the Clifton Suspension Bridge; the Southend Pier line to the milk wagons departing from Blake Hall Station. An unrivalled narrative to be treasured.



Greatest British Railway Journeys is both a celebratory and charming ride through our country's beloved history - all from the unique position of a train seat.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 976577
ISBN: 9781472279286
Автор: Portillo Michael

Labels. A Mediterranean Journal
Evelyn Waugh chose the name "Labels" for his first travel book because, he said, the places he visited were already "fully labelled" in people's minds. Yet even the most seasoned traveller could not fail to be inspired by his quintessentially English attitude and by his eloquent and frequently outrageous wit. From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants - as he cruises around the Mediterranean his pen cuts through the local colour to give an entertaining portrait of the Englishman abroad.

Серия: Penguin Modern Classics
Год: 2011
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886342
ISBN: 9780140188370
Автор: Waugh Evelyn

Among the Russians. From Baltic to the Caucasus
Among the Russians is a marvellous account of a solitary journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia. A gifted writer and intrepid traveller, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity and relays his extraordinary journey in characteristically lyrical style. This is an enthralling and revealing account of the habits and idiosyncrasies of a fascinating nation along with a sharp and insightful social commentary of Russian life.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 689788
ISBN: 978-0-09-945929-3
Автор: Thubron Colin

The Salt Path
Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, via Devon and Cornwall.



Carrying only the essentials for survival on their backs, they live wild in the ancient, weathered landscape of cliffs, sea and sky. Yet through every step, every encounter and every test along the way, their walk becomes a remarkable journey.



The Salt Path is an honest and life-affirming true story of coming to terms with grief and the healing power of the natural world. Ultimately, it is a portrayal of home, and how it can be lost, rebuilt and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 890674
ISBN: 9781405937184
Автор: Winn Raynor

Neither Nowt Nor Summat
A glorious ramble around Yorkshire from one of our best loved poets



I'm going to define the essence of this sprawling place as best I can. I'm going to start here, in this village, and radiate out like a ripple in a pond. I don't want to go to the obvious places, either; I want to be like a bus driver on my first morning on the job, getting gloriously lost, turning up where I shouldn't. I'm going to confirm or deny the cliches, holding them up to see where the light gets in. Yorkshire people are tight. Yorkshire people are arrogant. Yorkshire people eat a Yorkshire pudding before every meal. Yorkshire people solder a t' before every word they use...



If there were such a thing as a professional Yorkshireman, Ian McMillan would be it. He's regularly consulted as a home-grown expert, and southerners comment archly on his 'fruity Yorkshire brogue'. But he has been keeping a secret. His dad was from Lanarkshire, Scotland, making him, as he puts it, only 'half tyke'. So Ian is worried; is he Yorkshire enough?



To try to understand what this means Ian embarks on a journey around the county, starting in the village has lived in his entire life. With contributions from the Cudworth Probus Club, a kazoo playing train guard, Mad Geoff the barber and four Saddleworth council workers looking for a mattress, Ian tries to discover what lies at the heart of Britain's most distinct county and its people, as well as finding out whether the Yorkshire Pudding is worthy of becoming a UNESCO Intangible Heritage Site, if Harrogate is really, really, in Yorkshire and, of course, who knocks up the knocker up?
Год: 2016
Производитель: Ebury Press
Артикул: 884590
ISBN: 9780091959968
Автор: McMillan Ian

The Climb
In May 1996 a number of expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route. Each group contained world class climbers and relative novices, some of whom had paid tens of thousands of pounds for the climb. As they neared the summit twenty-three men and women, including the expedition leaders, were caught in a ferocious blizzard. Disorientated, out of oxygen and depleted of supplied, the climbers struggled to find their way to safety.



Experienced high-altitude guide Anatoli Boukreev led an exhausted and terrified group of climbers back to safety before going back out into the blizzard to help others stranded on the mountain. Rescuing a number of people from certain death, he emerged a hero.



The Climb by Anatoli Boukreev is an honest and gripping account of true endurance and contains interviews with most of the surviving climbers, medical personnel, Sherpa guides, and families of the dead who experienced the tragedy.



This edition also includes the transcript of the Mountain Madness debriefing, recorded five days after the tragedy, as well as G. Weston de Walt's response to Jon Krakauer.
Год: 2018
Производитель: Pan Books
Артикул: 902861
ISBN: 9781509867998
Автор: Boukreev Anatoli, DeWalt G. Weston

The Atlas of Abandoned Places
The globe is littered with forgotten monuments, their beauty matched only by the secrets of their past.



A glorious palace lies abandoned by a fallen dictator. A grand monument to communism sits forgotten atop a mountain. Two never-launched space shuttles slowly crumble, left to rot in the middle of the desert. Explore these and many more of the world s lost wonders in this atlas like no other.



With remarkable stories, bespoke maps and stunning photography of fifty forsaken sites, The Atlas of Abandoned Places travels the world beneath the surface; the sites with stories to tell, the ones you won t find in any guidebook.



Award-winning travel writer Oliver Smith is your guide on a long-lost path, shining a light on the places that the world forgot.



Locations featured in the book include:



Europe: Maunsell Forts, Aldwych Station, Paris Catacombs, La Petite Ceinture, Craco, Teufelsberg, Beelitz-Heilstatten, Red Star Train Graveyard, Pyramiden, Salpa Line, Buzludzha Monument, Pripyat, Wolf s Lair, Project Riese, Sarajevo Bobsleigh Track, Albanian Bunkers, Rummu Quarry



The Americas & the Carribean: New Bedford Orpheum Theatre, City Hall Station, Bodie, The Boneyards of Western USA, Bannerman Castle, Palace of Sans Souci, Montserrat Exclusion Zone, Ciudad Perdida, Humberstone and Santa Laura, Uyuni Train Cemetery, Fordlandia



The Middle East & the Caucasus: Kayakoy, Burj Al Babas, Varosha, Tskaltubo, Palaces of Saddam



Asia: Ryugyong Hotel, Buran at Baikonur, Mo ynoq Ship Graveyard, Aniva Lighthouse, Ho Thuy Tien Waterpark, Fukushima Red Zone, Hashima



Oceania: Wittenoom, Wrecks of Homebush Bay, Port Arthur, MS World Discoverer, Second World Remains of Papua New Guinea



Africa: Shipwrecks of the Skeleton Coast, Kolmanskop, Mobutu s Gbadolite, Mos Espa, Sao Martinho dos Tigres
Год: 2022
Производитель: Mitchell Beazley
Артикул: 977266
ISBN: 9781784726928
Автор: Smith Oliver

Ultimate Navigation Manual
All the techniques you need to become an expert navigator.



The Ultimate Navigation Manual is a unique guide to finding your way on land from the basic principles right up to the advanced technology of GPS. Designed to allow even the absolute beginner to find their way anywhere in the world, it also develops a unique confidence in navigation with or without technical aids.



With a preface by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, contents will also include:



Environmental clues Using the natural environment to navigate



Maps An introduction to the different types of maps



The Compass and North How compasses work, how to use them and how to choose the right one



Map and Compass Navigation twenty-five easy-to-learn skills are described



Relocation Procedures What to do when lost, dealing with well-known relocation procedures and some ground-breaking new ones



Stellar Navigation Simple methods that are easy to learn



GNSS (GPS) Navigation Why Global Satellite Navigation Systems are the most significant advance in navigation since the invention of the magnetic compass; details all of the systems now available, including the American GPS



Specialist environments and equipment Which techniques are best, where and how to use them in environments such as the Arctic, coastal areas, desert regions, jungles or forests, mountains and urban areas



Written by one of the world's leading search and rescue consultants and highly illustrated with specially commissioned photographs designed to emphasise navigation problems this is the ultimate guide to not losing your way.
Год: 2011
Производитель: Collins
Артикул: 897102
ISBN: 9780007424603
Автор: Brotherton Lyle

Architectural guide. Pyongyang
Столица Северной Кореи Пхеньян город, скрытый за политическим занавесом. Но сегодня у путешественников есть возможность узнать больше об этом городе благодаря уникальному архитектурному путеводителю, изданному в двух томах. Первый том включает описание почти ста современных проектов Пхеньяна, второй анализирует архитектурный и исторический контекст столицы КНДР.

Язык издания: английский.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 774849
ISBN: 9783869221878

Moon. Architectural Guide
Architecture on the moon is no longer a naive fantasy dreamt up by space-flight pioneers. In fact, various building typologies for lunar architecture have emerged in recent years. Their prototypes are being tested in hostile regions on Earth and are waiting to be deployed on the moon.

This book's publication marks the 50th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon. It examines all artefacts that we have sent to the moon, from bizarre technologies to habitation modules for astronauts. This architectural guide thus offers a full retrospective of the history of lunar missions, from the space race during the Cold War through to the missions being prepared by China, India, and Israel in the present day. All of these are considered under the rubric of architecture. At the same time, efforts to commercialise space travel have come to the fore in recent years. New players have entered the stage, competing to utilise the moon's vast and untouched resources.

This book also presents essays by and interviews with space experts, including a discussion with Galina Balashova, renowned architect of the Soviet space programme, and a piece by Alexander Glushko, son of Valentin Glushko, legendary head engineer of the Soviet space programme. Brian Harvey, Gurbir Singh, and Olga Bannova provide an insight into current and future developments in lunar architecture, writing on China, India, and the US, respectively.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 823959
ISBN: 9783869226705
Автор: Meuser Paul

Architectural guide. The South of Russia. Buildings of the Soviet Avant-Garde 1922 1936
The architecture of the Soviet avant-garde of the 1920s and mid-1930s is attracting more and more attention from both domestic and foreign researchers, but in spite of this, entire regions remain unexplored. One of them, until recently, was the South of Russia - an area that encom passes the Southern Federal Dis trict and the North Caucasus Federal District.

The state of this architectural heritage deserves special mention. In the South of Russia during the Second World War, there were active hostilities and mass destruction. Over the course of post-war reconstruction, many buildings were rebuilt in a neo classical style, and a whole layer of avant- garde works nearly disappeared. During the post- Soviet years, the management of these buildings was no less destructive.

The product of extensive research, this guidebook divides the objects in question into two groups: those that have survived and those that have been lost forever. Fortunately, Architectural Guide The South of Russia allows readers to see more than 100 selected buildings of the Soviet avantgarde with their own eyes.

Серия: Art Architecture
Год: 2021
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 789152
ISBN: 9783869223049
Автор: Tokarev Artur, Bychkov Igor

India. An Area Of Darkness, A Wounded Civilization & A Million Mutinies Now
A collection of three classic books by V. S. Naipaul, with an introduction from Paul Theroux, author of The Great Railway Bazaar.



Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul first visited India in 1962 at the age of twenty-nine, hoping to settle the ghosts of a painful ancestral past. That journey was the first in what would become a decades-long project. An Area of Darkness chronicles the author's initial visit as estrangement gives way to connections and conversations. Prompted by the Emergency of 1975, India: A Wounded Civilization presents an intellectual portrait of a country whose people are no longer so willing to speak or bear witness. India: A Million Mutinies Now captures a panorama of voices and stories fifteen years later, at another moment of national upheaval.



Born of Naipaul's wish to see for himself the homeland from which he was twice displaced, India emerges as an invaluable account of a nation in times of dramatic change: acutely observant, tender, at once brilliantly composed and vividly clear-sighted.

