A new thoroughly updated edition of Bradt's Iceland recipient of the Lowell Thomas Award (the highest travel writing award available in the United States) providing more context for individual places than any other guidebook plus honest investigative hotel & restaurant reviews that hide nothing Based on 20 years of personal & business travel exploration & adventure all around the country Bradt's Iceland is in-depth well-researched & comprehensive featuring a year-round approach to travelling in Iceland in line with the development of the local tourist industry to offer attractions beyond the normal summer season This latest edition covers the growing tourist infrastructure the new fully-paved road system better routes through the interior a wave of new hotels & resorts more tour companies with more tour options new adventure activities plus day tours from port city destinations & tips for those travellers arriving by cruise ship Natural history & wildlife experiences are featured prominently along with a focus on the outdoors & help in accessing even the most difficult corners of Iceland Also featured is the most in-depth political & economic analysis offered by any guidebook since the turmoil of 2008 & even though Iceland is notoriously expensive there are now a lot more options for travellers including more hostels campsites & budget airlines This new edition also

Includes:: a foreword by the newly elected President of Iceland Gudni Th Johannesson Containing information on remote offshore islands the uninhabited interior & Reykjavik's bustling music & art scene this remains the definitive guide Replete with lava flows colossal glaciers & thundering waterfalls Iceland is one of Europe's most unusual destinations Pure wild & still in the midst of its own creation it stands apart from the rest of Europe With its moody volcanoes & massive ice caps Iceland has caught the world's curiosity like never before Iceland offers visitors a chance to get close & personal with its immense nature & vivid wildlife to experience the live volcanoes & ancient glaciers & gape at roaring waterfalls & the drifts of obsidian sand in the country's bleak desert interior Andrew Evans has been travelling in Iceland for over 20 years As a contributor to National Geographic & a frequent host for tours to Iceland he explores some of the remotest corners of the country regularly He has studied the Icelandic language history & biology & continues to lecture about the country to high-end tour groups as well as the National Geographic Society & Smithsonian Institution His guide is exhaustive allowing travellers to make informed decisions to go anywhere & explore anything

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For over a decade this concise & authoritative field guide to an exceptional natural laboratory has been an essential companion for all those visiting Iceland to observe the Earth in action 256 pages Thordarson Thor ...

Fully updated for 2016 & now with ZOOM system for even better orientation! Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date digitally generated mapping The high quality cartography with distance indicators & scale converters aid route planning New ZOOM System
- all large urban areas are marked on the main map & are cross-referenced to separate inset transit maps which zoom in on the city to aid route planning We then zoom in further to detailed city maps which can be found easily in the separate index booklet

Includes:: city plan of Reykjavik Major sights & key points of interest are marked on the map by numbered stars & these are listed in the index booklet with a brief description to help travellers pick the best places to see en route Comprehensive index The map scale is 1 650 000


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The Iceland Marco Polo Travel Guide is a compact travel guide for people who have little time to prepare for a trip don't want to miss anything like to be inspired by great ideas for exciting days out & love all things ultra-practical & easy to use 216 pages Marco Polo ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Ying (Donnie Yen IP Man 14 Blades Hero) a highly skilled martial arts warrior of the Ming Dynasty palace guard is ordered to escort the precious Golden Wheel of Time said to have the power of time travel & ability to see into the future from Sindu back to China Along his perilous journey he is wrongly accused of a murder & hunted by his three brothers Yuanlong (Simon Yam Lara Croft Tomb Raider) Sao & Niehu all bent on revenge At the height of battle all four are buried by a huge avalanche freezing them in time 400 years later they are unearthed defrosted & forced to adjust to modern-day life Using the Golden Wheel that unlocks the past Ying must regain his honour & correct history defeating his brothers once & for all in an almighty fight to the death ...

Icewind Dale II expands upon gameplay elements found in Icewind Dale offering players the ability to hone their combat skills & achieve even more powerful possessions spells & experience Icewind Dale II hosts a large variety of new weapons armour & magical items & features all the spells from Icewind Dale & its expansion pack in addition Icewind Dale II

