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      • Travel & Transport
        July 2019

        DRINKING MY WAY TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (La Ruta del Vino)

        by Lily Huang

        In every part of the world there is that preferred alcoholic beverage without which a meal would not be complete. But what is the origin of each of these regional favorites? Was it a new varietal bred in a vineyard? Or was it found in a long-forgotten bottle in a musty cellar? With author and veteran drinker Lily Huang as their guide, readers will sample alcoholic offerings from around the world, learning the history and stories behind each of these prized libations. From Latin American countries like Argentina, Chile, and Mexico, to the less-travelled Baltic states, Lily will stop at nothing to uncover the origins of specialty alcohols – even if it means travelling to the North Pole!   Along the way Lily tells the story of how the love of a harsh local firewater took root in a war-ravaged nation, why warming medicinal liqueurs are so common in the north, and how cool, refreshing cocktails came to be associated with tourist destinations in the tropics. Her research into the origins of these regional specialties is complemented by keen observations of daily life and local customs. For readers inspired to sample these rare draughts for themselves, essential travel information is provided.    Through flowing prose, scenic photography, and attractive layouts, readers follow the course of Lily’s pilgrimage of the spirits, partaking in each raised glass along the way. Whether the destination is a bustling metropolis, or a lone shack in the middle of the desert, you can be sure Lily Huang will leave no stone unturned in her pursuit of a storied tipple!

      • Travel & Transport

        CINAMANIA

        by Giulia Zigotti and Sabrina Ferrero

        “Huanying: welcome to China. Hospitality is a time-honored tradition in China – and guests are the more valued the longer the journey that took them here.” The third installment of our –MANIA series. After Japan and New York, now comes the turn of China.The volume delves into 100 topics, divided in 9 chapters – 9 concept maps to discover both ancient and contemporary China.The volume opens with an exploration of the capital, Beijing, the city of power and heart of the country, in the past as today. It continues exploring the tenets and traditions at the basis of the Empire’s unity, providing the reader with an ideal “tool kit” to approach Chinese culture. It then travels to the provinces, describing the great variety of landscapes of this continent-country. It touches on the language, on local the cuisine, on popular sports and pastimes, to include and give a voice to the people. And concludes its journey with major holidays, as further proof of the importance of traditions.Like its two predecessors, the book finds its main strength in the interplay between text and pictures. Shapes and colors, bird’s eye and in-depth views, comics and informative Post-its make for a truly engaging read. With no set sequence or pre-defined target reader. Those wishing to discover China will find food for thought and imagination; those who have already visited it – on their travels, their study or business trips – will uncover a wealth of new information, data, trends, idiosyncrasies and manias..

      • Travel tips & advice: general
        September 2020

        Sicilia

        Personal Jo - Journal

        by Alessandra Dammone, SimePhoto

        Part journal, part sketchbook, part tongue-in-cheek guide to iconic sights and landmarks, this innovative series of notebooks includes stunning photographs and fun factoids. Visual Notebooks from SIME Books helps you save and organize your notes and memories to treasure forever. The combination of beautiful Photography with blank pages gives you scope and potential to transform this object into a distinctly personal visual journal; the unique natural paper of the cover and inside pages give this notebook a special contemporary feeling that makes for an enjoyable writing experience.

      • Travel & holiday guides
        March 2021

        Culture Smart! Japan

        The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

        by Paul Norbury

        An illuminating and practical guide to the culture, traditions, values, and way of life in modern-day Japan. Written for travellers, those going abroad for work, and armchair travellers who want to learn about new cultures.   Contents include: - Local customs and traditions - The impact of religion, history, and politics - Eating and drinking, Japanese style - The Japanese at home, work, and play - Communication, spoken and unspoken - Dos, don'ts, and taboos - Local business etiquette for those travelling for work.   This title is part of the Culture Smart! series, which includes guides to over 100 countries around the world.

      • Travel & holiday guides
        September 2023

        Culture Smart! Mexico

        The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

        by Russell Maddicks

        An illuminating and practical guide to the culture, traditions, values, and way of life in modern-day Mexico. Written for travellers, those going abroad for work, and armchair travellers who want to learn about new cultures.   Contents include: - Local customs and traditions - The impact of religion, history, and politics - Eating and drinking, Mexican style - The Mexicans at home, work, and play - Communication, spoken and unspoken - Dos, don'ts, and taboos - Local business etiquette for those travelling for work.   This title is part of the Culture Smart! series, which includes guides to over 100 countries around the world.

      • Travel & holiday guides
        September 2023

        Culture Smart! Poland

        The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

        by Gregory Allen, Magdalena Lipska

        An illuminating and practical guide to the culture, traditions, values, and way of life in modern-day Poland. Written for travellers, those going abroad for work, and armchair travellers who want to learn about new cultures.   Contents include: - Local customs and traditions - The impact of religion, history, and politics - Eating and drinking, Polish style - The Poles at home, work, and play - Communication, spoken and unspoken - Dos, don'ts, and taboos - Local business etiquette for those travelling for work.   This title is part of the Culture Smart! series, which includes guides to over 100 countries around the world.

      • Travel & holiday guides
        March 2023

        Culture Smart! Portugal

        The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

        by Sandy Pinto Basto

        An illuminating and practical guide to the culture, traditions, values, and way of life in modern-day Portugal. Written for travellers, those going abroad for work, and armchair travellers who want to learn about new cultures.   Contents include: - Local customs and traditions - The impact of religion, history, and politics - Eating and drinking, Portuguese style - The Portuguese at home, work, and play - Communication, spoken and unspoken - Dos, don'ts, and taboos - Local business etiquette for those travelling for work.   This title is part of the Culture Smart! series, which includes guides to over 100 countries around the world.

      • Travel & holiday guides
        March 2023

        Culture Smart! USA

        The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

        by Alan Beechey, Gina Teague

        An illuminating and practical guide to the culture, traditions, values, and way of life in modern-day America. Written for travellers, those going abroad for work, and armchair travellers who want to learn about new cultures.   Contents include: - Local customs and traditions - The impact of religion, history, and politics - Eating and drinking, American style - The Americans at home, work, and play - Communication, spoken and unspoken - Dos, don'ts, and taboos - Local business etiquette for those travelling for work.   This title is part of the Culture Smart! series, which includes guides to over 100 countries around the world.

      • Travel & Transport
        January 2017

        The Solo Travel Guide

        Just Do It

        by Dee Maldon

        Do you want to travel, but your friends or family don’t? So why wait? Travelling alone is better than never travelling at all. In the Solo Travel Guide: Just do it we give you suggestions on how to plan, how to cope when you are at your destination alone, how to stay safe and even some suggestions on where to go – good destinations for the solo traveller, places with wonderful things to see but where you will not stand out from the crowd. We also offer inspiration – snippets from those women who set off centuries ago without a guide book, a mobile phone and very little advice. Also available in paperback

      • Travel & Transport

        52 Greek Islands

        A sentimental guide

        by Gregory Papadoyiannis

        This is a “sentimental” guide for travelers, through 52 of the Greek islands. The term "sentimental" implies something more than a commonplace guide and this is certainly not just a typical guidebook. There is already a plethora of classic guidebooks; the internet is rife with a lot of useful – and even more useless – information. This book has simply been written out of outrageous love for the islands, as an attempt to describe how it feels to actually “live the island” – even just for a week – and to find out what each island is really like, from how it looks to how it can be characterized in terms of its deeper essence; it’s a process similar to getting to know a friend, or perhaps even to falling in love that led to the creation of this delightful crossbreed between a guidebook and a memoir.

      • Travel & Transport
        January 2014

        12 Day Trips from London

        A simple guide for those who want to see more than the capital

        by Maldon, Dee

        Aimed at visitors who want to see more than the capital – but don’t want to drive or vacate their hotel room. This little book provides information on using public transport to visit Cambridge, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, as well as less well known places such as England’s smallest cathedral city, Ely, and Brighton, a vibrant university town that once offered royals freedom from protocol

      • History
        May 2015

        William and Kate's Britain

        An Insider's Guide to the Haunts of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

        by Joseph Claudia

        This is a unique travel guide to Britain with a royal twist, packed full of colour photographs, interesting facts and royal anecdotes.

      • Biography & True Stories
        October 2013

        How Blue is my Valley

        The Real Provence

        by Jean Gill

        Humorous travel memoir about moving from Wales to France; amazon bestseller. Appeals to readers who enjoy armchair travel, who love France and Provence, who read Peter Mayle's books, who dream of changing their lives and moving to a rural haven, especially older readers about to retire from work or those wanting to give up their current work. The true scents of Provence? Lavender, thyme and septic tank. There are hundreds of interesting things you can do in a bath but washing dishes is not one of them, nor what writer Jean Gill had in mind when she swopped her Welsh Valley for a French one. Keen to move out of the elephant's stomach, that stew of grey mists called weather in Wales, she offered her swimming certificate to a bemused Provencale estate agent and bought a house with good stars and its own spring-water. Or rather, as it turns out, a neighbour's spring-water that is the only supply to the kitchen, which, according to the nice men from the Water Board, is emptying its dirty water directly and illegally onto the main road... and there's worse ... But how can you resist a village called Dieulefit, `God created it', the village 'where everyone belongs'. Discover the real Provence in good company ... Watch the book trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Rrn4CGw5A

      • Travel tips & advice: general
        May 2014

        Thailand / Das Insiderbuch für Auswanderer oder Langzeittouristen: Das Buch, das Ihnen Thailand erklärt

        by Glöckl, Andreas

        Thailand. Every year, the country attracts several million visitors. A couple thousand foreigners relocate to Thailand every year or stay for an extended period, like the so/called winter/dwellers. The author himself lived in Thailand for nine years and explains to newcomers how to handle or obtain different things there. This is a practical guide that explains things like how to obtain a driver’s license and which documents to submit, how to get decent cell phone service or find affordable and comfortable lodgings. It is not a travel guide, though it does touch upon the most important tourist destinations. The numerous checklists come handy in aiding the reader in organizing his stay in Thailand, and helps navigate the many pitfalls that lurk in every country in the world. Beside the checklists, the most important addresses, e.g. embassies, are listed, along with helpful overviews. This unique combination makes the book an absolute must/have for every Thailand enthusiast or visitor.

