Lonely Planet Experience USA is your passport to majestic nature, epic journeys, cultural powerhouses & out-of-this-world experiences. We take readers on a journey through sprawling cities, small towns, great plains, snow-capped mountains & redwood forests. Go road-tripping down the Pacific Coast Highway, learn how to spy a bear in the wild, discover where to find the USA’s best Chinatowns, & more. This new part-pictorial, part-guidebook is built around themes that introduce the reader to the heart of the USA. This photo-rich, hardback guide is packed with practical trip-planning tips & information on the most authentic local sights & activities. It’s perfect for seasoned travelers looking to discover something new or previously undiscovered.
Includes: over 90 experiences stretching across the USAMultiple ways to navigate the book
- thematically, geographically, or by interest Hundreds of stunning photos on gloss paper stock

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Jaw-dropping, up-close photography shows the natural world & animals as you`ve never seen it before. From fruit to flowers, from shells to sharks, from ants to elephants, this extraordinary new encyclopedia will keep animal & nature enthusiasts from ages 9 to 109 utterly absorbed by amazing, close-up images. Did you know that baby foxes are born with blue eyes which later turn golden? Or that reptile scales are made from keratin, the same material as your hair & nails? Explanatorium of Nature is the perfect way to find out how everything in nature works & why fungi, plants, animals, arthropods, fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians & ecosystems exist & what they mean for our world. Discover how spiders spin webs, how flying works, how snakes kill, & much, much more. Children will spend hours poring over the incredible details in nature, from the spines on a stinging nettle & lichen growing on a tree to the suckers on an iguana`s feet. Using never-before-seen cross sections, macro, SEM, infrared & ultraviolet close-up pictures, this is your chance to truly get up close with our natural world. ...

The life of Colonel Fawcett is now the subject of the major motion picture The Lost City of Z. The disappearance of Colonel Fawcett in the Matto Grosso remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. In 1925, Fawcett was convinced that he had discovered the location of a lost city; he had set out with two companions, one of whom was his eldest son, to destination `Z`, never to be heard of again. His younger son, Brian Fawcett, has compiled this book from letters & records left by his father, whose last written words to his wife were: ` You need have no fear of any failure.. .` This is the thrilling & mysterious account of Fawcett`s ten years of travels in deadly jungles & forests in search of a secret city. ...

Undaunted Courage: Like Lewis & Clark, John Wesley Powell was entering unknown territory when he undertook an expedition to explore the Colorado territories--the last unmapped portion of the United States--in 1869. What started as a scientific expedition through uncharted territory turned out to be a harrowing adventure for John Wesley Powell & nine other men. In 1869, John Wesley Powell, who lost his right arm at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War, led a team of ten men down the Green & into the Colorado River, then through the Grand Canyon. No one had ever made the trip before. One man left before the trip was well under way; three more climbed out of the Grand Canyon when they came to believe that the chance of emerging from it alive was nonexistent (Those three men were killed by Indians). The trip was the last great expedition into the last unexplored section of the American interior & Powell`s book about it has become an American classic. Full of excitement & adventure, the book also contains a clear & detailed geologic & topolgraphic description of the plateau country the two rivers traverse & of the Indian tribes who lived in the area. ...

