The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book PDF

Author: M. Epstein

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-23

Total Pages: 1512

ISBN-13: 0230270735

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Bolivia

Bolivia PDF

Author: David Atkinson

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781841621654

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One of South America's most stunning spectacles, the great Salar de Uvuni salt lake, is here as well as Lake Titicaca. Bolivia retains its pre-Columbian traditions more than any other country in South America, with agricultural practices unchanged since the Incas, and traditional festivals and markets. It also has modern nightclubs, comfortable hotels and ecolodges, and is the ideal place to soak up some Latin American culture before the onset of mass tourism.

Anderson’s Travel Companion

Anderson’s Travel Companion PDF

Author: Compiled by Sarah Anderson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 1351958399

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A selection of the best in travel writing, with both fiction and non-fiction presented together, this companion is for all those who like travelling, like to think about travelling, and who take an interest in their destination. It covers guidebooks as well as books about food, history, art and architecture, religion, outdoor activities, illustrated books, autobiographies, biographies and fiction and lists books both in and out of print. Anderson's Travel Companion is arranged first by continent, then alphabetically by country and then by subject, cross-referenced where necessary. There is a separate section for guidebooks and comprehensive indexes. Sarah Anderson founded the Travel Bookshop in 1979 and is also a journalist and writer on travel subjects. She is known by well-known travel writers such as Michael Palin and Colin Thubron. Michael Palin chose her bookshop as his favourite shop and Colin Thubron and Geoffrey Moorhouse, among others, made suggestions for titles to include in the Travel Companion.

Water Transport

Water Transport PDF

Author: James Hornell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-02-12

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1107475368

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First published in 1946, this book presents a comprehensive account regarding the origins and early evolution of water transport written by the renowned British ethnographer and zoologist James Hornell (1865-1949). The focus of the text is on different types of transport, and it is divided into three main sections: the first section is on 'Floats, Rafts and Kindred Craft', the second is on 'Skin Boats: Coracles, Curraghs, Kayaks and their Kin' and the third is on 'Bark Canoes, Dugouts and Plank-Built Craft'. Numerous illustrative figures and a detailed bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in archaeology, anthropology and the history of water transport.

Land Without Evil

Land Without Evil PDF

Author: Richard Gott

Publisher: Verso

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780860913986

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Gott describes his journey through the heart of South America, across the swampland that forms the watershed between the Plate and the Amazon rivers. He intermingles his travel account with the results of his extensive research into the history of this land that once formed the contested frontier between Spanish and Portuguese territory and was the setting for a string of Jesuit missions and later for the extermination of the local peoples. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR