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A Guide to the culture and etiquette of Russia allowing the traveller to understand the Russian people and enjoy their stay in Russia whether business or leisure.

This work is Taschen's 25th anniversary - special edition! This work helps readers to leave stress behind - get away in style. Featuring a selection of the most unique hotels and guesthouses from Sweden to Turkey - all places where you can melt away from the problems of the 'real world' - the book mixes gorgeous color photographs with directions, pricing, and contact information. Since reading is a requisite part of your relaxing escape, we also suggest books for you to take along to each destin...

Nick Rains has photographed people and places across Australia for over 35 years, and in that time he's met people from many different walks of life - people living in remote or rural communities, coastal or urban dwellers, Indigenous Australians, battlers or those who are just plain strange. But the people who he's found the most fascinating are the unsung local heroes, those who go to extraordinary lengths in the name of 'community'. Nick says, 'I realised the capacity for Australian communi...

A handy travel-sized photographic tour of Ireland, region by region, that's ideal for tourists. It contains a collection of atmospheric photographs showing the beauty and diversity of Ireland's landscape. It includes: GlendaloughThe Giant's CausewayThe BurrenThe SkelligsMizen HeadLough DergRock of CashelGlen of AherlowClew BayKillary HarbourThe Slieve Bloom Mountains And many more.

Carmarthenshire is one of the most beautiful counties in Britain, yet is often overlooked by the tourist racing towards the beaches of Pembrokeshire. It is essentially a rural county with the majority of the population living in villages and smaller communities. There is ample evidence of pre Roman settlement in the county and many villages have their origins in the Dark Ages, before written documentation. The aim of this book is to give a guide to the county's smaller communities, with a brief...

Above San Diego. This is the anchor of the west, a quiet metropolis that has learned to live in an enviornment of beauty without devouring it. In his Introduction, Neil Morgan invites us "to follow the city's meandering evolution from a Spanish pueblo to an insular, transplanted Midwestern town by the sea, to a Navy City, and on to its present rich diversity." Robert Cameron's lush photography shows that San Diego is of world class, and its surroundings are among the most gorgeous anywhere.

Social history comes to life, first hand and vivid, when seen through the eyes of those who experienced and shaped it. To bring us a taste of the early twentieth century, the author has collated the recollections of a wide variety of our longest-surviving local residents. The `Bedfordshire's Yesteryears' series contains many privileged glimpses of a way of life that has changed radically. Here is the generation of two World Wars; here are the witnesses to countless technological and sociolo...

Roland and Sabrina Michaud, now in their eighties, have spent most of their lives together exploring Africa and Asia. Their travels have taken them to far-flung places, including Yemen, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey. Throughout their journeys Roland and Sabrina photographed and wrote about what they saw. This breathtaking account of their travels features nearly 500 color images that capture, with sensitivity, curiosity, and delight, the people they met and the landscapes they traverse...

Jeanne Fogle Lyons-a historian, professor, and certified tour guide in Washington-and Elan Penn, the gifted photographer who created the superb From Sea to Shining Sea, combine their talents to create a breathtaking and fascinating homage to America's capital city. Lavish images of fabled monuments, world-famous museums, distinguished universities, and lush parks-all accompanied by fascinating background information-pay tribute to the beauty and history of Washington, D.C. From government buildi...

This photographically-led souvenir of the city provides an overview of Belfast's history, attractions, famous landmarks and today's city. Divided by location to make it easy for even the first-time visitor, The Golden Book of Belfast features City Hall, the Golden Mile, Cathedral Quarter, the Harland & Wolff shipyard, Queen's Quarter, Stormont and more, along with other lesser-known Belfast attractions such as historic pubs and murals, not to mention day trips into surrounding County Antrim....

New York is one of the most ever-changing and photogenic places in the world. Featuring full-color photographs of well-known landmarks from all five boroughs-from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to South Street Seaport, as well as secret treasures throughout the city-this visual celebration of New York in all of its seasonal splendor is a perfect take-home souvenir for a tourist or a treasured gift for a resident New Yorker. The year begins and ends in winter-ice skaters enjoy Central Park's Wollm...