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"A top-notch walking tour of Paris. . . . The author's encyclopedic knowledge of the city and its artists grants him a mystical gift of access: doors left ajar and carriage gates left open foster his search for the city's magical story. Anyone who loves Paris will adore this joyful book. Readers visiting the city are advised to take it with them to discover countless new experiences." --Kirkus Reviews (starred)
A unique combination of memoir, history, and travelogue, this is author David Downie's irreverent quest to uncover why Paris is the world's most romantic city--and has been for over 150 years.
Abounding in secluded, atmospheric parks, artists' studios, cafes, restaurants and streets little changed since the 1800s, Paris exudes romance. The art and architecture, the cityscape, riverbanks, and the unparalleled quality of daily life are part of the equation.
But the city's allure derives equally from hidden sources: querulous inhabitants, a bizarre culture of heroic negativity, and a rich historical past supplying enigmas, pleasures and challenges. Rarely do visitors suspect the glamor and chic and the carefree atmosphere of the City of Light grew from and still feed off the dark fountainheads of riot, rebellion, mayhem and melancholy--and the subversive literature, art and music of the Romantic Age.
Weaving together his own with the lives and loves of Victor Hugo, Georges Sand, Charles Baudelaire, Balzac, Nadar and other great Romantics Downie delights in the city's secular romantic pilgrimage sites asking, Why Paris, not Venice or Rome--the tap root of "romance"--or Berlin, Vienna and London--where the earliest Romantics built castles-in-the-air and sang odes to nightingales? Read A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light and find out.
Small but concise best describes this tiny travel tool. The comprehensive AAA Pocket Atlas covers the United States, Canada and Mexico with many of the details found in full-size atlases. In addition to full-color maps with extensive federal, state, and local road networks, you'll find: More 2-Page Maps for Better ScaleCompact, Full-Color MapsMileage Chart
Updated annually, the AAA Road Atlas is brought to you by the leading expert on road travel in North America. The atlas offers comprehensive map coverage of the U.S. and Canada, country and key city maps for Mexico and overview and key city/island maps for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The atlas features: - More than 300 maps of cities and national parks - Driving times chart and mileage table- Easy same-page indexing The 2017 edition continues efforts to improve readability developed in response to user research. Crisp colors and symbols for parks, welcome centers and monuments make this atlas a valuable planning and orientation guide
Updated annually, the AAA Road Atlas is brought to you by the leading expert on road travel in North America. The atlas offers comprehensive map coverage of the U.S. and Canada, country and key city maps for Mexico and overview and key city/island maps for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The atlas features: -More than 300 maps of cities and national parks -Driving times chart and mileage table -Easy same-page indexing The 2016 edition continues efforts to improve readability developed in response to user research. Crisp colors and symbols for parks, welcome centers and monuments make this atlas a valuable planning and orientation guide.
Updated annually, The AAA Road Atlas offers comprehensive coverage of the United States, Canada and Mexico. The super-sized road guide contains more indexed cities and towns than any other road atlas available. Specialty maps help navigate the back roads of some of the most popular national parks and tourist areas. Showcasing AAA's considerable experience and history in travel planning, the AAA Road Atlas is a user-friendly travel tool well worth having in your vehicle.
Updated annually, the AAA Road Atlas is brought to you by the leading expert on road travel in North America. The atlas offers comprehensive map coverage of the U.S. and Canada, country and key city maps for Mexico and overview and key city/island maps for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The atlas features: - More than 300 maps of cities and national parks - Driving times chart and mileage table - Easy same-page indexing The 2015 edition continues efforts to improve readability developed in response to user research. Crisp colors and symbols for parks, welcome centers and monuments make this atlas a valuable planning and orientation guide. AAA has been creating maps since 1905 and published its first TourBookÂ(R) guide in 1917. It remains the most trusted name in travel publishing.
Take a trip around the globe--without ever leaving North America. Ideal for those who don't want to spend the time or money to travel the world, this book presents a potpourri of international experiences in the United States and Canada. Discover the villages, neighborhoods, and regions that cover the breadth of North America's great global diversity--Chinatowns and Little Italys, of course, but also Polish, German, French, Russian, and Japanese enclaves. You'll learn the inside scoop on where to find the best Chinese pot stickers or Peruvian causas; where to kick up your heels to polka; and how to celebrate Japanese new year or Mexican flag day. Abroad at Home provides in-depth travel guidance to help you feel international in your own backyard.
The bestselling Acadia National Park guidebook for over two decades!
