Author: Andrew Bain Publisher: Lonely Planet ISBN: 9781742202938 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 348
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Features famous and little-known sites around the world, including natural landscapes, man-made structures, animals, events, archaeological finds, and objects.
Author: Patricia Schultz Publisher: Artisan ISBN: 1579657885 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 545
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Named a Best Gift Book/Best Travel Book of the Year by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, House Beautiful, Business Insider, The Daily Beast, Forbes, Fodor’s, The Points Guy, Seattle Times, and more “This is the comfort food of travel books. . . . This book will sweep you off your feet.”—New York Times Book Review “Gorgeous . . . breathtaking . . . spectacular.”—Publishers Weekly Patricia Schultz curates the world. When she published the original 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, she created not only a new kind of travel book but also a new way of thinking about our experiences and interests. Now Schultz captivates our hearts in the same compelling way her original book spoke to our minds. Moving from eloquent word to breathtaking image, she takes us on a visual journey of the best the world has to offer, and as we turn the pages and pore over these images, we feel it all: joy, curiosity, awe, passion, nostalgia (if we’ve been there), inspiration (because we want to go), and a profound and transforming sense of how lucky we are to live in a world filled with such beauty and wonder—to see tributaries of mist curling over the Great Wall, elephants grazing on the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater, the sun setting on the wild coast of Donegal, masked whirling dancers at a festival in Bhutan. The book itself is a thing of beauty, an oversize feast of more than 1,000 all-new photographs and 544 pages, every spread and page designed to showcase these mesmerizing photographs and hold just enough of Schultz’s lively text that we know why it is we’re looking at them. It is a perfect gift for every traveler, every fan of the original, every dreamer whose Instagram feed is filled with pictures of places near and far.
Author: Jay McCullough Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1626367388 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 1360
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Everyone knows that members of the U.S. Special Forces are the top-shelf, crème de la crème, A-Number-Ones, specially hand-picked people to train and serve as the avant garde of the largest, most well-funded military on the face of the earth. But that doesn’t happen overnight! There are special training procedures—over and above basic training—that turn a swabbie into a SEAL, a grunt into a Green Beret, or a runt into a Ranger. Collected here for the first time is official information on USSF: • Sniper training • Reconnaissance • Intelligence and interrogation • Guerrilla warfare • Nocturnal operations • Fighting counter insurgencies • And more! With hundreds of photographs and illustrations demonstrating proven tips and techniques, The Ultimate Guide to Special Forces Skills, Tactics, and Techniques provides everything a warrior needs to know to be fighter-ready and strong.
Author: Lonely Planet Publisher: Lonely Planet ISBN: 1760343005 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 1037
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Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, brings you the world...ranked. What will be number 1, you ask? We have the answer. This compilation of the 500 most unmissable sights and attractions in the world has been ranked by Lonely Planet's global community of travel experts, so big name mega-sights such as the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal battle it out with lesser-known hidden gems for a prized place in the top 10, making this the only bucket list you'll ever need. This definitive wish list of the best places to visit on earth is packed with insightful write-ups and inspiring photography to get you motivated to start ticking off your travel list. What's your number 1? Authors: Lonely Planet About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -- Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.
Author: Jay McCullough Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc. ISBN: 1616080108 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 961
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Nearly 1,000 pages of instruction on how to fight and win— from the team that created The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Surivival Skills, Tactics, and Techniques.
Author: Roger Lytollis Publisher: Robinson ISBN: 1472146115 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 304
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This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them. As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool's Beatles statue convinced that Rod Stewart was in the Fab Four. In Edinburgh he walks into a row over Greyfriars Bobby's nose and in Glasgow learns why the Duke of Wellington wears a traffic cone on his head. London brings a controversial nude statue and some hard truths about racism. Elsewhere, Roger sees people dancing with Eric Morecambe, finds a statue being the backdrop to a marriage proposal and, everywhere he goes, pigeons. Always pigeons . . . On a Pedestal is the first book to examine public statues around the nation. It looks at their emergence into our culture wars; the trend for portraying musicians, sports stars and comedians rather than monarchs, politicians and generals; the amazing tales of many of those commemorated on our streets. It also features interviews with sculptors, including Sir Antony Gormley, telling the stories behind some of our most popular modern statues. Part history book, part travelogue, On a Pedestal brings statues to life. Informative and entertaining, it's a book that - ultimately - is more about blood than bronze.
Author: Leanne White Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136483128 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 313
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Dark Tourism, including visitation to places such as murder sites, battlefields and cemeteries is a growing phenomenon, as well as an emergent area of scholarly interest. Despite this interest, the intersecting domains of dark tourism and place identity have been largely overlooked in the academic literature and this book aims to fill this void. The three main themes of Visitor Motivation, Destination Management and Place Interpretation are addressed in this book from both a demand and supply perspective by examining a variety of case studies from around the world. This edited volume takes the dark tourism discussion to another level by reinforcing the critical intersecting domains of dark tourism and place identity and, in particular, highlighting the importance of understanding this connection for visitors and destination managers. Written by leading academics in the area, this stimulating volume of 19 chapters will be valuable reading for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students in a range of discipline areas; researchers and academics interested in dark tourism; and, other interested stakeholders including those in the tourism industry, government bodies and community groups.
Author: Linda Hoffman Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 1462913555 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 136
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The only guide you'll need for getting around Indonesia! Everything you need is in this one convenient Indonesia travel guide--including a large pull-out map! Are you looking for the adventure of a lifetime, a trip down the road less traveled? If so, then Indonesia is the place to go! Indonesia has so much to offer visitors that choosing what to do and where to go can be difficult. The Indonesia Tuttle Travel Pack takes you to the top 15 places to visit, and details the amazing array of things you can do in each location--including the old and modern worlds of Jakarta, the ancient temple of Borobudur, the beaches famous for surfing and sea sport, and so much more. Well thought-out, easy-to-use, easy-to-carry and packed with historical information, handy lists, 31 detailed maps, a large pull-out map, photographs, and useful notes for planning your journey, this guidebook ensures you'll spend your time actually enjoying your visit! Indonesia Tuttle Travel Pack contains sections on: Indonesia's Top 15 "Don't miss" places to visit and activities to do, from the old-world charm of Jakarta to the national parks of Bunaken and Puncak for endemic wildlife, the active volcano Mt Bromo for a scenic experience, the Minangkabau in West Sumatra for their teakwood, silversmith and weaving expertise, Ubud for world-famous Legong dances, its cool climate in Ubud and much more. Exploring Indonesia offers a wide variety of excursions in different regions of Indonesia by regions--Jakarta and West Java, Central and East Java, Lombok, Eastern Indonesia, Sumatra, and Sulawesi. Author's Recommendations gives specific recommendations for: the hippest hotels and resorts; the best shopping; the best foods and restaurants, with introduction to regional dishes from Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumatra and Sulawesi; the best temples, ancient sites and museums; the spas and health retreats, the most kid-friendly places, and more. Author Linda Hoffman has successfully organized her 25 years of journeying through Indonesia into three simple, easy to follow chapters, including Indonesia's Top 15 "Don't Miss" sights to see, Exploring Indonesia, and Author's recommendations, as well as providing basic travel information, useful pointers for getting around Indonesia, expected etiquette, and other basic survival details.
Author: Liz Wells Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000213382 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 221
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Formerly a British colony, the island of Cyprus is now a divided country, where histories of political and cultural conflicts, as well as competing identities, are still contested. Cyprus provides the ideal case study for this innovative exploration, extensively illustrated, of how the practice of photography in relation to its political, cultural and economic contexts both contributes and responds to the formation of identity. Contributors from Cyprus, Greece, the UK and the USA, representing diverse disciplines, draw from photography theory, art history, anthropology and sociology to explore how the island and its people have been represented photographically. They reveal how the different gazes- colonial, political, gendered, and within art photography- contribute to the creation of individual and national identities and, by extension, to the creation and re-creation of imagery of Cyprus as place. While Photography and Cyprus focuses on one geographical and cultural territory, the questions this book asks and the themes and arguments it follows apply also to other places characterized by their colonial heritage. The intriguing example of Cyprus thus serves as a fitting test-ground for current debates relating to photography, place and identity.
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