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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Traveller's Companion, from Holyhead, to London
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Category : England
Languages : en
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Category : England
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A Traveller's Companion to Venice
Author: John Julius Norwich
Publisher: Interlink Books
ISBN: 9781566564656
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ranging from the days of the 6th century--when the early lagoon-dwellers lived "like sea-birds, in huts built on heaps of osiers" to the exquisite city of 18th-century revelers and 19th-century art lovers--the city's many different guises are revealed as its visitors saw them.
Publisher: Interlink Books
ISBN: 9781566564656
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ranging from the days of the 6th century--when the early lagoon-dwellers lived "like sea-birds, in huts built on heaps of osiers" to the exquisite city of 18th-century revelers and 19th-century art lovers--the city's many different guises are revealed as its visitors saw them.
The Traveler's Companion
Author: Christopher John Chater
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781463559397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
After the death of his wife, Dr. Ryan Iverson turned love into a weapon. His creation, Angela, is an android that fools her targets into falling helplessly in love with her. As Deputy Director of Science and Technology at the CIA, his mission is to use Angela to seduce and destroy internationally wanted playboy and illicit travel book writer C.C. Go. His series of books, The Traveler's Companion, is an infamous guide for wealthy hedonists to indulge their every whim. The newest edition, however, only has one destination: the Zone, a place where mind creates matter, where the sick can be healed with a thought, and where a man's fantasies are made manifest. Dr. Iverson may be the only one who understands the potential dangers in a place C.C. Go calls the womb of creation: Reality doesn't stand a chance.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781463559397
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
After the death of his wife, Dr. Ryan Iverson turned love into a weapon. His creation, Angela, is an android that fools her targets into falling helplessly in love with her. As Deputy Director of Science and Technology at the CIA, his mission is to use Angela to seduce and destroy internationally wanted playboy and illicit travel book writer C.C. Go. His series of books, The Traveler's Companion, is an infamous guide for wealthy hedonists to indulge their every whim. The newest edition, however, only has one destination: the Zone, a place where mind creates matter, where the sick can be healed with a thought, and where a man's fantasies are made manifest. Dr. Iverson may be the only one who understands the potential dangers in a place C.C. Go calls the womb of creation: Reality doesn't stand a chance.
Istanbul
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ISBN: 9780094677302
Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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ISBN: 9780094677302
Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Costa Rica
Author: Barbara Ras
Publisher: Traveler's Literary Companions
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A collection of 26 remarkable stories by Costa Rican writers--most of which is available in English for the first time. Whether searching for something relevant and entertaining to read on Costa Rica's idyllic beaches or looking for Latin American enchantment back home, this is a fiction reader's cultural guidebook to the country. 2-page map.
Publisher: Traveler's Literary Companions
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Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A collection of 26 remarkable stories by Costa Rican writers--most of which is available in English for the first time. Whether searching for something relevant and entertaining to read on Costa Rica's idyllic beaches or looking for Latin American enchantment back home, this is a fiction reader's cultural guidebook to the country. 2-page map.
Bali
Author: Eric Oey
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 9789625933269
Category : Bali Island (Indonesia)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The "Periplus Adventure Guides" do precisely what a great travel book should do -- make you want to get up and go! Periplus adventure guides show you how to get there, and then help make the absolute most out of a stay, leaving no stone, no beach, no fine restaurant or mountain trail untried. With detailed, up-to-date maps, photographs -- both new and archival -- personal recommendations and inside tips from expert authors, the guides go well beyond the usual travel fare and offer an extraordinary value for the money. This fall, Periplus proudly offers nine additions to the Adventure Guide list, exploring some of the most breathtaking, historically important and lesser known regions of Indonesia and Malaysia and Singapore. These include an updated guide to the exotic volcanic island of Bali; the flora and faunarich rainforests of East Malaysia and Brunei; the little known islands of Nusa Tenggara that lie East of Bali from Lombok to Timor; the center of the Indonesian archipelago, Java, rich in Buddhist tradition; the primitive and wildlife-filled province of Kalimanatan: Indonesian Borneo, home to the fascinating Dyak culture; Maluku: Indonesian Spice Islands, a sun-drenched string of pearl like islands in the tropical sea of Eastern Indonesia; the truly wild, mountainous island of Sulawesi -- for which this is the only guidebook available; Sumatra, home of mighty rivers, sparkling highland lakes and lush tropical rain forests; and the most comprehensive guide to West Malaysia and Singapore ever produced.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 9789625933269
Category : Bali Island (Indonesia)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The "Periplus Adventure Guides" do precisely what a great travel book should do -- make you want to get up and go! Periplus adventure guides show you how to get there, and then help make the absolute most out of a stay, leaving no stone, no beach, no fine restaurant or mountain trail untried. With detailed, up-to-date maps, photographs -- both new and archival -- personal recommendations and inside tips from expert authors, the guides go well beyond the usual travel fare and offer an extraordinary value for the money. This fall, Periplus proudly offers nine additions to the Adventure Guide list, exploring some of the most breathtaking, historically important and lesser known regions of Indonesia and Malaysia and Singapore. These include an updated guide to the exotic volcanic island of Bali; the flora and faunarich rainforests of East Malaysia and Brunei; the little known islands of Nusa Tenggara that lie East of Bali from Lombok to Timor; the center of the Indonesian archipelago, Java, rich in Buddhist tradition; the primitive and wildlife-filled province of Kalimanatan: Indonesian Borneo, home to the fascinating Dyak culture; Maluku: Indonesian Spice Islands, a sun-drenched string of pearl like islands in the tropical sea of Eastern Indonesia; the truly wild, mountainous island of Sulawesi -- for which this is the only guidebook available; Sumatra, home of mighty rivers, sparkling highland lakes and lush tropical rain forests; and the most comprehensive guide to West Malaysia and Singapore ever produced.
