Cities represent civilization & human achievement: they are bubbling microcosms of virtues & vices vanguards of technology & creative pursuits incubators of traditions & melting pots of diversity. More than half the worlds population now lives in cities & for travelers they hold an endless fascination. Every city has its own personality in the form of its streets & buildings & in its human architecture. Taking our cue from the buzz on the street we have captured the flavor of each city through the eyes of the typical citizen: hot conversation topics urban myths the best places to eat & rink & to seek out after dark. Its a tempting cocktail for the urban adventurer. ...

The mini version of Lonely Planet s captivating Cities Book. Cities represent civilization & human achievement: they are bubbling microcosms of virtues & vices vanguards of technology & creative pursuits incubators of traditions & melting pots of diversity. More than half the world's population now lives in cities & for travelers they hold an endless fascination. Every city has its own personality in the form of its streets & buildings & in its human architecture. Taking our cue from the buzz on the street we have captured the flavor of each city through the eyes of the typical citizen: hot conversation topics urban myths the best places to eat & drink & to seek out after dark. It's a tempting cocktail for the urban adventurer. ...

From Alexandria to York this unique illustrated guide allows us to see the great centres of classical civilization afresh. The key feature of Cities of the Classical World" is 120 specially drawn maps tracing each citys thoroughfares & defences monuments & places of worship. Every map is to the same scale allowing readers for the first time to appreciate visually the relative sizes of Babylon & Paris London & Constantinople. There is also a clear incisive commentary on each citys development strategic importance rulers & ordinary inhabitants. This compelling & elegant atlas opens a new window on to the ancient world & will transform the way we see it." ...

Volume Three of the Border Trilogy In Cities of the Plain two men marked by the boyhood adventures of All the Pretty Horses & The Crossing now stand together between their vivid pasts & uncertain futures to confront a country changing beyond recognition. In the fall of 1952 John Grady Cole & Billy Parham are cowboys on a New Mexico ranch encroached upon from the north by the military. On the southern horizon are the mountains of Mexico where one of the men is drawn again & again in this story of friendships & passion to a love as dangerous as it is inevitable. In a lovely & terrible landscape of natural beauty & impending loss we find John Grady; a young cowboy of the old school trusted by men & horses & a fragile young woman whose salvation becomes his obsession.. . Mc Carthy makes the sweeping plains a miracle Scotsman Like the Western settings he captures to perfection his work is both heart-wrenchingly beautiful & uncompromisingly brutal Express ...

The deck & the bridge were pointing to the sky at an alarming angle & our thoughts were to get the devil out of it & into the water. Almost in unison we shouted for Gods sake jump boys". " Citizen Sailors" is a groundbreaking peoples history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. Drawing on hundreds of contemporary diaries & letters along with memoirs oral history & official documents Glyn Prysor tells the human story of Britains war at sea. The sailors of the Royal Navy fought from the very first day of the war until the very last. They played a vital part in a truly global war from America to Australia & from the Arctic to South Africa. They fought in every conceivable vessel: vast aircraft carriers & cramped corvettes fast motor boats & rickety minesweepers Swordfish biplanes & ageing submarines. Seen through the eyes of sailors themselves this is a compelling account of life in the wartime Royal Navy: humanity & horror triumphs & tragedies nerve-wracking convoys & epic gun battles devastating aerial bombardment & swashbuckling amphibious landings. " Citizen Sailors" puts the Royal Navy & its sailors back at the heart of the story of Britains Second World War." ...

This sequel to D-DAY opens at 00:01 hours June 7 1944 on the Normandy Beaches & ends at 02:45 hours May 7 1945. In between comes the battles in the hedgerows of Normandy the breakout of Saint-Lo the Falaise gap Patton tearing through France the liberation of Paris the attempt to leap the Rhine in operation Market-Garden the near-miraculous German recovery the battles around Metz & in the Huertgen Forest the Battle of the Bulge the capture of the bridge at Remagen & finally the overunning of Germany. From the enlisted men & junior officers Ambrose draws on hundreds of interviews & oral histories from those on both sides of the war. The experience of these citizen soldiers reveals the ordinary sufferings & hardships of war. They overcame their fear & inexperience the mistakes of their high command & their enemy to win the war. ...

One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing Simon Schamas Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution" is the most authoritative social cultural & narrative history of the French Revolution ever produced. " Monumental.. .provocative & stylish Simon Schamas account of the first few years of the great Revolution in France & of the decades that led up to it is thoughtful informed & profoundly revisionist". (Eugen Weber " The New York Times Book Review"). " The most marvellous book I have read about the French Revolution". (Richard Cobb " The Times"). " Dazzling
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- He has chronicled the vicissitudes of that world with matchless understanding wisdom pity & truth in the pages of this marvellous book". (Bernard Levin " Sunday Times"). " Provides an unrivalled impression of the currents & contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events". (Antony Beevor " Express"). Simon Schama is University Professor in Art History & History at Columbia University in New York & one of the best-known scholars in Britain in any field. He is the prize-winning author of numerous books including " Dead Certainties (Unwarranted Speculations)" " Landscape & Memory" " Rembrandts Eyes" & three volumes of "A History of Britain". He is also the writer-presenter of historical & art-historical documentaries for BBC Television. He lives outside New York City with his wife & children."

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The Citroen 2CV" is a cultural icon that formed as essential a part of the French way of life as Beaujolais or Camembert. The pure logic of its engineering & the integrity of its design won it a legion of fans around the world not least in the UK. Almost seven million of its various versions & derivatives were built & today years after its manufacture ceased it is still as popular as ever. Now available in paperback the third edition of this classic book tells the full story & is packed with appealing photographs some in colour." ...

This is a sumptuous photographic record of the Citroen DS in all its myriad forms. Launched as a futuristic vision in 1955 the DS family of cars continued in production for just over 20 years evolving through two distinct styling phases three key bodyshell types (saloon estate & cabriolet) numerous

Specification changes & various powertrain developments as well as some fascinating spin-off versions. Every detail is recorded in over 500 colour photographs in this lavish & elegantly presented book.

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DK Eyewitness City" is a brand new topic for this bestselling reference series. stunning photographs of architecture streets ...