Australia Marco Polo Spiral Guide


Book Description

Marco Polo Spiral Guides are for travelers who have little time to prepare for a trip, don't want to miss anything, like to be inspired by great ideas for exciting days out and love all things ultra-practical and easy to use. Top 10 sights: From the top down to make it easy to prioritise! Don't miss: Each chapter highlights the absolute must-sees for each area.




AAA Spiral Guide: Venice


Book Description

More than 200 pages of slick graphics, spectacular photographs, color-coded locator maps and engaging prose written by experts make the Venice Spiral Guide an indispensable travel companion - the one to trust at home or abroad. Entertaining prose by savvy authors illuminates popular places and introduces newcomers to those little-known gems that locals like to keep secret. This guide is flush with listings of accommodations, restaurants, shopping venues, and nightspots. And foolproof insider information helps readers spend their vacation time wisely. With its practical wire binding, this user-friendly guide lays flat and handles like no other.




Marco Polo Map USA West


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Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date, digitally generated mapping. A fold-out overview map is ideal for route planning and 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference.




Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp


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In a colourful and compact format, the guides that make up the Michelin In Your Pocket series provide the traveller with maps and practical information on walks, tours and excursions to a range of holiday destinations throughout the world'




Tales from the Expat Harem


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An anthology of personal writings in which twenty-nine women who have lived in Turkey over the last forty years chronicle their experiences and share their impressions of the country.




Australia Marco Polo Pocket Guide


Book Description

Explore Australia with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the country's trendiest places, get tips on shopping, what to do on a limited budget and ideas for travel with kids. Let Marco Polo show you all Australia has to offer.




The Smoky God; Or, A Voyage to the Inner World


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'The Smoky God, or A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth' is a book presented as a true account written by Willis George Emerson in 1908, which describes the adventures of Olaf Jansen, a Norwegian sailor who sailed with his father through an entrance to the Earth's interior at the North Pole. For two years Jansen lived with the inhabitants of an underground network of colonies who, Emerson writes, were 12 feet tall and whose world was lit by a "smoky" central sun. Their capital city was said to be the original Garden of Eden.




Australian Books in Print 1998


Book Description

"...excellent coverage...essential to worldwide bibliographic coverage."--AMERICAN REFERENCE BOOKS ANNUAL. This comprehensive reference provides current finding & ordering information on more than 75,000 in-print books published in or about Australia, or written by Australian authors, organized by title, author, & keyword. You'll also find brief profiles of more than 7,000 publishers & distributors whose titles are represented, as well as information on trade associations, local agents of overseas publishers, literary awards, & more. From D.W. Thorpe.




Australian Alps Walking Track


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Describes the 660 km walking track from Walhalla near Melbourne to the outskirts of Canberra. An all colour book, it includes 51 colour topographic maps, gradient profiles and many sidetrips and alternative tracks.




The Road to Oxiana


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In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana--the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. The Road to Oxiana offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers.