History Guides

Irish Music Festivals: a traveler's handbook

Destinations: Ireland - Scotland, United Kingdom - North America

Categories: 1 month or more trips, 4-7 day trips, Activities (General), Arts, Backpacker, Business Traveler, Children & Travel with Children, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, History, Language, Senior Traveler, Single, Student, Travelers with Disabilities, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Work & Travel

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English, 40 pages,  

PDF download: US$ 8.00

Through word and melody, Irish music reaches through time and space, to invite celebration, reflection, and connection. What’s in this book: a close look at four major -- and very different -- festivals where Irish music is on offer (Milwaukee Irish Fest, Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Boston Celtic Music F...  Show details

Off the beaten path in Northeast Thailand

Destinations: Thailand

Categories: 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Bike Trekking, Children & Travel with Children, Cooking, Culture, Cycling, Expatriate, Gay & Lesbian, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Language, Low Budget, Mid Range, Museums & Galleries, Nature, Pets & Travel with Pets, Relaxation, Senior Traveler, Shopping, Sightseeing, Top End, Villages, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women

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English, 4 pages, Feb 2010, Ed First,  

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Experiencing Thailand with the locals in an untravelled region....  Show details

Oslo - The Tiger Town Off Season

Destinations: Oslo, Norway

Categories: 4-7 day trips, Arts, Backpacker, City, Culture, Fast Food, History, Mid Range, Museums & Galleries, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips

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English, 22 pages, Sep 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 4.00

Enjoying Oslo off season, when it's cheaper....  Show details

Karnataka - One state, Many worlds

Destinations: Karnataka, India

Categories: 4-7 day trips, Adventure Sports, Animals & Wildlife, Arts, Backpacker, Barhopping & Drinking, Beach, Business Traveler, Children & Travel with Children, City, Clubbing & Party, Culture, Cycling, Day trips, Fast Food, Fishing, Gay & Lesbian, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Jungle, Luxury, Mid Range, Mountain, Museums & Galleries, Nature, Parks, Public Transport, Relaxation, Road Trips, Shopping, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Top End, Trekking & Hiking, Villages, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Wellness, Wine Tasting, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 54 pages, Sep 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 0.99

It is often said in tourism circles "Some people know India, everybody knows Bangalore, but nobody knows Karnataka". Despite its wonderful attractions, the south Indian state of Karnataka has not been very popular with tourists. This guide will give you a low down on the states many attractions. ...  Show details

An Insiders' Guide to a Tour of the Munich Monopoly Board

Destinations: Munich, Germany

Categories: 4-7 day trips, Backpacker, Barhopping & Drinking, Children & Travel with Children, City, History, Low Budget, Mid Range, Museums & Galleries, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Work & Travel

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English, 22 pages, Sep 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 3.50

Take a trip around the Munich Monopoly Board. There are 2 tours that run alongside each other. The first takes you to the sights and places of historical interest, the second takes you around the bars and beer halls. You can take them separately or at the same time. Maps and colour photographs included. ...  Show details

A Journey into Ireland's Literary Revival

Destinations: Ireland

Categories: 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Backpacker, Business Traveler, City, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, Gay & Lesbian, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Nature, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Villages, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 84 pages, Aug 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 8.00
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From the 1890s until the 1920s, a great tide of literary invention swept Ireland. As the country struggled for political independence, the writers who formed the Irish Literary Revival created a new, authentically Irish literature. Some, such as Yeats, Synge, and Gregory, celebrated the mystical tradition of ...  Show details

A Journey into the Transcendentalists' New England

Destinations: Massachusetts, USA

Categories: 1 month or more trips, 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Arts, Business Traveler, Children & Travel with Children, City, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, Gay & Lesbian, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Museums & Galleries, Nature, Parks, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Student, Villages, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 99 pages, Aug 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 8.00

From picturesque towns around the bustling city of Boston, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, and the other Transcendentalists revolutionized American ideas about the artistic, spiritual, and natural worlds. This fascinating and beautiful book examines the intertwined lives of these re...  Show details

Berge, Bobsleigh and Boats. The Insiders Guide to Berchtesgaden

Destinations: Berchtesgaden, Germany

Categories: 4-7 day trips, Activities (General), Adventure Sports, Backpacker, Bike Trekking, Children & Travel with Children, Cycling, Food & Dining, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Low Budget, Mid Range, Mountain, Nature, Relaxation, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Spectator Sports, Sports & Exercise (General), Student, Top End, Trekking & Hiking, Villages, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Wintersports, Work & Travel

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English, 28 pages, Jul 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 4.50

This is the Insiders Guide to Berchtesgaden and the Bavarian Alps. What to do and see at all times of the year. Where to stay, where to eat ad the sports and sights that are available to you. ...  Show details

History & Mystery: London

Destinations: London, United Kingdom

Categories: History, Sightseeing, Walks and Tours

English, 176 pages, Feb 2008,  

New & Used: from US$ 14.58

Explore historic areas and haunted buildings, and follow in the footsteps of the famous with the "London History & Mystery guide". 24 mapped walking tours through the most historical and fascinating areas of the city reveal London's history in all its gore and glory, while not missing those all-important plac...  Show details

Malta

Destinations: Malta

Categories: 4-7 day trips, Activities (General), Backpacker, Barhopping & Drinking, Culture, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Island, Museums & Galleries, Relaxation, Sightseeing, Walks and Tours

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English, 32 pages, Sep 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 7.50

It's about Malta; it's fun, it's breathtakingly beautiful, it's modern at the same time, it's safe for anyone, it's got great food, it's historic, it's people are wonderful, it's a gem of a destination! And there are no tourist touts! Malta is magical!...  Show details