Amsterdam, Brussels & Bruges provide a fascinating insight into both contemporary & ancient Europe. The modern lifestyles of the Dutch are on display in an awesome seventeenth century setting, while Brussels & especially Bruges are windows into an even earlier time. Sasha Heseltine captures both aspects of three remarkable European attractions. Amsterdam, Brussels & Bruges in the Easy Guide Series by Frommer’s that capture the unique spirit of the place offering expert advice in all price ranges for a variety of establishments & attractions. Arranged in a clear layout, put together in a light & compact format (256 pages ), these guides are easy to read & light to carry. The guides introduce a city and/or a region with ‘ Best of’, ‘ In Context’ & ‘ Suggested Itineraries’ chapters, offering information on the local history, culture, geography as well as selecting recommended road trips in & around the location. This section is followed by individual chapters dedicated to the different cities or regions covered by the guide, with advice on where to stay, where to eat, strolls, exploring, shopping, entertainment etc. The guides conclude with a final section on planning your trip. Frommer’s is an American publisher specialising in guidebooks emphasising the culture, lifestyle & history of the destination & stressing the insights travels offer. In their effort to contribute to making travel more accessible they are a cost-conscious company & offer, not only reasonable priced guides, but they also always include sensible priced lodgings & establishments in their guides. They are openly & highly critical when it comes to judging value for your money, & if something or somewhere is not worth your money & time, you will read it. ...

A magnet for trade & travellers from all over the world, stylish, cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city of dreams & nightmares, of grand civic architecture & legendary beauty, but also of civil wars, bloody religious purges, & the tragedy of Anne Frank. In this fascinating examination of the city`s soul, part history, part travel guide, Geert Mak imaginatively recreates the lives of the early Amsterdammers, & traces Amsterdam`s progress from waterlogged settlement to a major financial centre & thriving modern metropolis. ...

Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins
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Supertime Amsterdam in a series of City Map/ Guides from Herb Lester Associates recommending 43 locations for exploring the city. The publishers’ choices, grouped into Shopping & supplies, Places to eat & drink & Things to see & do, are concentrated within the iconic Canal Girdle & Jordaan, with a few in the city’s outer districts. Maps in this series are an eclectic selection of quirky titles designed to illuminate particular aspects of a city or a district. Each title lists publishers’ recommendations, ranging from the already famous attractions to little gems known only to the well informed locals, all with brief descriptions &, where appropriate, contact details. Accompanying maps are designed to highlight the locations of the recommended places rather than to provide an accurate presentation of the street network. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Monocle reports from around the globe in print, on radio, & online. As its editors & correspondents dart from city to city, they get to know the best places to rest their heads, stretch their limbs, & kick back with a contact in a hard-to-find cocktail bar. That information is now available in The Monocle Travel Guide Series: a line-up of titles that speaks to you in an informed but informal way about everything from architecture to art, late-night bars to early-morning markets. Expect a mix of experiences dotted with some quirky surprises. These are books where grand hotels appear alongside family-owned bistros & internationally renowned galleries sit next to unassuming indie clubs that play host to top music talent. The Monocle Travel Guides mix the classic with the contemporary, go beyond the conventional, & reveal all the hidden spots that cities have to offer. ...

Military topographic survey mapping with contours. These maps are designed primarily as flying charts for aircraft, but they are useful as general topographical maps where nothing else is available. Contours are shown in feet, with elevation colouring & spot heights. Towns, villages, major roads, railways & airports are shown (but please note that many of the smaller settlements are not named, & the road information is not necessarily up to date). Some air navigation information also appears on the map, such as radio beacons & restricted flying zones. Double-sided sheet. ...

Amur Oblast Road Atlas in a series of detailed atlases of the administrative provinces of the Russian Federation from Roskartografia, with road information shown on a topographic base. Road network

Includes:: minor local roads, service stations, & distances between junctions. Colour coding distinguishes between federal roads & those which are the responsibility of local government. In many areas tracks & footpaths are included. The atlases also show railway lines, as well as inland waterways with locations of locks & the direction of the current. Cities & towns are marked according to the size of their population. Symbols indicate natural landmarks, post offices, hospitals & other facilities, museums, monuments, etc. Topography is shown by contours at 100m intervals & spot heights. Each atlas has an index &

Includes:: an administrative map of the region & a key to Russian road signs. In some atlases coverage is provided only for the areas with roads & not for the whole province. Please see individual descriptions or images of the area coverage supplied with each title. All place names are in the Cyrillic alphabet & the text, including map legends, is in Russian only. In this title: basic street plan of Blagoveshchensk at 1:50, 000.IMPORTANT
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Traveller, archaeologist, mountaineer & diplomat, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) poured her extraordinary talents into a series of adventures through Europe & the Middle East. Addressing her experiences in Persia & Syria respectively, Safar Nameh (1894) & The Desert & the Sown (1907) are both reissued in this series. The present work, first published in 1911 & among Bell`s most acclaimed, describes her recent expedition to Mesopotamia. She recounts her outward journey to the Abbasid palace of Ukhaidir & her return via Baghdad & Asia Minor. Notably discussing changes in the region after the rise of the Young Turks, including their easing of restrictions throughout the declining Ottoman Empire, Bell also saw this book as `the attempt to record the daily life, the speech of those who had inherited the empty ground where empires had risen & expired`. Replete with photographs, it vividly opens up Middle Eastern history & archaeology. ...

Amusement machines were all built for the exact same purpose: parting customers from their hard-earned money. Yet the ways in which these machines have done this is as varied as the glorious designs that have adorned them. Machines range from the mutoscopes that showed ` What the Butler Saw`, through to pinball machines, fruit machines, the classic one-armed bandit, & the penny slot machines that are so evocative of seaside holidays & Edwardian amusements. They continue up to more modern versions of the amusement machine, like table football & golf machines. ” Amusement Machines” charts this stunning range, & investigates the changes in their design & evolution over time. ...

The rollercoaster is usually the main attraction of any amusement or theme park, & this book outlines the history of these fascinating structures. From the first mass-produced rollercoaster, the Switchback Railway, through to the giant wooden coasters of the inter-war period, the author uses historic postcards & photographs to chart their development & that of other amusement rides including revolving towers, aerial rides, Ferris wheels & water chutes, all of which were produced from the late Victorian era in myriad forms. Essential to the very existence of such amusement venues as Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Southend Kursaal & Margate Dreaml&, these much-loved rides are not so far removed from their modern-day equivalents as they might at first appear. ...