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A wealth of facts and history fill this beautifully designed armchair and reference book. This single volume, packed with full-color and vintage photos, contains everything a lighthouse lover or maritime historian wants to know about lighthouse history, changing technologies, lighthouse keepers, and the lenses themselves. A detailed index of more than 150 lighthouses around the world offers quick and easy access to basic information-know the height,...
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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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Learn Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals
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Connecticut • Delaware • District of Columbia • Indiana • Illinois • Maine
Massachusetts • Maryland • Michigan • New Hampshire • New Jersey
New York • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • Vermont • Wisconsin
Whether you're digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or "prospector," with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you...
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Every year millions of Americans visit national parks and monuments, state and municipal parks, battlefields, historic houses, and museums. By means of guided walks and talks, tours, exhibits, and signs, visitors experience these areas through a very special kind of communication technique known as "interpretation." For fifty years, Freeman Tilden's Interpreting Our Heritage has been an indispensable sourcebook for those who are responsible for developing...
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Colchester Zoo is today one of the finest zoos in Britain. Yet, unlike almost every other major zoo in the country, Colchester Zoo has never had its story told – until now. The forgotten figures of Frank and Helena Farrar are here brought to life once again in these pages which show how they founded firstly Southport Zoo in the 1950s and then Colchester Zoo in the 1960s. Told here is the story of how Frank and Helena's domestic life with their lions...
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Return again to the scene of the crime and visit the secret hideouts of Nazi saboteurs, anarchist plotters, charlatans, fakers, gangsters, and even a love-sick matron dubbed the "Torso Killer." See up close the murdering matrimonial bluebeard Johann Hoch and probe the unsolved mysteries surrounding the disappearance of candy heiress Helen Brach, the sinking of the "Christmas Tree Ship," and dozens of famous gangland "rubouts." This sequel to the best-selling...
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Whether you want to tour Brunelleschi's Dome, marvel at artwork in the Galleria degli Uffizi, or explore charming hill towns, the local Fodor's travel experts in Florence and Tuscany are here to help! Fodor's Florence and Tuscany guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully redesigned with an easy-to-read...
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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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Visit some of Europe's greatest museums and galleries in the company of a knowledgeable tour guide. This essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the world's greatest paintings from Giotto through to Picasso. Julian Porter's passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. Since then, he has conducted countless tours of Europe's famous galleries - The Louvre, The Prado,...
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This chapter from Julian Porter's essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Germany and Austria. His passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. In this segment he visits Berlin, Vienna, Dresden, and Munich and discusses works by masters such as Rembrandt, Watteau, Raphael, Van Eyck, Dürer, and...
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A full color Virtual Encyclopedia of America's Covered Bridges! Chasing Covered Bridges lists locations, including state, county, etc.) and contains more than 260 full color featured photos, with a total of 800 of these beautiful old structures. Relive America's past through these grand old symbols of times long gone. Join author Paul Parrott, (retired after 22 years in the Navy and nearly 20 years in the U.S. Postal Service), in his travels as he...
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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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This chapter from Julian Porter's essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of The Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden. His passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. In this segment he visits Amsterdam, Stockholm, The Hague, Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent and discusses works by the Dutch masters such as Vermeer,...
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This chapter from Julian Porter's essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Spain. His passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. In this segment he visits Madrid and Toledo and discusses works by masters such as Goya, Bosch, Velázquez, Picasso, El Greco, and many more. In the usually pretentious...
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This chapter from Julian Porter's essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of the United Kingdom and Ireland. His passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. In this segment, he visits London, Dublin, and the university towns of Cambridge and Oxford and discusses works by masters such as Constable,...
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This chapter from Julian Porter's essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic. His passion for art began with the seven years he spent as a student tour guide in Europe. In this segment he visits St. Petersburg, Krakow, and Prague and discusses works by masters such as da Vinci, Matisse, Dürer, and many...
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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 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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Wilbur and Orville Wright made the world's first successful controlled, heavier-than-air powered flight on December 17, 1903, after four years of glider experiments and scientific study. At what is now the Wright Brothers National Memorial, the brothers discovered and developed the fundamental principles of mechanical flight, setting in motion a series of events that allowed the first generation of flight to travel from Kitty Hawk to the moon in the...
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