Student, Sightseeing Guides

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,  

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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 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,  

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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

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,  

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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

Amsterdam by Public Transportation

Destinations: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Categories: Backpacker, City, Low Budget, Mid Range, Public Transport, Rail, Sightseeing, Student, Walks and Tours

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English, 20 pages, May 2005,  

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This unique travel guide to Amsterdam is all you need to get to the top 50 sights by metro and tram. Compact, concise, and comprehensive, Michael Brein's guide to Amsterdam shows you exactly how to go to Amsterdam's top 50 sights by public transportation—by tram, metro, canal boat, bus, and rail. The ...  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

Barcelona by Public Transportation

Destinations: Barcelona, Spain

Categories: Backpacker, City, Low Budget, Mid Range, Public Transport, Rail, Sightseeing, Student, Walks and Tours

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English, 20 pages, May 2005,  

PDF download: US$ 8.00
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This unique travel guide to Barcelona is all you need to get to the top 50 sights by the Metro. Compact, concise, and comprehensive, Michael Brein's guide to Barcelona shows you exactly how to go to Barcelona's top 50 sights by public transportation—by the Metro, tram, bus, and rail. The guide simplif...  Show details

Beer Bratwurst and Breze, Make the Most of 48 hours in Munich

Destinations: Munich, Germany

Categories: Barhopping & Drinking, Children & Travel with Children, City, Low Budget, Mid Range, Relaxation, Sightseeing, Single, Student, Weekend trips, Work & Travel

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English, 20 pages, May 2009,  

PDF download: US$ 3.50

An insiders guide to Munich based on over 13 years personal experience. Munich has something to offer everyone. How to get the most out of a 48 hour trip to the capital of Bavaria, after all you are not here for a long time, just a good time! ...  Show details