Insiders' Guide to San Antonio


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For more than twenty years, the Insiders’ Guide® series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Each guide is written by locals and true insiders and offers a personal, practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love. From early eighteenth-century missions and the historic Alamo, to assorted shops, restaurants, and hotels along the River Walk, San Antonio is full of awe-inspiring landmarks and diverse educational and cultural opportunities. Let this authoritative guide show you how to navigate the Cradle of Texas Liberty. Inside you’ll find: • countless details on how to live and thrive in the area, from the best shopping to the lowdown on real estate and schools • the inside scoop on world-renowned attractions such as the San Fernando Cathedral, La Villita, the King William Historic District, and even where to find a good rodeo • comprehensive listings of restaurants, lodging, special events, and recreation opportunities • sections dedicated to children, retirement, and much more Whether you’re planning a vacation, already living in the area, or looking to relocate, Insiders’ Guide to San Antonio will show you everything you need to know.




Insiders' Guide®: San Antonio in Your Pocket


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Insiders’ Guide in Your Pocket is a new series of miniguides that distill the best of the trusted Insiders’ Guide® series into easy-to-use, portable, quick references—each with two popout® maps and detailed listings on hotels, restaurants, and attractions, as well as suggested itineraries. By true insiders, they offer a personal and practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love from Insiders’ Guides. The essential new source for easy-access travel information for some of America’s most appealing destinations, these guides are just right for an afternoon or a weekend’s fun. • Two popout® maps • Full-color interior, in a highly portable, 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 trim size • The inside scoop on popular area attractions • Where to eat, shop, play, and stay • Arts & cultural activities




Insiders' Guide® to San Antonio


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Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be. San Antonio Stroll along the River Walk and grab a bite to eat. Relive history at the Alamo. Experience the exotic blend of Texas frontier and Mexican marketplace. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities




Insight Guides Japan


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One of the world's most captivating countries, Japan is a land of many fascinating contrasts, taking in some of the world's most futuristic cities alongside stunning natural landscapes and a wonderfully preserved ancient culture. Be inspired to visit by the fully-updated new edition of Insight Guide Japan, a comprehensive full-colour guide to this unique country. Inside Insight Guide Japan: A fully-overhauled edition by our knowledgable authors. Stunning, specially-commissioned photography that brings this extraordinary country and its people to life. Highlights of the country's top attractions, including the iconic Mount Fuji, Kyoto's 15th-century Ginkaku-ji Temple and Gardens, and Tokyo's coolest districts. Descriptive region-by-region accounts cover the whole country from Hokkaido and Honshu to Shikoku and Kyushu in detail, and suggest excursions to the smaller surrounding islands. Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip, including our independent selection of the best places to eat. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine




San Antonio


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This is the first general history of San Antonio, Texas, the seventh largest city in the nation. Its past is complex and ranges across 300 years, from the community’s origins as a tiny Spanish frontier town to its contemporary status as a vital American mega-city. Site of some of the most violent struggles between warring empires and people—historians believe San Antonio may be the most fought-over city in U.S. history—it is perhaps most celebrated for the iconic 1836 Battle of the Alamo. The city is also home to four beautifully restored Spanish missions, which in 2015 UNESCO designated a World Heritage Site and have become integral to San Antonio’s robust tourist economy along with the fabled River Walk. This study weaves together a series of environmental, social, political, and cultural pressures that have shaped life in the Alamo City over the last three centuries. Residents have long fought to protect and utilize water and other resources even as they have struggled to achieve equal rights and build a more open and democratic society. Activists from all sectors of this multicultural city have believed deeply in its promise even though they have had to push hard to secure and expand its potential. Their efforts were every bit as intense in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as they have been in the twenty-first. Written for a general audience, but with a scholarly attention to detail and nuance, San Antonio: A Tricentennial History immerses readers in the city’s fascinating and fraught past.




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The Sports Scholarships Insider's Guide


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The #1 book on sports scholarships, completely updated and revised! $1 billion of athletic scholarships are awarded each year But student-athletes who aren't big-time recruits miss out on tens of thousands of dollars of financial aid available to them. The problem is students and parents don't know where the money is or how to get it. Discover the secrets to getting a sports scholarship Over seventeen hundred colleges offer athletic programs. Over 500,000 athletes participate in sports in the nation's college programs. But less than 1% (about 4,000) of them get Division I, full-ride financial aid grants. The truth is: 80% of all college athletic opportunities are located outside Division I! But to seize those opportunities, you must take control of your own recruiting process—recruiting, research and homework, exposure and promotion, and negotiating—all in the environment of a high-stakes contest where only the opposition knows the rules. This book will give you the edge. If you aren't one of the 4,000, but are athletically and academically qualified to participate in college sports, The Sports Scholarships Insider's Guide will lead you step by step through the twists, turns, and all too often unpleasant surprises to achieve your ultimate goal of a roster position and financial aid for your athletic ability. "Practical, step-by-step information in a clear and conversational manner." School Library Journal Dion Wheeler, former coach and recruiting consultant, gives students and their parents the inside edge to not only find great scholarships, but get the best offer no matter what their skill level.




The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2005


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College students discuss what colleges are really like, including grades, sports, social life, alcohol policies, gender relations, admissions, and classes.




San Antonio in Your Pocket!


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Insiders' Guide in Your Pocket is a new series of miniguides that distill the best of the trusted Insiders' Guide(R) series into easy-to-use, portable, quick references--each with two popout(R) maps and detailed listings on hotels, restaurants, and attractions, as well as suggested itineraries. By true insiders, they offer a personal and practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love from Insiders' Guides. The essential new source for easy-access travel information for some of America's most appealing destinations, these guides are just right for an afternoon or a weekend's fun.- Two popout(R) maps- Full-color interior, in a highly portable, 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 trim size- The inside scoop on popular area attractions- Where to eat, shop, play, and stay- Arts & cultural activities




San Antonio Spurs


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Describes the professional basketball team and identifies famous players throughout its history.