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Here’s Your Guide to Camping Off the Beaten Path Ever feel frustrated by crowded RV parks? Yearn to camp out in the wild beside a babbling mountain brook or before a remote panoramic vista? Bill and Jan Moeller have been doing just that for more than thirty years, and The Complete Book of Boondock RVing is their complete guide to camping without hookups (aka “dry camping”). Whether you’re planning to spend an occasional overnight in a parking lot or an extended stay in the wilderness, you’ll learn how to equip your rig for boondocking, find great campsites, manage and conserve electricity and water, and camp in complete RV comfort and convenience. Increase your independence by learning how to camp “off the grid” Save money by finding cheap or free campsites anywhere–even in large cities Ensure your comfort, convenience, and safety when camping in the boonies Learn how to conserve and manage electricity, water, and waste… More >>

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Eyewitness Travel Guides are the original illustrated travel guidebooks-and they’re still the best. Since 1993, the Eyewitness brand has established itself as one of the industry leaders, with sales of more than 6.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Featuring more than 70 worldwide destinations, new titles are being added to the best-selling Eyewitness Travel Guides series each year. In 2003, to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK is re-launching the entire series, fully updated, and with a brand-new look…. More >>

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Now substantially revised and updated, the Thirteenth Edition of de Blij and Muller’s Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts continues to deliver the authors’ authoritative content, outstanding cartography, currency, and comprehensive coverage, in a technology-rich package. The text reflects major developments in the world as well as in the discipline, ranging from the collapse of Russia’s Post-Soviet transformation to the impact of globalization and from the rise of Asia’s Pacific Rim to the war in Iraq.

Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts, 13e is available in 3 versions:
* ISBN 978-0-470-25134-8: Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts, 13e, WileyPLUS Stand-alone version of de Blij 13e.
* ISBN 978-0-470-28080-5: Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts, 13e, de Blij 13e with WileyPLUS.
* ISBN 978-0-470-89665-5: Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts, 13e, Binder Ready Version of de Blij 13e…. More >>

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In the late ’70s Ted Simon rode 63,000 miles over four years through fifty-four countries in a journey that took him around the world. Through breakdowns, prison, war, revolutions, disasters and a Californian commune, he travelled into the depths of far and reached the heights of euphoria. He met astonishing people and was treated as a spy, a welcome stranger and even a god. For Simon the trip became a journey into his own soul, and for many others – including bikers Charley Boorman and Ewan MacGregor – it provides an inspiration they would never forget…. More >>

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Brunelleschi’s Dome is the story of how a Renaissance genius designed and built an architectural wonder: the great dome over the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. Considered impossible to build, the dome had baffled architects for more than 100 years, and Brunelleschi’s solution was so daring that he was denounced as a madman when he proposed it. Yet build it he did, between 1418 and 1436, as plagues, wars, political feuds and the intellectual ferments of Renaissance Florence swirled around him – events Ross King weaves into the story to great effect. From Brunelleschi’s bitter, ongoing rivalry with the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, to the near capture of Florence by the Duke of Milan, to the daily routine of the artisans laboring hundreds of feet above the ground as the dome grew ever higher, Brunelleschi’s Dome offers a wealth of detail and a memorable story.Amazon.com Review
Filippo Brunelleschi’s design for the dome of the cathe… More >>

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Knock back a frothy beer and discover the unique ambience of Dutch gezeligheid in an Amsterdam brown cafe, p. 34. Wake up early to witness a bidding war for rare tulips at the world’s largest flower auction, p. 171. Hear the sludge squelch on an invigorating wadlopen walk across mudflats, p. 251. Get spooked in the total darkness of the Sint Pietersberg tunnels, p. 281. Two expert authors, over 1000 hours of on-the-ground research and 89 maps. Special cycling chapter gives you a push start with recommended routes on the Netherlands’ 20,000km of bike paths. Impress your Dutch friends with insights from our dedicated environment, culture, and history chapters. Visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates, and traveller suggestions…. More >>

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A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband, travels the country for one year, and brings it all hilariously to life in this offbeat and romantic memoir.

Doreen and Tim are married psychiatrists with a twist: She’s a self-proclaimed Long Island princess, grouchy couch potato, and shoe addict. He’s an affable, though driven, outdoorsman. When Tim suggests “chucking it all” to travel cross-country in a converted bus, Doreen asks, “Why can’t you be like a normal husband in a midlife crisis and have an affair or buy a Corvette?” But she soon shocks them both, agreeing to set forth with their sixty-pound dog, two querulous cats—and no agenda—in a 340-square-foot bus.

Queen of the Road is Doreen’s offbeat and romantic tale about refusing to settle; about choosing the unconventional road with all the misadventures it brings (fire, flood, armed robbery, and finding themselves i… More >>

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In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air, Nick Heil recounts the harrowing story of the deadly and controversial 2006 climbing season on Everest.

In early May 2006, a young British climber named David Sharp lay dying near the top of Mount Everest while forty other climbers walked past him on their way to the summit. A week later, Lincoln Hall, a seasoned Australian climber, was left for dead near the same spot. Hall’s death was reported around the world, but the next day he was found alive after spending the night on the upper mountain with no food and no shelter.

If David Sharp’s death was shocking, it was not singular: despite unusually good weather, ten others died attempting to reach the summit that year. In this meticulous inquiry into what went wrong, Nick Heil tells the full story of the deadliest year on Everest since the infamous season of 1996. He introduces Russell Brice, the outfitter who has done more than an… More >>

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This richly readable book is the product of Charles Darwin’s amazing journey aboard the Beagle where he made observations that led to his revolutionary theory of natural selection…. More >>

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JAPAN AN ATTEMPT AT INTERPRETATION BY LAFCADIO HEARN Honorary Member of the Japan Society London formerly Lecturer in the Imperial University of Tokyo iSgd-rgo , and Fourteen Years a. Resident of Japan tim of riid and n ITeto f0rfe THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON MACMILLAN CO,, LID. 1907 v4 rights reserved COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Pubhshed September, 1904. Reprinted November, twice, 1904 , December twice, 1904 January, April, August, October, 1905 February, 1906, Apul, July, 1907 J. 9. Crushing Co, – Berwick Smith Go, Contents CHAPTBR PAGE I. DIFFICULTIES …. i II. STRANGENESS AND CHARM , 7 III. THE ANCIENT CULT 25 IV. THE RELIGION OF THE HOME 39 V. THE JAPANESE FAMILY 63 VI. THE COMMUNAL CULT 91 VII. DEVELOPMENTS OF SHINTO 119 VIII. WORSHIP AND PURIFICATION 147 IX. THE RULE OF THE DEAD 173 X. THE INTRODUCTION OF BUDDHISM . . . 201 XL THE HIGHER BUDDHISM ……. 227 XII. THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION 251 XIII, THE RISE OF… More >>