This e-guide covers the Lake Maggiore, and the town of Stresa in addition to the one-day trips you can make from one of these towns to the Borromean Islands, the Angera castle, Locarno, Mottarone and the Centovalli. This e-guide is ideal for use on your smart phone or your tablet, it contain active links to the web sites of transportation companies, so you can with a click from the guide check the latest schedule and buy the tickets. It gives you access to the various places where you can stay: hotels, villas, apartments and B & Bs. It has also listing of many Tripadvisor reviews for the best recommended restaurants that are at walking distance from the boat pier or the train station. There are active links to the Tripadvisor review pages, you can use them if you have an active Internet connection, but, if you don't, you have the basic information ready: the name, address and telephone number are included in the guide. And there are extensive descriptions and photos of the attractions.

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With its picturesque harbor along the Adriatic Sea, it is easy to see why the pretty city of Rovinj in Croatia is referred to as the "Venice of of Istria." A few centuries of Venetian rule has left its elegant mark on the city's architecture and its close proximity to Venice has led to a steady flow of ocean traffic between the two cities. In fact, to save money it makes great sense to book a stay in Rovinj and combine it with a daytrip to Venice. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Welcome to Rovinj & the Istria Peninsula - Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Rovinj - Saint Euphemia Cathedral - Monkodonja Hill Fort - Mini Croatia - Palud Ornithological Reserve - Red Island - St Katarina Island - Brijuni Island - Valalta Naturalist Camp - Lim Fjord - Pula - Amphitheatre - Beaches of Pula - Wreck Diving - Nightlife of Pula - Rijeka - Peek & Poke Computer Museum - Day Trips to Venice - Truffle Country - Motovun - Hum - Buzet - Baredine Cave - Recommendations for the Budget Traveller - Places To Stay - Hotel Arupinum - Pension Baron Gautsch - Hotel Valdaliso - Self-catering Apartments - "Botel" Marina - Places to Eat - Maestral Restaurant - Pizzeria Da Sergio Restaurant - Balbi Restaurant - Pizzeria Jupiter - Tarsa Restaurant & Konoba Feral Restaurant - Places to Shop - Souvenir & Wine Shop - Rovinjski Pelinkovac - Aromatica - Zigante Tartufi - Other Shopping in Rovinj

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There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical and architectural landmarks and provides pictures to help out when those pesky street addresses are missing. Every tour also includes a quick primer on identifying architectural styles seen on American streets. In 1857 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts began to fill in the tidal flats west of the city center. The fill began at the Public Garden and spread westward, eventually taking 25 years to complete the project. From the beginning, Back Bay was designed to be a residential community; over the next 60 years more than 1,500 houses and apartments were built here. Back Bay represented one of the country's first concerted efforts to create a homogeneous urban environment on a grand scale. The wide streets and large building lots attracted wealthy Bostonians from Beacon Hill from the beginning. America's top architects from the Gilded Age are represented throughout the neighborhood. World War I and the Depression led to the dissolution of many of these magnificent single-family mansions and the infiltration of retail establishments. This walking tour of the Back Bay will begin on Arlington Street, fronting the Public Garden, where you would have gotten your feet wet back in 1857.

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There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way. Each walking tour describes historical and architectural landmarks and provides pictures to help out when those pesky street addresses are missing. Every tour also includes a quick primer on identifying architectural styles seen on American streets. Today's East Village was originally a farm owned by Dutch Governor Wouter van Twiller. Petrus Stuyvesant received the deed to this farm in 1651, and his family held on to the land for over seven generations, until a descendant began selling off parcels of the property in the early 1800s. These blocks became the city's premier residential district. In the early 1830s, red brick row houses stretched north of Soho between Second Avenue and Washington Square. These row houses were soon joined by the ambitious ecclesiastical institutions of the city. By the second half of the 19th century, Fifth Avenue had become the premier address of the upwardly mobile. First publishers and then textile firms moved into the area vacated by its wealthy residents and replaced the row houses with practical buildings which are greatly admired to this day. Speculating devleopers began building multi unit dwellings on lots meant for single family homes and began renting out rooms and apartments to the growing working class. The "East Village" was formerly known as Klein Deutschland ("Little Germany, Manhattan). From the years roughly between the 1850s and the first decade of the 20th century, the "East Village" hosted the largest urban populations of Germans outside of Vienna and Berlin. It was America's first foreign language neighborhood; hundreds of political, social, sports and recreational clubs were set up during this period, some of these buildings still exist. Until the mid-1960s, this area was simply the north

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GRACE'S GRANDMOTHER HAS died, and she and her mother must travel back to the Cambodian community to give her a proper Cambodian funeral. But Grace wants to use the trip to solve a few mysteries, like who her father was, why her mother and grandmother moved from St. Petersburg to Pennsylvania, where they're the only Cambodians Grace has ever seen, and what Cambodian culture is really about. Embraced by her mother's old friends, Grace feels both at home and lost, fascinated by the traditions she's never known, but strangely judged by some members of the community. Can she make sense of, and honor, the life of the grandmother she barely knew? And will revelations about the past bring Grace closer to her mother, or push them even further apart From the Hardcover edition.

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Happy Birthday to Sarah! Turning twenty-six and divorcing Brandon - her high school sweetheart - on the same day. With all of her plans for the future out the window, she tries her best to be content in a small apartment with her two cats. As the months go by her best friends, Tanya and Jenny, start setting her up on blind dates. After enough bad experiences Sarah refuses to let either of them pick a man for her again. When Jenny sees an ad from a local travel agency - a chance to win a ten-day trip on a single's cruise - without thinking, or asking, she enters Sarah's name. Now Sarah is the winner of something she doesn't want. With an enormous amount of pressure from her friends to go and nothing to lose, she packs her bags. The night of her twenty-seventh Birthday she meets Gabriel, a man she learns has as much baggage as she does. They make a promise to help each other let go of the past and it doesn't take long before she lets him into her bed and her heart. Women start showing up dead, sad accidents may be to blame but Sarah finds out that some of the crew doesn't think that is the case. The scary part is that they bare a striking resemblance to her. Sarah really gets worried when she is the person to uncover the third body and it is definitely no accident after the security camera recording is looked at. The number of dead women keeps rising and to make matters worse the ship has stopped moving - broken-down in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Every time a woman is murdered Gabriel's whereabouts are in question. Sarah finds herself hopelessly lost at sea with a killer. She doesn't want to believe it but could it be the man she has fallen madly in love with is a killer? Could she be the next to die?

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On the surface, this novel is an inspiring tale of friendship and travel set in a crumbling world. On a deeper plane, it is an arraignment levelled at a complacent modern-day humanity for its failure to protect the earth, and itself, from its own ravages. Joss Douglas is a young man who sees the world the way it really is, but a formative experience in Africa opens his eyes to the flaws in how he plans and lives his own life. Some years later, in a world in which global civilization is faltering, with a climate that grows harsher and wilder with each passing season, he no longer sees the sense in his ordered existence, and feels that he is working towards nothing. With his fiancée Tina, who has distant roots in Brazil, he steps out of his conventional programme and they set off on a voyage of discovery to South America. While they are away, rioting, disorder and crackdowns at home leave them with the sensation that it is their home no longer. Cut adrift from their country, they must decide where they will subsequently take their lives. Fate brings them together with their friends and this diverse band of misfits, a generation in microcosm, acquire a Brazilian Kombi camper van and journey among the myriad landscapes and cultures of the South American continent, in search of a place where they can ride out tumultuous world events. It is a trip full of spectacle and colour, that takes them to Patagonia, the high Andes of Bolivia and the coast of the Pacific Ocean, and on which they must learn to break free of the rules by which they have lived all their lives. Ready to take on their future, they travel with irreverent and irrepressible humour, a healthy disrespect for authority and a well-preserved sense of wonder. For wanderers and wonderers: This is a book that explores the unsettling question of what to do and where to go when the warm embrace of civilization, and the comfort of a future that is certain, begin to fall apart.

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London, 1969. The beautiful, liberated Eugenie meets David Plantagenet as he is selling ice-cream in Oxford Street. Despite the age difference - David is just 17 - he moves into her elegant Marylebone apartment and persuades her to marry him. But David dreams of world travel and the following year jets off on his world trip, leaving Eugenie alone in London. Left to her own devices, Eugenie lands a job on Stet, a new political and literary magazine edited by the eccentric Revel Rooke. Eugenie learns fast and becomes Stet's star writer. But is she married or not? Confused, she consults a top London law firm and encounters the successful, sophisticated and handsome Andrew Millard. They begin a passionate affair which is supposed to be just for fun but gradually becomes something else. When David's best friend Art Carter is badly beaten up by London yobs, Eugenie's dramatic cover story for Stet goes worldwide, reaching David in Peking. He rushes back to the UK, but his arrival in London after a five year absence stirs up old feelings and David, Eugenie and Andrew must face the consequences. A story full of memorable characters, wit and warmth, In Bed With Mr Plantagenet is a tale of love and friendship, and how these two emotions can cause loving relationships to disintegrate

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Journeys in the Hinterlands of AfghanistanGolden Years of Nature ConversationThis book is a narrative of our trips into the mountains and plains of the country in search of its elusive wildlife. It is a testament of our encounters with the people of the land, their culture, folklore and how they cope with the rigors of life. It describes our experiences in Afghanistan during the 1970s as we were engaged in the starting of a natural resources conservation program and the setting up of national parks and reserves. We traveled to different parts of the country, met and mingled with people of the high country of the Wakhan and the Pamir mountains in northern Afghanistan and the central regions, and leaned about their lifestyles and how they coped with the rigors of harsh climate in the Hindu Kush highlands. Our journeys took us from the towering peaks of the Wakhan corridor to wetlands where we encountered thousands of waterfowl and waders during their seasonal migrations using the wetlands of Afghanistan as a resting location before crossing the high mountain country. It is a tribute to a time when the ravages of war had not torn the country apart along ethnic fault lines. A time when one could travel freely without the fear of being maimed by mines.

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Book 1 DescriptionThere are quite a few advantages to having dark skin. The most important one is that when you blush it doesn't show. That cute guy on the third row has been looking at me intensely all week and I've got to say I'm enjoying the attention. In fact, I bend over a little so he can catch a glimpse of my cleavage. If he keeps staring at me like this I'm going to have to go over there introduce myself because I can tell he's probably too shy to talk to me. I chuckle a little. Of course I won't do that; Tyrone would be pissed. Yes, I have a boyfriend. We have been together for about 18 months and it's going well. I'm not sure if I'm in love with him, but I wouldn't know because I've not had a lot of experience with men. We get along and we've even talked about moving in together our last semester. My conservative mom would hate that, but we're adults; we can make our own decisions. Book 2 DescriptionAfter the incident with the Carolina Herrera text message that was actually from Clarice Henry, Tyrone and I ended our relationship. Well I ended it. I walked out on him and went back to my old apartment. Marlene just hugged me tight when I got there with my tear-stained face dragging my suitcases. Book 3 DescriptionThey say that life is like a road trip; you can either travel alone or you can get a few others to travel with you. You need to be really careful whom you let into your vehicle, though, because these people are going to be sitting very close to you and you're going to be influenced by their attitudes and their choices.I don't know for how long I sit on the bathroom floor and cry. I faintly remember hearing Tyrone knocking and asking me to open up the door. Then he went away and I must have fallen asleep because when I come to my senses it's after midnight. I'm in a daze for a while as I try to remember why I'm lying on the cold bathroom floor. Then it all comes rushing back like an avalanche of shit.

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The "Lazarillo." offers a sound and credible vision of the colonial life between 1771 and 1773, as well as practical details of the trip from Montevideo up to Lima, through Buenos Aires, C rdoba, Salta, Potos, Chuquisaca and Cuzco. According to Jos Luis Busaniche, the argentine born historian, "through its pages flows a new feeling about nature, far apart from the previous letters and documents of the colonial era" Its first edition circulated in a clandestine way in America. The text is the transcription of don Alonso Carri de la Vandera's writings during his royal commission of fixing the postal system between Montevideo and Lima. The author is mentioned as "Don Calixto Bustamante Carlos Inga, also known as 'Concolorcorvo', who went along the commissioner in said journey and wrote the extracts" Calixto Bustamante Carlos Inca existence is proven, as well as documented the commission and trip of "visitador" Carri, however "Concolorcorvo" shows a curiously remarkable erudition for a man of his extraction. According to Bartolom Mitre the book "was written by an erudite person, knowledgeable of the Spanish America customs". Don Alonso Carri de la Vandera spent most of his life in Mexico and Peru, and was in Buenos Aires in 1749. His letters are written in a far from vulgar prose and full of classics quotations. It would not be strange that he had authored "El Lazarillo" himself. There is a letter from Lima addressed to the postal service administrator in Buenos Aires, don Domingo de Basavilbaso, asking him to receive and protect a don Calixto Bustamante Carlos Inca, who was starting his journey to the R o de la Plata. Abandoned and in need due to the death of "his master Se or don Antonio Guill y Gonzaga, President of the Realm of Chile", he wished to change his fortune "because the temperament of Lima had proven contrary to his health". There is no proof of Bustamante's appearance in Buenos Aires, but had it been so he would have stayed at the same time as Carri prepared his trip to Peru. It might have happened that following Basavilbaso's request the visitador found in Concolorcorvo an able secretary and the best travel company. During the trip the visitador writes confidential reports, complaining about those who surreptitiously paralyze his work. Besides him the witty Bustamante suggests invectives y scathing jokes. The visitador might have been aware of the perils involved in signing such writings. And Bustamante, who admired the visitador, might have taken care, with or without permission, to see that the events did not go unpublished. Thus could have been the "El Lazarillo" conceived: a mixture of travel book, official reports and strong sarcasm. A most simple and possible explanation that in no way diminishes a bit its amusing quality.