Серия: Picador Classic
Год: 2020
Производитель: Picador
Артикул: 902614
ISBN: 9781529031133
Автор: Naipaul V S

One River. Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
From the author of Into The Silence, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction



In 1941, Richard Evans Schultes took a leave of absence from Harvard University and disappeared into the Northern Amazon of Colombia.



The world's leading authority on the hallucinogens and medicinal plants of the region, he returned after twelve years of travelling through South America in a dug-out canoe, mapping uncharted rivers, living among local tribes and documenting the knowledge of shamans.



Thirty years later, his student Wade Davis landed in Bogota to follow in his mentor's footsteps - so creating an epic tale of undaunted adventure, a compelling work of natural history and a testament to the spirit of scientific exploration.
Год: 2014
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 886115
ISBN: 9780099592969
Автор: Davis Wade

D. H. Lawrence and Italy
In these impressions of the Italian countryside, Lawrence transforms ordinary incidents into passages of intense beauty.

Twilight in Italy is a vibrant account of Lawrence's stay among the people of Lake Garda, whose decaying lemon gardens bear witness to the twilight of a way of life centuries old. In Sea and Sardina, Lawrence brings to life the vigorous spontaneity of a society as yet untouched by the deadening effect of industrialization. And Etruscan Places is a beautiful and delicate work of literary art, the record of "a dying man drinking from the founts of a civilization dedicated to life."

Серия: Penguin Classics
Год: 2007
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 973144
ISBN: 9780141441559
Автор: Lawrence David Herbert

The Full English. A Journey in Search of a Country and its People
What kind of country is England today?



What does it mean to be English?



Are we hungry for change or seeking old certainties?



Join Stuart Maconie on an enlightening, entertaining journey through England, from Bristol's Banksy to Durham's beaches, from Cotswolds corduroy to Stoke's oatcakes.



As his guide, Maconie walks in the footsteps of J.B. Priestley's classic travelogue, English Journey, to explore our national identity and how it has evolved over the last century. On his way, Stuart takes inspiration from the people he meets at bus stops and train stations, cafes and corner shops.



Travelling the length of the land, Maconie explores the differences between city and town, north and south, and examines our past and present with affection and insight. Whether he s passing the boutique hotels of Manchester, the moors of Ilkley or the grand houses of Tynemouth, looking out over misty fens or urban skylines, he shines a light on the people who make these places and asks what the future holds for them. Along the way, he uncovers local heroes and secret histories over early breakfasts and last orders.



Through his journey, he lets us see our homes and habits, hopes and eccentricities with fresh eyes. The Full English challenges us to embrace the messy, shifting and diverse nature of England, and to ask ourselves what kind of country we want to be.
Год: 2023
Производитель: HarperCollins
Артикул: 986407
ISBN: 9780008498269
Автор: Maconie Stuart

Great Escapes. Around the World
The world is your oyster.

Our selection of the 90 best hotels around the globe.

Whether you want to take a relaxing vacation in Asia, a backpacking journey in South America, a road trip in the USA, a cultural tour in Europe, or a safari in Africa, we've got the most inspiring and eclectic collection of hotels, guesthouses, boats, lodges, spas, and houseboats that you could ask for. Culled from our Great Escapes series, favorite spots include futuristic-looking, Star Wars-style houseboats made of bamboo poles, palm leaves, and coconut fibers in Kerala, India, as well as a luxury lodge and spa on a java plantation in (you guessed it) Java. An Ayurvedic spa in the Himalayas where nothing matters but peace and relaxation will certainly tempt you, or perhaps you're more the type for a lush Kenyan open-walled, thatched-roof hut fashioned from tree trunks? On a more modern vibe, oogle Gio Ponti's sleek blue and white hotel perched on the cliffs in Sorrento, Italy, and you'll yearn for a sojourn there.

Other highlights include an elegant auberge in Napa Valley, California, where you can stay during your wine tasting tour, a historic ranch nestled in a Death Valley oasis, an adobe hotel in the Chilean desert, a hotel built entirely of salt in Bolivia's Uyuni salt desert, and an "ecolodge" on a natural reserve in the Amazon rain forest. Just flip through the pages of this new compilation of dreamy spots to plan your next holiday, wherever on the planet it may be.

About the editor:

Angelika Taschen studied art history and German literature in Heidelberg, gaining her doctorate in 1986. Working for TASCHEN since 1987, she has published numerous titles on art, architecture, photography, design, travel, and lifestyle.

Издание на английском, немецком и французском языках.
Год: 2009
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 207058
ISBN: 978-3-8365-0133-0

Hello, South Korea
Korea is a global phenomenon. K-pop tops the charts, kimchi spices up meals and K-drama dominates TV screens. Now, it's time to discover more of the country and culture that's captivated the world.



It might be a powerhouse of popular culture, but South Korea is so much more than BTS and bibimbap - and with this book, it's yours to explore. Dive deeper into the country behind Hallyu and discover why it was long known as the Hermit Kingdom, who the incredible haenyeo divers of Jeju Island are and how age was once calculated in three different ways.



Along the way, you'll get to know the people who've shaped the country and its customs, uncover the makings of the Hallyu and, of course, explore the global exports we all know and love. How many varieties of kimchi are there? Why did Squid Game receive mixed reactions in Korea? And what, exactly, is the "glass skin" beauty effect? Find out all this and more in this must-have book: the perfect introduction to this wonderfully varied country.

Серия: Eyewitness Travel
Год: 2023
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 986790
ISBN: 9780241617397

Architectural guide. Tokyo
Уходящая корнями в традиции древнего зодчества, а сегодня ультрасовременная и высокотехнологичная архитектура японской столицы очаровывает путешественников и исследователей со всего мира. Новый путеводитель по Токио - незаменимый компаньон для тех, кто стремится исследовать один из крупнейших и наиболее сложных городов в мире, столицу летних Олимпийских игр 2020 года. Почти 300 знаковых зданий Токио, построенных после 1945 года, представлены в книге информативными текстами и богато проиллюстрированы. Планы и указатели дополняют этот путеводитель, а удобные карты позволяют легко найти здания, несмотря на головокружительные темпы трансформации города. От сверкающего неоновыми огнями перекрестка в районе Сибуя до оригинальных сооружений из деревянных балок: этот путеводитель по Токио демонстрирует все богатство его необычайной архитектуры.

Язык издания: английский.

Серия: Art Architecture
Год: 2020
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 774852
ISBN: 9783869224855
Автор: Meyer Ulf

Tbilisi. Architectural Guide
Tbilisi, capital of the Republic of Georgia, has attracted increasing international attention in recent years: Buildings play no small part in its reputation, as evidenced by the urban mega projects enacted by successive administrations, countless real estate adverts shilling surrealist investment properties, and the recent establishment of the Tbilisi Architecture Biennial.



Architecture offers perhaps the best guide to the myriad contradictions of the city s history: Tbilisi is a Silk Road outpost with caravanserais newer than brownstone Brooklyn. The Orientalist landmarks that prompted many a traveller to invoke the Thousand and One Night were, in fact, usually built by members of a German minority emulating European trends. Today, touts may peddle tours of Brutalist Soviet ruins, but one would be hard-pressed to find clear examples of the style within city limits.



This book helps to unravel the different layers of this fascinating metropolis. It provides in-depth profiles of more than 120 buildings, themed guides to many others (sacred architecture, Art Nouveau, Constructivism), and essays contributed by local scholars.

Серия: Art Architecture
Год: 2023
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 1009500
ISBN: 9783869226286
Автор: Wheeler Angela

St Petersburg
The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this fascinating and cultural city.

The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this fascinating and cultural city.

Explore imperial palaces, visit unique museums and stunning churches or stroll across the city's bridges: everything you need to know is clearly laid out within colour-coded chapters. Discover the best of St Petersburg with this indispensable travel guide.

Inside DK Eyewitness Travel Guide St Petersburg:

- Over 20 colour maps, plus a pull-out map of the city and transport map, help you navigate with ease

- Simple layout makes it easy to find the information you need

- Comprehensive tours and itineraries of St Petersburg, designed for every interest and budget

- Illustrations and floorplans show the inside of St Isaac's Cathedral, the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, the Winter Palace and more

- Colour photographs of St Petersburg's palaces, bazaars, ornate architecture, churches and many more

- Historical and cultural context gives you a richer travel experience: learn about Russia's political history, annual festivals, beliefs and traditions

- Detailed chapters, with area maps, cover Vasilevskiy Island, Petrogradskaya, Palace Embankment, Gostinyy Dvor, Sennaya Ploshchad and further afield

- Essential travel tips: our expert choices of where to stay, eat, shop and sightsee, plus visa and health information, and a useful phrasebook

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide St Petersburg is a detailed, easy-to-use guide designed to help you get the most from your visit to Russia's cultural capital.

"No other guide whets your appetite quite like this one" - The Independent

Want to explore more of Russia? Try our DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Russia.

About DK Eyewitness Travel: DK's highly visual Eyewitness guides show you what others only tell you, with easy-to-read maps, tips, and tours to inform and enrich your holiday. DK is the world's leading illustrated reference publisher, producing beautifully designed books for adults and children in over 120 countries.

Серия: Eyewitness Travel
Год: 2018
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 793252
ISBN: 9780241310489

Wildlife of the Arctic
This book celebrates the Arctic, exploring the natural history that has so inspired generations.



Early travellers to the Arctic brought back tales of amazing creatures and of the endurance required of visitors, the Arctic becoming a land of inspiration and imagination. Adventurers test themselves against it. Its wildlife still amazes when film and television show Earth s natural wonders it is always the polar regions that draw the biggest audiences. But today the Arctic is in retreat. Humanity s relentless exploitation of the Earth s resources in the pursuit of progress has, it seems, altered the climate and threatens the ice and ice-living organisms. It is a cliche that the loss of a species diminishes us, but it is true nonetheless. Even to people who have never seen a Polar Bear its loss will be immeasurable as the bear is iconic, both defining and reflecting the Arctic.



This Traveller s Guide is designed to give visitors a handy identification guide to the wildlife they might see as they travel around, including stunning photography and detailed descriptions of each species.
Год: 2018
Производитель: William Collins
Артикул: 897610
ISBN: 9780008205560
Автор: Sale Richard, Michelsen Per

4 Cities. New York, Paris, Berlin, London
12 volumes in slipcase

Travel wisdom in your pocket

Get around New York, Paris, Berlin, and London in high style

Following the smashing success of our city travel guide series, TASCHEN brings you the entire collection in a box set of 12 volumes. Each city-Paris, New York, London, and Berlin-is covered in three separate volumes for hotels, restaurants, and shops. These guides are just as stylish as the originals, now easier to slip in your pocket while you explore!

Highlights include:

London: Number Sixteen, a chic South Kensington hotel in a beautiful Victorian townhouse with romatic gardens, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's restaurant and social project, Fifteen, where teenagers cook the meals, and Dover Street Market, the multi-floor concept store founded in 2004 by Comme des Gar?ons.

