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1) Walk York
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Getting around York on foot is easy and fun. Walking gives you the chance to explore York's secret corners, layered history, ancient streets and hidden gardens. With illustrated maps and photos, Walk York guides you through ten routes (from one to six miles long, 1.5km to 10km) and more suggestions, from a simple stroll round the city walls to a hike round Castle Howard; walk beside the city's rivers or pub crawl round the bars. Discover Roman York...
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Conversations With a Deaf Cat is the story of how Yolande and Michael taught English on a Canadian Indian reservation and cared for Yolande's mother for five months in the Netherlands until her death from ALS. It also tells about Michael's experiences as a native English speaker in a home with people who tried not to speak English whenever possible.
Michael and Yolande are English teachers and writers who travel the globe teaching non-English...
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Waltzing Australia is a captivating tale of adventure and personal discovery--and a vivid portrayal of Australia, its history and legends, its wonders, its people, and its enduring beauty. It recounts the six-month, 20,000-mile journey around and across Australia that marked the author's departure from the corporate world to pursue a writing career.Best-selling author Richard Lederer wrote of Waltzing Australia, "Cynthia Clampitt's luminous chronicle...
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Fed up with the strenuous process of travel: the slow queues, the delays, the crowds and the extreme discomfort of the average economy airline seat?The author in this case, decided it was time to do something about this. He arranged a trip designed to be the antidote to the routine travel misery - and booked a trip travelling only first class. The first challenge was to decide where to go. He decided to fly to Bangkok, stay in the world renowned Oriental...
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Mauricio es uno de esos paraísos naturales en los que todos soñamos con perdernos alguna vez, un lugar repleto de belleza salvaje, con playas de arena blanca, agua turquesa y la barrera de coral en el horizonte. Pero también es un país lleno de tesoros naturales ocultos y una interesante diversidad cultural derivada de los múltiples ocupantes de su territorio a lo largo de la historia. A pesar de su pequeño tamaño (es posible conducir de norte...
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "HOTG0208 - VENTA DE PRODUCTOS Y SERVICIOS TURÍSTICOS". Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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Embark on an unforgettable journey to the enchanting island of Bali with this comprehensive travel guide. From pristine beaches and lush rice terraces to ancient temples and bustling markets, Bali beckons travelers with its diverse landscapes, vibrant culture, and warm hospitality.Whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned traveler, this Travel Guide to Bali, Indonesia, is your ultimate companion for unlocking the wonders of this tropical paradise....
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Embark on a captivating journey through the heart of history. This immersive book is your passport to the enchanting city of Rome, Italy, where the echoes of the past resonate in every cobblestone and every ancient monument. In this meticulously crafted exploration, Peter Mills takes you on a vivid and personal adventure, revealing the secrets of Rome's unparalleled cultural richness, architectural marvels, and the pulsating energy that defines...
10) Italian Days
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Italian Days is one of the richest and most absorbing travel books written-a journey that traverses the Italian peninsula and immerses readers in a culture which provides the reader with a definition of the good life.
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Lonely Planet's Friuli Venezia Giulia is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the region has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Indulge in coffee and cuisine of Trieste, hit the slopes of Giulie Alps or laze away on the beaches of the southern coast ; all with your trusted travel companion. Inside Lonely Planet's Friuli Venezia Giulia Travel Guide:
What's NEW in this edition? NEW top...
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In this book, the reader is privileged to take a leisurely and thoroughly enjoyable trip through the Greece of the mid-twentieth century, led by a poet-narrator who is a comfortable and engaging guide and complemented by the artwork of John Guerin. Frederic Will recounts his odyssey: from Austria through Yugoslavia, across the northern Greek border, from Salonika to Athens and the Aegean Sea, to the site of remnants of Old Greece in Smyrna, Pergamum,...
13) Wishes and Tears
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Faith Donahue's destiny is fulfilled in the arms of a dashing stranger one hundred years in the past. Dr. Ian Forrester has a young son and socialite fiance in San Francisco in 1906. He doesn't anticipate the earthquake that occurs, the upheaval in his life, as well as in his city. Faith Donahue enters his life and becomes the goveness to his beloved son. A scientific man, he questions her claim to be from the future, yet her gift of prophesy prevents...
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A practical guide to Paris for the tourist interested in exploring the dark and macabre side of the City of Light. This book highlights places connected with the more gruesome aspects of French history from the 16th century to just after the French Revolution. Visits to prison sites, museums, cemeteries, and places of torture and execution are interspersed with stories of notorious criminals and notable historical figures. Discover where to see a...
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Immerse your children in the beauty and wonder of the U.S. National Parks. Help them comprehend how BIG and WIDE, how TALL and DEEP your love for them will always be. These are memories they will never forget! As you explore, see if you can identify which national parks are pictured!
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A travelogue and historical exploration of Mexico from one of the twentieth century's greatest travel writers. Dame Rebecca West travels through Mexico and explores its people, history, religion, and culture in her unfinished work Survivors in Mexico, carefully stitched together by Bernard Schweizer in this posthumously published edition. West tackles the country's broad historical legacy - the Spanish conquest and Mexican revolution, the muralist...
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Venice for Lovers is a memorable collaboration by two fine stylists who have fashioned their own personal homages to Venice, one with a novella, the other with a personal essay. Every year for all the thirty they have been married, Begley and Muhlstein have escaped to Venice to write. In her contribution to the book, Muhlstein charmingly describes how she and her husband dine at the same restaurant every night for years on end, and how becoming friends...
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En este cuento de hadas para niños con ilustraciones, usted aprenderá la historia de la chica de Emery, que se fue a África. Allí conoció a un monstruo de arena y se metió en el mundo del hampa. La chica se asusta y empieza a correr lejos de la arena monstruo. La chica de Emery se encuentra en el inframundo, donde todas las criaturas que lo rodean están hechas de arena y los edificios también están hechos de arena. La arena de los guardias...
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Después de leer Inadaptados sentirás la necesidad de cuestionarlo todo, de no tragar entero, de debatir, de formarte una idea propia de la
realidad en diferentes aspectos de la vida, y de construir una postura sobre ella. En este crítico, pero inspirador viaje, con paradas en el sueño americano, la guerra, algunas verdades escondidas de África y una historia latina de esas que estremecen, entre muchas otras, Juan Díaz (PlanetaJuan) nos hará...
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Tras cinco años de viaje continuados saliendo desde Madagascar hasta Papúa Nueva Guinea y estableciendo al cabo de un año nuestro campo base para trabajar y seguir explorando en Filipinas, este primer libro cuenta la historia desde nuestra salida de Tenerife, nuestra casa hasta ese momento, hasta llegar a Filipinas después de un largo viaje por Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Tailandia y Malasia.
Habagat, vientos del suroeste. Parte...
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