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Berlin: A City for the Future

Klaus Hartung · White Star Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Berlin is a phoenix risen from the ashes of World War Two, a city reborn and reunited, a mecca for artists and intellectuals attracted by its beguiling culture. With an awe-inspiring gallery of images, Berlin captures this distinctive capital of art and architecture—its gardens, Brandenburg...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: London

DK Publishing · DK Travel; Fol Pap/Ma edition

Newly revised, updated, and redesigned for 2014. Experience the best of London with DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: London. This newly updated travel guide for London will lead you straight to the best attractions this city has to offer, whether you are looking for the "real" London...
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And Then There Were Nuns: Adventures in a Cloistered Life

Jane Christmas · Greystone Books

With humor and opinions aplenty a woman embarks on an unconventional quest to see if she is meant to be a nunJust as Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent in mid-life to find out whether she is nun material her long-term partner Colin suddenly springs a marriage proposal on her Determined...
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The World's Great Wonders: How They Were Made & Why They Are Amazing

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet
Pages: 255
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*Go beyond the visual spectacle of the world's 50 greatest wonders, and discover what makes them such amazing places. With stunning images and expert illustrations, experience and appreciate the most famous sights on earth...
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Greece

Marc Dubin , · Insight Guides; Sixth Edition edition

Insight Guide Greece is a full-color, comprehensive travel guide to one of Europe’s most popular destinations, a country famous for its ancient sites and breathtakingly beautiful islands. Each chapter is illustrated by stunning travel photography that gives a vivid portrait of contemporary...
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Lonely Planet Germany

Marc Di Duca · Lonely Planet; 7 edition

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Germany is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. See storybook castles arise from the Bavarian forest, raise a stein to an oompah...
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The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba

Julia Cooke · Seal Press

Change looms in Havana, Cubas capital, a city electric with uncertainty yet cloaked in cliché, 90 miles from U.S. shores and off-limits to most Americans. Journalist Julia Cooke, who lived there at intervals over a period of five years, discovered a dynamic scene baby-faced anarchists...
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Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door 2015: The Travel Skills Handbook

Rick Steves · Avalon Travel Publishing; 2015 Edition edition

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Europe, including how to:Plan your itinerary and maximize your timePack light - and rightFind good-value hotels and restaurantsTravel smoothly by train, bus, car, and planeAvoid crowds and tourist...
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Hemingway's Paris: A Writer's City in Words and Images

Robert Wheeler · Yucca Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Walk through the Streets of Paris with Ernest Hemingway.In gorgeous black and white images, Hemingway's Paris depicts a story of remarkable passion - for a city, a woman, and a time. No other city in any of his travels was as significant, professionally or emotionally, as was Paris....
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Abroad at Home: The 600 Best International Travel Experiences in North America

National Geographic · National Geographic Society
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

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...
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