When her husband is offered a six-month Fulbright grant to teach American literature at Cairo University, Pauline Kaldas embarks on a new journey - and an opportunity to return home. A native of Egypt, she immigrated with her parents to the United States when she was eight years old. Returning now with her own children Kaldas writes from her perspective as an Arab American, straddling two homelands and two identities. Through a colorful collection of letters, journal entries, essays, and even lo...
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Every country in the world, in one guidebook: Lonely Planet's The World. A Traveller's Guide to the Planet. We've taken the highlights from the world's best guidebooks and put them together into one 900+ page whopper to create the ultimate guide to Earth. This user-friendly A-Z gives a flavour of each country in the world, including a map, travel highlights, info on where to go and how to get around, as well as some quirkier details t...
The Visitor's Guide to Scotland (Visitor's guides)
by Roger Smith and Ron Scholes
The environmental histories of the Arctic and Antarctica are characterised by contrast and contradiction. These are places that have witnessed some of the worst environmental degradation in recent history. But they are also the locations of some of the most farsighted measures of environmental protection. They are places where people have sought to conquer nature through exploration and economic development, but in many ways they remain wild and untamed. They are the coldest places on Earth, yet...
This is the ideal guide for beginning or seasoned international travellers, with information on accommodations for all price ranges; options for travelling by air, bus, or road; restaurant phone numbers and popular Korean dishes; as well as information on local customs, tours, interpreters, and more. With this handy guidebook by your side, your vacation will be hassle free and highly satisfying.
The little book that packs a big punch, the Dubai Mini Explorer may fit in your pocket but it is also bursting with information. With excellent maps to aid exploring, a comprehensive shopping chapter, and restaurant and bar reviews, this is an indispensable guide to an inspirational city.
Historical Guide to Malta and Gozo (Classic Reprint)
by George Percy Badger
This large scale street atlas features a comprehensive A to Z of Dubai's ever-growing road network, with a thorough index giving the exact location of every street, every hotel, every shopping centre, every landmark, and every major residential and commercial building.Each map spread features a satellite image of the featured area on one page, opposite a detailed vector map of the same area.
The Life and Curious Adventures of Peter Williamson, Who Was Carried Off ...
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Lonely Planet Fast Talk Norwegian (Phrasebook)
by Daniel Cash, Runa Eilertsen, Sarah Corbisier, and Doekes Lulofs
Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher* Although you can get by in Norway without speaking the language, knowing just a few phrases can help you make friends, enjoy service with a smile, and discover richer, more rewarding experiences. Book a table at an exciting new restaurant, get directions to Oslo's most impressive street art murals, or snap up tickets to one of the country's many music festivals. Fast, fun and easy to useEssential words and phrasesSimple pronunciatio...