The Rough Guide to Taiwan is the ultimate travel guide to this fascinating island, with clear maps, full Chinese and pinyin translations and detailed coverage of all the top attractions and a host of lesser-visited sights. Discover Taiwan's highlights with stunning photography and information on everything from the island's magnificent national parks and tranquil hot spring resorts, to its most lavish temples and the mind-blowing National Palace Museum. Find practical advice on what to see and do in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung, relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. Explore Taiwan's fabulous culinary scene, from the top boutique restaurants to the best local street food, and learn how to make the most of Taiwan's gasp-inducing hinterland; Alishan, Kenting, Yushan, Sun Moon Lake and the offshore islands are described in detail and made easily accessible, even for non-Chinese speakers.
Rough Guides; 3 Updated edition
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9780241186831
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Paperback
The Rough Guide to Shanghai
By Lewis, Simon
The Rough Guide to Shanghai is the ultimate insider's guide to China's brash new megacity. With clear maps of every neighborhood and detailed coverage of city attractions, this fully updated guidebook will help you discover the best Shanghai has to offer. Detailed practical advice covers great places to eat and drink, inspiring accommodation, and the most exciting places to party. All the major and offbeat sights are covered, from the gleaming new World Financial Centre to the avant-garde arts center, Moganshan Lu. And, if the pace of the city gets too frenetic, The Rough Guide to Shanghai includes all you need to know for great day trips to tranquil canal towns such as Tongli and Suzhou. Easy-to-use maps, with color subway guides and the Pinyin and Chinese characters, plus expert advice makes The Rough Guide to Shanghai your ultimate traveling companion.
Rough Guides; 3rd edition edition
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9781409342106
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Paperback
In Manchuria
By Meyer, Michael
In the tradition of In Patagonia and Great Plains, Michael Meyers In Manchuria is a scintillating combination of memoir, contemporary reporting, and historical research, presenting a unique profile of Chinas legendary northeast territory. For three years, Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming community of Wasteland, hometown to his wifes family, and their personal saga mirrors the tremendous change most of rural China is undergoing, in the form of a privately held rice company that has built new roads, introduced organic farming, and constructed high-rise apartments into which farmers can move in exchange for their land rights. Once a commune, Wasteland is now a company town, a phenomenon happening across China that Meyer documents for the first time indeed, not since Pearl Buck wrote The Good Earth has anyone brought rural China to life as Meyer has here.
Bloomsbury Press
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9781620402863
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Hardcover
The Rough Guide to Yorkshire
By Guides, Rough
The Rough Guide to YorkshireMake the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides.World-renowned 'tell it like it is' travel guide, now with free eBook.Discover Yorkshire with this comprehensive and entertaining travel guide, packed with practical information and honest recommendations by our independent experts. Whether you plan to visit the famous seaside town of Whitby, experience the lofty limestone crags, glacial lake and plunging waterfall of Malham or explore the picturesque ruins of Rievaulx Abbey, The Rough Guide to Yorkshire will help you discover the best places to explore, eat, drink, shop and sleep along the way.Features of this travel guide to Yorkshire:- Detailed regional coverage: provides practical information for every kind of trip, from off-the-beaten-track adventures to chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas- Honest and independent reviews: written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and expertise, our writers will help you make the most from your trip to Yorkshire- Meticulous mapping: practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys.
Rough Guides
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9781789197112
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Paperback
Insight Guides
By Guides, Insight
Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world and also one of the most beguiling and diverse. Be inspired to visit by the new edition of Insight Guide Argentina, a comprehensive full-color guide to this fascinating and dramatically beautiful country, from the alluring capital Buenos Aires to the wide-open spaces and glacial landscape of Patagonia. Inside Insight Guide Argentina: A fully-overhauled edition by our expert South America author. Stunning, specially-commissioned new photography that brings this fascinating country and its people to life. Highlights of the country's top attractions, including the thrilling Iguaz Falls, the colourful Quebrada de Humahuaca and the immense Perito Moreno glacier in our Best of Argentina.