New York: the Maritime Hotel, a former sailors' dorm, now Chelsea's coolest hotel, the Waverly Inn, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's exclusive salon for the glitterati, and where to buy New York's best cheesecake

Paris: Laduree, the best macaroons in the city, the ultra-luxurious Ritz hotel on elegant Place Vendоme, and Colette fashion concept store

Berlin: hip nightspot Green Door, where one rings the doorbell to gain entrance, oriental delight at Edd's, the best Thai restaurant in Berlin (perhaps in Germany), and experimental store Bless, "publicizing artistic values through products".
Год: 2011
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 314382
ISBN: 978-3-8365-3179-5
Автор: Taschen Angelika

Great Escapes around the World. Vol. 2
The second installment of Angelika Taschen's round-up of the world's most exceptional hotels and retreats is packed with awe-inspiring photos and tantalizing descriptions of the world's greatest getaways. While few will visit them all, this collection provides a dizzying array of exotic destinations for the armchair traveler.

Highlights include a California inn where Liberace would have felt right at home, and shabby-chic bungalows on Highway 1 in Big Sur. Choose from luxurious residences nestled on the Ubud hillside overlooking the Ayung River in Bali, or oceanside bungalows on a Brazilian archipelago. Go camping in "royal style" in the Indian desert, or opt for a luxury tented camp on an island in the best game-viewing location in Botswana. Relax in a hand-woven banda on Zanzibar, a hotel-museum full of contemporary art on the Sicilian coast, or a sumptuous Provencal spa retreat in the south of France.

About the editor:

Angelika Taschen studied art history and German literature in Heidelberg, gaining her doctorate in 1986. Working for TASCHEN since 1987, she has published numerous titles on art, architecture, photography, design, travel, and lifestyle.

Издание на английском, французском и немецком языках.
Год: 2009
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 218172
ISBN: 978-3-8365-0999-2

Into the Heart of Borneo
'We've left a lot of men in Borneo - know what I mean?' With their SAS trainer's warnings ringing in their ears, the naturalist, Redmond O'Hanlon, and the poet, James Fenton, set out to rediscover the lost rhinoceros of Borneo. They were loaded with enough back-breaking kit to survive two months in a steaming 95 (in the shade) jungle of creeping, crawling, biting things. O'Hanlon could also rely on his encyclopedic knowledge of the region's flora and fauna, and had read-up on how to avoid being eaten by anything (stick your thumbs in a crocodile's eyes, if you have time). And yet they proceeded to have an adventure that neither O'Hanlon, nor his friend, nor even his guides were remotely prepared for
Год: 1985
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886289
ISBN: 9780140073973
Автор: O`Hanlon Redmond

The Old Ways. A Journey on Foot
Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations.
Год: 2013
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886862
ISBN: 9780141030586
Автор: Macfarlane Robert

A Man on the Moon. The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
'Through the windows of the slowly turning spacecraft they looked out at the place where the sun had once been, and there was the moon: a huge, magnificent sphere bathed in the eerie blue light of earthshine, each crater rendered in ghostly detail.'



The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. When astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their 'giant step' across a ghostly lunar landscape, they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 250, 000 miles away.



A Man on the Moon is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme: from the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch, through the euphoria of the first moonwalk, to the discoveries made by the first scientist in space aboard Apollo 17. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with the astronauts and team, this is the story of the twentieth century's greatest human achievement, minute-by-minute, in the words of those who were there.
Год: 2009
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886973
ISBN: 9780141041834
Автор: Chaikin Andrew

On the Plain of Snakes. A Mexican Road Trip
The master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the beautiful and troubled heart of modern Mexico



Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers and the deportees who have been caught and brought back. And it is here that Paul Theroux will begin his journey into the culturally rich but troubled heart of modern Mexico.



Moving through the deserts just south of the Arizona border, Theroux finds a place brimming with charm, yet visibly marked by both the US border patrol looming to the north and mounting discord from within. Attending local language and culinary schools, driving through the country and meeting its people, Paul Theroux gets under the skin of Mexico.



From the writer praised for his 'curiosity and affection for humanity in all its forms' (New York Times Book Review), On The Plain of Snakes is an urgent and mesmerising exploration of a region in conflict.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 889300
ISBN: 9780241977521
Автор: Theroux Paul

The Pillars of Hercules. A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean
At the gateway to the Mediterranean lie the two Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar and Ceuta, in Morocco. Paul Theroux decided to travel from one to the other - but taking the long way round.



His grand tour of the Mediterranean begins in Gibraltar and takes him through Spain, the French Riviera, Italy, Greece, Istanbul and beyond. He travels by any means necessary - including dilapidated taxi, smoke-filled bus, bicycle and even a cruise-liner. And he encounters bullfights, bazaars and British tourists, discovers pockets of humanity in war-torn Slovenia and Croatia, is astounded by the urban developments on the Costa del Sol and marvels at the ancient wonders of Delphi.



Told with Theroux's inimitable wit and style, this lively and eventful tour evokes the essence of Mediterranean life.
Год: 1996
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 886352
ISBN: 9780140245332
Автор: Theroux Paul

Moscow
Альбом-сувенир рассказывает о Кремле, Красной площади, Московском метро, Троице-Сергиевой Лавре и других достопримечательностях Москвы и Московской области.

Альбом богато иллюстрирован фотографиями.

На английском языке.
Год: 2010
Производитель: Альфа Колор
Артикул: 279388
ISBN: 978-5-9663-0136-1
Автор: Вишневская Татьяна

At the Edge. Riding for My Life
The adrenalin-fuelled story of the stunt cyclist whose jaw-dropping adventures have racked up 200 million YouTube views



Danny MacAskill lives on the edge.



The cyclist is legendary for his YouTube viral videos like The Ridge, Cascadia, Imaginate and Wee Day Out: nerve-racking montages of stunts which scale everything from mountain peaks, rooftops, ghost towns and movie sets. His life is one of thrills, bloody spills and millions of online hits.



It hasn't been an easy ride. Doubt, stress and the 'what if?' factor circle every trailblazing trick, which require imagination, fearlessness, groundbreaking techniques and an eye for a good camera angle. He has spent his life pushing the extremes; somehow, he's still around to tell the tale.



In this unflinching memoir of mayhem, Danny shares his anarchic childhood on the Isle of Skye and early days as a street trials rider, takes us behind the scenes of his training and videos, and reveals what it takes to go the next level - both mentally and physically.



Join Danny for a nerve-shredding ride. Just be sure to bring a crash helmet.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 889255
ISBN: 9780241973264
Автор: MacAskill Danny

How England Made the English. From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours
The English national character is principally an accident of geography and weather. In How England Made the English, Harry Mount scours the length and breadth of the country to find the curiosities, idiosyncrasies and peculiarities that have made us who and what we are.



Harry Mount's How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours is packed with astonishing facts and wonderful stories.

Q. Why are English train seats so narrow?

A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as horse-drawn wagons; and they were designed to fit the ruts left in the roads by Roman chariots.

For readers of Paxman's The English, Bryson's Notes on a Small Island and Fox's Watching the English, this intriguing and witty book explains how our national characteristics - our sense of humour, our hobbies, our favourite foods and our behaviour with the opposite sex - are all defined by our nation's extraordinary geography, geology, climate and weather.

You will learn how we would be as freezing cold as Siberia without the Gulf Stream; why we drive on the left-hand side of the road; why the Midlands became the home of the British curry. It identifies the materials that make England, too: the faint pink Aberdeen granite of kerbstones; that precise English mix of air temperature, smell and light that hits you the moment you touch down at Heathrow.
Год: 2013
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 890058
ISBN: 9780670919147
Автор: Mount Harry

Thailand`s Beaches and Islands
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Thailand's Beaches and Islands is your ideal companion for exploring this diverse and fascinating part of the world. Thailand's glorious beaches stretch over 2, 000 miles of coastline, proving irresistible to lovers of beach-life and ocean sports.

Whether you're seeking a secluded getaway or the hottest party destinations, you'll find insider tips and reviews for best hotels, restaurants and bars, shopping and entertainment, beaches, markets, and festivals. Your options are listed area by area and include recommendations for all budgets.



DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Thailand's Beaches and Islands also provides in-depth information on this region's breathtaking geographic diversity and rich cultural heritage. All of Thailand's extensive coastline is covered in this updated guide, from the Eastern Seaboard to Bangkok, the Upper and Lower Western Gulf coasts, the Deep South, and the Upper and Lower Andeman Coasts.



You won't miss a thing on your vacation with the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide to Thailand' Beaches and Islands.

Серия: Eyewitness Travel
Год: 2016
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 986642
ISBN: 9780241209691

Under the Wave at Waimea
From renowned writer Paul Theroux comes a dazzling novel following a big-wave surfer in Hawaii as he confronts ageing, privilege, mortality, and whose lives we choose to remember



'It was as if in surfing he was carving his name in water, invisibly, joyously.'



Joe Sharkey knows he is passed his prime.



Now in his sixties, the younger surfers around the breaks on the north shore of Oahu still revere him as the once-legendary 'Shark', but his sponsors have moved on, and Joe wonders what new future awaits him on the horizon. Uninterrupted quality time with the ocean, he hopes.



Life has other plans.



When he accidentally hits and kills a man near Waimea while drunk-driving, he fears he will never rebound. Under the direction of his stubbornly loyal girlfriend Olive, he throws himself into uncovering his victim's story. But what they find in Max Mulgrave is entirely unexpected: a shared history - and refuge in the sea.



Set on the stunning Hawaiian coast, Theroux captures the glory and nostalgia of looking back at a rich and adventurous past, whilst learning to ride out life's next unexpected wave.
Год: 2024
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888728
ISBN: 9780241504444
Автор: Theroux Paul

Venice
Peter Ackroyd at his most magical and magisterial - a glittering, evocative, fascinating, story-filled portrait of Venice: ultimate city.



In this magnificent vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty. He leads us through the history of the city, from the first refugees arriving in the mists of the lagoon in the fourth century to the rise of a great mercantile state and a trading empire, the wars against Napoleon and the tourist invasions of today. There are wars and sieges, scandals and seductions, fountains playing in deserted squares and crowds thronging the markets. And there is a dark undertone too, of shadowy corners and dead ends, prisons and punishment.



We could have no better guide to this most exceptional of cities - reading Ackroyd's Venice is, in itself, a glorious journey and the perfect holiday.
Год: 2010
Производитель: Vintage books
Артикул: 884804
ISBN: 9780099422563
Автор: Ackroyd Peter

Leaders Who Changed History
Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential leaders with this innovative, and boldly graphic biography-led book.



Comprehensive in its scope and depth, and fully illustrated, Leaders profiles leaders from all walks of life - kings, queens, and political leaders; military leaders; religious icons, revolutionaries, and business leaders.



Combining accessible text with specially-commissioned illustrated portraits in a range of bold artwork styles, photographs, and infographics, these entries showcase each individual in a fresh, visual way.



Covering political masterminds and military geniuses such as Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan, great kings, queens, and rulers like Elizabeth I or Cleopatra, icons of religion and rebellion from Muhammad to Mohandas Gandhi to Emmeline Pankhurst, and inspirational captains of industry, Leaders explores and explains the groundbreaking contributions made by these men and women and their legacies.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 916427
ISBN: 9780241363171

Gardens of the World
Explore the world's most stunning gardens and gain expert knowledge that you can use in your own green space.



A celebration of the world's most extraordinary green spaces, Gardens of the World will sow the seeds of adventure and inspire your next trip.



