Independent Culture Guides

10 Unique Day Trips From Dublin

Destinations: Ireland - Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Categories: Activities (General), Culture, Day trips, History, Mid Range, Nature, Rail, Road Trips, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Walks and Tours, Women

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English, 31 pages, Nov 2010,  

PDF download: US$ 8.00

Planning a trip to Dublin and hoping to see more of the country? Here are 10 scenic, historic or fun places to visit - each you can do in a day from Dublin!...  Show details

101 Tales of Taiwan

Destinations: Taiwan

Categories: Culture, Sightseeing, Work & Travel

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English, 105 pages, Oct 2010,  

PDF download: US$ 5.00

After one year of living as a foreigner in Taiwan, I have compiled 101 observations, anecdotes and opinions on this Beautiful Island, from "My Dinner is Staring at Me" to "My Nuts" to "Life is a Chinese Fortune Cookie". This 105 page PDF file is available for download. ...  Show details

700 Places to Volunteer Before You Die: A Traveler’s Guide

Destinations: North America - South America - Asia - Europe - Africa - Australia & Oceania

Categories: 1 month or more trips, 1-2 week trips, 2-4 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Activities (General), Animals & Wildlife, Culture, History, Low Budget, Mid Range, Senior Traveler, Single, Student, Top End, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 535 pages, Jul 2010,  

PDF download: US$ 4.00

From the creator of ‘The Voluntary Traveler’, ‘700 Places to Volunteer Before You Die’ is the definitive guidebook on voluntourism, offering readers the most diverse listings of global volunteer projects available! ‘700’ Includes: Tips from voluntourism industry leaders on what makes a good vol...  Show details

A guided walk through Madrid

Destinations: Madrid, Spain

Categories: City, Culture, History, Walks and Tours

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English, 8 pages, Jul 2010,  

PDF download: Free

Take a trip through Madrid's past from the Arab city of the early middle ages to the royal capital of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with this free self-guided tour. (And you can stop off whenever you like to drop into one of Madrid's many traditional bars for a glass of sherry or a cold beer.)...  Show details

A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York

Destinations: New York City, NY, USA

Categories: 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Arts, Backpacker, Business Traveler, City, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, Honeymoon & Romance, Museums & Galleries, Pets & Travel with Pets, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 83 pages, Aug 2009,  

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Take a journey into the city of theaters, bars, and hotel rooms where Dorothy Parker sharpened her wit, polished her writing, and captured the edgy mood of her times. This eye-opening book explores her favorite salons and saloons, as well as her homes and offices (most of them still intact); charts her colorf...  Show details

A Journey into Flaubert's Normandy

Destinations: France

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

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English, 80 pages, Aug 2009,  

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Steeped in history and beguilingly beautiful, but also stiflingly closed-minded, 19th-century Normandy both inspired and appalled the French novelist Gustave Flaubert. This fascinating, richly illustrated book explored the writer's love-hate relationship with the region that featured so prominently in his con...  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
New & Used: from US$ 25.43

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 Matisse's South of France

Destinations: France

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

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English, 75 pages, Aug 2009,  

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This beautiful and fascinating book follows Henri Matisse on his journeys into the South of France, where he discovered the light and color that saturate his work. Part biography, part travel guide, it explores the painter's private life, artistic evolution, and relationships with the places that inspired him...  Show details

A Journey into Michelangelo's Rome

Destinations: Rome, Italy

Categories: 1-2 week trips, 4-7 day trips, Arts, Backpacker, Business Traveler, Children & Travel with Children, City, Culture, Day trips, Expatriate, History, Honeymoon & Romance, Museums & Galleries, Senior Traveler, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Walks and Tours, Weekend trips, Women, Work & Travel

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English, 89 pages, Aug 2009,  

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This fascinating volume explores the complex relationship between Michelangelo and the city he called home for most of his life. Lavishly illustrated and richly informative, it tells the story of Michelangelo's meteoric rise and artistic breakthroughs, of his tempestuous relations with powerful patrons, and o...  Show details

A Journey into Steinbeck's California

Destinations: California, USA

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

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English, 110 pages, Aug 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 8.00

Examines the relationship between this iconic American writer and the area he loved and that features so prominently in his work. This original and beautifully illustrated book explores the landscapes and townscapes of Salinas, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel, and Los Gatos, examining not only how they influe...  Show details