Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America`s Race in Space
Eugene Cernan is a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of spaceflight. His career spanned the entire Gemini and Apollo programs, from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to commanding Apollo XVII, man`s last mission to the moon. Between
Seeking Sicily
Sicily has a timeless allure, and much of what one sees there today has changed little over the centuries. With Sicily`s literary greats as a guide, Keahey discerns what lies behind the soul of its inhabitants, touching on history, archaeology, food, art, and politics. He looks to contemporary Sicilians who have never shaken off the
Hidden London: Discovering the Forgotten Underground
An exploration of the abandoned tributaries of London`s vast and vital transportation network through breathtaking images and unexpected storiesHidden London is a lavishly illustrated history of disused and repurposed London Underground spaces. It provides the first narrative of a previously secret and barely understood aspect of London`s history. Behind locked doors and lost entrances lies
Croatia: A History from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
In this updated edition of his acclaimed history, Marcus Tanner takes us from the first Croat principalities of the Early Middle Ages through to the country`s independence in the modern era. “Full of absorbing stories and important insights, Croatia deserves to be read.”-Aleska Djilas, New York Times Book Review “A lucid, expert account of Croatia`s
Wiltshire Pevsner Architectural Guide
With hundreds of buildings added to the new gazetteer, this volume offers a fully revised and updated guide to Wiltshire. From prehistoric Stonehenge and thirteenth-century Salisbury Cathedral, to Elizabethan Longleat, Palladian Wilton and landscaped gardens of Stourhead, the buildings of Wiltshire represent the best of every period of English architecture. Towns range from Marlborough with
A Schoolmaster`s War: Harry Ree?A British Agent in the French Resistance
The wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Ree, told in his own words A school teacher at the start of the war, Harry Ree renounced his former pacifism with the fall of France in 1940. He was deployed into a secret branch of the British army and parachuted into central France in April
Reach for the Sky: Story of Douglas Bader, D.S.O., D.F.C.
In 1931, at the age of 21, Douglas Bader was the golden boy of the RAF. Excelling in everything he did he represented the Royal Air Force in aerobatics displays, played rugby for Harlequins, and was tipped to be the next England fly half. But one afternoon in December all his ambitions came to an
The Kappillan of Malta
A classic novel set in the siege of Malta 1940-1942 from the bestselling author of `The Cruel Sea` Father Salvatore was a simple, lumbering priest, a Kappillan serving the poor Valetta, when war came out of the blue skies to pound the island to dust. Now amid the catacombs discovered by a chance bomb, he
Winston Churchill Reporting: Adventures of a Young War Correspondent
Long before his finest hour as Britain`s wartime leader, Winston Churchill emerged on the world stage as a brazen foreign correspondent, covering wars of empire in Cuba, India, the Sudan, and South Africa. In those far-flung corners of the world, reporting from the front lines between 1895 and 1900, Churchill mastered his celebrated command of
Sussex: West Pevsner Architectural Guide
This volume covers some of the finest landscape and architecture in southern England, much of it set within the South Downs National Park. The county`s small towns and villages feature a pleasing mix of stone, timber, and brick houses of every period. Among numerous atmospheric country houses are the Tudor ruins of Cowdray, the Elizabethan
81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska`s Frozen Wilderness
Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska`s Ladd Field on a routine flight to test their hastily retrofitted B-24 Liberator in harsh winter conditions. The mission ended in a crash that claimed all but one-Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with no wilderness experience. With little more than a parachute for
The Walnut Mansion
An epic novel of twentieth-century Balkan life, from the decline of the Ottoman Empire through the bloodshed of the Bosnian War This grand novel encompasses nearly all of Yugoslavia`s tumultuous twentieth century, from the decline of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires through two world wars, the rise and fall of communism, the breakup of the
City on a Grid: How New York Became New York
You either love it or hate it, but nothing says New York like the street grid of Manhattan. Created in 1811 by a three-man commission featuring headstrong Founding Father Gouverneur Morris, the plan called for a dozen parallel avenues crossing at right angles with many dozens of parallel streets in an unbroken grid. Hills and
Liberty or Death: The French Revolution
A strikingly new account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, and around the globe The French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for more than two centuries. It was a seismic event that radically transformed France and launched shock waves across the world. In this provocative new history,
Damascus Road: A Novel of Saint Paul
From the author of the international bestseller The Last Station, a superb historical novel of the Apostle Paul, whose tireless and epic preaching of the message of Jesus brought Christianity into existence and changed human history forever.In the years after Christ`s crucifixion, Paul of Tarsus, a prosperous tentmaker and Jewish scholar, took it upon himself
Medieval Europe
A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period-one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris
The New Portuguese Table
James Beard Award-winning writer, David Leite takes you on a culinary journey into the soul of Portugal.Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Spain, Portugal is today’s hot-spot vacation destination, and world travelers are enthralled by the unique yet familiar cuisine of this country. The New Portuguese Table looks at this fascinating country`s 11 surprisingly different
In Nelson`s Wake: The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars
Battles, blockades, convoys, raids: how the indefatigable British Royal Navy ensured Napoleon`s ultimate defeat Horatio Nelson`s celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Britain with an unprecedented command of the seas. Yet the Royal Navy`s role in the struggle against Napoleonic France was far from over. This groundbreaking book
