This is the fourth edition of our bestselling Frommer`s Washington, D.C. day by day guidebook, & Meredith Pratt, a Washington, D.C. resident for over a decade, has been the author of the second, third, & now fourth such edition. Meredith is a much-published travel journalist, & has herself experienced (when she first arrived here) the challenge of making the most of the nation`s vibrant capital. The book contains:
- Full color throughout with hundreds of photos & dozens of maps
- Sample one- to three-day itineraries that include Political Washington; Washington with Kids; Washington for Architecture Lovers; strolls through iconic neighborhoods like Adams Morgan, Georgetown, & the U Street Corridor; & more
- Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, & attractions that clue readers in on great finds & values
- Exact pricing so there`s never any guessing
- Tear-resistant foldout map in a handy, reclosable plastic wallet & dozens of bulleted maps throughout to help guide you from place to place




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The Frommer’s ‘500 Places’ guides series comprise a range of thematic guides designed as inspirational titles & practical compendiums of the best places to see around the world. The series explores places for food & wine lovers, endangered places, islands & places to take children before they grow up. Each guide is organised in the same way, allowing readers to locate places efficiently & practically. The 500 places are organised thematically by chapter & each section incorporates a ‘mini-list’ within the listings, providing suggestions & recommendations for exploring a certain city, region or area. Some entries are covered in more detail than others & there is general practical advice & guidance on how to get there & around, ideas for getting the most out of a trip, website details, prices & contact details for these individual listings. A geographical country-by-country index also provides a useful reference point for people wanting to organise a trip by country or region. ...

Today Show contributor, AARP Sex & Relationship Ambassador, & best-selling author Pepper Schwartz has teamed up with Janet Lever (former coauthor of Glamour`s Sex & Health column) to create a guidebook to the world`s sexiest destinations. Along with the detail-rich text on their top 75 picks, the authors make a solid case for why traveling together is an important factor in improving -- & sustaining -- the romance in our lives. This witty, helpful book also dishes the dirt on how to pick the right destinations, why travel can rekindle sparks, tricks & tips for passion, & ways to constructively negotiate with your significant other about vacation plans. ...

Just when you thought Michael Grant`s Gone series had taken us to the darkest limits of his imagination, the evil genius of YA fiction is back to take you to the Front Lines of terror. In the tradition of The Book Thief, Code Name Verity & Between Shades of Gray, Front Lines gives the experience of WWII a new immediacy while playing with the `what ifs?` of history. It`s WWII, but not as you remember it from history lessons! This time the girls aren`t stitching socks for the brave boys at the front. Meet Rio Richilin & her friends Frangie Marr & Rainy Schulterman, three of the newest recruits in the US Armed Forces. They stand shoulder to shoulder with the boys from home as they take on Hitler`s army. In the face of reluctant colonels & sceptical sergeants, the soldier girls must prove their guts, strength, & resourcefulness as soldiers. Rio has grown up in a world where men don`t cry & girls are supposed to care only about `money & looks`. But she has always known that there is something wrong with this system & something else in her. Far from home & in the battlefields, Rio discovers exactly who she is & what she can accomplish. The first in an exciting new trilogy. Front Lines is the saga of a modern heroine in an alternate past that could only have come from the man who gave us Gone, BZRK, & Messenger of Fear. Michael Grant has lived an exciting, fast-paced life. He moved in with his wife Katherine after only 24 hours. He has co-authored over 160 books but promises that everything he writes is like nothing you`ve ever read before! Rio, Frangie, & Rainy will delight fans of The Hunger Games` Katniss Everdeen. But this is a book for anyone who thought they were more! The story that Michael Grant is calling his best yet. Praise for Gone: ” These are exciting, high-tension stories told in a driving, torrential narrative that never lets up... This is great fiction.” (Stephen King). Michael Grant has lived an exciting, fast-paced life. He moved in with his wife Katherine Applegate after only 24 hours. He has co-authored over 160 books but promises that everything he writes is like nothing you`ve ever read before! ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Topographic coverage of the Canary Islands at 1:25, 000 published by the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic mapping at this scale: detailed presentation of the road network with rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. The majority of the titles have been published since late 1990s. Map legend is in Spanish only.COVERAGE: each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter, & IV = SE quarter. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

To the long-suffering Burmese people & particularly to the frontier minorities, the Thai border represents a potential escape from poverty & government repression, & a chance for a better life. Despite the natural hospitality of many Thai people & the efforts of individuals & NGOs involved in support programs, the reality of life in the frontier region rarely matches the dream. The author provides first-hand accounts & his own close observations of the personalities he encounters on both sides of the Thai-Burma border as he traverses its length. He introduces the insurgent soldier, the mother, the migrant & the artist, among many other typical inhabitants. In tales of hope & dashed dreams, certainties & ambiguities, conflict, exploitation & coexistence, Humphries paints an informative & empathetic picture of life in the region, of interest to specialists & general readers alike. ...

According to Napoleon, an army marches & fights on its stomach
- yet have you ever wondered how men on the frontline manage to
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In July 1936 insurgent Spanish troops organized a military coup to oust the elected Republican government in Madrid. The rebel generals expected to force a quick, clean regime change but they failed. The botched uprising turned into a bloody civil war. Hundreds of thousands died in a bitter conflict which tore the country apart & rapidly turned into the prelude for an even greater conflict yet to com--the Second World War. The siege of Madrid was the key battle of the war. The world watched & waited for the city to surrender as General Franco`s Nationalist army, backed by Hitler & Mussolini, closed in on the Spanish capital. But Madrid did not fall. Madrilenos fought tooth & nail to defend their city. Helped by volunteers from fifty other countries--the International Brigades--they held out against all the odds until the end of the conflict in 1939. Despite its central role in twentieth-century history, the siege of Madrid is an episode largely hidden from today`s visitor. There is no guide to the war sites & few clues for the inquisitive traveller who wants to know more. Frontline Madrid fills that gap. This unique guide book explains what life was like in the city under siege & what happened in the battlefield dramas. The simple to follow maps & diagrams make it easy to visit the frontline sites. The vividly written descriptions bring events & people compellingly to life. The role of prominent individuals, British & American--Orwell, Hemingway, John Cornford
- is explored. Off the beaten track, from the University district in the city centre to the mountains of Guadarrama less than an hour away, the remains of the war in Madrid can still be found--gun emplacements, bunkers, trenches & occasional debris. Frontline Madrid retraces the footsteps of those who lived through the conflict to take the reader on a tour in time. The usual tourist traps are left far behind to enter the gripping world of a war which shaped modern European history.
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After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan stands on the edge of an abyss, in to which it may plunge the world. As this nuclear power nation, the front line of the West`s struggle against Al Qaeda, enters the worst political crisis in its history, Zahid Hussain`s acclaimed & updated book unravels the key questions: who really controls the country? Will Pakistan be Talibanized? Has Al Qaeda infilitrated the state? After 9/11, Pakistan`s controversial President, Pervez Musharraf stunned the world by announcing his support for America`s ` War on Terror`. But in Pakistan, as Zahid Hussain reveals, nothing is as it seems. Hussain documents for the first time in detail the incestuous relationship between Pakistan`s jihadis & its all-powerful military intelligence agency
- the ISI. Based on exclusive interviews with key players, he shows us the fall-out from Musharraf`s momentous decision to support America. He penetrates the jihadi networks, revealing their sources of funding, & their links with the Taliban & Al Qaeda. From the dangerous mountain passes of Waziristan to the mess tables of Rawalpindi & the sectarian madrassas of the Punjab, Hussain portrays a country which was already seething with unrest before political violence claimed its highest profile victim in December 2007. As Hussain shows, whoever was behind the assasination of Benazir Bhutto, its main effect has been to accelerate the country`s fragmentation, creating a level of uncertainty & chaos from which only extremists & terrorists can benefit. Whatever lies in wait for Pakistan
- Talibanization, civil war or worse
- it will have grave implications for the entire world.


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