Trans-Siberian Handbook

Author: Bryn Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781905864362
Category : Railroad travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The eighth edition of the definitive guide to the world's longest railway journey is a major revision, entirely re- researched and updated by Anna Kaminski, a Russian-UK dual-national educated in both countries. All routes were retravelled and there is additional information on Siberia, including the Lake Baikal area. The book includes ......

Trans-Siberian Handbook

Author: Bryn Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781873756706
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A trip across Siberia on the longest continuous railway track in the world is undoubtedly the journey of a lifetime. For the first time in Russia's history visitors can now travel almost anywhere they want in Siberia; find out how to arrange a trip, where to buy tickets, and where to go. *Kilometer-by-kilometer route guide--covering the entire routes of the Trans-Siberian, Trans-Manchurian, and Trans-Mongolian railways, with 25 strip maps in English, Russian, and Chinese *Siberia and the railway--the detailed history of Siberia, the construction of the railway and the running of the Trans-Siberian today will be of great interest not only to visitors but also to armchair travelers. *City guides with maps--includes the best sights, hotels and restaurants for all budgets. Features Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ulan Bator, Beijing, and 21 towns in Siberia; nutshell information on Minsk, Berlin, Baltic Republics, Helsinki, Hong Kong, and Tokyo *Plus--Russian and Chinese phrases, rail fares, and timetables

Border Crossings

Author: Emma Fick
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063080370
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator Emma Fick’s epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway—from Beijing through Mongolia to Moscow—including more than 200 watercolor illustrations and handwritten text that includes cultural and historical information as well as invaluable travel tips. In May 2015, on a trip through the Baltics and Scandinavia, artist and illustrator Emma Fick and her boyfriend (now husband) Helvio discovered a worn copy of the Trans-Siberian Handbook at a secondhand shop in Helsinki. Many travelers from around the globe had used the guide to journey on the longest train ride in the world. Emma and Helvio took their find as a sign to embark on their own adventure on the legendary railway that has captured the imaginations and curiosities of many travelers and explorers since its construction a century ago. A year and a half later, with Trans-Siberian Handbook in hand, they boarded the train in Beijing. Their odyssey was just beginning. Border Crossings is the chronicle of their unforgettable 26-day, 8-city journey across Asia to Moscow. Emma offers a concise history of the railway and in vivid, visual language, takes you across a vast landscape of rural villages and bustling urban centers, through open food markets brimming with delicacies and a snowy mountain wilderness dotted with clusters of gers—nomadic homes. Emma’s detailed observations and lush descriptions, accompanied by detailed colorful illustrations, bring this remarkable journey of discovery and adventure—the landscapes, food, people and cultures—to life. Experience drinking salty milk tea, eating shoe sole cake (fried cakes shaped like shoe soles piled high and topped with milk curds and hard candies), and riding camels in Mongolia. In Russia, wander through a snow-draped countryside filled with stands of birch trees, explore the wonders of freshwater Lake Baikal—the source of omul, a ubiquitous and beloved fish delicacy—go ice fishing, and take a self-guided tour of Moscow. With its hand-drawn maps, its wealth of illustrations of every aspect of the experience—from sleeping quarters on a train to the highlights of a monastery or the details of a memorable meal, Border Crossings is an invitation to experience new destinations and cultures first-hand—to travel the Trans-Siberian Railway as never before, whether you’re a nomad looking for a new vacation destination, an armchair traveler, or just culturally curious.

Trans-Siberian Railway

Author: Anthony Haywood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741795653
Category : Railroad travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Lonely Planet Trans-Siberian Railway is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.

The Trans-Siberian Railway

Author: Anne Meinhardt
Publisher: C J Bucher Verlag Gmbh
ISBN: 9783765817373
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
Some 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) of track and seven time zones! Luxury trains and simple wagons, endless taiga, and the clearest lake in the world: a trip with the Trans-Siberian Railway promises many highlights. Anne and Olaf Meinhardt spent six months traveling through the gorgeous landscape of Siberia towards Mongolia and China, have tasted borscht, picnicked at the shores of Lake Baikal, and strolled through dreamy birch forests. Impressive photos and special reports tell the tale of the expanse and beauty of the different landscapes.

