More kick than kung fu, more bite than dim sum, moreastounding than a Hong Kong skyscraper - Cantonese is the trademarkof success for your travels in southern China. Get talking and putyour best face forward with this phrasebook in your hand. Containsuseful phrases pertaining to transportation, social interaction,food, and safe travel.
Last year’s Tour de France Companion had a successful sale of over 50,000 copies. Now comes the second annual, poised as the essential guide for the millions of newer American fans who got swept up in Armstrong’s history-making 2004 ride, and discovered something that much of the sports community already knew: the Tour de France is arguably the world’s greatest sporting event, pushing 150 athletes to the edge of human endurance. So what will happen in 2005? Can Lance possibly win a seventh? Will Tyler Hamilton avoid a cycling ban? What about the new kids, Thomas Voeckler and Vladimir Karpets? Written for the novice fan but with enough sophistication and insider’s knowledge to be an essential companion for the aficionado, The Tour de France Companion for 2005 is a fully illustrated pocket primer that covers the 2005 route, the teams and their prospects, strategies, ground rules, history, personalities, techniques, and technology. It’s all here: the colored jerseys explained; how teams work tog
This book will transport you to the greatest metropolises and the most beautiful cities around the globe--from Africa to Asia and "Down Under,"and from Europe to North and South America. Experience fascinating insights into the canyon-like streets of modern super-cities, or take a stroll through picturesque lanes all across the continents. These cities have so much to tell--about the greatest events in world history, and also the local stories that make up the life of a city, every single day.
The Itty Bitty Guide to Business Travel is a pocket-sized travel agent, personal organizer, and stress-reliever all in one. Perfect for the young professional, the advice in these pages covers everything a business traveler needs to know, from getting a handle on trip goals and preparing colleagues for an extended absence, to finding the best deals and making efficient use of travel time. Lists of helpful questions assist readers in determining their trip needs, and handy checklists make it easy to get out the door on time, with no last-minute panic. The perfect on-the-road companion, The Itty Bitty Guide to Business Travel gets travelers there and back again -- job well done.
When time is short, Fast Talk Italian gives you the essentiallanguage to: do the sights shop till you drop...book a room order a meal...get from A to B fast...clinch that crucialdeal...get your message across. Includes easy pronunciation of allwords and phrases plus a mini dictionary of key words. LonelyPlanet's Fast Talk series provides you with all the basics for ashort trip or weekend away in a practical pocket-sized format,making sure your stay is fun, easy and hassle free.
Getting the most out of your travels means staying healthy.Healthy Travel Asia India is a user-friendly guide tominimising health risks and dealing with problems while on theroad. The second edition covers Southeast Asia, North Asia and theIndian Subcontinent and includes a listing of the best hospitalsand medical centres in the region as well as a glossary of medicalterms to aid communication with medical practitioners. Also included is a comprehensive first-aid section; clear adviceon treating common travel illnesses; a guide to traditional Asianmedicine; safety tips for outdoor action, including diving andhigh-altitude trekking; and tailored advice for travellers of allages and needs.
Take a road-trip through the U.S.A! This a-maze-ingly detailed maze book will delight puzzle fans of all ages as they travel through each twisting turn. With one-of-a-kind mazes depicting all 50 states, this is a perfect gift for any puzzle nut. Maddeningly addictive, whether in the shapes of New York, South Dakota, or California, these intricate mazes will have you hooked in no time!
One steamy morning in the summer of 1950, Mary and Frank Littell-with their two young sons in tow-left America for a small working-class town in the South of France, where they spent one hilarious, unforgettable year. Filled with fascinating details of expatriate life, French Impressions is a riveting account of their (mis)adventures abroad.
A few words can take you a long way. These pocket-sizedlanguages guides--the most extensive two-way dictionary andculinary reader available in a phrasebook--are perfect fortravellers of all ages and budgets who want to interact with thelocals to maximize their travel experience. Each title in theseries features colour sections, a user-friendly sentence builder,an easy-to-follow pronunciation guide and over 2,500 essentialwords and phrases. Useful sections are divided into key areas,including food, health, accommodations and going out. Morrocan Arabic Phrasebook includes useful phrases to helpnavigate beaches and cities, trek in the Rif or Atlas mountains orexplore the Sahara.
Few Victorian travelers considered setting off without a copy of this indispensable book in their baggage. Conceived during a voyage to southwestern Africa in the 1850s, it eventually ran into eight editions; this version was the last to incorporate new material. Quaint, practical, and VERY politically incorrect, this wonderful time capsule reveals how Tibetans keep warm, how the Chinese stop asses braying, how to build a snow house, and a multitude of tried, tested, and now forgotten tips.
Matchless essays on wine, food, and travel by "our prize chronicler of sensuous experience." --Times Literary Supplement Sybille Bedford once wrote that "travel writing is inseparable from the writer's tastes, idiosyncrasies, and general temperament--it is what happens to him when he is confronted with a column, a bird, a sage, a cheat, a riot; wine, fruit, dirt; the delay in the dirt, the failing airplane." Pleasures and Landscapes is what happened to Mrs. Bedford when, at the peak of her literary powers, she traveled through France, Italy, and the rest of Europe for Vogue, Esquire, and other magazines --eight classic essays that secure her a place at the table with A. J. Liebling and M. F. K. Fisher.
Summer camp means lots of things: new friends, roommates, bug bites, bathroom duty...But it's also a chance to be on your own and to reinvent yourself. A shy girl can become the belle of the ball, and ajock might find new competition. Natalie, Jenna, Grace, and Alex have all found themselves at Camp Lakeview for different reasons. And each is keeping a secret. But if everyone is hiding something, how will they ever become friends? Natalie Goode is a city girl-way more interested in fresh sushi than fresh air. So she's bummed when her mother ships her off to "Camp Lake-puke" to broaden her horizons. But before long, Natalie notices there are some pretty cool girls are camp (and even some cute boys, too). If she can loosen up, she might even enjoy herself-unless the secret she's been keeping gets in her way.