Insight City Guide Beijing is a full-colour, comprehensive travel guide to this historic & exciting city. Full-colour photography & maps throughout combine with authoritative text to give you both inspiration & information to help explore Beijing & its surrounding areas. Be inspired by the ” Best Of Beijing” section, which highlights the top experiences & places to visit in Beijing, while a comprehensive Travel Tips section provides all the practical information & travel advice you need, as well as a guide to things to do in Beijing, plus our selective listings for hotel & restaurants. Lavish Photo Features offer a unique insight into topics such as traditional medicine, life in the hutong & the city`s parks. Insight`s trademark history coverage provides a fascinating introduction to Beijing`s position as capital of imperial dynasties for more than 1, 000 years as well as its modern life, while features by local writers delve into Beijing`s culture
- everything from life in the New China to religion & food & drink. Ten Places chapters cover the city & its surroundings, from Imperial Beijing, Wangfujing & the Foreign Legation Quarter & the Olympic Park, to the Ming Tombs & Great Wall & the ancient village of Chuandixia. Colour maps throughout help you get around so you can find the top attractions in Beijing as well as venture off the beaten track, to make sure you have the quintessential Beijing experience.
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The first Blue Guide to cover the whole of Italy, in a distilled format concentrating on the art history & architecture of the key sites. Full-colour, detailed maps & diagrams as well as Blue Guide Recommended dining & accommodation suggestions. ...

India in the Blue Guides series focuses primarily on cultural tourism for the visitor who wishes to understand more of what they might see &, as such, the title provides thorough & objective reference information covering art, history & architecture. The guide features illustrations aimed to inform rather than just decorate, such as maps, diagrams, floor plans, architectural details & photographs. Cross referenced indexing means information is accessible & layout navigable. Selective listings of restaurants & accommodation are chosen in the belief that good, practical recommendations will contribute to the enjoyment of good art & culture. ...

Italy Central in the Blue Guides series focuses primarily on cultural tourism for the visitor who wishes to understand more of what they might see &, as such, the title provides thorough & objective reference information covering art, history & architecture. The guide features illustrations aimed to inform rather than just decorate, such as maps, diagrams, floor plans, architectural details & photographs. Cross referenced indexing means information is accessible & layout navigable. Selective listings of restaurants & accommodation are chosen in the belief that good, practical recommendations will contribute to the enjoyment of good art & culture. ...

Italy Southern in the Blue Guides series focuses primarily on cultural tourism for the visitor who wishes to understand more of what they might see &, as such, the title provides thorough & objective reference information covering art, history & architecture. The guide features illustrations aimed to inform rather than just decorate, such as maps, diagrams, floor plans, architectural details & photographs. Cross referenced indexing means information is accessible & layout navigable. Selective listings of restaurants & accommodation are chosen in the belief that good, practical recommendations will contribute to the enjoyment of good art & culture. This guide covers Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise & Puglia. ...

This new folded edition (August 2014) reconsiders the 3rd edition of the Geological Map of the Word, published initially in 2010 at the scales of 1:25 000 000 (3 sheets) & 1:50 000 000 (1 sheet Geology, structure), both presently out of print. The layout of this new version, centered on the Atlantic, was redesigned in order to fit a single sheet, while the legibility was enhanced in relation to the reduced version at 1:50 000 000. ...

Insight Guide Greece is a comprehensive, full-colour travel guide to a country famous for its ancient sites & breathtakingly beautiful islands. Be inspired by our Best of Greece section highlighting unmissable sights & experiences & lavish Photo Features on topics such as ancient sites, folklore & island flora. A detailed Places section, with stunning travel photography & full-colour maps, shows you where to go & what to do, from the historic mainland teeming with ancient sites to the exquisite beaches of its surrounding islands & Byzantine & Ottoman influences up in the north. A comprehensive Travel Tips section gives you all the travel advice you need to plan your trip, with our selective, independent reviews to guide you to the most authentic hotels & restaurants. ...

With its treasure-filled ancient sites, folklore & island flora, the Greek Islands are the jewel in Greece`s crown. Be inspired by the new edition of Insight Guide Greek Islands, a detailed full-colour guide to this fascinating region. Insight Guides` unrivaled coverage of history & culture provides an essential introduction to what makes the Greek Isles unique, including its people & identities as well as its sailing scene. Consult the Best of Greek Islands selection for an at-a-glance guide to the region`s most evocative attractions, such as the improbably perched Panagia Hozoviotissa Monastery & the eminently strollable Corfu Old Town, & the editor`s choice of recommendations for the best museums & hikes, amongst others. Descriptive accounts of where to go in the Greek Islands, from the impressive Place of Knossos, the centre of Europe`s first civilisation, to the exquisite beaches on Levkada & Crete, are enhanced by beautiful photographs, while all major sights are cross-referenced with full-colour maps. The travel tips section provides a wealth of information on how to plan your trip, plus our selection of the best hotels. ...

”I Am a Chechen!” offers a lyrical fusion of exotic legends, stories & memories of Chechnya: a land of wondrous beauty, site of genocides past & present, & the author`s ancestral home. Haunted by memories of the land he deserted, Sadulaev tells the stories of those who stayed behind. He brings dead friends back to life again, revisiting their first loves, their passion for rock music, & their quests for martyrdom. & he immerses us in the intoxicating beauty of his homeland`s mountains, blossoms & the flocks of migratory swallows that fill its skies. This is an intensely personal journey through the carnage of the war, exploring the pain, the challenge, & above all the meaning of being a Chechen. ...

Filipino food is having its moment. Sour, sweet, funky, fatty, bright, rich, tangy, & bold
- no wonder adventurous eaters
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