The Transgender Child

Author: Stephanie Brill
Publisher: Cleis Press
ISBN: 162778537X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 456

Book Description
Ever since its initial publication in 2008, The Transgender Child has been lauded as the most trusted source of information for families wanting to understand and affirm their transgender, gender-expansive, or nonbinary child. Utilized around the world and translated into multiple languages, The Transgender Child has won accolades from medical and mental health professionals, teachers, and, most especially, from parents. Authors Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper have now thoroughly revised and updated their ground-breaking classic with expanded coverage of gender development, affirming parenting practices, mental health and wellness, medical decision making, legal advocacy, and how best to ensure school success, from preschool through the high school years. Drawing upon their extensive joint expertise as pioneers in the field of gender affirming care, and enriched with the wisdom of parents who’ve already walked this path, as well as the voices of multiple professional experts, Brill and Pepper once again provide a compassionate and educational guide for anyone who cares about, or works with, a child who falls outside expected gender norms.

Siberian BAM Guide

Author: Athol Yates
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781873756188
Category : Railroad travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Expanded from the first edition (Siberian BAM Railway Guide) this book now also includes other forms of transport in this fascinating but rarely-visited north-eastern corner of Russia, the Siberian BAM region. Note: this book covers a different area from the Trans-Siberian Handbook (also from Trailblazer). * Practical information - full details of how to get to the region, where to stay, what to see and how to get around; plus 30 maps * City guides and maps - Taishet, Bratsk, Zheleznogorsk-Ilimski, Ust-Kut, Lena, Severobaikalsk, Nizhneangarsk, Taksimo, Kuanda, Novaya Chara, Tynda, Novy Urgal, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Amursk, Vanino, Sovetskaya Gavan, Khabarovsk, Kirensk, Magadan, Aldan & Yakutsk * BAM Railway route guide - covering the 3400km of mountain railway, closed until 1991, from north of Lake Baikal to the Pacific, with detailed information on how to take the train and what to see * Lena River route guide - the entire river from source to Arctic Ocean, including the 1988km served by steam-driven passenger boats * Kolyma Highway route guide - the rugged land route from Yakutsk to Magadan, built by Stalin's political prisoners

China

Author: Damian Harper
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9781426200359
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
This beautiful guide makes the vast enigma of China accessible to every visitor. Continuing the series' winning formula, this new edition combines in-depth, up-to-date descriptions with dazzling photographs, detailed maps, cutaway illustrations of renowned structures, and a wealth of useful travel tips organized by cities and areas.

Act Like a Lady

Author: Keltie Knight
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 0593136446
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The hosts of the popular podcast and E! show LadyGang offer a relatable, empowering, and hilarious take on being unapologetically yourself (even if that's not always your best self) in a manifesto that redefines womanhood for the twenty-first-century lady. If you're tired of being bombarded with the curated perfection on social media and you're starving for something raw, honest, and a little bit messy, welcome to the LadyGang. Keltie, Becca, and Jac are here to clear away the bullshit and give you the confidence to live your best lady life. Unabashedly sincere, clever, and full of questionable advice, Act Like a Lady explores the complexities surrounding topics like body image, breakups, navigating a career, and adult friendships through their own embarrassing experiences. The LadyGang has your back with essays like "Maybe She's Born with It, Maybe It's Photoshop" and "If You're Happy and You Know It, Thank Your Ex." You'll learn there's a million different ways to be a lady--and that includes accidentally farting during sex or having the guts to tell your friend she's being a selfish assh*le. No matter what you're going through, you'll find a space to bond over the sloppy, heartbreaking, joyous, and often ridiculous realities of womanhood. Nothing is TMI here.

The Internationalists

Author: Oona A. Hathaway
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 150110988X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 632

Book Description
“An original book…about individuals who used ideas to change the world” (The New Yorker)—the fascinating exploration into the creation and history of the Paris Peace Pact, an often overlooked but transformative treaty that laid the foundation for the international system we live under today. In 1928, the leaders of the world assembled in Paris to outlaw war. Within the year, the treaty signed that day, known as the Peace Pact, had been ratified by nearly every state in the world. War, for the first time in history, had become illegal. But within a decade of its signing, each state that had gathered in Paris to renounce war was at war. And in the century that followed, the Peace Pact was dismissed as an act of folly and an unmistakable failure. This book argues that the Peace Pact ushered in a sustained march toward peace that lasts to this day. A “thought-provoking and comprehensively researched book” (The Wall Street Journal), The Internationalists tells the story of the Peace Pact through a fascinating and diverse array of lawyers, politicians, and intellectuals. It reveals the centuries-long struggle of ideas over the role of war in a just world order. It details the brutal world of conflict the Peace Pact helped extinguish, and the subsequent era where tariffs and sanctions take the place of tanks and gunships. The Internationalists is “indispensable” (The Washington Post). Accessible and gripping, this book will change the way we view the history of the twentieth century—and how we must work together to protect the global order the internationalists fought to make possible. “A fascinating and challenging book, which raises gravely important issues for the present…Given the state of the world, The Internationalists has come along at the right moment” (The Financial Times).