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Walk practically anywhere in Greece and you are walking in the footsteps of antiquity. The home to such historical figures, fictional or not, as Plato and Homer. [not Homer Simpson - the other one]. As the center of modern civilization, Greece is considered the home of art, philosophy and many other aspects of culture which set us apart from other creatures. While you could literally spend months in Greece visiting and exploring archeological sites, there country is known for very modern pleasures. The beaches of Greece are world famous as is the nightlife. For nightlife, Athens is a vibrant city that more or less stays open all night long. Even on Mondays! For sheer excitement, take a taxi on a trip through the city which will make any roller coaster look tame. You can walk through the various market areas or visit the new structures and parks created for the recent Olympic Summer Games. If a tan is a must, you're best off heading to the islands. Islands such as Santorini, Ios and Mykinos are the stuff of legend among sunbathers. You can burn under the Mediterranean sun all day and party like a rock star all night. All the islands can be reached by ferry with trips taking a few hours. The Greeks are colorful and a fun-loving group of people. Sit down in a little café somewhere and you'll soon be talking to a local with tears of laughter in your eyes. Just make sure you watch out for friendly ouzo toasts. They pack a punch. A serious punch. If you're looking for a travel destination with both historical locations and a chance to loaf on the beach, nothing beats Greece. Prices are generally cheap, so give it a try.

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Luke Hamilton has been living as a husband and father for the past seventeen years. No one but her wife, Nora, knows she is not the man she appears to be. They have raised their daughters to become honest and hard-working young women, but even with their loving foundation, Amy and Nattie are hiding their own secrets. Just as Luke sets out on a dangerous trip to Fort Boise, a newcomer arrives on the ranch-Rika Aaldenberg, who traveled to Oregon as a mail-order bride, hiding that she's not the woman in the letters. When hidden truths are revealed, will their lives and their family fall apart or will love keep them together?

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What happens when your trip goes awry? When your sandal-clad foot steps in the cow dung? Perhaps you too have watched with disbelief as your travel plans fell apart, and have been tempted to look up at the cosmos and cry, Why me? In the book that was formerly titled I Learned King Fu from a Bear Cub, join our posse of twenty-five travelers as they endure some of the weirdest, wackiest, and most comic moments of misadventure you are ever likely to read about.

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This is a hilarious guidebook of humorous travelogues and how to secrets compiled by a Walt Disney Expert! The book draws on the insights of a panel of Disney fanatics - The Mousejunkies - following dozens of personal vacations, trade shows and press trips in recent years, providing tips and travel plans told through personal accounts - something that sets it apart from all the other guides. The Mousejunkies are a group of seemingly well-adjusted adults who have found themselves inexplicably drawn to Walt Disney World, again and again. The stories - wry, humorous and told with an affection gained through years of Disney addiction - paint vivid portraits of a creatively engineered world, where unexpected surprises create lasting memories. All of the most important topics are covered: When to go, where to stay, what to do and where to eat. But readers will also learn how to indulge in an all-day chicken wing and beer football orgy at Walt Disney World, how to extract your family from Fantasmic with your sanity intact, where to catch a mid-afternoon nap in the theme park, and even how wrong a Disney cruise can go. The tips - valuable information designed to help readers get more out of their vacations - are told with a sly wink and the desire to share the secrets that make trips to central Florida more memorable. From touring plans to tongue-in-cheek reviews of the theme parks' restrooms, "Mousejunkies" provides readers with useful information couched in obsessively-detailed narrative with a humorous touch.