      • Travel & Transport
        January 2014

        Accessibility- Disabled World Travels

        Travel Tips for People with Disabilities

        by Tracey Ingram

        Are you one of the many active seniors or baby boomers who have some disabilities and wants to travel? Do you have special needs, use a wheelchair and are looking for accessible travel options? Let’s face it, there are over 50 million people in the United States with disabilities and over 180 million worldwide with evidence suggesting that people with disabilities face many barriers in accessing the health and services they need. How would you like to be better informed and have less stress with travel preparations? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a checklist of pertinent questions to ask when you are booking a hotel room, taking a cruise, or flight, then this is written just for you? The author Tracey Ingram is a Clinical Audiologist and Occupational therapist compiled an educational series for people traveling who require accessibility options. Some of the topics discussed in the first volume include; tips for individuals with low vision, critical information for patients diagnosed with diagnosed with diabetes and arthritis, strategies for the hearing impaired, wheelchair accessible solutions, how to travel with mobility aids, traveling with oxygen, and so much more. Every volume of the series will focus on specific disabilities with solutions to help overcome some of the barriers encountered when traveling. Each series will have a resource section with access to disability travel forums, which will give the reader pertinent insight about travelers with disabilities.

      • Travel & Transport
        June 2021

        Travel Green!

        Practical Guide to Safe Eco-tourism

        by Chiara Grasso and Christian Lenzi

        How do you travel in a post-COVID world? And can you do it with an eye towards nature and local animals and populations? All you need to know is in this guide, the perfect tool to start exploring again with new eyes and a new mindset. With its countless tips and tricks, Travel Green! is the tool you need to change your way of planning, enjoying and remembering a trip. Its two sections focus on pre-departure arrangements and do’s and don’ts while on the road and they’re filled with expertise and practical suggestions. From picking the right accommodation to choosing how to get to the desired location, from fun activities to best practices to respect nature and animals, this handbook allows you to become a true green traveler!   The book features two different but fundamental perspectives on traveling in 2021: respect for natural habitats and local populations and species, and safety regarding anti-COVID measures. Dozens of handy tips on how to live the greenest travel experience don’t leave out any aspect, covering every moment and possible situation or accident. The book suggests 10 itineraries suitable for singles, couples, families, groups and the elderly, both in Italy and Europe.

      • Travel tips & advice: general
        February 2011

        Tips on Tipping

        A global guide to gratuity etiquette

        by Carole French & Reg Butler

        What do you tip the bellboy in Botswana? Should you give a gratuity on top of the service charge in a Parisian restaurant? Is it good practice to pay a Casablanca snake charmer if you wish to take his photo?_x000D_ _x000D_ Everyone who travels, whether for business or pleasure, has suffered the embarrassment caused by not knowing when or how much to tip. Now Bradt's Tipping offers the answers in a convenient, pocket-sized guide covering more than 130 countries. With black and white illustrations and photographs throughout, the book additionally features light-hearted personal anecdotes and tips drawn from the authors' careers in travel._x000D_

      • Travel & Transport
        September 2020

        NEW YORK

        Personal Jo - Journal

        by Alberta Magris / Kevin Kinsella

        Gotham, The Big Apple, the City of Dreams—whatever you call it, this metropolis never sleeps. So whether you’re penning your Broadway play, or just need a spot to jot your thoughts, vibe off the energy of NYC on every page.Part journal, part sketchbook, part colorful guide to iconic sights and landmarks, this innovative notebook includes stunning photographs and fun factoids. Visual Notebooks from SIME Books and Sunset & Venice help you save and organize your notes and memories to treasure forever. The combination of beautiful photography and blank pages gives you the scope and potential to transform this object into a distinctly personal visual journal. The unique natural paper of the cover and interior pages gives this notebook a special contemporary feel that makes for an enjoyable writing experience.

      • Travel & Transport
        September 2020

        Venezia

        Personal Jo - Journal

        by Alberta Magris

        Venice: an amphibious creature that does not allow indifference, a magical place where everything you know no longer matters. We move in timeless spaces, crossing waterways and stone fields. See that? is Zanni, the crafty or foolish servant of the Commedia dell'Arte. Bizarre characters roam the streets, hidden in turn by masks and fog. Venice is elegant and proud, noble and haughty, decadent and brackish. Don't try to resist her, surrender to the labyrinth.

      • Travel & holiday guides
        September 2023

        Culture Smart! Brazil

        The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

        by Sandra Branco

        An illuminating and practical guide to the culture, traditions, values, and way of life in modern-day Brazil. Written for travellers, those going abroad for work, and armchair travellers who want to learn about new cultures.   Contents include: - Local customs and traditions - The impact of religion, history, and politics - Eating and drinking, Brazilian style - The Brazilians at home, work, and play - Communication, spoken and unspoken - Dos, don'ts, and taboos - Local business etiquette for those travelling for work.   This title is part of the Culture Smart! series, which includes guides to over 100 countries around the world.

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