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Moldavien är ett av Europas mest okända länder, därtill ett av de fattigaste. Det tidigare sovjetiska semesterparadiset ligger inklämt mellan Rumänien och Ukraina och landets bördiga jord försåg sovjetrepublikerna med frukt, grönsaker och

Discover one woman's solo journey from Land's End to Greece, embracing solitude, self-discovery, and resilience

**Good Housekeeping recommended '20 uplifting memoirs by remarkable women', June 2024**

**Wanderlust magazine best travel books of 2024**

'A lesson on how to live, how to heal, how to grow and how to fly' - Gordan Buchanan<

(Edition revised in 2019) Discover Paris by foot, car or bike using Michelin Paris Pocket City Plan (scale 1/20,000 cm). In addition to Michelin's clear and accurate mapping, this pocket city plan will help you explore and navigate across Paris thanks to its full index, its comprehensive key showing places of interest and tourist attractions, as well as practical information on public transport le

(Edition updated in 2023), MICHELIN National Map Iceland will give you an overall picture of your journey thanks to its clear and accurate mapping scale 1/500,000. Our National Map Series will help you easily plan your safe and enjoyable journey thanks to a comprehensive key, a complete name index as well a clever time & distance chart. Michelin's driving information will help you navigate safely

Since the 1968 World Amateur Surfing Championships were held in Rincón, Puerto Rico has been on the international map of world-class surfing destinations. But it wasn't until photographer Steve Fitzpatrick relocated to San Juan in 1992 that the island's outstanding surf conditions and culture had a dedicated documentarian. Steve has spent the last two decades chasing nearly every swell with his ca

America is the land of the beautiful, but it is also a land of mystery and many haunted and bizarre places. With 150 images, addresses, and directions, go state-by-state to tour the macabre side of the United States. Journey to haunted old battleships, abandoned prisons, creepy lunatic asylums, the Amityville Horror House, the Winchester House, museums such as Edgar Allan Poe's home, New Orleans V

Here is a travelogue for those whose idea of a perfect vacation doesn't involve amusement parks and tourist traps, a guidebook for fans of horror and the macabre. Ride along with the author to ghoulish destinations, such as where fright flicks like Friday the 13th and Jaws were filmed, Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home, UFO crash sites, and macabre graves, to name a few. See the sites in over 70 viv

Over 500 Places to Find Peace and Spiritual Renewal in Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Other European Countries, Asia and Africa

The world has lost much of its exotic quality, thanks to media overload,but there are still plenty of marvelous travel destinations to bediscovered. This book does the legwork for you by offering insider tipsto places away from the madding tourist crowds. Join us on an excitingjourney of discovery: to the Stone Age on the Vega Archipelago, on acart through Bagan, or on a hike in the Hajar Mountain

CAVS (Paul Cavalieri), a prolific and influential Bronx graffiti writer for nearly 40 years, shares hundreds of photos of his work, his progression as an artist, and stories of the New York City graffiti scene through the decades in one colorful volume. From the Wakefield neighborhood in the northern borough of the Bronx, CAVS tells his own story in his own singular voice. With a chapter examining

A keepsake collection of maps depicting legendary and real places for the lover of literature, history, and cartography.This exploration of the "Mythical Elsewhere" explores a wide array of places, from the well known to the obscure, through the eyes of historians, explorers, conquerors, and writers across the ages. Lose yourself in the past as you travel to such destinations as Troy, the Mughal E

This new title in this bestselling series relates 37 stories of shipwrecks, great discoveries, mysteries, and disappearances stillthrilling adventure seekers. From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, from the Baltic Sea to theCaribbean, the Antarctic, and the Indian Ocean; from ancient history tothe present day, these short tales cover all aspects of high-seasadventure and feature prominent human

Artist Debra Luker, on her first trip to India, discovered it to be her personal artistic inspiration and instituted the popular Pigment Trail tours that introduced travelers to the amazing, transforming everyday art found there as they wander through city and countryside. Part travelogue and part artistic insight, this book is a visual adventure that transports the reader to India's creative spir

A guide to some of the world’s most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His travels took him from the hidden pockets of his hometown of New York to a tribal longhouse in Borneo, from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, Paris, and Shanghai to TanzaniaR

Does street art exist in spotless Tokyo? Yes! But strict vandalism laws and conservative Japanese culture have suppressed the graffiti scene in Tokyo. This stunning survey by photographer and graffiti artist Lord K2 takes you into the Tokyo neighborhoods exhibiting a colorful array of urban art created on the fly and as low-key as possible. Here is a look at vibrant stickers, tags, highly elaborat

THE CLASSIC BOOK THAT HAS INSPIRED MILLIONS A penetrating examination of how we live and how to live better Few books transform a generation and then establish themselves as touchstones for the generations that follow. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is one such book. This modern epic of a man’s search for meaning became an instant bestseller on publication in 1974, acclaimed a

Over 200 stunning color photos provide a unique perspective on life in and around Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The author/photographer presents vistas and places beyond well-known tourist attractions, boats, and lobster buoys to provide a more expansive look of Cape Cod. Enjoy colorful tours of Provincetown, Wellfleet, Provincelands, Nantucket, Orleans, Martha's Vineyard, Brewster, Eastham, Chatham, H

178 stunning color and b/w photos present mid-century modern architecture clustered, perhaps in its highest concentration, in Palm Springs, California. The desert environment and Hollywood stars inspired architects of the day to creative heights, including Donald Wexler, E. Stewart Williams, William Krisel, Albert Frey, William F. Cody, and Richard Neutra. See the Frey House II, Kaufmann House, "H

A rare opportunity to appreciate the incomparable beauty of Brazil’s women in the equally striking environs of this tropical paradise. Photographer Joaquim Nabuco’s collection of nude art photos creates a lush, whimsical, and sensual landscape that revolves around the feminine, exotic, and vibrant character of these women. From beaches, forests, mountains, and rivers to Brazil’s big cities and his

Here is the long awaited update of research on the Rufus Porter Landscape Mural School, greatly expanding the knowledge and understanding of this uniquely American folk art field of the 1820s to 1840s. The text provides detailed documentation never seen before in print. The book takes the reader on a virtual tour of Porter School murals in the New England states, presenting and analyzing more than