Clement Clarke Moore's classic holiday poem, 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, is now re-imagined by award-winning illustrator Christopher Wormell. From "stockings hung by the chimney with care" to "down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound" Wormell's trademark illustrations create a fresh look to everyone's favorite Christmas tale. Sure to be a Christmas favorite for years to come.
For jet-setters, seekers, and adventurers, a year of exhilarating journeys and must-see destinations. The elaborately painted monasteries of Moldavia. The mystery-shrouded Delphi. Diving the Red Sea, Jacques Cousteau's "corridor of marvels."
Plus luxurious resorts, the treasures of Cambodia's Silver Pagoda, breathtaking barrier reefs, the wineries of British Columbia, the Hermitage, and glittering modern metropolises. Loaded with inspiration and practical advice, this full-color calendar is a traveler's life list.
Plus traveler's lists, quizzes, travel tips, festivals, and more.
Plus luxurious resorts, the treasures of Cambodia's Silver Pagoda, breathtaking barrier reefs, the wineries of British Columbia, the Hermitage, and glittering modern metropolises. Loaded with inspiration and practical advice, this full-color calendar is a traveler's life list.
Plus traveler's lists, quizzes, travel tips, festivals, and more.
One world yet so much to see! Inspired by the runaway #1 "New York Times" bestseller "1,000 Places to See Before You Die," this calendar is a lavish celebration of adventure, exploration, and the thrill of new experiences. Soak up the romance and mystique of Morocco's imperial cities. Discover the dramatic landscapes of Chile's coastline. Plus the fishing villages and scenic byways of Nova Scotia, Iceland's Ring Road, and the Pueblos Blancos, or "white villages," of Andalusia, Spain.
Each month brings you a full-color itinerary-in-pictures, with one large photograph at the top of the page and dozens more in the grid below. You'll find grand journeys of a lifetime, like a ride on the Trans-Siberia Express, and trips where you're the "conductor" and "engineer," including a nostalgic drive along Route 66. Detailed text covers historical and background information for each destination. "
Each month brings you a full-color itinerary-in-pictures, with one large photograph at the top of the page and dozens more in the grid below. You'll find grand journeys of a lifetime, like a ride on the Trans-Siberia Express, and trips where you're the "conductor" and "engineer," including a nostalgic drive along Route 66. Detailed text covers historical and background information for each destination. "
Embark on the vacation of a lifetime, every month. From Patricia Schultz, author of the runaway "New York Times" bestseller "1,000 Places to See Before You Die," this is the #1 Picture-A-Day calendar year after year, featuring a dozen destinations that sing to the traveler's spirit. Discover the ecological paradise that is Borneo. Explore the gardens and historic homes of the Brandywine Valley. Take a rail trip from Moscow to Beijing on the Trans-Siberian Express. Plus the romance of Vienna; the Netherlands' Flower Route; and Berber villages in Morocco's Atlas Mountains. Each spread is an inspiring, full-color itinerary-in-photographs with dozens of images, a map, and text exploring history and highlights. The world is waiting--are you ready to go?
You don t need to leave home to travel the world and what better guide than Patricia Schultz, author of the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "1,000 Places to See Before You Die." The ultimate gift for both adventurers and armchair travelers, this calendar embarks on twelve trips-of-a-lifetime, all in the space of a year. Each destination Old Kyoto, coastal Maine, and the secluded, postcard-perfect Seychelles islands is explored with a full-color photographic itinerary, map, and text highlighting attractions and history."
It's a yearlong journey of a lifetime, and your expert guide is Patricia Schultz, author of the phenomenally successful 1,000 Places to See Before You Die(R) travel series. Each month, discover a new extraordinary location, from the Czech Republic to Buenos Aires to Italy's glorious Amalfi Coast. Exceptional full-color photographs--one large image at the top of each page and smaller ones throughout the grids--are accompanied by detailed trip itineraries, maps, and captivating text that highlights local history, travelers' tips, and more.
Travel the world (with or without leaving home) all year long. It's daily inspiration to stop dreaming and get going, whether getting on a plane or daydreaming in your armchair. From Patricia Schultz, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling travel book 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, this calendar delivers a monthly itinerary-in-photographs of a fascinating destination. Take off to the rugged coastline of Northern Ireland where molten lava created the Giant's Causeway, and visit Belfast for lively pubs and the shipyard where the Titanic was built. Visit Colombia for Bogota's colorful urban street art and a luxury camping experience in thatched huts near jungle hiking and pristine beaches. And celebrate spring among the cherry blossoms of Washington, DC, with a side visit to the pandas at the National Zoo. Each month features a large image at the top of the page, dozens of smaller photos throughout the grid, and lively and informative text revealing hidden treasures and offering fresh insights into popular tourist sites.
A stunning celebration of the domestic cat as seen in art, Cosmopolitan Cats 2006 presents a year of the most beautiful, charming, and elegant images of felines in luscious four-color artwork. Culled from the New York Public Library's vast collections of prints, fine art, and rare books, these captivating portraits of the ever-mysterious yet always alluring domestic cat, by such greats as Manet, Steinlen, Penfield, Prang, and the Asian masters, make this an indispensable gift for the feline fan.
Twenty-seven years after its inception, The Mathematics Calendar continues to inspire and intrigue teachers, students, math buffs, and puzzle lovers. Topics this year include how biomathematics works with the human genome, the math behind the elevator to space, goofs by famous mathematicians, and more. Each day of every month has an ingenious feature: a problem whose solution is the date! The challenge lies in figuring out how to arrive there, possibly by more than one method. The wealth of fun facts, puzzles, and snappy graphics make this calendar entertaining every day of the year.
Drawn from such Gorey classics as The Blue Aspic, The Doubtful Guest, The Epiplectic Bicycle, and The Gashlycrumb Tinies, the 313 black-and-white mini-epics in this darkly comical calendar (Saturdays and Sundays share a page) will provide you with a daily dose of bloodcurdling chuckles. Perfect for a desktop, the calendar also includes yearly grids for 2007 and 2008, and pages for notes.
Despite the hypnotic lure of television, computers, and other aggressive purveyors of nonstop information, reading remains a unique human activity, with book sales remaining constant and libraries and bookstores continuously crowded. This perfect solitary activity is celebrated in "A Reader's Collection 2007 Calendar. Artist Deborah DeWit Marchant has created this calendar, formerly distributed only to patrons of the renowned Bas Bleu's readers' catalog, with 12 original images that capture the magic moments of reading. In a lush, vivid style reminiscent of Edward Hopper, DeWit Marchant's pastels remind readers of the quiet moments of reflection this pastime encourages. Each month's artwork is accompanied by a timeless quote -- from Longfellow ("The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.") to Martin Tupper ("A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever") -- that reveals the profound pleasures that books bring to readers' lives.
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