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A drug-fueled trip through the gruesome levels of Hell may sound like a fictional horror story to some, and since the traveler in question wasmovie distributor Stephen Biro, it could just as easily have been one of his film projects. But Stephen's experiences were the real, life-changing sort. They're also proof that the Lorddoes work in mysterious ways - extending all theway to squares of LSD and nitrous oxide cartridges. Armed with psychedelics, hallucinogenics and a brave desire to meet God no matter the personal cost, Stephen pushed beyond the boundaries ofsafe drug use. He took the most nightmarish of trips from a cramped one-bedroom apartment that he used for running his underground videobusiness. With initial difficulty finding God in his altered state, Stephen instead encountered depravity and grotesquery enough to make his soul weep, but he pushed on. And if that wasn't bad enough, his Hellish experiences bled over into his waking days, and his friends andacquaintances began identifying themselves to him as Antichrists, deities and other assorted beings from "the other side." Reality wasblurring and shifting, and Stephen was run utterly ragged. Could he fulfill his quest to learn universal truths before his extreme drug use took its toll Hellucination: A Memoir spares no disturbing detail of the unusual route that one man took to find Christ and the God of the Bible. The memoir also follows younger Stephen through his 1970schildhood and his bizarre early encounters with religion that drove him to Atheism.

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Marmaris, a popular port town and tourist destination, lies on the Mediterranean coast in a scenic location between two mountain ranges. The town is located in Mugla province in southwest Turkey on the Turkish Riviera. Marmaris' population rises to over 350,000 during the tourist season with the influx of tourists from northern Europe and elsewhere. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Welcome to Marmaris - Culture - Map - Location & Orientation - Climate & When To Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Cleopatra Island - Armutalan Hamam - Ruins of Almos - Marmaris Castle & Museum - Icmeler - Hydas - Sariana Mausoleum - Marmaris Adventure Tours - All-Inclusive Boat Trips - Jeep Safaris - Scuba Diving - Horse Safaris - Rafting - Village Tours - Places to Stay - London Blue Hotel - Blue Palace Apartments - Ilayda Hotel - Club Ilayda - Halici Holiday Village - Places to Eat & Drink - Idil Manti Evi - Meryem Ana - Liman Restaurant - Cafe Yavuz Patisserie - Dede Restaurant - Taj Mahal Restaurant - So Sweet Dessert & Coffee House - Places To Shop - Netsel Marina - Grand Bazaar, Marmaris - Local Markets in Marmaris & Icmeler

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This is an e-guide to a 15 days trip in the north-east of Italy: round trip Venice to Bolzano passing through Grado, Aquileia, Trieste, Pordenone, Udine, Pieve di Cadore, Cortina d'Ampezzo, and returning through Trento, Lake Garda, Verona, Vicenza, Ferrara and Ravenna. It is ideal for use on your smart phone, it contains active links to the web sites of many Tripadvisor reviews for the best recommended restaurants that are at the location described. There are active links to the Tripadvisor review pages, you can use them if you have an active Internet connection, but, if you don't, you have the basic information ready: the name, address and telephone number are included in the guide. There is the possibility of making reservations for places where to stay: Hotels, Apartments, Farm Houses, Bed & Breakfasts, Condo Hotels and Country Houses. And of course there are extensive descriptions and photos of the attractions.

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Double D Ranch Tales, 1Two people scared to love again. Two others hesitant about commitment. A weekend in Nevada will change all that. Bristol Ashcombe is swearing off men and taking a vacation with her friend, Cassie. Damon Dougan is packed and ready to leave the ranch for a trip, that is, until a long-legged, sexy woman steps out of a vehicle and he decides to stay. Will one sex-filled weekend be enough for either of them Cassie Harding travels to the Double D ranch to meet Bristol and looks forward to seeing her old friend, Dakota. Dak's excited when Cassie, his former sweetheart, returns. Cassie and Dakota, though they're heating up 'the sheets' in and out of the bedroom, have fears about commitment after years of being single. Will they find it's better to dance together than apart?

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Charlie and his friend Andy have been to a UFO conference at Roswell, N.M. and stopped at a cafe since it was late. They meet April, a waitress, who had just been dumped by her boyfriend. Not having anyone else in that small town, she is waiting for a bus to go to Colorado Springs to stay with her aunt and get a job. Charlie is a widower and has been traveling around the country in his RV and going nowhere in particular. Since they are going that way anyway, Charlie invites her to ride along to Colorado Springs. Charlie is not in a hurry to get her to Colorado Springs, so they take some side trips and go site seeing. After Andy goes home, Charlie hires April as his driver since he hates to drive the RV, and they decide not to go to Colorado Springs immediately. Even though they are years apart in age, they have a good time together, and eventually love blossoms between them, the perfect spring fall romance. The second half of the book takes place on The Other Side. She has died first so comes to get him when his time to cross over comes. She takes him back to The Other Side and slowly gets him acquainted with how to live there. He loves it there since they have credit cards which never have to be paid off. Also it is easy to move around instantly and to change the weather. There are no worries or cares, and it is a wonderful peaceful place. And of course, the best thing to both of them is that their love has survived death and they are together again. Theirs was truly a spring fall romance. The book has no explicit sex or profanity.

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Bill Randolph, is on his last assignment as field representative for the Senate Oversight Committee for the CIA. At the age of forty-three, he is ready to retire. Monique, his lovely young wife, is eagerly looking forward to his retirement and to their plans to go sailing on their new yacht. However, their plans fall apart when Bill is called upon to serve his country again in one emergency after another. Monique, out of loneliness and disappointment, accepts an invitation from friends to join them on a skiing trip to Chile. Their private jet crashes into the Guaviare River in the Colombian jungle. Bill is excused from his assignment in Iran, travels to Colombia, locates his wife, and rescues her from the clutches of drug lords. Getting back to their home in Ft. Lauderdale, they set sail on their newly commissioned ketch for the Virgin Islands. While in the islands they encounter a hurricane and rescue shipwrecked sailors. Leaving Eagle their Ketch in Charlotte Amalie they have to rush back home to Ft. Lauderdale and then fly to Washington for a meeting with the President.

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A GUIDE TO CUBA AND THE CUBANS by CONSUELO HERMER AND MARJORIE MAY. Contents include: FOREWORD XI CHAPTER i One, If by Land. 3 Getting to Havana; expenses involved. Going through Customs. Hotels, pensions, furnished apartments, fur nished houses. Intelligence service, CHAPTER n Three Bags Full 33 A Cuban clothes guide for men and women. CHAPTER ni So Near and Yet So Foreign 46 What to see and what to do in Havana. Holiday time in Cuba. Routine points of in terest. CHAPTER iv The Pause for Refreshment 1 04 Eating your way through Havana. Cuban specialties and where to find them. Rec ommended restaurants. Viii CONTENTS CHAPTER v Dawn s Early Light 132 Night life in Havana. Music and dancing. Bars and night clubs. Recommended places. CHAPTER vi To Market, to Market 159 Shopping in Havana. What to bring back. Recom mended stores. CHAPTER vn Country Cousins 188 Fifteen trips into the in terior of the Island. CHAPTER viii What Makes the Wheels Go Round 224 Taking apart the Cubans to see how they tick, CHAPTER ix How to Win Friends Ha vana Style 245 Do's and DonYs for a pleas ant visit. APPENDIX 260 GLOSSARY 271 TRAVEL RATES 280 INDEX 283 ILLUSTRATIONS Aerial View of Havana, Showing the Capitol 20 The Cuban Capitol, Havana 21 The Prado, and the Sevilla-Biltmore Hotel 36 Shrine Commemorating the First Mass Held in the Western World 37 Children's Hospital in Havana 37 The Gomez Monument on Malecon 68 Remnant of Original Wall Which Sur rounded Havana 69 Colon Catedral, Havana 84 A Cross-Eyed Angel Leads a Procession During Holy Week 85 Main Entrance to the University of Havana 85 Eighteenth-Century Patio, Now the En trance to a Bar 116 Lottery Ticket Peddler 117 An Open-Air Market in the Residential Section of Havana 132 La Fuerza, Fortress Built hy De Soto 133 ILLUSTRATIONS An Air View of Mono Castle, Havana Harbor 1 64 Primitive Transport of Sugar Cane 165 Barrels of Rum 165 A Pineapple Field 1 80 A Seventeenth-Century Patio 181 Itinerant Coffee Vendors 2 1 2 A

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The End and the Beginning is a story of early 19th century America that weaves an accurate history of the period with real and fictional characters into a novel of adventure and suspense where historical events are vividly presented in the narrative, dialogue and journals of its many characters. It describes through the experiences of the determined but desperate chief Tecumseh the End of the Native American civilization on the Northwest frontier. Captured in the narrative and through the adventures of many of the books characters is the work of the early abolitionists who protect runaway slaves from the violent and determined slave catchers and fosters the Beginning of the anti slavery movement and eventual overthrow of the slave culture of the south. Jim Morgan who, at the age eleven is living alone in the dense and virgin forests of southeastern Ohio to escape the murderous wrath of his alcoholic stepfather. He is helped by Wild Bird an Indian shaman who protects Jim and teaches him the ways of the forest and of her language and culture. One day he meets General Jonathon McGuire a revolutionary war hero, successful farmer and strident abolitionist who welcomes Jim into his extended family. He grows up in an idyllic and protected world where hard work and education builds his character and a mutual affection with Anna an indentured servant develops. Jim's world is torn apart when the general on his death bed instructs him, now 18 to go north to enlist in the American Army to fight the British and its Indian allies in the early months of the war of 1812. On his trip north through the wilds of Ohio he is befriended by Tecumseh the great Shawnee chief who is traveling to Canada to lead the Indian alliance against the Americans. Jim is also exposed to dangers as he reluctantly saves Labithia a runaway slave from Lucas Williams a determined and brutal slave hunter. He eventually arrives at the American encampment on the Maumee River and enlists in the US army.