Over 500 five-star reviews for previous editions
Acadia National Park is the most beautiful destination in Maine. This gorgeous, full-color travel guidebook reveals the highlights and hidden gems of both Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Whatever your interests--hiking to the top of Cadillac Mountain, dining on fresh lobster in Bar Harbor, sailing past historic lighthouses -- Acadia National Park: The Complete Guide puts the best of Acadia at your fingertips. Beautiful color photos showcase the park's best destinations.
Fascinating chapters on History, Geology, Ecology, and Wildlife reveal the story behind the scenery. Detailed color maps make travel planning easy.
Written and photographed by Maine native James Kaiser, Acadia National Park: The Complete Guide is the only guide you'll need.
With Access California Wine Country, your visit will be an easy, enjoyable experience--Napa, Sonoma, and the Russian River are at your fingertips.
California Wine Country has been divided and organized into wine districts, so you know where you are and where you're headed.
Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best:
Large, easy-to-read maps with entry numbers keyed to text ensure that you will instantly find what you must not miss.
Access is your indispensable walk-around guide to California Wine Country. Our writers, who live in and love the wine country, will lead you through the valleys, sharing the unforgettable sights and pointing out the undiscovered gems and all the spectacular experiences that only California Wine Country has to offer.
Rich with history, splendid in Renaissance beauty, brimming over with the charm embodied by her people, Rome is "The Eternal City." By transforming and adapting herself with each new epoch while steadfastly holding on to her glorious past, Rome brilliantly features the Pantheon, the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps and many more amazing sights, while showcasing some of today's best shops, restaurants and hotels in the world.
This 9th edition of ACCESS Rome will be the indispensable guide to discovering the city's every regal sight and romantic ruin.
With ACCESS Seattle, your visit will be an easy, enjoyable experience. A city of breathtaking panoramas, bounded by water and washed over by rain, Seattle captures the imagination and is truly a treasure to discover.
ACCESS Seattle has been divided and organized by neighborhoods, so you know where you are and where you're headed.
Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best:
HotelsRestaurantsAttractionsShoppingSightsParksand Outdoor Spaces
Large, easy-to-read maps show where each of these numbered listings islocated-ensuring that you will instantly find what you must not miss.
Access Washington DC is one of our most popular titles in the series, and it continues to please faithful fans and win new followers. Washington DC is home to the nation's monuments, history and governmental seat, and this 10th edition of Access Washington DC will bring readers into the latest additions to the sights and sounds of America's capital city.
Adventure awaits in this new visual odyssey from Accidentally Wes Anderson, taking readers on stunning trips to every continent and sharing oddly moving human tales along the way. For lovers of travel, design, and exploration, AWA presents a brand-new collection of real-world places that seem plucked from the films of Wes Anderson, and the stories that bring each location to life. You'll venture to Antarctica through the treacherous Drake Passage, make a stop in lesser-known Jincumbilly, Australia (where platypuses outnumber people), discover the bridge in Wisconsin that went to nowhere, and drop into the most peculiar umbrella shop in London. But adventure means nothing without someone to tell the tale. You'll meet the father of American skydiving, who created the officially-sanctioned center of Earth--a California town with a population of two. You'll visit the "post office at the end of the world"--and meet its mustachioed letter carrier, who runs an anarchist island nation in his free time. And you'll travel to a town in the Arctic Circle where cats are prohibited, humans may not be buried, and doomsday vaults hold all we need to survive an apocalypse--including the secret recipe for the Oreo cookie. Authorized by the legendary filmmaker himself, Accidentally Wes Anderson Adventures reminds us that the world is ours to explore.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: The riveting account of a harrowing month spent stranded at sea--an incredible story of one man's struggle and bravery.
Steven Callahan shares his dramatic tale of survival at sea in this undeniable seafaring classic. His engrossing firsthand account reveals how he survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. "Utterly absorbing" (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
Steven Callahan shares his dramatic tale of survival at sea in this undeniable seafaring classic. His engrossing firsthand account reveals how he survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. "Utterly absorbing" (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
Named Best Travel Book by the North American Travel Journalists Association, this guidebook covers places not mentioned in competing guides. Take to the mountain trails, swim in hidden cenotes, watch the sun rise on a beach near the ancient Maya port of Pol, or visit Bohemian Playa del Carmen.
The Dominican Republic is fast becoming one of the world's most popular and spectacular holiday destinations. This title provides readers with information about planning their trip, including the best places to stay and eat, practical travel advice, and tips on what to pack and when to go.