Vanishing Places - from the publishers of Rough Guides -- is a first-edition, inspirational title, shining a light on places around the world that are vulnerable, fragile or disappearing altogether, in a substantial coffee table book format. Lavishly illustrated, this is an ambitious title that captures the essence of Rough Guides' mindful ......
This South America guidebook, perfect for travellers planning longer trips, is written by Insight Guides' destination experts. It blends detailed coverage of local history, culture and places to visit with the visual appeal of an illustrated magazine, packed with enticing photos that will inspire excitement for your travels. Printed on ......
This Tanzania and Zanzibar guidebook, perfect for travellers planning longer trips, is written by Insight Guides' destination experts. It blends detailed coverage of local history, culture and places to visit with the visual appeal of an illustrated magazine, packed with enticing photos that will inspire excitement for your travels. Printed on ......
Swimming, hiking, beach, forest and sunset adventures
Discover hidden beaches and secret swimming holes, ancient forest and sunset viewpoints, bush hikes and glow worms, all within a few hours of Sydney. Find sacred and historical sites, camp out under star-filled skies and adventure into the outback. This inspiring guidebook maps hundreds of hidden gems. With dazzling photography, evocative travel ......
From childhood, Christopher Miles was fascinated by celluloid. This love of the moving image announced itself early: he was just 12 when the BBC screened his first film in 1951. To be a filmmaker, Miles had to sidestep parental plans to enrol him in the family steelworks. He had already been filming in communist China and Argentina when he escaped ......
Energy is Life tells of Zion Lights's journey to from an Extinction Rebellion editor to becoming an environmental advocate for nuclear energy. She argues that now we are discussing very real environmental threats and opportunities, nuclear energy has emerged as the unavoidable and inevitable part of the equation.
Community Days and Civic Horticulture in Warren H. Manning's Modern Planning Practice
The Boston-based landscape architect Warren H. Manning (1860-1938) forged an innovative approach to city, regional, and national planning that paired modern planning techniques with nineteenth-century ideals of rural life. Designing landscapes at every scale, Manning's visionary goal was to make "our whole country a park." In designs throughout ......
In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Japan sent its first diplomatic delegations to visit the popes and dignitaries of Europe. European artists portrayed these historic ambassadors-the Tensho embassy (1582-90) and the Keicho embassy (1613-20)-in numerous oil paintings, frescoes, drawings, and prints. Envisioning Diplomacy ......
