Sister Wendy's Sistine Chapel (Artineraries)
by Sister Wendy Beckett
Relax by the ocean or head to the mountains? This vacation planning debate-starter is actually a fairly recent invention. To people of an earlier era, both options seemed unappealing and nearly impossible to visit. It wasn't until railroads came along that remote areas became accessible, making travel agency founder, Thomas Cook, the inventor of modern tourism as well. Fishing villages turned into swanky beach resorts, out-of-the-way mountain hamlets became hot destinations for hikers and skiers...
This guidebook to Pittsburgh includes a series of mapped and documented walking and driving itineraries, accompanied by photographs. The itineraries are historical, social, economic and aesthetic, as well as geographical.
South African Landshapes, Landscapes, Manscapes
by Guy Butler and Herman Potgieter
This title gives a day-to-day picture of life in Cape Town and its neighbouring suburbs over a century ago. The accomplished and observant Lady has her own unique style for describing "Fun and excitement at an auction sale" and "a grand excursion up Table Mountain". The 16 lithographs chosen make their own contribution to the atmosphere and social background of the scene.
Renowned photographer and author John Annerino leads you on a riveting journey into the harsh, extraordinarily beautiful territory that is Canyon Country. Stunning photographs and fascinating commentary about such places as Canyonlands, Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, and Zion Canyon National Parks; Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and countless other sites accompany Annerino's exploration of the natural and cultural history of the region. W...
Ulick O'Connor takes us into the heart of Irish life in the 70s and 80s, evoking the streets and bars of Dublin with their now legendary characters: the world of the Abbey Theatre and that of the Gate Theatre of Michale MacLiammoir. He recreates the atmosphere and talk of the Anglo-Irish country houses such as Lexlip Castle and Tullynally, where he often stayed as a guest of the Guinnesses and the Longfords. He also reveals the secret part he played as a go-between for the Taoiseach, Jack Lynch....
This book portrays the diverse and scenic landscape of Canada through words and 155 high-quality colour aerial photographs of cities, towns, mountains, lakes, rivers, coastlines, forests, farmland, deserts, volcanoes, glaciers, and icebergs. Recommended for coffee tables, libraries, and school classrooms from coast-to-coast.
Norman
by Sue Schrems, Maddux on Behalf of the Cleveland County, and Suzanne H Schrems
Corfu, the Garden Isle
by John Julius Norwich, Andrew Sinclair, Lord Orr-Ewing, Peter Nahum, and Countess Flamburiari
Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood of Charlotte (Images of America)
by Jeff Byers