Insight Guides; 6 edition
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9781780053202
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Print book
Insight Guides Utah
By Guides, Insight
This Insight Guide is a lavishly illustrated inspirational travel guide to Utah and a beautiful souvenir of your trip. Perfect for travellers looking for a deeper dive into the destination's history and culture, it's ideal to inspire and help you plan your travels. With its great selection of places to see and colourful magazine-style layout, this Utah guidebook is just the tool you need to accompany you before or during your trip. Whether it's deciding when to go, choosing what to see or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Canyonlands National Park, Zion National Park, it will answer all the questions you might have along the way. It will also help guide you when you'll be exploring Bryce Canyon National Park or discovering Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on the ground.
Insight Guides
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9781839053252
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Paperback
The Rough Guide to Turkey
By Guides., Rough
The Rough Guide to Turkey is the most comprehensive travel guide to this unique country straddling both Europe and Asia - and bordering countries as diverse as Greece in the west and Iran in the east.Alongside an array of stunning images, you'll find insightful coverage of everything this country offers: from the Mediterranean beaches that play host to nesting turtles to the soaring mountain ranges spangled with Alpine flowers, from legendary ancient sites, such as Troy, to the exotic, domed skyline of Byzantine and Ottoman-era Istanbul.Practical advice details how to travel through this vast and varied country. Up-to-date descriptions of the best restaurants, hotels, and shops suit all budgets. And city maps help you navigate the fifteen-million-plus metropolis of Istanbul and other smaller destinations, such as the frontier settlement of Dogubeyazit, in the shadow of biblical Mt. Ararat.Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Turkey.Series Overview: For more than thirty years, adventurous travelers have turned to Rough Guides for up-to-date and intuitive information from expert authors. With opinionated and lively writing, honest reviews, and a strong cultural background, Rough Guides travel books bring more than 200 destinations to life. Visit RoughGuides.com to learn more.
Rough Guides
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9780241242070
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Print book
Elephant Complex
By Gimlette, John
From one of our most widely praised travel writers--author of Wild Coast and Panther Soup--an eye-opening journey through Sri Lanka that, in the author's inimitable mixture of history, observation, and interpretation, reveals the island nation to us as never before.Writing with his signature eye for the unusually telling detail, his sense of urbane wonder, and his investigative desire for the whole story, John Gimlette takes us from Sri Lanka's exuberant capital city of Colombo to the dry interior where more than 5,300 wild elephants congregate around its ancient reservoirs; from the Portuguese-built forts of cinnamon country to the tsunami-ravaged south-east; from the tea plantations of the highlands and the Shangri-la-ish city of Kandy to the desiccated Jaffna Peninsula in the north. He examines Sri Lanka's colonial history (Portuguese, British, Dutch and Arab) ; the centuries-old strife between Sinhalese and Tamils; and the most recent civil war, which lasted from 1983 to 2009. He describes his encounters with world-class cricketers, terrorists, a former president, ancient tribesmen, British expats, survivors of the civil war massacres, and with the island's amazing flora, including the world's greatest concentration of leopards. He discovers a place of both extravagant beauty and profound devastation, a place capable of being both heavenly and hellish at the same time, and succeeds in bringing it to vibrant, fascinating life on the page.
Alfred A Knopf, 2016.
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9780385351270
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Print book
Insight Guides California
By
Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey.An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of California, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top attractions like Hollywood, and hidden cultural gems like the Pacific Coast Highway. Insight Guides California isideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences, from exploring Yosemite National Park, to discovering the redwood forests In-depth on history and culture: enjoy special features on California wine and the great outdoors, all written by local experts Includes innovative, unique extras to keep you up-to-date when you're on the move - this guide comes with a free eBook, and an app that highlights top attractions and regional information and is regularly updated with new hotel, bar, restaurant, shop and local event listings Invaluable maps, traveltips and practical information ensure effortless planning, and encourage venturing off the beaten track Inspirational colour photography throughout - Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy reading experienceCompany info:About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
Insight Guides
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9781786715616
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Paperback
The Rough Guide to Barcelona
By Brown, Jules
The Rough Guide to Barcelona is the ultimate guidebook to one of Europes most vibrant, exciting, and stylish cities. In full-color throughout, with dozens of photos, this guide not only gives you the finest coverage of Barcelonas historic sights and famous architecture, including the magnificent Gaud creations like the Sagrada Familia, but also has a keen eye for offbeat attractions and in-the-know sights, from quirky museums to neighborhood markets, city beaches, and urban parks. With up-to-date reviews of the best hotels, bars, restaurants, and clubs for all budgets, youll find just what youre looking for in The Rough Guide to Barcelona, whether a hideaway boutique hotel or the best sangria in town. Make the most of your vacation with The Rough Guide to Barcelona.
