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Here is the best the world has to offer: 1,000 places guaranteed to give travelers the shivers. From sacred ruins, to castles, to hidden islands and much more around the world, continent by continent. Each entry provides information on why it's essential to visit, addressses, websites, phone and fax numbers, and best times to visit.
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A field guide to 60 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals that once lived in what is now North America. Featuring stunning illustrations of each animal by world-famous artist Sergey Krosovskiy and based on the latest paleontogical research, this book provides information about the where and when the animals lived, what they ate, and more.
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A brand new edition of the finalist for the 2008 Casey Award, presented annually to the best baseball book, "101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out" profiles America s greatest baseball museums, shrines, sports bars, pop culture landmarks and ballpark sites. From sandlots and skyboxes to TV rooms and sports bars, America's love for baseball has inspired countless memories, discussions, and tributes. Josh Pahigian takes us across America...
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Retrace the footsteps of over 100 of Edinburgh's most illustrious people (& animals). With many maps to guide you, Edinburgh-Celebrity City Guide, details the lives of one hundred of the city's most famous people, along with illustrations and maps of where they lived, worked, or dallied. From the discovery of a reliable anaesthetic to the birthplace of Sean Connery, this book reveals the city's darkest secrets and its most colourful characters. A...
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Hemingway's Paris, Finnish saunas, Renaissance Florence: from art and music to literature and cinema, there's something for everyone in this follow-up to Wine Trails and Food Trails. We present ideas and itineraries for 52 weekends of culture heaven, packed with expert recommendations, maps and advice on how to get there and where to stay. We've searched the globe to find 52 cultural enclaves where the arts have had a profound, lasting impact and...
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Oliver Le Carrer brings us a fascinating history and armchair journey to the world's most dangerous and frightful places, complete with vintage maps and period illustrations in a handsome volume. This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity, and death. The locations gathered here include the dangerous Strait of Messina, home of the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis; the coal town of Jharia,...
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Muchos pueblos desaparecieron en España tras el gran éxodo rural de los años cincuenta, pero algunos heridos de muerte aún hoy sobreviven. Pequeñas poblaciones descolocadas en la geografía y en el tiempo, inadaptadas e incómodas para las administraciones. Este libro propone un viaje de más de dos mil kilómetros por ocho poblados en riesgo de desaparición para dar voz a un puñado de habitantes que resisten pese a todo. Y al hacerlo, evitan...
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The only guide you'll need for getting around Bali! Everything you need is in this one convenient travel guide-including a large pull-out map! This updated and revised edition of the bestselling Tuttle guide to Bali gives the latest information on what to do and see on this spectacular tropical Indonesian island. Bali is one of the few places in the world where an ancient civilization still thrives in the modern world. And the island has so much...
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Des adresses qui vous feront tout simplement aimer Lille !
Vous découvrez Lille pour la première fois ou vous pensez connaître cette ville sur le bout des doigts ? Vous souhaitez découvrir les adresses particulièrement appréciées des locaux ou explorer davantage ce sympathique petit quartier qui vous avait séduit lors de votre dernière visite ? Ce guide insolite a tout pour vous plaire, car il répertorie ces lieux incontournables qui font...
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Des adresses qui vous feront tout simplement aimer Lyon !
Vous découvrez Lyon pour la première fois ou vous pensez connaître cette ville sur le bout des doigts ? Vous souhaitez découvrir les adresses particulièrement appréciées des locaux ou explorer davantage ce sympathique petit quartier qui vous avait séduit lors de votre dernière visite ? Ce guide insolite a tout pour vous plaire, car il répertorie ces lieux incontournables qui font...
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Des adresses qui vous feront tout simplement aimer Bordeaux !
Vous découvrez Bordeaux pour la première fois ou vous pensez connaître cette ville sur le bout des doigts ? Vous souhaitez découvrir les adresses particulièrement appréciées des locaux ou explorer davantage ce sympathique petit quartier qui vous avait séduit lors de votre dernière visite ? Ce guide insolite a tout pour vous plaire, car il répertorie ces lieux incontournables...
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Detective Leon Smith, a 30-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, guides us on a nostalgic journey to famous LAUREL AND HARDY and OUR GANG movie locations, as well as other famous Hollywood film locations. His investigations reveal exact addresses of these historical sites and feature his present-day photographs along with production stills showing how the locations appeared in the original film.
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Des rives de la Caspienne au littoral de la mer Noire, Nathalie Courtet et sa coéquipière nous entraînent dans un monde et des cultures longtemps fermés aux Occidentaux, à la fois surprenants et terrifiants, trop souvent ignorés. Loin des sentiers battus, dans des paysages parfois grandioses, parfois déprimants, elles vont tracer leur route et leur destin.
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Des adresses qui vous feront tout simplement aimer Bruxelles !
Vous découvrez Bruxelles pour la première fois ou vous pensez connaître cette ville sur le bout des doigts ? Vous souhaitez découvrir les adresses particulièrement appréciées des locaux ou explorer davantage ce sympathique petit quartier qui vous avait séduit lors de votre dernière visite ? Ce guide insolite a tout pour vous plaire, car il répertorie ces lieux incontournables...
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Rediscover Wisconsin's 35 New Deal Post Offices The United States Postal Service is selling historic buildings. Some of these house historic artworks created during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Not all the murals remain in their original location. In some cases, the fate of the art, and buildings remains unknown. Learn which towns have murals and which ones have moved.
The Wisconsin Post Office Mural Guidebook will teach you the following:
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16) Micro Trips
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From Austin and Bangkok to Marrakesh and Sydney, Lonely Planet presents the best trips within three hours of 60 of the world's most popular cities. With sights, activities and hidden gems built around themes like culture, the outdoors, and cuisine, there's no end to the amazing ideas you'll find for your next urban escape or long layover, or the new experiences you'll discover to enjoy in your own backyard.
The cities in this book could fill a lifetime...
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While there are more than 15,000 museums in our country, visitors get to see only about five percent of any institution's collections. Most museums simply don't have room to display everything they've got. However, there are a wide variety of surprising and intriguing reasons why, for example, the Smithsonian Institution doesn't display its collection of condoms; why the Field Museum locks up its shrunken heads; and why the bones of a former slave...
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Des adresses qui vous feront tout simplement aimer Marseille!
Méditerranéenne par essence, Marseille est une ville aux multiples visages. Que l'on explore son charmant littoral, ses calanques somptueuses, son port chargé d'histoire ou ses ruelles escarpées, il y flotte toujours un petit air de vacances. Rebelle et mystérieux, le cœur de Marseille ne se dévoile qu'à travers de petites adresses de quartier, souvent cachées et méconnues. Ce...
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Living in Japan is a complete travel guide for foreigners currently living in Japan or contemplating making a home there. From the great expectations before arrival to the shock of actually being immersed in one of the most unique cultures in the hectic modern world, from finding housing to finding work, and from adjusting to the expatriate community to the many challenges of making a way into the heart of Japanese society and culture, Living in Japan...
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Des adresses qui vous feront tout simplement aimer Paris!
Paris, Ville Lumière, sa somptueuse Tour Eiffel et sa mythique butte Montmartre... autant d'endroits qui font fantasmer les touristes du monde entier et qui sont aujourd'hui ancrés dans l'imaginaire collectif lorsque l'on évoque la capitale française. Pourtant, pour les Parisiens, ce sont les petites adresses moins connues, les bons plans qu'on se refile presque entre initiés, qui rendent...
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