Category Archives: Travel Guides
City Secrets Rome
“City Secrets Rome: The Essential Insider`s Guide” brings together the recommendations of artists, writers, historians, architects, chefs, and other experts whose passionate opinions and highly informed perspectives illuminate well-known sites as well as overlooked treasures. These expert travel companions share with you their favorite little-known places including restaurants, cafes, art, architecture, shops, outdoor markets, strolls,
French for Cruisers
This practical, easy-to-use guide provides the vocabulary and language skills necessary to cruise in French-speaking waters. Whether your boating plans include the Caribbean, French Polynesia, Mediterranean, or the canals of France, this gives you the tools you need to communicate.
Utah Backcountry Discovery Route Butler Motorcycle Maps
The Utah Backcountry Discovery Route, or UTBDR, is a scenic driving route across the state of Utah, from Arizona to Idaho, for dual-sport adventure motorcycles and 4ร—4 vehicles. This 871 mile long south-north route uses mostly un-paved backroads and will pass through a number of iconic locations including Moab, Valley of the Gods, the Abajo
Spanish for Cruisers
This practical, easy-to-use guide provides the language skills and unique vocabulary necessary when cruising Spanish waters and visiting Spanish-speaking countries. Whether your travel plans include Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central or South America, Spanish for Cruisers provides the essential tools for successful communication.
Ozarks G1 Butler Motorcycle Maps
If you are from either coast, chances are you have not put Arkansas, Missouri or Oklahoma on your radar as a riding destination. Huge mistake! The Ozarks have a density of spectacular paved roads that is hard to rival anywhere. Tree-canopied twisties for miles and miles never get old. Neither do the quaint towns that
North to Alaska – Charlie`s Charts Cruising Guide – 5th Edition
Charlie`s North To Alaska Charts (5th Edition) provides navigational advice and new black-and-white sketch charts for the passage from Victoria, British Columbia, to Prince Rupert, Alaska, following the Inside Passage. It is divided into eight sections with full-color photographs and a sketched chart indicating marinas or anchorages where a cruising boat can find moorage as
Else/where: Mapping
ELSE/WHERE: MAPPING explores the importance of maps as aids to navigation, understanding, and cultural representation. Traditionally written by history`s victors, maps are gaining new currency in our information-saturated age as a means of making arguments and processes visible. Mapping technologies today are as diverse as the agendas driving them: the human body is mapped with
Cruising Guide to Cuba
Cuba, the last unexplored cruising destination in the West Indies. It has more than 2,000 nautical miles of coastline, the reefs are pristine, isolated cays with white sand beaches are numerous and there are more anchorages than one could hope for.Is it true that a voyage to Cuba is akin to sailing into the 1950s
Hike Your Own Hike
Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking Across America is about Francis Tapon`s thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail and what the adventure can teach you about life. You`ll start in Maine and walk to Georgia, picking up seven lessons along the way. Each lesson is neatly woven into the fabric of the story.
The Hidden Europe
For many Westerners, Eastern Europe is about as appealing as a deodorant-free French armpit. That didn`t scare Francis Tapon because not only did he learn how to rough it by walking across America four times, but he is also half French, so he kind of smells too. Francis spent nearly 3 years travelling and backpacking
Mountain Biking – The Manual
WaveFinder’s ‘Mountain Biking: The Manual” is an essential reference book for anyone wanting to learn more about mountain bike skills and how to improve. Written by Chris Ball and featuring input from top downhill, cross country & freeride professionals including Steve Peat, Gee Atherton, Greg Minnaar, Sam Hill, Christoph Sauser, Cam McCaul and more, it
Eat Smart in Mexico: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods and Embark on a Tasting Adventure
Veer off the tourist-beaten path to find authentic cuisine and rich new experiences in Mexico.”Eat Smart in Mexico” is a celebration of Mexican cuisine and one of nine titles in the authoritative “Eat Smart” series. It contains a rich historical perspective on the origins and varieties of Mexican food and extensive background on delectable regional
London WheretoRide
London WheretoRide describes and maps 50 cycle rides across the capital, incorporating the TFL cycle hire scheme, on GPS generated mapping, with elevation profiles and concise instructions in the form of prose descriptions, a ride log and an at-a-glance summary data page.The guide is divided into chapters looking at routes in central, south west, south
The Champagne Guide 2020-2021
The world`s most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Champagne, featuring all the latest vintages. `The Champagne Guide 2020-2021` contains fully independent assessments, with profiles and ratings, of over 120 champagne producers and 800 cuvรฉes.New in the 2020-2021 edition:- New format, fully double the size of the past five editions- Independent assessments and ratings of more
The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide
Revised 2017 edition.Hikers affectionately refer to Brian Patton and Bart Robinson`s Canadian Rockies Trail Guide as “the Bible”. In print since 1971, it was the first guidebook with accurate distances and detailed descriptions to the trails of the Canadian Rockies.Now in its 9th edition, the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide has evolved into the most comprehensive
Sushi
Now, anyone can go from sushi novice to sushi samurai–slicing, filleting, and making rolls like a master!Never before have the techniques of this most popular Asian cuisine been as attractively presented, as easy to follow, and as temptingly photographed as they are in this beginner`s guide. With the help of an unbelievable number of close-up
Staying Put : the Art of Anchoring
Anchoring is a key skill for yachtsmen and motor boaters. Indeed, anchoring may be the only way to prevent a boat being blown onto the rocks. No wonder so many pubs are called “Hope and Anchor”!
Checklist of the Birds of Colombia
Design to accompany the “Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia”, this checklist details every bird species and subspecies in the world`s most bird-rich nation (1878 species). It follows the same sequence and nomenclature to make it easy to switch between the two books.
Malt Whisky Yearbook: 2016
Whisky enthusiasts all over the world look forward to the Malt Whisky Yearbook every autumn. This 11th edition is again fully revised and packed with new and up-to-date information on more than 300 whisky distilleries from all over the world. Distinguished whisky experts contribute with new features written exclusively for this new edition along with