Includes:: over 50 new spells such as Executioner&s Eyes & Aegis bringing the total to over 300 spells A generation after the events in Icewind Dale a grave new threat has arisen in the North; a threat that seeks to cut off the Ten-Towns from the rest of Faerun in a bitter power struggle A vicious horde of goblins orcs & bugbears has gathered beneath the mysterious banner of the Chimera & is attacking the port town of Targos The town of Bremen has fallen goblin raiders ride the plains & a stream of refugees are fleeing southwards to Bryn Shander & beyond Fearing that they will be overrun Targos has sent out a call for all able-bodied adventurers soldiers & mercenaries to sail north to stand with the town&s defenders against the encroaching horde & it&s up to the players& small band of adventurers to save Targos from destruction Yet nothing is as it appears & as the shadow of the horde falls on Targos the players find themselves drawn into an escalating conflict that plunges the region of Icewind Dale once again into war Twenty races & subraces can now be chosen Uses heavily modified version of the award-winning Bio Ware Infinity Engine to include dual-wielding multi-classing skills & feats Over fifty new spells along with all the spells from Icewind Dale & Heart of Winter bringing the total to over 300 spells reaching up to level 9 Over one hundred new special items some with histories Comes with new player character portraits & sound sets Many new monsters such as Hook Horrors & Driders Has new random treasure generator for enemies Character generation now using a point buy system instead of rolling Heart of Fury mode & difficulty scale like in Heart of Winter Limited 3D acceleration Improved enemy artificial intelligence New & enhanced interface system Minimum Requirements Pentium II 266 MHz Operating System 9598ME2000XP with Direct X 70 or higher RAM 32 MBCD-ROM Drive 8x Sound Card Direct X-certified Hard Disk 600 MBDirect X-certified 4 MB video RAMRecomended Pentium II 300 MHz 64 MB RAM

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Journey deep into the Spine of the World a harsh & unforgiving environment teaming with merciless beasts & terrible dangers In this exclusive adventure pack developed by award-winning Black Isle Studios are the full versions of Icewind Dale Icewind Dale Heart of Winter Icewind Dale II the critically acclaimed soundtrack for Icewind Dale bonus CDs including Icewind Dale & Icewind Dale Heart of Winter strategy guides an additional level & a set of 4 character portraits from Icewind Dale II ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Ichi is a blind minstrel wandering from town to town in feudal Japan She is spurred on by the search for one man
- the blind warrior who trained her in martial arts as a child When she is threatened by a group of bandits she is "saved" by Toma an incompetent samurai who is unable to draw his sword Rescuing her rescuer she continues her journey only to discover that the locals now think that Toma is a superb swordsman The townsfolk want him as a lawman the bandits want him dead & none of them realise that it is Toma&s blind associate who is the true martial artist Reluctantly Ichi becomes embroiled in a battle between two gangs for the mastery of the town However Ichi&s initial feelings about her involvement change when she discovers that the gang leader Banki may know the whereabouts of the man she is seeking Actors Haruka Ayase Shido Nakamura Yôsuke Kubozuka Takao Osawa Kazuma Chiba Akira Emoto Yûko Endô Daishirô Hano Yoshihiro Ishizuka Masaki Katou Mitsuki Koga Usagi Kôno & Eiko Kotake Director Fumihiko Sori Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages Japanese
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 56 minutes (approx)

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Ichi is a blind minstrel wandering from town to town in feudal Japan She is spurred on by the search for one man
- the blind warrior who trained her in martial arts as a child When she is threatened by a group of bandits she is "saved" by Toma an incompetent samurai who is unable to draw his sword Rescuing her rescuer she continues her journey only to discover that the locals now think that Toma is a superb swordsman The townsfolk want him as a lawman the bandits want him dead & none of them realise that it is Toma&s blind associate who is the true martial artist Reluctantly Ichi becomes embroiled in a battle between two gangs for the mastery of the town However Ichi&s initial feelings about her involvement change when she discovers that the gang leader Banki may know the whereabouts of the man she is seeking Actors Haruka Ayase Shido Nakamura Yôsuke Kubozuka Takao Osawa Kazuma Chiba Akira Emoto Yûko Endô Daishirô Hano Yoshihiro Ishizuka Masaki Katou Mitsuki Koga Usagi Kôno & Eiko Kotake Director Fumihiko Sori Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages Japanese
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 56 minutes (approx)

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking simultaneously funny & horrific but it&s only for viewers with strong stomachs One character Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano) a masochistic yakuza lieutenant has slits in his cheeks through which he blows cigarette smoke & gleefully hacks off his own tongue to apologize for his impudence Then there&s eponymous assassin (Nao Omori) a painfully shy but sadistic young voyeur who wears a leather superhero outfit to work Manipulated by the cagey & mysterious Jijii (English translation & Gramps& Shinya Tsukamoto) Ichi lashes out & massacres those Jijii deems bullies & basically anyone else who upsets his frail psyche Jijii uses the demented lad to start a bloody war between rival yakuza factions Miike&s film is full of grotesquely over-the-top violent set pieces including flying entrails graphic mutilations & even a severed human face splattered against a wall & slowly sliding to the ground It&s all captured with kinetic camerawork & hyperactive editing It&s not for everyone but bolder viewers will find it uniquely entertaining ...