The Rough Guide to Taiwan
By Guides, Rough
The Rough Guide to Taiwan is the ultimate travel guide to this fascinating island, with clear maps, full Chinese and pinyin translations and detailed coverage of all the top attractions and a host of lesser-visited sights. Discover Taiwan's highlights with stunning photography and information on everything from the island's magnificent national parks and tranquil hot spring resorts, to its most lavish temples and the mind-blowing National Palace Museum. Find practical advice on what to see and do in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung, relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. Explore Taiwan's fabulous culinary scene, from the top boutique restaurants to the best local street food, and learn how to make the most of Taiwan's gasp-inducing hinterland; Alishan, Kenting, Yushan, Sun Moon Lake and the offshore islands are described in detail and made easily accessible, even for non-Chinese speakers.
The Rough Guide to Shanghai
By Lewis, Simon
The Rough Guide to Shanghai is the ultimate insider's guide to China's brash new megacity. With clear maps of every neighborhood and detailed coverage of city attractions, this fully updated guidebook will help you discover the best Shanghai has to offer. Detailed practical advice covers great places to eat and drink, inspiring accommodation, and the most exciting places to party. All the major and offbeat sights are covered, from the gleaming new World Financial Centre to the avant-garde arts center, Moganshan Lu. And, if the pace of the city gets too frenetic, The Rough Guide to Shanghai includes all you need to know for great day trips to tranquil canal towns such as Tongli and Suzhou. Easy-to-use maps, with color subway guides and the Pinyin and Chinese characters, plus expert advice makes The Rough Guide to Shanghai your ultimate traveling companion.
In Manchuria
By Meyer, Michael
In the tradition of In Patagonia and Great Plains, Michael Meyers In Manchuria is a scintillating combination of memoir, contemporary reporting, and historical research, presenting a unique profile of Chinas legendary northeast territory. For three years, Meyer rented a home in the rice-farming community of Wasteland, hometown to his wifes family, and their personal saga mirrors the tremendous change most of rural China is undergoing, in the form of a privately held rice company that has built new roads, introduced organic farming, and constructed high-rise apartments into which farmers can move in exchange for their land rights. Once a commune, Wasteland is now a company town, a phenomenon happening across China that Meyer documents for the first time indeed, not since Pearl Buck wrote The Good Earth has anyone brought rural China to life as Meyer has here.
The Rough Guide to Yorkshire
By Guides, Rough
The Rough Guide to YorkshireMake the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides.World-renowned 'tell it like it is' travel guide, now with free eBook.Discover Yorkshire with this comprehensive and entertaining travel guide, packed with practical information and honest recommendations by our independent experts. Whether you plan to visit the famous seaside town of Whitby, experience the lofty limestone crags, glacial lake and plunging waterfall of Malham or explore the picturesque ruins of Rievaulx Abbey, The Rough Guide to Yorkshire will help you discover the best places to explore, eat, drink, shop and sleep along the way.Features of this travel guide to Yorkshire:- Detailed regional coverage: provides practical information for every kind of trip, from off-the-beaten-track adventures to chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas- Honest and independent reviews: written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and expertise, our writers will help you make the most from your trip to Yorkshire- Meticulous mapping: practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys.
Insight Guides
By Guides, Insight
Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world and also one of the most beguiling and diverse. Be inspired to visit by the new edition of Insight Guide Argentina, a comprehensive full-color guide to this fascinating and dramatically beautiful country, from the alluring capital Buenos Aires to the wide-open spaces and glacial landscape of Patagonia. Inside Insight Guide Argentina: A fully-overhauled edition by our expert South America author. Stunning, specially-commissioned new photography that brings this fascinating country and its people to life. Highlights of the country's top attractions, including the thrilling Iguaz Falls, the colourful Quebrada de Humahuaca and the immense Perito Moreno glacier in our Best of Argentina.
Insight Guides Utah
By Guides, Insight
This Insight Guide is a lavishly illustrated inspirational travel guide to Utah and a beautiful souvenir of your trip. Perfect for travellers looking for a deeper dive into the destination's history and culture, it's ideal to inspire and help you plan your travels. With its great selection of places to see and colourful magazine-style layout, this Utah guidebook is just the tool you need to accompany you before or during your trip. Whether it's deciding when to go, choosing what to see or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Canyonlands National Park, Zion National Park, it will answer all the questions you might have along the way. It will also help guide you when you'll be exploring Bryce Canyon National Park or discovering Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on the ground.
The Rough Guide to Turkey
By Guides., Rough
The Rough Guide to Turkey is the most comprehensive travel guide to this unique country straddling both Europe and Asia - and bordering countries as diverse as Greece in the west and Iran in the east.Alongside an array of stunning images, you'll find insightful coverage of everything this country offers: from the Mediterranean beaches that play host to nesting turtles to the soaring mountain ranges spangled with Alpine flowers, from legendary ancient sites, such as Troy, to the exotic, domed skyline of Byzantine and Ottoman-era Istanbul.Practical advice details how to travel through this vast and varied country. Up-to-date descriptions of the best restaurants, hotels, and shops suit all budgets. And city maps help you navigate the fifteen-million-plus metropolis of Istanbul and other smaller destinations, such as the frontier settlement of Dogubeyazit, in the shadow of biblical Mt. Ararat.Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Turkey.Series Overview: For more than thirty years, adventurous travelers have turned to Rough Guides for up-to-date and intuitive information from expert authors. With opinionated and lively writing, honest reviews, and a strong cultural background, Rough Guides travel books bring more than 200 destinations to life. Visit RoughGuides.com to learn more.
Elephant Complex
By Gimlette, John
From one of our most widely praised travel writers--author of Wild Coast and Panther Soup--an eye-opening journey through Sri Lanka that, in the author's inimitable mixture of history, observation, and interpretation, reveals the island nation to us as never before.Writing with his signature eye for the unusually telling detail, his sense of urbane wonder, and his investigative desire for the whole story, John Gimlette takes us from Sri Lanka's exuberant capital city of Colombo to the dry interior where more than 5,300 wild elephants congregate around its ancient reservoirs; from the Portuguese-built forts of cinnamon country to the tsunami-ravaged south-east; from the tea plantations of the highlands and the Shangri-la-ish city of Kandy to the desiccated Jaffna Peninsula in the north. He examines Sri Lanka's colonial history (Portuguese, British, Dutch and Arab) ; the centuries-old strife between Sinhalese and Tamils; and the most recent civil war, which lasted from 1983 to 2009. He describes his encounters with world-class cricketers, terrorists, a former president, ancient tribesmen, British expats, survivors of the civil war massacres, and with the island's amazing flora, including the world's greatest concentration of leopards. He discovers a place of both extravagant beauty and profound devastation, a place capable of being both heavenly and hellish at the same time, and succeeds in bringing it to vibrant, fascinating life on the page.
Insight Guides California
By
Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey.An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of California, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top attractions like Hollywood, and hidden cultural gems like the Pacific Coast Highway. Insight Guides California isideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences, from exploring Yosemite National Park, to discovering the redwood forests In-depth on history and culture: enjoy special features on California wine and the great outdoors, all written by local experts Includes innovative, unique extras to keep you up-to-date when you're on the move - this guide comes with a free eBook, and an app that highlights top attractions and regional information and is regularly updated with new hotel, bar, restaurant, shop and local event listings Invaluable maps, traveltips and practical information ensure effortless planning, and encourage venturing off the beaten track Inspirational colour photography throughout - Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy reading experienceCompany info:About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
The Rough Guide to Barcelona
By Brown, Jules
The Rough Guide to Barcelona is the ultimate guidebook to one of Europes most vibrant, exciting, and stylish cities. In full-color throughout, with dozens of photos, this guide not only gives you the finest coverage of Barcelonas historic sights and famous architecture, including the magnificent Gaud creations like the Sagrada Familia, but also has a keen eye for offbeat attractions and in-the-know sights, from quirky museums to neighborhood markets, city beaches, and urban parks. With up-to-date reviews of the best hotels, bars, restaurants, and clubs for all budgets, youll find just what youre looking for in The Rough Guide to Barcelona, whether a hideaway boutique hotel or the best sangria in town. Make the most of your vacation with The Rough Guide to Barcelona.