Once again this title in the Hip Hotels series collects information & pictures of some amazing establishments. These are very special places which link the concept of hospitality with the experience of a very specific decor. It

Includes:: the utterly refined Hotel Raya on the Aeolian island of Panarea, a converted Franciscan monastery in Taormina & Castello di Falconara, a Norman castle right on the beach in Sicily, fashion designer Alberta Ferretti's Carducci 76 & the stately neo-gothic Villa Feltrinelli on the shores of Lake Garda.

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Hip Hotels London focusses uniquely on the world's most sophisticated cities. In a smaller, more easily portable format than the standard Hip Hotels style, these beautifully designed & lavishly produced books offer up a breathtaking selection of destination hotels. Whatever your taste, whatever your budget, & whether you are travelling for business or pleasure, Hip Hotels will never fail to inspire. ...

The Orient has held sway over the Western imagination since the days of Marco Polo & Genghis Khan. & that remains true in the 21st century, even if the world east of Istanbul is today a very different place, where potent symbols of age-old cultures exist alongside bold expressions of modernity & futuristic style. These are some of the most extraordinary Hip Hotels yet. Live like a maharaja
- with a maharaja
- in the Umed Bhawan Palace in Rajasthan, a splendid art deco fantasy designed between 1929 & 1932. Or relax in a guest villa of King Sihanouk, now the setting for Cambodia's sophisticated new Aman hotel. One of the most remarkable projects here is the Commune by the Great Wall, a highly innovative development by an all-star cast of Asian design talent for a stunning location beside China's most famous ancient monument. & then there's Benesse House on the remote Japanese island of Naoshima, the Zen-like retreat designed by renowned architect Tadao Ando. From Istanbul to Indonesia, from Luxor to Laos, Hip Hotels: Orient promises to be Herbert Ypma's most exciting book to date.

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Hip Hotels Paris is one of two special Hip Hotels editions publishing this spring, the first book in the series to focus uniquely on cities. In a smaller, more easily portable format than usual, these beautifully designed & lavishly produced books offer up a breathtaking selection of destination hotels. Whatever your taste, whatever your budget, & whether you are travelling for business or pleasure, Hip Hotels will never fail to inspire. ...

Hip Hotels is all about winter action & sharp style. With ever more people catching on to the thrill & spectacle of the mountains, the choice of ski hotels has become mind-boggling
- & overwhelmingly mediocre. In this volume Herbert Ypma, himself an avid skier, proves that there are alternatives to the tired formulae of the typical resort hotel. You can go for a remote lodge in the Canadian Rockies or Wild West authenticity, alpine log cabin or sleek contemporary style.
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For Hip Hotels: USA, Herbert Ypma has taken to the road, travelling the length & breadth of that vast land in search of Highly Individual Places to stay. Every HIP hotel has its own unique character. It is timelessly stylish, it is attuned to its location in design, ethos & cuisine, & it achieves that subtle balance between attentiveness & discretion that marks the best of modern service. The natural magnificence of the US is stupendous. Many of these hotels invite you to immerse yourself in wilderness. Restore your perspective in a spectacular private treehouse 50 feet up a giant cedar in the heart of Mount Rainier National Park, or come back to earth in your own lakeside cabin in Wisconsin designed by a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright. Experience Old World gentility in the Renaissance palazzo of Wheatleigh, amid the steeples & clapboard farmhouses of New Engl&, where an immaculate makeover has restored the grace & understated privilege of the world of Edith Wharton (but added all the discreet modern luxuries you might mention). Or live out your Rat Pack fantasies as you lounge poolside with a cocktail surrounded by mid-century modern classics
- furniture by Bertoia, Eames, Saarinen
- in an authentic 1950s motel in Palm Springs.

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Hip-Hop Hares brings more of what was loved in The Polar Bear Waltz. It`s another quirky, eye-popping collection that celebrates the blunders & bizarre coincidences of outdoor life
- the comic circumstances of relatively tame mammals (us) spending time close to wild animals. Each of these seventy-one shots will wow you & make you chuckle, if you don`t laugh out loud. It`s a rare chance to look into the wide world outside & laugh at both ourselves & that infinitely wondrous, entertaining, three-ring circus we call the universe.
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Hipperholme & Shibden Hall in 1930 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the area east of Halifax from Shibden Hall & Shibden Park eastward to Hipperholme. Features include Stump Cross, Intake Wood, LMS railway with Hipperholme station, Hipperholme Works, Hipperholme Mill, Shibden Hall Colliery, Hipperholme Brewery, Upper Brear, Hough Mills, Gardner Square Tannery, etc. On the reverse is a directory of Hipperholme, plus street entries for Staups Lane & Stump Cross. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

In HIPPIE, his most autobiographical novel to date, Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to re-live the dream of a generation that longed for peace & dared to challenge the established social order
- authoritarian politics, conservative modes of behavior, excessive consumerism, & an unbalanced concentration of wealth & power. Following the ”three days of peace & music” at Woodstock, the 1969 gathering in Bethel, NY that would change the world forever, hippie paradises began to emerge all around the world. In the Dam Square in Amsterdam, long-haired young people wearing vibrant clothes & burning incense could be found meditating, playing music & discussing sexual liberation, the expansion of consciousness & the search for an inner truth. They were a generation refusing to live the robotic & unquestioning life that their parents had known. At this time, Paulo is a young, skinny Brazilian with a goatee & long, flowing hair who wants to become a writer. He sets off on a journey in search of freedom & a deeper meaning for his life: first, with a girlfriend, on the famous ” Death Train to Bolivia, ” then on to Peru & later hitchhiking through Chile & Argentina. His travels take him further, to the famous square in Amsterdam, where Paulo meets Karla, a Dutch woman also in her 20s. She convinces Paulo to join her on a trip to Nepal, aboard the Magic Bus that travels across Europe & Central Asia to Kathmandu. They embark on a journey in the company of fascinating fellow travelers, each of whom has a story to tell, & each of whom will undergo a transformation, changing their priorities & values, along the way. As they travel together, Paulo & Karla explore their own relationship, an awakening on every level that brings each of them to a choice & a decision that sets the course for their lives thereafter.
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This unusual travel guide is written for those people who want to read beyond the jumble of blurbs & information that fills most travel books. Readers who want to enhance their visit to Britain by knowing something about language use, won`t be teased by short & superficial remarks, nor exhausted by the task of ploughing through several volumes. Yet, this book is also very practical, giving information about such things as accommodation & food. Highlights include: castles, cathedrals, stately homes, villages, & towns. An essential guide covering history, geography, politics, culture, economics, climate & language use. ...