Illustrated with inspiring photography and full of fascinating insights from expert gardeners, this beautiful compilation takes you on a visual journey of some of the world's most gorgeous gardens and green spaces. The book is split into five chapters, each focusing on a different theme. From the intricately planned and carefully curated French formal gardens of Versailles to the surrealist jungle dreamland of Mexico's Las Pozas, these gardens prove that green-fingered ingenuity comes in many forms and thrives in even the most unlikely of locations.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 986720
ISBN: 9780241559246

Imagine a City. A Pilot Sees the World
Growing up in his small hometown, Mark Vanhoenacker spun the illuminated globe in his bedroom and dreamt of elsewhere - of distant, real cities, and a perfect metropolis that existed only in his imagination. These places were sources of endless fascination and escape: streets unspooled, towers shone, and anonymous crowds bustled in cities where Mark could be anyone - perhaps even himself.



Now, as a commercial airline pilot, Mark has spent nearly two decades crossing the skies of our planet, touching down in the cities he imagined as a child. He experiences these metropolises in short layover visits that repeat month after month and year after year, giving him a unique perspective on the places that form our urban world.



Interweaving travelogue with memoir, Mark celebrates the cities he has come to know and love through the lens of the hometown his heart has never left. Exploring the emblematic facets of each city's identity - the sweeping roads of Los Angeles, the old gates of Jeddah, the intricate, dream-inspired plan of Brasilia - he shows us with warmth and fresh eyes the extraordinary places that billions of us call home.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Chatto & Windus
Артикул: 891626
ISBN: 9781784743253
Автор: Vanhoenacker Mark

Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands. Fifty Islands I Have Not Visited and Never Will
Born on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall, as a child Judith Schalansky could travel only through the pages of an atlas. Now she has created her own, taking us across the oceans of the world to fifty remote islands. Perfect maps jostle with cryptic tales from the islands, full of rare animals and lost explorers, marooned slaves and lonely scientists, mutinous sailors and forgotten castaways.
Год: 2012
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 892655
ISBN: 9781846143496
Автор: Schalansky Judith

Japan. Architectural guide
Contemporary Japanese architecture has, for over half a century, achieved worldwide recognition not only for its highly innovative and often futuristic qualities, but also for its sensitive response to Japan's cultural and physical context, which has become especially challenging given the country's increasingly urbanised environment. Today, Japan's contemporary architecture is admired perhaps as much as its traditional counterpart, with which it often maintains a meaningful dialogue.

Botond Bognar's Architectural Guide Japan introduces close to 700 of the most prominent examples of this fertile architecture, in addition to outlining its development from the mid-nineteenth century to the present in a concise historical essay. All texts are accompanied by about 930 colour photos, all taken by the author, and over 90 drawings. Detailed information about each entry is enhanced by geodata in the form of QR codes.

Серия: Art Architecture
Год: 2013
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 823954
ISBN: 9783869221939, 978-3-8692-2696-5
Автор: Bognar Botond

The Atlas of Unusual Borders
A beautifully presented gift for anyone with an intrigue for geographical curiosities.

This beautifully designed book presents unusual borders, enclaves and exclaves, divided or non-existent cities and islands.



Numerous conflicts have left countries divided and often shattered. Remnants of countries can by design or accident be left behind as a legal anomaly in this complex world.



Most people believe that a country s borders are clearly defined: just lines that separate countries. Everything on one side of the line belongs to one country and everything on the other side belongs to another country. This might be the case most of the time, but there are unusual exceptions to this unwritten rule.



Examples include:

Campione d Italia where Italian residents have to travel 15km through Switzerland to reach the nearest available Italian territory

Tomb of Suleyman Shah which is a tiny Turkish enclave within Syria which was moved closer to Turkey when Lake Assad was created but still stayed in Syria

Pheasant Island which for half a year belongs to the Spanish city of Irun, and the remaining half, to its French twin-town, Hendaye

Canadian Stanstead and American Beebe Plain where the boundary line runs along the centre of the main street, so that the houses on one side of the street are in Canada and on the other in the United States



These and many more instances are captured in this fascinating book full of strange geographical intrigue.



International Cartographic conference 2021 overall winner of the atlas category and shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Collins
Артикул: 898300
ISBN: 9780008351779
Автор: Nikolic Zoran

Georgian London
Georgian London reveals their daily lives: quickie marriages outside Fleet Prison, clandestine visits to Covent Garden, the terror of serial killers and lawless highwaymen and days out at the Tower Zoo.



In Georgian London: Into the Streets, Lucy Inglis takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin.

Travel back to the Georgian years, a time that changed expectations of what life could be. Peek into the gilded drawing rooms of the aristocracy, walk down the quiet avenues of the new middle class, and crouch in the damp doorways of the poor. But watch your wallet - tourists make perfect prey for the thriving community of hawkers, prostitutes and scavengers.

Visit the madhouses of Hackney, the workshops of Soho and the mean streets of Cheapside. Have a coffee in the city, check the stock exchange, and pop into St Paul's to see progress on the new dome.

This book is about the Georgians who called London their home, from dukes and artists to rent boys and hot air balloonists meeting dog-nappers and life-models along the way. It investigates the legacies they left us in architecture and art, science and society, and shows the making of the capital millions know and love today.

'Read and be amazed by a city you thought you knew' Jonathan Foyle, World Monuments Fund

'Jam-packed with unusual insights and facts. A great read from a talented new historian' Independent

'Pacy, superbly researched. The real sparkle lies in its relentless cavalcade of insightful anecdotes . . . There's much to treasure here' Londonist

'Inglis has a good ear for the outlandish, the farcical, the bizarre and the macabre. A wonderful popular history of Hanoverian London' London Historians

In 2009 Lucy Inglis began blogging on the lesser-known aspects of London during the Eighteenth Century - including food, immigration and sex - at GeorgianLondon.com. She lives in London with her husband. Georgian London is her first book
Год: 2014
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 890066
ISBN: 9780670920143
Автор: Inglis Lucy

The Log from the Sea of Cortez
In 1940 Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California. The expedition was described by the two men in Sea of Cortez, published in 1941. The day-to-day story of the trip is told here in the Log, which combines science, philosophy and high-spirited adventure.

Серия: Penguin Modern Classics
Год: 2000
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 968924
ISBN: 9780141186078
Автор: Steinbeck John

Koolhaas. Countryside, A Report
An urgent exploration of a long-neglected realm

and its sublime beauty

The rural, remote, and wild territories we call countryside , or the 98% of the earth s surface not occupied by cities, make up the front line where today s most powerful forces climate and ecological devastation, migration, tech, demographic lurches are playing out. Increasingly under a Cartesian regime gridded, mechanized, and optimized for maximal production these sites are changing beyond recognition. In his latest publication, Rem Koolhaas explores the rapid and often hidden transformations underway across the Earth s vast non-urban areas.

Countryside, A Report gathers travelogue essays exploring territories marked by global forces and experimentation at the edge of our consciousness: a test site near Fukushima, where the robots that will maintain Japan s infrastructure and agriculture are tested; a greenhouse city in the Netherlands that may be the origin for the cosmology of today s countryside; the rapidly thawing permafrost of Central Siberia, a region wrestling with the possibility of relocation; refugees populating dying villages in the German countryside and intersecting with climate change activists; habituated mountain gorillas confronting humans on their territory in Uganda; the American Midwest, where industrial-scale farming operations are coming to grips with regenerative agriculture; and Chinese villages transformed into all-in-one factory, e-commerce stores, and fulfillment centers.

This book is the official companion to the Guggenheim Museum exhibition Countryside, The Future. The exhibition and book mark a new area of investigation for architect and urbanist Rem Koolhaas, who launched his career with two city-centric entities: The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (1975) and Delirious New York (1978). It s designed by Irma Boom, who drew inspiration for the book s pocket-sized concept, as well as its innovative typography and layout, from her research in the Vatican library.

Серия: Архитектура и дизайн
Год: 2020
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 799371
ISBN: 9783836584395
Автор: Rem Koolhaas Amo

Tired of London, Tired of Life. One thing a day to do in London
As the late great Samuel Johnson opined, When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life



If you're not getting the most out of London, it is a sad truth that you have no one to blame but yourself. Author, Tom Jones started the Tired of London, Tired of Life blog in 2008, after he began to tire of London life. Doing the same thing day after day can get anyone down, but the city of London has an almost infinite number of things to see and do. The only problem is that it can be hard to find inspiration when we need it, as we only seem to stumble across things when we're not really looking. Tired of London, Tired of Life, is a month-by-month, fully illustrated guide to London, where you can choose from seasonally-appropriate things to do. It includes note sections so you can jot your own ideas as well, or your thoughts about the places you ve been to.

So grab your copy of Tired of London and your A to Z and step outside to a near unlimited selection of experiences and events stretched out before you in this truly remarkable city.
Год: 2012
Производитель: Virgin books
Артикул: 890319
ISBN: 9780753540329
Автор: Jones Tom

A Curious Guide to London
From petticoat duels and lucky cats to the Stiffs Express, Lord Nelson's spare nose, the Piccadilly earthquake and the Great Beer Flood of 1814, A Curious Guide to London takes you on a captivating, wildly entertaining tour of the city you think you know, unearthing the capital's secrets and commemorating its rich, colourful and unusual history.



Brimming with tales of London's forgotten past, its strangest traditions and its most eccentric inhabitants, this book celebrates the unique, the unusual and the unknown.



Perfect for tourists, day-trippers, commuters and the millions of people who call London home, this alternative guidebook will make you look at the city in a whole new light.
Год: 2014
Производитель: Bantam Press
Артикул: 890047
ISBN: 9780593073230
Автор: Leyland Simon

Rome, Naples and Florence
Few writers have known Italy better than Stendhal: he was only seventeen when he first rode south across the Alps in the wake of Napoleon s armies, and he continued to travel and to live in Italy until a few months before his death. Some of his visits lasted only a few weeks, others continued for years, and he spent the last decade of his life as French Consul in Civitavecchia yet he was never a tourist in the ordinary sense of the word.



Italy, for Stendhal, was never a mere treasure trove of ruins, museums and galleries: it was the life of the country which fascinated him, its spirit, the inner workings of its heart and mind. This picture or rather this living dream of Italy he created is as fresh and tantalizing today as it was almost two centuries ago.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Alma Books
Артикул: 960990
ISBN: 9781847498472
Автор: Stendhal

Steeple Chasing. Around Britain by Church
Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned. They contain art and architectural wonders - one huge gallery scattered, like a handful of jewels, across these isles.



Award-winning writer Peter Ross sets out to tell their stories, and through them a story of Britain. Join him as he visits the unassuming Norfolk church which contains a disturbing secret, and London's mighty cathedrals with their histories of fire and love. Meet cats and bats, monks and druids, angels of oak and steel.



Steeple Chasing, though it sometimes strikes an elegiac note, is a song of praise. It celebrates churches for their beauty and meaning, and for the tales they tell. It is about people as much as place, flesh and bone not just flint and stone. From the painted hells of Surrey to the holy wells of Wales, consider this a travel book . . . with bells on.
Год: 2023
Производитель: Headline
Артикул: 977207
ISBN: 9781472281920
Автор: Ross Peter

The Travels
A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's seminal account of his journeys in the east, in a collectible clothbound edition.



Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. His account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions, customs and societies; the spices and silks of the East; the precious gems, exotic vegetation and wild beasts of faraway lands. Evoking a remote and long-vanished world with colour and immediacy, Marco's book revolutionized western ideas about the then unknown East and is still one of the greatest travel accounts of all time.



For this edition - the first completely new English translation of the Travels in over fifty years - Nigel Cliff has gone back to the original manuscript sources to produce a fresh, authoritative new version. The volume also contains invaluable editorial materials, including an introduction describing the world as it stood on the eve of Polo's departure, and examining the fantastical notions the West had developed of the East.



Marco Polo was born in 1254, joining his father on a journey to China in 1271. He spent the next twenty years travelling in the service of Kublai Khan. There is evidence that Marco travelled extensively in the Mongol Empire and it is fairly certain he visited India. He wrote his famous Travels whilst a prisoner in Genoa.



Nigel Cliff was previously a theatre and film critic for The Times and a regular writer for The Economist, among other publications, and now writes historical nonfiction books. His first book, The Shakespeare Riots, was published in 2007 and shortlisted for the Washington-based National Award for Arts Writing. His second book, The Last Crusade: Vasco da Gama and the Birth of the Modern World appeared in 2011 and was shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.

Серия: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Год: 2015
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 969296
ISBN: 9780141198774
Автор: Polo Marco

Камчатка - горячая земля у студеного моря
Это третье, дополненное и обновленное издание знаменитого фотоальбома Андрея Нечаева "Камчатка - горячая земля у студеного моря". Свои фотографии также для книги предоставили: Юрий Артюхин, Александр Белоусов, Александр Дьяков, Марина Макарова, Виталий Николаенко и многие другие именитые фотографы.

Текст книги дан также на английском языке.

3-е издание, дополненное и обновленное.
Год: 2012
Производитель: ХК Новая книга
Артикул: 629690
ISBN: 978-5-900858-50-0
Автор: Нечаев Андрей

Wild Women. A collection of first-hand accounts from female explorers
A collection of the greatest women's travel writing selected by journalist and presenter Mariella Frostrup.

From Constantinople to Crimea; from Antarctica to the Andes. Throughout history adventurous women have made epic, record-breaking journeys under perilous circumstances. Whether escaping constricted societies back home or propelled by a desire for independence, footloose females have ventured to the four corners of the earth and recorded their exploits for posterity.

For too long their triumphs have been overshadowed by those of their male counterparts, whose honourable failures make bigger news. In curating this collection of first-hand accounts, broadcaster, writer and traveller Mariella Frostrup puts female explorers back on the map. Her selection includes explorers from the 1700s to the present day, from iconic heroines to lesser-known eccentrics, celebrating 300 years of wild women and their amazing adventures over land, sea and air.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Head of Zeus
Артикул: 963788
ISBN: 9781803287423
Автор: Frostrup Mariella

The A-Z History of London
Beautifully presented, a perfect gift for history lovers.

For the last century A-Z maps have been the trusted and reliable source of mapping for Londoners. As the face of London has changed so have the maps. History of Britain in Maps author, Philip Parker, outlines these changes.



Drawing on maps and photographs from the A to Z archives, Philip Parker reveals how the city has changed over the last one hundred years.



Did you know that Phyllis Pearsall walked 23, 000 street in order to create the first street atlas of London? The land to build Heathrow airport on was bought for ?15, 000 from the Vicar of Harmondsworth? There used to be S and NE London postcodes?



London s skyline has gone from Big Ben and Tower Bridge to include the Tate Modern and The Shard. Several ill-fated projects appeared on maps, including London Millennium Tower and The Sparkplug, which never quite made it into the city s skyline



A beautifully presented book and perfect gift for any map lover and historian.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Harpercollins
Артикул: 898299
ISBN: 9780008351762
Автор: Parker Philip

Treasured Islands. The explorer s guide to over 200 of the most beautiful and intriguing islands
Islands represent adventure, mystery, wilderness and escapism. Surrounded by water, they're somewhere to run away to, to be marooned on, to find a paradise The British Isles includes some 194 inhabited islands (out of a total of over 6, 000), ranging from remote lost worlds to famous and popular holiday spots. And Treasured Islands includes them all, in one enticing package.



This wonderfully comprehensive and inspiring guide starts off with a Best of section, highlighting the ten best islands for foodies, wildlife, adrenaline-junkies and pure escapism. Then, region by region, the author explores the UK's most wonderful islands, including:



Shetlands, Fair Isle, Orkneys, Outer Hebrides, Inner Hebrides, Isle of Arran

Lindisfarne, Isle of Man, Walney Island

Anglesey, Pembrokeshire Island

Foulness and Canvey Islands

Isle of Sheppey, Lundy

Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, Channel Islands, Islands of Ireland

Tidal Islands (to include Burgh Island, Holy Island and St Michael's Mount)

Inland Islands (to include Eel Pie, Derwent Isle and Peel Island in the Lake District)

Remote Islands



Illustrated with beautiful colour photography, the text ensures you won't miss out on must-see attractions, wildlife and natural features, local food specialties, sporting activities, best places to stay and eat, and all-important transport links to and from the mainland, and other nearby islands. For some light relief, there are interesting historical and cultural anecdotes woven through, giving a fascinating insight into the way of life on these sometimes remote settlements.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Conway
Артикул: 922756
ISBN: 9781844865925
Автор: Naldrett Peter

Огненное сердце Камчатки. Описание действующих вулканов и вулканических ландшафтов
В новый фотоальбом признанного фотохудожника Андрея Нечаева вошли не только красочные фотографии, но и описание действующих камчатских вулканов и вулканических ландшафтов полуострова.

Текст альбома переведен на английский язык.

Фотоальбом подготовлен и издан благодаря поддержке Института вулканологии и сейсмологии ДВО РАН.
Год: 2014
Производитель: ХК Новая книга
Артикул: 629706
ISBN: 978-5-900858-53-1
Автор: Нечаев Андрей

Collector's edition of Architectural guides
Коллекционный сборник представляет 200 знаковых современных зданий из самых разных городов мира. Сборник состоит из 20 архитектурных мини-путеводителей, авторы которых состоят в глобальной Ассоциации Guiding Architects . В каждом из путеводителей 5 самых известных достопримечательностей и 5 скрытых жемчужин таких удивительных городов, как Амстердам, Барселона, Берлин, Бильбао, Будапешт, Доха, Дубай / Абу-Даби, Франкфурт-на-Майне, Гамбург, Стамбул, Милан, Москва, Мюнхен, Нью-Йорк, Осло, Рим, Роттердам, Турин, Венеция и Вена.

Все авторы практикующие архитекторы, большинство из них работают в тех городах, о которых пишут.

Язык издания: английский.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 774900
ISBN: 9783869222660
Автор: Bokern Anneke, Moneo Rafael

Africa
Africa is a source of amazing bio-diversity and home to some of the planet's most spectacular landscapes. The sights of this awe-inspiring continent are captured with consummate skill and sensitivity by master lensman Michael Poliza. With extensive experience photographing the animals and terrain of Africa, Poliza's viewpoint is shaped by his concern for the fragile eco-systems he chronicles. These images embody the soul of Africa's flora and fauna with a true artist's eye for color and composition. This book will be enjoyed for years to come. Poliza started as a child actor on German TV, then founded several highly successful IT ventures in the US and Germany. His "STARSHIP MILLENNIUM VOYAGE, " around the world on a 75 ft expedition yacht, was avidly followed by millions via internet. Poliza now focuses mainly on filming and photography, including work for the Discovery Channel. He spends a great deal of time based in Cape Town, and is a pioneer in the use of digital photography for coffee table books.

Text in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.

Серия: Photography
Год: 2007
Производитель: te Neues
Артикул: 246979
ISBN: 3-8327-9127-2
Автор: Poliza Michael

Venice. A Sketchbook Guide
A guide to the wonders of Venice, conveyed by means of an artist's sketchbook



Matthew Rice is a long-time observer and illustrator of cities, buildings and all those who inhabit them, with an uncanny ability to express the energy of a place through a few lines of ink and splashes of paint. For years, Venice has been a source of deep creative inspiration for him; and now, in Venice: A Sketchbook Guide, he captures the highlights of this most beguiling of Italian cities.



Unsurprisingly, given his abiding passion for architecture, Matthew provides a wealth of information about the 'stones' of Venice, including an illustrated guide to the main building styles of the city - Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Modern - and exemplars of its balconies, bridges and campaniles. Further sections explore the city's sestieri - its six residential quarters - as well as its history, paintings, festivals, wildlife and, not least, its cicchetti and aperitivi.



Following the same landscape format as Matthew's real-life sketchbooks, Venice: A Sketchbook Guide will combine enchanting watercolour illustrations with an informed, personal and witty text, and promises to delight all visitors to Venice, armchair or actual.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888583
ISBN: 9780241464830
Автор: Price Matthew R

Mountaineers. Great tales of bravery and conquest
Celebrating a tradition of bravery, thirst for knowledge, and pursuit of glory, this book tells the stories of the most famous mountaineers in history and explores the climbs that they conquered.



Mountaineers is filled with stirring tales of adventure and intriguing characters, from the Brits who insisted on hauling cases of vintage champagne up to Everest base camp in 1924, to the Italian Duke of the Abruzzi who took 10 iron bedsteads up Alaska's Malaspina glacier. It chronicles the stories of the pioneers who first conquered the heights of this planet, from Otzi the Iceman to Edmund Hillary, important scientific discoveries that were made along the way, and accounts of great bravery, fellowship, altruism, and humour in the face of adversity.



The book features fact files for over 100 famous mountaineers and stunning photography of the mountains they scaled, and contains rare artefacts that were found on their journeys, previously unpublished photographs, and specially commissioned route maps to recreate history's greatest ascents. The book also charts the development of technology, equipment, and techniques from the tweed hacking jackets and pipe-smoking of the early mountaineers to the sophisticated kit being used today.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 916827
ISBN: 9780241298800

Cuba. A Literary Guide for Travellers
Cuba with its flamboyant style and rich culture, has provided the inspiration and setting for literature for decades. It has always been one of the most compelling places in the world, though perhaps never more so than now. Following Raul Castro's resignation as President in 2018, the era of Castroism has come to an end, and the US-Cuba rapprochement has opened the country to a generation of Americans whose only previous exposure was through film and literature. The coming years will undoubtedly bring significant changes to a country that has in many ways been frozen in time.



Cuba: A Literary Guide for Travellers takes the literary-minded traveller (either in person or in an armchair) on a vivid and illuminating journey, retracing the footsteps of writers and artists who have lived and worked in, or been inspired by, the history and landscape of Cuba. This literary guide challenges some firmly-held Western assumptions about the country, and shines a light on one of the richest and most deeply embedded literary cultures in the world.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Bloomsbury
Артикул: 922757
ISBN: 9781788314992
Автор: Gonzalez Mike

Saint-Petersburg and Its Environs
Красочный и информативный альбом "Санкт-Петербург и пригороды" познакомит вас с главными достопримечательностями удивительного по красоте города Санкт-Петербурга и его пригорода, расскажет об уникальных архитектурных ансамблях и городах-крепостях, охранявших северную столицу. Будет интересен как для местных жителей, так и для гостей Северной столицы.

Издание на английском языке.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Золотой лев
Артикул: 624381
ISBN: 978-5-9500613-5-6
Автор: Anisimov Yevgeny

Альбом "Санкт-Петербург и пригороды" на английском языке
Вашему вниманию предлагается альбом "Санкт-Петербург и пригороды" на английском языке
Год: 2017
Производитель: Золотой лев
Артикул: 624377
ISBN: 978-5-9500613-1-8
Автор: Anisimov Yevgeny

House of Snow. An Anthology of the Greatest Writing About Nepal
A ground-breaking collection of stories, poems and articles about Nepal covering the length and breadth of this enchanting nation and its people.



In 2015, Sagarmatha frowned. Tectonic plates moved. A deadly earthquake devastated Nepal. In the wake of disaster, House of Snow brings together over 50 excerpts of fiction and non-fiction celebrating the breathtaking landscapes and rich cultural heritage of this fascinating country.



Here are explorers and mountaineers, poets and political journalists, national treasures and international celebrities. Featuring a diverse cast of writers such as Michael Palin and Jon Krakauer, Lakshmiprasad Devko?a and Lil Bahadur Chettri all hand-picked by well-known authors and scholars of Nepali literature including Samrat Upadhyay, Michael Hutt, Isabella Tree and Thomas Bell. House of Snow is the biggest, most comprehensive and most beautiful collection of writing about Nepal in print.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Head of Zeus
Артикул: 963696
ISBN: 9781803287416

Remarkable Bicycle Rides
Remarkable Bicycle Rides includes a wide variety of cycling challenges from the exhilaration of high alpine trails to more gentler touring routes, such as Hadrian s Cycleway, which crosses from Britain s Solway Firth to the North Sea following the line of Roman monument Hadrian s Wall.



There are the classic mountain climbs beloved of followers of the Tour de France and the Giro d Italia, such as the climb to Mont Ventoux in France and the Stelvio Pass in Italy. Still in Italy, there is the mass participation of L Eorica, a bike tour in traditional costume on vintage bikes.



For those wishing to push themselves to the very edge (literally) there is the Yungas Road in Bolivia whose alternative name is El Camino de la Muerte (Death Road). Long-distance trails, such as the Great Divide (Canada/USA) and the Great North Trail (England/Scotland) can form an epic trip of a lifetime, or be tackled in smaller sections. On more robust wheels there is the A-Line single track in Whistler, Canada, and The Whole Enchilada in Moab, Utah.



If you like your cycling on a flatter incline, many routes follow old railway beds, such as the Hiawatha and the Katy Trails in the USA, P'tit Train Du Nord (Canada) or the Parenzana which crosses from Italy to Slovenia to Croatia, plus many of the European routes follow great rivers.



Also included in over 50 routes; Danube Cycle Path, Ring of Kerry, Iron Curtain Trail, Vasco-Navarro Greenway, Flanders Beer Route, Carretera Austral (Chile), the San Juan Islands, Norway Postal Boat, the Loire Valley, Passau to Vienna, Munda Biddi Trail, Shimanami Kaido (Japan), Route des Grands Crus (Burgundy), Nantes to Orleans, Paris to Mont St.Michel, Great North Trail, Alpine Panorama, Salzach Valley, Otago Peninsular, Route 10 Holland, Garden Route (South Africa), and the Hebridean Way.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Pavilion Books Group
Артикул: 899915
ISBN: 9781911641421
Автор: Salter Colin

Great Cities. The Stories Behind the World's most Fascinating Places
Explore the social and cultural history of 100 of the world's most important cities.



From the first towns in Mesopotamia to today's global metropolises, cities have marked the progress of civilisation. Written in the form of illustrated "biographies", Great Cities offers a rich historical overview of each featured city, brought to vivid life with paintings, photographs, timelines, maps, and artefacts.



This history book provides a fascinating insight into the events, movements and people throughout history who have shaped the cities where we live. Inside the pages of this visual guide, discover:



- The story behind each city - how it was established, critical moments in its development, and why it is considered historically significant

- The different types of cities, from the centres of ancient and lost civilisations and great river cities to planned cities and modern metropolises

- Beautiful illustrations with large-scale reproductions of paintings, photographs, maps, and other artefacts

- Stunning images of city life and key moments in history are complemented by close-ups of revealing details and feature panels that provide additional context



From the ancient to the modern, get under the skin of what made cities like Persepolis, Paris, Vienna, Prague, Amsterdam, Tokyo, and Dubai tick. This lavish book is about more than history - it explores the art, architecture, commerce, and politics of the great civilisations throughout history.



Great Cities provides a unique window into how cities have become markers of human progress. Explore which ancient civilisation founded the precursor to Mexico City, why Venice was the gateway to the East, what the Belle Epoque was, and who the first city to build sewers was. It's the perfect gift for armchair explorers interested in history, geography, and the arts.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 916836
ISBN: 9780241471159

USA
Spectacular scenery, vibrant cities and captivating culture - welcome to the USA. Whether you want to hike in breathtaking Yosemite National Park, take a road trip from coast to coast or sample southern soul food in the Deep South, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that the USA has to offer. Dramatic and diverse, the star-spangled super-power that is the USA offers everything in excess. From the bright lights of its cities and quaint charisma of its rural towns, to the natural majesty of the national parks, this is a country of contrasts that never fails to delight and amaze.



Our updated guide brings the USA to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide does with expert-led insights, trusted travel advice, detailed breakdowns of all the must-see sights, photographs on practically every page, and our hand-drawn illustrations which place you inside the country's iconic buildings and neighbourhoods. Our updated 2022 travel guide brings the USA to life. DK Eyewitness USA is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime.

Серия: Eyewitness Travel
Год: 2022
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 986735
ISBN: 9780241568293
Автор: Barrus Pamela, Karlin Adam, Keeling Stephen

China
The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this cultured and unique nation.



Explore the magnificent Forbidden City at the heart of Beijing; walk along the Great Wall of China; see the fascinating Terracotta Army near Xi'an; admire the futuristic skylines of Shanghai and Hong Kong; or marvel at the beauty of China's natural landscapes: everything you need to know is clearly laid out within colour-coded chapters. Discover the best of China with this indispensable travel guide.

Серия: Eyewitness Travel
Год: 2018
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 986657
ISBN: 9780241310328

Travels in West Africa. Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons
A remarkable account by a pioneering woman explorer who was described by Rudyard Kipling as 'the bravest woman of all my knowledge'.



Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping house for her brother. However, on the death of her parents, she undertook an extraordinary decision: with no prior knowledge of the region, she set out alone to West Africa to pursue her anthropological interests and collect botanical specimens. Her subsequent book, published in 1897, is a testament to understatement and humour - few explorers made less of the hardships and dangers experienced while travelling (including unaccompanied treks through dangerous jungles and encounters with deadly animals). Travels in West Africa would challenge (as well as reinforce) contemporary Victorian prejudices about Africa, and also made invaluable contributions to the fields of botany and anthropology. Above all, however, it has stood the test of time as a gripping, classic travel narrative by a woman whose sense of adventure and fascination with Africa transformed her whole life.



This Penguin edition includes a fascinating introduction by Dr Toby Green examining Victorian attitudes to Africa, along with explanatory notes by Lynnette Turner.

Серия: Penguin Classics
Год: 2015
Производитель: Penguin
Артикул: 888009
ISBN: 9780141439426
Автор: Kingsley Mary

The Times. Golden Years of Rail Travel
Celebrate the heyday of passenger rail travel around Britain with this beautiful Times railway book.

Take a journey back to the boom time for Britain s railways, through a unique collection of fascinating stories, photographs, posters and railway ephemera.



Leading railway author Julian Holland tells the story of an evocative period in Britain s railway history gone forever but never forgotten.



Explore a century of rail travel in Britain, covering three important periods:



Late 19th century to 1922. The zenith of Britain s railways, with 120 companies operating

1923 to 1947. Railway companies are grouped into the Big Four

1948 to 1994. Nationalization heralds the era of British Railways

The Golden Years of Rail Travel is the perfect gift for all rail enthusiasts.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Times Books
Артикул: 898148
ISBN: 9780008323752
Автор: Holland Julian

The Times. All Aboard! Remembering Britain s Railways
The perfect gift for every railway enthusiast.

The history of Britain's railways is a long and fascinating one, filled with stories of grand endeavours, noted figures and record-breaking feats. Julian Holland brings together a unique miscellany of intriguing tales and engaging trivia - the perfect collection for every railway enthusiast.



Stories range from Bulleid's 'Chinese Laundries', trainspotting trips in Wales and Scotland and Liverpool's 'Dockers' Umbrella' to railway artists and clergy, a railway-owned airline and railways that were never built.



Find out about

- The Royal Scot's 11, 000-mile journey in the USA and Canada

- A narrow gauge island railway in the middle of the Bristol Channel

- How the London & South Western Railway saved the British Empire

- Mallard's unbeaten world speed record of 1938

- How to fly by Great Western Railway from Cardiff to Plymouth

- The 75-mile network of narrow gauge railways on the Isle of Skye

- How another 4, 500 miles of railway escaped closure by Dr Beeching



All Aboard is a delightful miscellany for every railway enthusiast, filled with fascinating and obscure stories, facts and figures.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Times Books
Артикул: 898872
ISBN: 9780008467951
Автор: Holland Julian

Art Escapes. Hidden Art Experiences Outside the Museum
Art exists all around us: one just needs to know where to look. Escaping the conventional settings of the museum or gallery, a fascinating variety of art pieces exist everywhere from Ghanaian patios to the Las Vegas desert, from the forest in Scandinavia to the buzzing streets of Mexico City. Art Escapes is a thoughtful journey through these little-known gems that become a destination in themselves, and should be part of every art-lover bucket list. Away from the queues, the crowds, and the constraints of the classic art spaces, these places invite you to discover creativity in a new light.

Серия: Art Travel
Год: 2022
Производитель: Gestalten
Артикул: 918661
ISBN: 9783967040524

The Ship Beneath the Ice. The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
The extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth, told by the expedition's Director of Exploration.



On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton s ship, Endurance, finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The miraculous escape and survival of all twenty-eight men on board have entered legend. And yet, the iconic ship that bore them to the brink of the Antarctic was considered forever lost.



A century later, an audacious plan to locate the ship was hatched. The Ship Beneath the Ice gives a blow-by-blow account of the two epic expeditions to find the Endurance. As with Shackleton s own story, the voyages were filled with intense drama and teamwork under pressure. In March 2022, the Endurance was finally found to headlines all over the world.



Written by Mensun Bound, the Director of Exploration on both expeditions, this captivating narrative includes countless fascinating stories of Shackleton and his legendary ship. Complete with a selection of Frank Hurley s photos from Shackleton s original voyage in 1914 17, as well as from the expeditions in 2019 and 2022, The Ship Beneath the Ice is the perfect tribute to this monumental discovery.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Macmillan
Артикул: 955338
ISBN: 9781035008414
Автор: Bound Mensun

Greater London Street Atlas
A definitive guide to the streets of London.

The ultimate Collins street atlas of London, featuring incredibly detailed street level maps, with more than 40 categories of information, covering 1660 square miles in and around London and with more than 95, 000 street names.



Includes airport plans, London Underground Map, congestion charges and low emission zone information.



Full index to street names and places of interest, including hospitals, schools, colleges and stations.



