Havana in the Wallpaper* City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper* magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper* City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

A city of tropical heat, ramshackle beauty, & its very own cadence--a city that always surprises--Havana is brought to pulsing life by New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky. Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider`s view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes, historic engravings, photographs, & Kurlansky`s own pen-&-ink drawings throughout, Havana celebrates the city`s singular music, literature, baseball, & food; its five centuries of outstanding, neglected architecture; & its extraordinary blend of cultures. Like all great cities, Havana has a rich history that informs the vibrant place it is today--from the native Taino to Columbus`s landing, from Cuba`s status as a U.S. protectorate to Batista`s dictatorship & Castro`s revolution, from Soviet presence to the welcoming of capitalist tourism. Havana is a place of extremes: a beautifully restored colonial city whose cobblestone streets pass through areas that have not been painted or repaired since long before the revolution. Kurlansky shows Havana through the eyes of Cuban writers, such as Alejo Carpentier & José Martí, & foreigners, including Graham Greene & Hemingway. He introduces us to Cuban baseball & its highly opinionated fans; the city`s music scene, alive with the rhythm of son; its culinary legacy. Through Mark Kurlansky`s multilayered & electrifying portrait, the long-elusive city of Havana comes stirringly to life. ...

Havana triggers a wealth of images & projections in our mind`s eye. Beyond the cliches, the phot ographer Eva
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In Have a Nice Day the BBC’s North America Editor, Justin Webb, travels beyond the lazy clichés that most Europeans like to think of America & plunges into what makes this paradoxical country work. Webb is keen to uncover the real America & stay clear of recent controversies such as the presidency of George W Bush & the Iraq way, preferring to dwell instead on the question of just what makes America so successful. Although Webb still explores the issues that many Europeans tend to sneer at, such as guns, racial divisions & the influence of the Christian right, this book helps put the rough edges of American life into both geographical & intellectual context. With the election of Barack Obama in the November 2008 election, Webb’s work comes at an apposite time, as the country embarks on a completely new direction as the world watches on. This is exactly the time, Webb is claiming, that we should re-evaluate the very essence of the USA, at why Americans think as they do & indeed why they might actually have a point. ...

Boris`s last book of selected writings was published before he became Mayor of London. Now, seven years & one London Olympics later, he has even more to say about sport, politics, culture & Britain in this superb new collection. In ` Have I Got More Views For You` the inimitable Boris Johnson delivers his unique insight on a refreshingly diverse range of topics. While his six years as Mayor of London & the glorious 2012 Olympics provide inspiration for several of his articles, this anthology of his recent journalism sees Boris give impassioned voice to his opinions on learning & education & the latest developments in media, culture & transport. &, in a new essay written especially for the book, Boris wittily explores his favourite subject
- Britain & British life, from bees to baby boomers & from chutney to royalty! Thoughtfully informed by his years in the service of the people of London, the pithy & provocative ` Have I Got More Views For You` further reveals the mind of one of the most interesting political figures working today.
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Did you know that foreigners who want to live in Britain have to pass a government test to get in? It`s true, & some of the questions are harder than ` Why does everyone hate Manchester United?`. So the ” Have I Got News For You” team have, in a moving & totally out of character display of public-spiritedness, compiled this ” Guide to Modern Britain” to help guide you around, er, modern Britain. With reassuringly jaundiced reflections on everything from the global recession, religion & the Royal Family to the NHS, education & the media, it`s a handy primer to the British Constitution, even though we don`t actually have one. (How clever is that?) Think of it as the sort of manual you get with a car
- enough information to help you check the oil, though not enough to re-balance the steering. Packed with useless facts & unhelpful cynicism, the ” Have I Got News for You Guide to Modern Britain” will help you understand exactly how the most ingenious, resilient, resourceful & proudest people on earth became the Twittering, touchy-feely, fame-obsessed, flu-fearing wimps that they are today.
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A seek-&-find number book, enter an ornately drawn cityscape & help a little boy find his dragon while counting objects from hot dogs to traffic lights! As the boy travels all over town searching for his dragon friend, can you spot the glorious beast, as well as an array of big-city landmarks & icons
- buses, taxis, manhole covers, books, bicycles & more? Is the dragon taking the bus, or breathing his fiery breath below a busy street? Maybe he took a taxi to the zoo or is playing with the dogs in the park. Steve Light`s masterful pen-&-ink illustrations, decorated with meticulous splashes of colour, elevate this counting book (numbers 1-20) to new heights
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” Not since Where the Wild Things Are has the monstrous had such appeal.” The Times A search-&-find shape book! The follow-up to Steve Light`s Have You Seen My Dragon?, the fair is filled with shapes
- & somewhere among them a monster is waiting to be found! Can you spot the friendly furry monster as well as twenty shapes
- squares, triangles, trapezoids, ellipses, kites & more
- hidden among iconic fair attractions from the fun house to the Ferris wheel? You`ll be so mesmerized by Steve Light`s masterful pen-&-ink illustrations, decorated with vivid splashes of colour, you won`t even realize you`ve learned how to spot a nonagon while looking for a monster!


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A route from the Mecklenburg Lake District along the Havel towards Berlin & Potsdam & across to the Elbe, including a tour of the Havell&. Detailed maps show the route & its variants & extensive information is conveyed by symbols, indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. A list of various types of accommodation facilities is included.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: ALL THE TEXT IN THIS TITLE IS GERMAN ONLY. MAP LEGEND

Includes:: ENGLISH, please see our sample image, & the information provided on the maps is sufficient to use this title without any knowledge of German, particularly in the absence of a similar product in English from other publishers. There is currently no English edition this title available in this series. About the series: All the titles have been meticulously researched & are highly regarded in their native Germany. Most titles, as indicated in their individual descriptions, also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels & rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers & price range. Information on towns along each route

Includes:: a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc. Several of the guides also have street plans.




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Havel Cycle Route, a 374-km long route from the Mecklenburg Lake District to the Elbe, including am tour of the Havell&, presented by the Verlag Esterbauer in guide with maps at 1:50, 000 showing the route & its variants. Extensive information is conveyed by symbols, indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. A list of various types of accommodation facilities is included.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING
- ALL THE TEXT IN THIS TITLE IS GERMAN ONLY. MAP LEGEND

Includes:: ENGLISH (please see our sample image) & the information provided on the maps is sufficient to use this title without any knowledge of German.ABOUT THE BIKELINE SERIES: all the titles have been meticulously researched & are highly regarded in their native Germany. Most titles, as indicated in their individual descriptions, also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels & rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers & price range. Information on towns along each route

Includes:: a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc. Several of the guides also have street plans. To see the list of other titles in the Bikeline series please click on the series link.





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