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by Barb Wardius, Ken Wardius
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2007
Several lighthouses have called Racine home, but none is more synonymous with the nautical heritage of the �Belle City� than Wind Point. Always a beehive of activity, the Wind Point Lighthouse is one of the larger lighthouse complexes on the Great Lakes, and a hardworking keeper, two assistants,...
Shopping Guide to Japan
What to buy, where to buy it, and how to get the most for your yen!
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
Bargain shopping in Japan can be a challenge, but this book succinctly explains all the ins and outs to making the most of your Japanese shopping experience.
Japan is the shopping capital of the world—unequaled in the number, variety and convenience of its shopping venues. The Shopping Guide...
Tokyo Museum Guide
A Complete Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
This Japan travel companion is a complete guide to over 195 fascinating museums in Tokyo, Yokahoma, and Chiba.
Tokyo affords no better-or cheaper-day trip than a visit to one of its many fascinating museums. Now for the first time in English is a complete guide to all the museums, large and...
An Otaku Abroad
The Affordable Japan Experience for Anime and Manga Fans
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Anime and manga fans (otaku) dream of entering the magical world of Japanese animation and graphic novels. This book is a guide to visiting Japan for the otaku who wants to live that dream! Learn how to plan your trip and as well as tips and tricks for keeping your costs under control. College students...
Tokyo Sights and Insights
Exploring the City's Back Streets
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Tokyo Sights and Insights is the unique work of Ryosuke Kami, artist, essayist, and native Tokyoite. Weekends Mr. Kami bicycles about his favorite city in search of Tokyo sights to capture on his sketch pad; weeknights he draws on these same sketches to produce the insights that fill this book.
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by John H. Martin, Phyllis G. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
This useful Tokyo travel guide presents fourteen original walking tours that unlock some of Tokyo’s secrets and mysteries.
Although Tokyo today is a sprawling urban patchwork of towns and wards, each of the city’s districts retains a unique charm and character.
Discover, in a series...
Rooms of One's Own
50 Places That Made Literary History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Writers’ relationships with their surroundings are seldom straightforward. While some, like Jane Austen and Thomas Mann, wrote novels set where they were staying (Lyme Regis and Venice respectively), Victor Hugo penned Les Misérables in an attic in Guernsey and Noël Coward wrote that most English...
Bruxelles surprises - Édition 2017
500 coups de cœur
Language: French
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Partez à la découverte des lieux insolites et branchés de Bruxelles ! Surprenant... même pour les Bruxellois !- Où manger les meilleures frites de Bruxelles ?- Quels sont les 5 cafés les plus romantiques de la ville ?- Quelles sont les 5 boutiques de mode les plus tendance ?Autant de bonnes adresses...
Andorre
Découvrez ce petit pays plein de charme entre la France et l'Espagne, avec des villages pittoresques et une nature préservée - le pays de la randonnée et du ski !
Language: French
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Vous aimez découvrir de nouvelles contrées ?
Alors, bienvenue en Andorre, cette belle principauté située dans les Pyrénées entre la France et l'Espagne, dans un cadre naturel exceptionnel, avec des montagnes, des vallées, des lacs glaciaires et des paysages superbes, des stations de...
Roswell
History, Haunts and Legends (Haunted America)
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2007
Discover the paranormal past of this historic Georgia river town on the outskirts of Atlanta—includes photos!
Roswell, Georgia, is haunted by the lingering ghosts of generations long dead. In this historic town, spirits roam through ruined mills, antebellum mansions, and slave cabins, searching...
Rooms with a View
The Secret Life of Grand Hotels
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Salvador Dalí once asked room service at Le Meurice in Paris to send him up a flock of sheep. When they were brought to his room he pulled out a gun and fired blanks at them. George Bernard Shaw tried to learn the tango at Reid’s Palace in Madeira, and the details of India’s independence were...
by Terry Philpot
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
London’s rich collection of cemeteries and burial places at last has a popular and accessible guide for the student, the literary pilgrim, the specialist and the curious. Terry Philpot has visited an assortment of burial grounds from the large Victorian cemeteries known as the ‘Magnificent Seven’,...
by Andrea Zimmermann
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
The first Danbury Fair was held under a borrowed tent in 1869. Over the next 112 years, the fair expanded to a ten-day event, earning a national reputation for its themed villages, giant figures, grandstand shows and wildly popular stock car races. The twelve formal venues for music and entertainment...
by David Yonke
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Look back at some of the beloved places and landmarks in Toledo's past, from stores and stadiums to neighborhoods and nightclubs. Recall the birth of the Jeep, as well as unique shopping experiences at Tiedtke's, Lasalle's, Lamson's and Portside Festival Marketplace. Catch the action of a Toledo Mud...