Nearly two thousand years ago, the Ancient Roman city of Pompeii was buried in ash from a massive volcanic eruption & frozen in time. Transport yourself back & relive one of the most dramatic moments in history. Sumptuous large-scale photos & realistic artworks recreate the city when people still lived there, while a CD with 3D-modelled animations lets you navigate the town room by room. Stroll through the forum
- Pompeii`s impressive town square, take a tour of the busy public baths, visit a Roman bakery & peek inside a wealthy merchant town house.
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Drive down a road in Australia & you might discover one of the best surfing beaches in the world, a meteorite crater, a fibreglass trout, an ancient rainforest, a rock art painting from one of the oldest cultures on Earth, or a local with a lot of stories to share. Whatever adventure you`re looking for, Explore Australia has everything you need to plan your next holiday on this diverse & surprising island continent. Published every year since 1980, Explore Australia is the most comprehensive guide to Australia`s regions & towns. It`s designed for people travelling Australia by car, & is organised by states, which are then split up into cities, regions & towns, each detailing what you should see in the area. The guide also reveals interesting armchair travel facts, like famous bushranger hideouts, where you can still fossick for gold, how towns were discovered by Europeans explorers, as well as information on Australia`s first peoples. Explore Australia (35th edition) has had a thorough revamp, giving it a personality overhaul
- to make it more engaging & inviting, to appeal to both a younger & more diverse group of travellers, along with the already converted. The book draws on the nostalgic appeal of the road trip & harks back to the very best in the earlier editions, both in design & content. This latest edition taps in to travel being an adventure
- its aim being to inspire travellers to hit the road to see all that is awe-inspiring, fun, exhilarating, even quirky, about travelling in Australia. The new design of the internal pages is fresh & inviting, with a focus on ease of use
- information is provided in a friendly & engaging way that is clear & accessible. We`ve made the book`s contents a bit more of a curated journey, focusing largely on getting out of the city & hitting the country & outback roads. State opener: Each state opener is introduced with a striking photo, & some key points about what that state has to offer. City: The 4-pages of city coverage features a classic design that highlights some of that city`s top attractions, together with a strong selection of inspirational images. Day trip offerings are included for those who have time to head out of the city to, for example, the Bellarine Peninsula or the Yarra Valley in Victoria, or to take a short flight across to the Tiwi Islands from Darwin, with suggestions of some cool things to do while you`re there. Regions: The state regions have been reinstated & renamed to make their coverage clearer
- for example, Victoria`s South-West Coast is now called ` Great Ocean Road & the Otways`. We list all the new regions, but in the text we focus specifically on top touring/holiday regions, like the Blue Mountains in NSW, Cape York in Queensland or the Kimberley in WA, & have provided fresh new maps to accompany them. Towns: The towns have been completely re-written to give them a more friendly & personal tone
- once again, more of a curated guide. We no longer have the icons in the text, describing these elements in the text instead. & we`ve cut the meal & accommodation sections
- as they were a bit tokenistic & went out of date so quickly. We have reintroduced breakout boxes that feature interesting aspects within each state, such as South Australia`s world class wine regions or the Top End`s fearsome crocodiles. Get out & discover the real Australia with Explore Australia.





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Explore Australia 2013 Travel Guide & Atlas is a mighty 681-page, 4-cm thick volume combining a comprehensive 499-page guide section with a road atlas of the county, both arranged by state & designed to show the best the country has to offer. The guide part of the book provides for each state:
- A general description of the state with a fact file & ideas for gifts or mementoes to bring home.- A guide to the capital city with descriptions of places of interest both in the town centre & in the inner & outer suburbs, plus recommendations of accommodation, places to eat, shopping, etc. The section

Includes:: a map of the city with its outer suburbs, a street plan of the city centre, plus separate street plans of various recommended areas.- An A-Z list of local towns, each with contact details for tourist information, descriptions of sights & recommendations for accommodation, etc. Throughout the guide publishers


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Explore Australia by Caravan & Motorhome is a thick, A4 format 457-page guide providing a comprehensive list of facilities available across the whole country covering over 40, 000 kms of routes & over 700 recommended caravan parks. The guide is arranged by groups of recommended routes, starting with a massive 14, 000km-long Around Australia on Highway One trip. Other chapters cover Great Inland Highways South/ North & East/ West, plus Tasmania. Each route is presented in sections, accompanied by road maps highlighting locations of recommended parks, with brief descriptions of main sights, fact files on local towns including their GPS waypoints & colour photos. State capitals & main cities also have a street plan showing places of interest & a map of the wider environs. Extensive caravan park A-Z directory shows each entry with the authors ...

From the rugged escarpments of Purnululu to the silent forest of the Daintree, the peaceful beaches of Croajingolong to the majestic awe of the Grampians, this beautifully illustrated & mapped guide captures our unique natural heritage & provides all the information you need to decide which parks to visit, how to get there & what to see & do when you arrive. Now with illustrations of Australian fauna by artist Guy Troughton & Australian flora by David Mackay, this book is a beautiful keepsake as well as being a practical guide. ...

Packed with over 200 beautiful colour photographs, Explore Australia's Outback is a stunning illustrated guide to Australia's ...