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Rick Steves Pockets are full-color, 4.5 x 6-inch guides that include walks, sights, handy reference charts, photos, and a full-sized fold-out city map

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Rick Steves brings his strategic, selective approach to an increasingly popular Italian destination in this brand-new addition to his bestselling comprehensive series

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Excerpted from the comprehensive guides, Rick Steves Snapshots offer focused coverage in a slim guide for travelers visiting a specific city or region

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With his expert knowledge and trademark humor, Rick Steves guides travelers through Bern, Zrich, Luzern, and beyond in the fully revised edition of this top-selling guide

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Grand, wild and windswept, the Australian Alps have played a big part in forging the identity of our nation. Rugged Beyond Imagination examines the lesser-known northern Alps, defined by the Namadgi-Tidbinbilla region. It paints a vivid picture of how people were shaped by the mountain environment and how they endeavoured to shape it.

(Paperback, Airside/Export ed)

A journey through Burma in which George Orwell's vision of Nineteen Eighty-four is an eerie reality

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Shape of a Boy is a hilarious memoir of one family's travels across the world, filled with funny anecdotes from exotic locations.

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Slow Is Fast recounts the experiences of Dan Malloy, Kellen Keene, and Kanoa Zimmerman during their 50-day, 700-mile bicycle adventure down the California coast. Along the way they meet artisan farmers, artists and craftsmen, road kill, and many great waves.

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Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and bountiful valleys, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines there is no better way to see Spain than by train.

Tom Chesshyre hits the tracks to take in the country on a series of clattering rides beyond the popular image of holiday Spain.

(Hardback, 9th Revised edition)

Local authors and city explorers present 34 of San Francisco's best stairway walks in this guidebook that includes walk descriptions, directions, detailed maps, and at-a-glance route summaries, as well as photographs and a comprehensive list of all 600-plus public stairways.

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This is the story of Neal Ascherson's return to his native Scotland. It is an exploration of Scottish identity as Ascherson weaves together a story of the deep past with the story of modern Scotland and its rebirth.

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The dictum goes: Go to the bars of a place to understand its living. Go to the museums to understand its dead. When Fiona McGregor, writer and performance artist, travelled to Poland in 2006 as a festival participant, it was her first visit to Eastern Europe.

(Paperback, Third edition)

Presents a stylish portrait of London. This guide presents various special places you'll find only in London, where both savvy locals and smart travelers will find a vibrant and idiosyncratic experience.

(Paperback, Third edition)

New York is the ultimate symbol of the United States boundless energy and creativity. Despite the city's forthright exuberance, many of its most intriguing places are off the beaten track, behind unmarked doors, in small neighbourhood enclaves. This book takes visitors to these magical locations, be they hip-hop bars or private art collections.

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Part of the "StyleCity" series, this title heads east to South Koreas capital city, Seoul. With easy-to-read maps and informed texts, it presents a portrait of Seoul. From off-beat cafes and cutting-edge restaurants to specialized boutiques, it selects the best places for both savvy locals and smart travellers.

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For surfers and non-surfers, Surfing Down South offers an insight into Australias surfing counterculture and a unique time in Australias history. With a Foreword by legendary surfer Taj Burrow.

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Presents a photographic journey along the 215 miles of the River Thames from its source in Gloucestershire to the mouth, first travelling along the north bank and then back along the south bank. This title takes the reader through Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, London and out into the Thames Estuary where the river meets the North Sea.

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'Popescu relates the bizarre adventures of his friend, the photographer Loren McIntyre, whose encounters with an elusive South American Indian tribe makes for an extraordinary, gripping tale.' - Publishers Weekly

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More and more older Australians are realising their dreams of freedom and adventure by embarking on a 'big lap' around the country. This book provides expert advice on when and where to go; financing and planning a long-term trip; health on the road; setting up camp; safety and maintenance; and detailed maps showing major roads and attractions.

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A beautifully illustrated journey through the Hebridean islands.

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The city of Timbuktu in modern Mali has been a destination of legend for centuries, ever since the days when camel caravans made epic journeys across the Sahara to trade in salt, gold and slaves in its markets. This book intends to confirm that the manuscripts of Timbuktu as extraordinary treasures.

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Pitted against formidable natural forces, the author and his team faced unrelenting winds with speeds of up to two hundred miles per hour as well as freezing temperatures and day-long blizzards. In this title, he records his historic expedition to explore uncharted land in Antarctica.

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The Impossible Road Trip explores the roadside of all of America's 50 states, recalling the golden age of car travel with histories and color photos of iconic roadside attractions, as well as specially commissioned maps.