Chile
Author: Katherine Silver
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Traverse Chile's diverse literary and geographic landscape with its best contemporary writers. Arranged geographically, these 20 stories-many of which appear in English for the first time-guide the reader through Chile's unique regions. Let Ariel Dorfman take you to Santiago with a prodigal son, discovering his own country for the first time; travel to the remote south with Enrique Valdes; and enjoy the charms of Valparaiso with Pablo Neruda, one of Chile's two Nobel Prize winners. With the return of democracy to Chile, large numbers of Americans and Chilean expatriates are rediscovering the rich cultural allure of Chile, as well as the draw of its unrivaled ecodiversity. Chile is an excellent literary guide for globetrotters and armchair travelers alike-for those new to Chile as well as those familiar with its charms. Katherine Silver is a freelance translator, editor, teacher and writer who has lived in Chile frequently and for prolonged periods from 1979 to the present. She has translated the Il Postino by Antonio Skarmeta, as well as the works of Elena Poniatowska, Jose Emilio Pacheco and Martin Adan. She is currently translating Pedro Lemebel's I Tremble Toreador for Grove/Atlantic Press.
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Traverse Chile's diverse literary and geographic landscape with its best contemporary writers. Arranged geographically, these 20 stories-many of which appear in English for the first time-guide the reader through Chile's unique regions. Let Ariel Dorfman take you to Santiago with a prodigal son, discovering his own country for the first time; travel to the remote south with Enrique Valdes; and enjoy the charms of Valparaiso with Pablo Neruda, one of Chile's two Nobel Prize winners. With the return of democracy to Chile, large numbers of Americans and Chilean expatriates are rediscovering the rich cultural allure of Chile, as well as the draw of its unrivaled ecodiversity. Chile is an excellent literary guide for globetrotters and armchair travelers alike-for those new to Chile as well as those familiar with its charms. Katherine Silver is a freelance translator, editor, teacher and writer who has lived in Chile frequently and for prolonged periods from 1979 to the present. She has translated the Il Postino by Antonio Skarmeta, as well as the works of Elena Poniatowska, Jose Emilio Pacheco and Martin Adan. She is currently translating Pedro Lemebel's I Tremble Toreador for Grove/Atlantic Press.
Greece
Author: Artemis Leontis
Publisher: Traveler's Literary Companions
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Twenty-four short stories and prose poems by modern Greek writers. The subjects range from ancient mythology to World War, II to present-day surrealism. Fifth in a traveler's literary companion series.
Publisher: Traveler's Literary Companions
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Twenty-four short stories and prose poems by modern Greek writers. The subjects range from ancient mythology to World War, II to present-day surrealism. Fifth in a traveler's literary companion series.
Edinburgh
Author: David Daiches
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
ISBN: 9780586052372
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
ISBN: 9780586052372
Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Olympia Reader
Author: Maurice Girodias
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 9780394176482
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
An anthology of erotic literature contains selections from leading writers of the genre including Henry Miller, Jean Genet, the Marquis de Sade, and Pauline Reage
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 9780394176482
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
An anthology of erotic literature contains selections from leading writers of the genre including Henry Miller, Jean Genet, the Marquis de Sade, and Pauline Reage