Scales used

1:10, 000 Central area, 1:20, 000 Main area, 1:63, 360 Urban maps



1:20, 000 scale (3.2 inches to 1 mile) is from Welwyn Garden City in the north to Gatwick Airport in the south, and from Windsor in the west to Gravesend in the east

1:10, 000 (6.3 inches to 1 mile) scale extends from Highbury in the north to Clapham in the south and from Shepherd s Bush in the west to Beckton in the east

Серия: Collins Maps
Год: 2020
Производитель: Collins
Артикул: 898391
ISBN: 9780008370008

Chernobyl. A Stalkers' Guide
Drawing on unprecedented access to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone--including insights gained while working as a tour guide and during an illegal "stalker" hike--Darmon Richter creates an entirely new portrait of Chernobyl's forgotten ghost towns, monuments and more

Since the first atomic bomb was dropped, humankind has been haunted by the idea of nuclear apocalypse. That nightmare almost became reality in 1986, when an accident at the USSR's Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant triggered the world's worst radiological crisis. The events of that night are well documented--but history didn't stop there. Chernobyl, as a place, remains very much alive today. More than a quarter of a million tourists visited the Zone over the last few years, while millions more watched the acclaimed 2019 HBO mini-series Chernobyl. In Chernobyl: A Stalkers' Guide, researcher Darmon Richter journeys into the contemporary Exclusion Zone, venturing deeper than any previously published account. While thousands of foreign visitors congregate around a handful of curated sites, beyond the tourist hotspots lies a wild and mysterious land the size of a small country. In the forests of Chernobyl, historic village settlements and Soviet-era utopianism have lain abandoned since the time of the disaster--overshadowed by vast, unearthly megastructures designed to win the Cold War. Richter combines photographs of discoveries made during his numerous visits to the Zone with the voices of those who witnessed history--engineers, scientists, police and evacuees. He explores evacuated regions in both Ukraine and Belarus, finding forgotten ghost towns and Soviet monuments lost deep in irradiated forests, gains exclusive access inside the most secure areas of the power plant itself, and joins the "stalkers" of Chernobyl as he sets out on a high-stakes illegal hike to the heart of the Exclusion Zone.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Fuel
Артикул: 795395
ISBN: 9781916218420
Автор: Richter Darmon

The Times. The Joy of Railways
A beautiful treasury of railway memorabilia

Journey back to the 1950s and '60s with this nostalgic look at Britain's railways in their glory days. Beautifully illustrated throughout with a unique collection of photographs, train spotting notebooks and railway ephemera.



Packed with hundreds of photographs, trainspotting

notebooks and ephemera. This is a vivid recollection of

the whole atmosphere of the railways as the age of steam

ended and diesels were introduced.



Take a journey through each of the major regions, guided by bestselling author and railway expert, Julian Holland

Revel in the imagery of the mighty steam engines as they ran their final schedules

Savour some of the magic that trainspotters experienced during that glorious era
Год: 2020
Производитель: Times Books
Артикул: 898149
ISBN: 9780008323769
Автор: Holland Julian

Architectural guide. New York
Этот архитектурный путеводитель объединяет 100 наиболее оригинальных сооружений, построенных в Нью-Йорке после 1999 года. Критик Владимир Белоголовский наделяет здания такими яркими прозвищами, как Гильотина , Павлин , Акулий плавник , Панцирь черепахи или Дятел . Индивидуальная подборка живущего в Нью-Йорке автора охватывает здания, построенные самыми известными в мире архитекторами. Их творчество прославляется наравне с произведениями искусства, а собственный стиль становится предметом восхищения и обсуждения в СМИ и среди критиков и заказчиков.

Затронутый в книге период начинается с расцвета эры звездных архитекторов ( starchitects ) в 1990-х и продолжается в наше время. Эта книга не только и не столько документация, сколько посвящение мощной преобразующей энергии Нью-Йорка. Многие здания этого города были спроектированы иностранными архитекторами или теми, кто переехал в Нью-Йорк и теперь называет его своим домом. Благодаря остроумным комментариям автора, запоминающимся сравнениям, цитатам из интервью с архитекторами и подробным картам, это уникальное издание позволит читателям по-новому взглянуть на многие архитектурные иконы современного Нью-Йорка.

Язык издания: английский.
Год: 2020
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 774867
ISBN: 9783869224312
Автор: Belogolovsky Vladimir

The Granite Kingdom. A Cornish Journey
A fascinating, lyrical account of an east-west walk across Britain's westernmost and most mysterious region.



A distant and exotic Celtic land, domain of tin-miners, pirates, smugglers and evocatively named saints, somehow separate from the rest of our island...



Few regions of Britain are as holidayed in, as well-loved or as mythologized as Cornwall. From the woodlands of the Tamar Valley to the remote peninsula of Penwith via the wilderness of Bodmin Moor and coastal villages where tourism and fishing find an uneasy coexistence Tim Hannigan undertakes a zigzagging journey on foot across Britain's westernmost region to discover how the real Cornwall, its landscapes, histories, communities and sense of identity, intersect with the many projections and tropes that writers, artists and others have placed upon it.



Combining landscape and nature writing with deep cultural inquiry, The Granite Kingdom is a probing but highly accessible tour of one of Britain's most popular regions, juxtaposing history, myth, folklore and literary representation with the geographical and social reality of contemporary Cornwall.
Год: 2023
Производитель: Head of Zeus
Артикул: 963860
ISBN: 9781801108843
Автор: Hannigan Tim

Great Maps. The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained
A superbly illustrated guide to 64 maps from all around the world!



From examples of medieval Mappa Mundi and the first atlas to Google Earth and maps of the moon, this captivating maps book is a must-have for all history and geography enthusiasts and explorers!



Embark on a visual tour of the world's finest maps! This fascinating world atlas book:



- Analyses each map visually, with the help of pull-outs and graphic close-up details

- Traces the history of maps chronologically, providing a fascinating overview of cartography through the ages

- Tells the story behind each map - why it was created, who it was for, and how it was achieved

- Profiles key cartographers, explorers, and artists

- Draws together navigation, propaganda, power, art, and politics through the world's greatest maps



Maps are much more than just geographical data. They are an accurate reflection of the culture and context of different time frames in history. This remarkable geography book puts cartography on the map! It tells the stories behind great maps through stunning pull-out details and reveals how they have helped people make sense of the world.



Embark on a global adventure of a lifetime with this world map book and see our planet like never before! On this mind-blowing journey, you'll encounter maps that show the way to heaven, depict lands with no sunshine and even the world ocean floor.



With incredible secret stories from British historian, Jerry Brotton, and insight into how mapmakers have expressed their world views, Great Maps is a welcome addition to any armchair cartographer's bookshelf.
Год: 2015
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 916865
ISBN: 9781409345718
Автор: Brotton Jerry

The Kinfolk Travel. Slower Ways to See the World
Explore the art of mindful travel with Kinfolk, the pioneers in "slow living, " their philosophy of simplicity, authenticity, intentionality and community. With nearly 450, 000 copies in print, the Kinfolk series has applied this philosophy to entertaining (The Kinfolk Table), interior design (The Kinfolk Home), and living with nature (The Kinfolk Garden). Now they have turned their attention to "slow travel, " offering readers a road map for planning trips that foster meaningful connections with local people and authentic experiences of local culture.



Go museum hopping in Tasmania, or birdwatching in London. Explore the burgeoning fashion community in Dakar. Take a bicycle tour through Idaho, or a train trip from Oslo to Bergen. Drawing on the magazine's global community of writers and photographers, Kinfolk Travel takes readers to over 20 location across five continents, with travel tips from locals, stunning images, and thoughtful essays.

Серия: Kinfolk
Год: 2021
Производитель: Artisan
Артикул: 939028
ISBN: 9781648290749
Автор: Burns John

Great Escapes Europe. The Hotel Book
The top spots for absolute escapism

Through ancient wonders, world capitals, and tiny places with infectious personalities, Europe packs some serious travel punches. The world s second-smallest continent makes up for size with its intricate cultures and abundant charms, boasting artistic masterpieces and architectural marvels as much as natural splendor.



This revised and updated edition brings you a curated selection of the most unique hotels and atmospheric guesthouses across the European continent. Selected for their breathtaking locations and interiors, each haven offers the surroundings of style and the serenity in which everyday life can melt away. Angelika Taschen reveals such gems as Der Seehof, an idyllic site on an Austrian lake where guests can fish for their dinner; a 150-year old Portuguese estate refurbished by Pritzker Prize-winner Eduardo Souto De Moura, which remains a working farm to this day; and Budsjord, last stop on one of the loneliest pilgrimage routes in the world, situated at the edge of the Dovrefjell National Park in Norway to name just a few.



A treasure trove of travel inspiration, this must-have guide profiles each hotel through postcard-ready photography as well as key information like directions, contact details, and reading inspiration for each destination.

Серия: Art Travel
Год: 2022
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 879871
ISBN: 9783836578073
Автор: Taschen Angelika

Great Escapes Alps. The Hotel Book
A Mountain Tour of the Alps

The Alps are Europe s biggest and greatest mountain range. Formed millions of years ago, they became a popular destination for travelers in the late eighteenth century first for adventurers and explorers, then for artists and writers, and finally for everyone who wanted to spend summer in the fresh air of this wonderful scenery or take part in winter sports. Angelika Taschen has followed in their footsteps and collected the finest hotels in the Alpine nations of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Italy.



They include the Kranzbach near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, built for a British aristocrat, Gasthof Hirschen in the Bregenzerwald, where art-loving visitors have been welcomed since 1755, and the Seehof near Salzburg with its emphasis on contemporary art and fine cuisine. The journey goes to Waldhaus Sils in Sils Maria, where many creative guests have found inspiration, to the Schatzalp in Davos, which Thomas Mann immortalized in literature in The Magic Mountain , and to picturesque bed & breakfasts with a personal touch such as Brucke49 in Vals and Maison Bergdorf in Interlaken.



High above Chamonix, mountaineers have stayed overnight for more than 140 years at Refuge du Montenvers with its view of the Mer de Glace, the largest glacier in France. In the exclusive Megeve, too, which Baroness Noemie de Rothschild put on the tourist map, travelers experience the Alps a la francaise in the chalet hotel L Alpaga; and a bit of Italian dolce vita is provided by stunning addresses in the South Tyrol such as the Ottmangut in Merano, Villa Arnica in Lana with its nostalgic atmosphere, and Pension Briol near Barbiano, constructed in 1928 in the Bauhaus style and extended in 2021 with the addition of two extremely modern buildings.



This opulent book of photographs presents the Alpine range and accommodation in large-format images, short texts, and useful details on prices and how to get there. Walkers, skiers, gourmets, and lovers of good living will find valuable tips and very special accommodation: former monasteries where guests still find peace and seclusion, a mountain hut at the heart of the Dolomites, and a youth hostel occupying what was once a sanatorium, a rare example of modern architecture in Switzerland that was declared a heritage monument in 2002.

Серия: Art Travel
Год: 2022
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 879861
ISBN: 9783836589208
Автор: Taschen Angelika

Great Escapes Italy. The Hotel Book
Legendary hotels and secret hideaways full of atmosphere

To travel through Italy is as close as one gets to being in paradise. For centuries, writers, artists, architects, and merchants have been drawn here, inspired by the beauty of Venice, Florence, Naples, and Rome. Countless books, paintings, poems, and sculptures are evidence of its undying appeal, and over the past 60 years, the country has become one of the world s top travel and holiday destinations. The loveliness of Italy is, if not eternal, certainly enduring, and the easygoing and relaxed Italian lifestyle is still unrivaled.



