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One of Italy’s brightest literary lights reinvents travel writing with a seductive, intoxicating celebration of the magical saltwater city
“Venice is a fish,” writes Tiziano Scarpa. “It’s like a vast sole stretched out against the deep. How did this marvelous beast make its way up the Adriatic and fetch up here, of all places?” Paying homage to his native city in a lyrical and evocative style, he guides...
“Venice is a fish,” writes Tiziano Scarpa. “It’s like a vast sole stretched out against the deep. How did this marvelous beast make its way up the Adriatic and fetch up here, of all places?” Paying homage to his native city in a lyrical and evocative style, he guides...
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Haven to Nazis, smugglers' paradise, home to some of the earth's oddest wildlife and most baroquely awful dictatorships, Paraguay is a nation waiting for the right chronicler. In John Gimlette, at last it has one. With an adventurer's sang-froid, a historian's erudition, and a sense of irony so keen you could cut a finger on it, Gimlette celebrates the beauty, horror and-yes-charm of South America's obscure and remote "island surrounded by land."
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Jonglez Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"A Darth Vader grotesque on a church, a giant chair, the longest escalator in the western hemisphere, a fence forged from War of 1812 muskets, a yet uncracked cryptographic sculpture, the world's oldest continuously operating airport, the only Civil War battleground within the District border, go "behind the curtain" to see the work of an art conservator, have a "close encounter" with one of cinema's most beloved spaceships ... Far from the crowds...
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Meade Fischer
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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This is both a guide book and travel literature for the outdoor adventure traveler and the explorer. It covers the coast of California from Santa Barbara to the Oregon border and includes camping, hiking, beach exploring, kayaking, surfing, places to stay and eat and some of the people and establishments worth visiting.
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Emons Verlag
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2017.
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English
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The ultimate insider's guide to Iceland •Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides •Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 170 titles and 1 million copies in print worldwide •Appeals to both the local market (over 338,000 people call Iceland home) and the tourist market (nearly 1.3 million people visit Iceland every year!) •Fully illustrated with 111 full-page color photographs...
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