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A reader's trifecta: a humorous travelogue, a stirring adventure tale, and a touching family story." -Bart King, author of The Big Book of Boy Stuff Most people bring their inner child on an epic adventure. Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie actually took his two kids along. For a 4,000-mile bicycle ride across America, Joe's seven-year-old son, Quinn, rides a tagalong bike attached to his dad's; and behind that is five-year-old Enzo in a bike trailer. Our hero the Metal Cowboy answers the question "What are you, crazy?" with a resounding and cheerful "Yes." Unassisted-with no support crew except his boys' comic relief and the periodic kindness of strangers-he pedals hundreds of pounds of gear and offspring over mountain passes, across the wide plains, through thunderstorms, and into the heart of what it means to be a dad. Along the way they encounter everything that makes up America-small-town kindness and inner-city heart, wild horses and highway roadkill, a bitter Vietnam vet and a hopeful young inventor, grizzly bears and bison roaming free, cyclists and monstrous RVs, a very peppy cheerleader and a visitation from the ghost of the author's father, horrible traffic and serene dirt roads, a monastery and a distillery, baseball, and yes, lots of pie. By the time they reach Washington, DC, two months after leaving Portland, Oregon, they've bonded in a rare way. Kurmaskie writes, "We share a secret, the three of us; one permanent summer in our hearts now, where we're never apart." Praise for MOMENTUM IS YOUR FRIEND "Give Huck Finn a bicycle, give Lance Armstrong a sense of humor and give Jack Kerouac a good editor and you have Joe Kurmaskie's latest road trip. Hilarious. A one-of-a-kind voice in the travel world." -Tom Lang, author of Coffee, Cat, and Mrs. Claus "A witty, whacky, and pensive midlife adventure with the Metal Cowboy and his two sidekicks. Joe rode the sort of miles we all wish we had. A highly enterta

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*2013 Edition - Fully Revised and Updated as of April 2013*Welcome to Thailand - the Land of Smiles! With its warm, tropical climate, exotic landscapes, crystal blue seas, golden sandy beaches, welcoming people, delicious cuisine, array of entertainment options and affordable prices, it's easy to fall in love with Thailand. So it's hardly surprising that Thailand has become one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, attracting 20 million tourists from all over the world every year. And the most popular resort city of all is …Pattaya - Where the World Comes to Relax and PlayFor most of these visitors, one trip to Pattaya is just not enough - many dream of either relocating to the city permanently or buying a second home here to escape the winter blues. Until recently, purchasing freehold real estate in Thailand was impossible and the only alternatives - either buying leasehold or owning as a minority shareholder in a Thai company - were a major turn off. But following an amendment to the Condominium Act in 2008, it's now possible for anyone to buy a condominium in Thailand - and it's theirs for keeps! Currently condominiums in Pattaya start from under £20,000/$30,000. But prices aren't going to stay this affordable for much longer - they're starting to rise fast. So the right time to buy is right now. In this book, overseas property expert, Nick Pendrell, provides a detailed, but easy to read, buyer's guide for anyone interested in purchasing real estate in Pattaya. It will take you through the buying process from start to finish, helping you to select your perfect property for the best possible price, avoiding any potential pitfalls along the way. This version of the book is especially enhanced for e-readers, featuring more than 90 images, tables and maps in addition to over 60,000 words of text to provide the most-detailed buyer's guide ever produced on the market.

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Sal and Team Three travel to Madrid, through a breathing door, and into a lonely man's weirdest dreams. Sal Brooks, newest member of Team Three of the Societas Librium Occultorum, is settling into her job and apartment in Rome. In this episode we meet the rest of the team and get a tour of the Black Archives (pro tip: don't touch anything), before being whisked off on Sal's first mission: investigate a magical disturbance in the heart of Madrid, Spain. There they find a breathing apartment door, little girls being held hostage, and some furniture that is far too alive for good taste. First days on the job are never easy… This episode is brought to you by team-writer Brian Francis Slattery and trips down a rabbit hole (or rather, through an apartment door) into some thoroughly New Weird territory. Fans of Vandermeer's Southern Reach trilogy will find much to enjoy.