Here, some of Italy s most amazing landscapes and diverse regions are brought to life, like Tuscany, Umbria, the Amalfi Coast, and, no less magical, the Aeolian Islands off the coast of Sicily. In these mythical surroundings are legendary hotels full of atmosphere, where novels are set, movies are made, weddings are celebrated, and famous love stories consummated: Villa d Este on Lake Como, the Pellicano Hotel in Porto Ercole, the Il San Pietro on the Amalfi Coast, and the Palazzo Margherita in Basilicata to name just a few. Angelika Taschen also reveals where to find more secret and hidden jewels from the Locanda Cipriani, a destination for food lovers on the island of Torcello, to the romantic Castello di Vicarello in Tuscany and the atmospheric Masseria Moroseta in Puglia.

Серия: Art Travel
Год: 2022
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 879872
ISBN: 9783836578059
Автор: Tashen Angelika

Architectural guide. China
В эпоху стремительного роста населения, глобальной урбанизации и усиливающегося давления на окружающую среду мегаполисы, расположенные вдоль восточного побережья Китая становятся центрами внимания архитекторов и урбанистов. Трансформация этих мега-городов поражает своими масштабами, хотя в каждом из них развитие городской структуры, транспортных узлов, бывших колонизированных территорий идет по своему особому пути. Старые районы на глазах сменяются небоскребами, бум развития городов привлекает в Китай самых известных мировых архитекторов, которые формируют их современный образ. Этот путеводитель представляет читателям лучшие реализованные архитектурные проекты разных периодов, сопровождая их точными описаниями, историческими планами и качественными фотографиями. На сегодняшний день - это наиболее полный путеводитель по современной архитектуре Поднебесной.
Год: 2015
Производитель: Dom Publishers
Артикул: 770449
ISBN: 9783869223483
Автор: Chakroff Evan, Godel Addison, Gargus Jacqueline

Kinfolk Islands
Join Kinfolk on a journey off the beaten track, to islands big and small, in this collection of eighteen new travel stories. Whether it's a tour of the otherworldly landscape of Socotra in Yemen or a hike into the old growth of a Japanese forest on Yakushima, each slow travel itinerary invites you to set sail at a pace that allows for true discovery and immersion.



Filled with ideas and inspiration for where to escape, explore and unwind, Kinfolk Islands is full of vibrant photography, practical guidance and thoughtful reflections on why the idea of an island embodies so many of our travel fantasies. There are the charms of urban islands, including Montreal's beloved Mile End neighborhood. Truly unexpected destinations, like Hormuz, off the coast of Iran, with its psychedelic scenery and bohemian spirit. Italy's sun-soaked Ponza, perfect for languid afternoons. And of course some of the world's most beautiful beaches, from jungle-fringed Caribbean sands to rugged and remote Nordic shores.



Believing that travel is as much a state of mind as an action or itinerary, Kinfolk celebrates a way of exploring our world that not only fosters thoughtful perspectives on the places we visit but also deepens our relationship with home once the journey is over.
Год: 2023
Производитель: Artisan
Артикул: 939029
ISBN: 9781648291524
Автор: Burns John

The New York Times 36 Hours. World. 150 Cities from Abu Dhabi to Zurich
One volume, 150 cities from Abu Dhabi to Zurich



Weekend trips to any city, from Sao Paulo to Seoul to Sydney, can often be daunting, with too much to do and too little time. Enter 36 Hours World, a roundup of 150 cities across six continents, each tailored for a memorable and feasible 36-hour stay. Gathered from the eponymous New York Times column, this updated edition is dedicated entirely to cities: capital, coastal, cosmopolitan, and everything in between, with 26 new stories not published in previous volumes.



The Times s contributors are your guides foreign correspondents, travel writers, food writers, and photojournalists who bring together insider knowledge and in-depth research, providing fresh insight to even the most frequently visited metropolises. Whether it s a comedy club in downtown Chicago, a long-tail boat tour on Bangkok s Chao Phraya River, or a cable car ride up to Dubrovnik s Mount Srd, the must-know facts and inspiration can all be found in this A-to-Z collection of urban adventures.

150 international cities

Practical recommendations for nearly 600 restaurants and 350 hotels

A thumb index for quick navigation and ribbon to bookmark your next adventure

More than 800 photos

Detailed city-by-city maps that pinpoint every stop on your itinerary

All stories have been updated and adapted by Barbara Ireland, a veteran Times travel editor
Год: 2019
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 980696
ISBN: 9783836575331

The New York Times Explorer. 100 Dream Trips Around the World
100 dream trips from the distinguished travel writers and photographers of The New York Times



Whether it s a culinary adventure in vibrant Mexico City, a historic and meditative train ride through Siberia, or a solo trip to Paris, get your bucket lists ready with the discoveries of Explorer a curated collection of 100 dream trips from the distinguished travel writers and photographers of The New York Times.



In four volumes worth of adventures in one, the Times writers offer guidance, from the personal to the practical, along with a wealth of color photographs that capture the catch-your-breath awe of each destination. Motor past pink sands and bougainvillea in Bermuda with Andrew McCarthy, follow Virginia Woolf s footsteps through the English countryside with Francine Prose, or dare to pilot a boat through the Venice lagoon with Tony Perrottet.



NYT Explorer. 100 Trips Around the World takes travel beyond the obvious with adventures in exotic places and new perspectives in familiar ones, all based on the distinguished travel journalism of The New York Times. Each journey features a first-person narrative and postcard-perfect photography, capturing the unique personality of the destination as well as practical information to help get you on your way. Edited by Barbara Ireland, whose 36 Hours travel series has been a TASCHEN best seller, Explorer features color-coded tabs and a ribbon to bookmark your favorite stops in each region. It's the perfect companion for hardcore globetrotters as well as inspiration for curious armchair travelers.
Год: 2021
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 980692
ISBN: 9783836584173
Автор: Ireland Barbara

The New York Times 36 Hours. USA & Canada
The ultimate travel guide to the USA and Canada.

To travel in North America is to face a delicious quandary: over these vast spaces with so many riches, from glittering cities to eccentric small towns and heart-stoppingly beautiful mountains and plains, how to experience as much as possible in limited time? The New York Times has the answer, offering up dream weekends with practical itineraries in its popular weekly 36 Hours column for nearly two decades.

In this fully revised and updated third edition of the best-selling USA & Canada volume, TASCHEN presents the best itineraries from across the continent. You'll find marquee metropolises like New York, Montreal, and Los Angeles; world-famous natural wonders at Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon; the hidden charm of Rust Belt cities like Duluth and Detroit, as well as 33 new stories including Anchorage, the Berkshires, Boulder, and many more.

More than 5, 400 hours worth of insightful itineraries to make the most of your stay

Practical recommendations for more than 600 restaurants and 450 hotels

Comprehensive revisions to all 130 itineraries

New destinations including Downtown Miami, Oakland, Chattanooga, and more

Color-coded tabs for each region

Nearly 1, 000 photos

33 new stories

Detailed city-by-city maps that pinpoint every stop on your itinerary

From Antwerp to Zurich, trust Taschen's New York Times 36 Hours series with your next travel adventure.
Год: 2019
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 980695
ISBN: 9783836575324
Автор: Ireland Barbara

Natural Wonders of the World
Visit the world's greatest natural wonders in this spectacular visual guide.



Your journey gets underway with an inspiring foreword by celebrated naturalist Chris Packham, before you explore our planet as never before. Cross the continents to enjoy the most breathtaking landscapes and natural features on Earth. The diverse range of delights includes the Rocky Mountains, Namib Desert, Great Barrier Reef, Skogafoss waterfall, Ninety Mile Beach, Antarctic ice sheets, Amazon River - and everywhere in between.



Captivating landscape photography combines with 3D terrain models, explanatory artworks, and accessible text to reveal what lies beneath the surface and show how incredible geographical features are formed.



To complete this picture-perfect package, all the plants and animals inhabiting these remarkable environments are also included, making Natural Wonders of the World a complete celebration of our world today.



Satisfy your wanderlust from the comfort of your armchair as you experience our wonderful world in unparalleled depth and detail.
Год: 2017
Производитель: Dorling Kindersley
Артикул: 916408
ISBN: 9780241276297

Great Escapes Greece. The Hotel Book
A voyage to the most beautiful hotels in Greece

Greece's ancient art and culture form the cradle of Western civilization-numerous monuments and museums tell to this day of the country's rich history. Greece is unique also by virtue of its breathtaking landscapes, the hospitality of its inhabitants, and its fabulous hotels, making it the dream destination of many travelers. The fresh and healthy cuisine, the crystal clear sea, and the canvas-worthy sunsets do the rest-a trip to Greece is pure delight.

Angelika Taschen travels from the mountains of Macedonia in the north to the Peloponnese with its mythical places like Corinth, Sparta, and Olympia, and to the larger and smaller groups of islands in the south. She opens the doors to some of the country's most extraordinary hotels, including Imaret in Kavala, located in a former Ottoman complex; Tainaron Blue Retreat in a secluded former defense tower in the Mani; and The Windmill, a converted windmill on the island of Kimolos in the Cyclades. She invites readers to discover legendary luxury hotels, like Eagles Palace in Halkidiki or Poseidonion Grand Hotel on Spetses, and takes them to enchanting B&Bs like Guesthouse Mazaraki in Mystras or Melisses on Andros, run by food blogger Allegra Pomilio.

Along her itinerary, she visits hotels on well-known picturesque islands-such as the Mystique on Santorini and the Soho Roc House on Mykonos-but also accommodations in remote places like the Mediterraneo on the island of Kastelorizo, which lies in the very southeast of Greece off the Turkish coast. In addition she shows interesting architectural and design concepts, such as The Rou Estate hotel village, a historic, carefully restored hamlet on Corfu; the minimalist Olea All Suite Hotel on Zakynthos; and Ammos on Crete, where no two pieces of furniture are alike and new eccentric pieces are added every year.

Серия: Art Travel
Год: 2022
Производитель: Taschen
Артикул: 1009546
ISBN: 9783836585200
Автор: Taschen Angelika

Wanderlust Himalaya. Hiking on Top of the World
The Himalaya. The legendary mountains, epic and mythical to all who are serious about hiking. Straddling Nepal, India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Bhutan, this area could fill a lifetime of wandering and transcendence.

In Wanderlust Himalaya, we guide you through breathtaking nature, diverse cultures, and various hikes across the whole region. Spectacular photography, informative maps, firsthand tips, and itineraries with an attractive mix of one-day, multiday, and long-distance trails offer everything you need to plan your own adventure or to dream from an armchair.



Wanderlust Himalaya lifts you to the top of the world.
Год: 2022
Производитель: Gestalten
Артикул: 901422
ISBN: 9783967040029
Автор: Honan Cam

Альбом "Санкт-Петербург" на английском языке
Альбом-сувенир рассказывает о Санкт-Петербурге, его достопримечательностях.

Альбом богато иллюстрирован фотографиями.

На английском языке.
Год: 2011
Производитель: Яркий Город
Артикул: 297626
ISBN: 978-5-9663-0166-8
Автор: Альбедиль Маргарита Федоровна