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Rick Steves Pocket guidebooks truly are a tour guide in your pocket." Each colorful, compact book includes Rick's advice for prioritizing your time, whether you're spending 1 or 7 days in a city. Everything a busy traveler needs is easy to access: a neighborhood overview, city walks and tours, sights, handy food and accommodations charts, an appendix packed with information on trip planning and practicalities, and a fold-out city map. Included in Rick Steves' Pocket Vienna-Sights: the Academy of Fine Arts, Am Hof Square, City Hall, To Freud Museum, Mozarthaus Vienna Museum, the Opera, St. Peter's Church, and more Walks and Tours: Vienna City Walk, St. Stephen's Cathedral Tour, Ringstrasse Tram Tour, Hofburg Imperial Apartments Tour, Hofburg Treasury Tour, Kunsthistorisches Museum Tour

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Book 2 DescriptionAfter the incident with the Carolina Herrera text message that was actually from Clarice Henry, Tyrone and I ended our relationship. Well I ended it. I walked out on him and went back to my old apartment. Marlene just hugged me tight when I got there with my tear-stained face dragging my suitcases. Book 3 DescriptionThey say that life is like a road trip; you can either travel alone or you can get a few others to travel with you. You need to be really careful whom you let into your vehicle, though, because these people are going to be sitting very close to you and you're going to be influenced by their attitudes and their choices.I don't know for how long I sit on the bathroom floor and cry. I faintly remember hearing Tyrone knocking and asking me to open up the door. Then he went away and I must have fallen asleep because when I come to my senses it's after midnight. I'm in a daze for a while as I try to remember why I'm lying on the cold bathroom floor. Then it all comes rushing back like an avalanche of shit.

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Have you ever dreamed about a few idyllic weeks in Italy, staying in a lovingly restored historic villa or apartment? Can you imagine yourself wandering through vibrant villages and towns, seeking out art treasures in tumble-down churches, and shopping for antiques, fine wines and the latest fashions along streets that have remained virtually unchanged for centuries? Does dining in rustic country trattorias, chic city restaurants, or even trying your hand at cooking authentic Italian meals in your own villa kitchen appeal to you? If you thought that this kind of vacation was only for the super-wealthy, you are in for a surprise. Your Own Private Tuscany is the first guide that helps you turn this fantasy into an affordable reality. Your Own Private Tuscany is not like other guides. It won"t dictate where you should go or stay, what you should see, do, or eat, but it will give you all the tools required to custom-design a trip that suits your own personality and interests. In the pages of the guide you will find explanations of what to expect in an Italian rental, the reasons that vacation rentals are vastly superior to hotels, and specific instructions for finding a rental on the Internet at a price that is within your means. There are descriptions of regions to visit, the probable costs involved in renting, and tips on car rental, driving, and travelling with groups and children. Instructions on dining out and shopping in family-run stores, supermarkets and outdoor markets are spelled out for you. You'll even find reviews of rental agencies and guidebooks, and cookbook recommendations to help you prepare superb meals. So what are you waiting for? The holiday of a lifetime iscloser than you think. Please visit the author's website: www. yourownprivatetuscany.com.

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This guide is the second episode in the 48 hours in-series created by Euromentravel.com.The unique series of 48 Hour Guides stands out through the fact that all episodes are written by locals exclusively. For 48 hours in Jakarta, Indonesia we were lucky to have Indianborn and Jakarta-based travel writer Pramod Kanakath provide us with an intriguing insider guide to his hometown of over 11 years. Every episode of the 48 hour guides follows an self-explicatory 3-chapter structure:48 Hours in. An outline of the city that gives you an idea of what to expect from Jakarta, Indonesia. How To Get ThereRead about the latest insider's tips on how to book the cheapest flight & best accommodation. What To DoGet all insider information on the best daytime activities as well as the hottest nightlife venues. Every episode comes with maps, genuine fotos and clickable hyperlinks to the websites of all sights, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, hotels and apartments mentioned in the guide. Written by a local who knows the ins and outs of his city the 48 hour guides come with two more interactive features:1. Authentic travel videos are implemeneted into the text so that you can get a taste of the life down on the ground.2. A link list to all internet resources that you need for your trip to Jakarta. The most frequented internet forums, hotels, newspapers, YouTube videos, journals, local blogs - it's all there. Are you ready for your travel experience to Jakarta? - Our 48 Hours in Jakarta Guide got you covered.

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