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Whether planning a vacation, moving, or a resident of the Granite
State, this book provides a compact view of lush landscapes, annual
events, and outdoor activities across all seasons. From sea level
to some of the state's highest points, enjoy village scenes,
covered bridges, mountain views, and more. Journey through time as
New Hampshire's rich heritage is displayed in preserved barns,
restored churches, and examples of past road, water, and rail forms
of transportation. Move from summer's sand sculpting competitions
to winter's ski slopes, spring's purple lilac blooms to autumn's
deep reds and golds. Eighty full-page color photos from all corners
of New Hampshire highlight why it has one of the top Quality of
Life ratings in the country. This book serves as a thoughtful gift,
a striking souvenir, or simply as an ode to New Hampshire's many
treasures.
Explore the complex relationship between tourism and intimacy in
this new book with a worldwide perspective!
With a unique combination of academic and personal accounts, Sex
and Tourism: Journeys of Romance, Love, and Lust takes you behind
the scenes with motel owners, adventure travel guides, backpackers,
and others working on all sides of the international tourism
industry. The editors have created a model that views the situation
from three different perspectives: tourist, tourism provider, and
nature of the encounter. Unlike other related volumes, this book is
not just about the sex trade, but also about the role of tourism in
love, marriage, and relationships.
The global focus of Sex and Tourism will introduce you to:
off-season romance on the island of Crete sex tourism in Cambodia a
South Korean museum dedicated to women forced into sexual slavery
by the Japanese military the sexual aspects of adventure travel in
Canada cross-cultural marriage in Thailand gentleman's clubs in New
Orleans Australian river guides and their potential liaisons with
clients People who travel to escape their day-to-day lives often
become involved in situations they would never find themselves in
at home. Good or bad, many of these situations are examined in Sex
and Tourism. You'll learn about the illegal trafficking of girls in
Nepal, worldwide programs for combating child sex rings, and the
lethal combination of AIDS and tourism, but you'll also find
accounts of love and romance far from home. You will see how the
tourism industry can act as a facilitator of human intimacy and
what happens when different cultural realities collide.
Anyone involved in recreation, leisure, anthropology, social
science, or tourism will be interested in this book. Sex and
Tourism is an enlightening guide to the complex world found at the
crossroads of sightseeing and sex.
Explore new places with handy pocket maps from Collins. Handy
full-colour map of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way with a high level
of detail. Clear mapping of the full 2500 km (over 1500 miles)
route, showing the road network and places of interest. Clear,
detailed Collins road mapping is presented in a handy format ideal
for the pocket or handbag. It is excellent value and very detailed
for its size, covering the whole of the Wild Atlantic Way. Ideal
for tourists, locals, hikers and adventurers. Places of interest
marked, including famous film locations. This map includes: •
Clear mapping at a scale of 8.7 miles to 1 inch • National
Tourist Routes showing best routes through the most scenic areas
• Places of interest include film locations such as Star Wars •
Tourist and signature locations clearly marked • Suggested
itineraries • Detailed place names index • Ideal companion to a
sat-nav – it enables route planning and route sense-checking
Hollywood represents the glorious goddesses and gods of cinema.
It’s also a real neighbourhood in Los Angeles with a grit and
greatness all its own. Scout out the hidden secrets and learn the
surprising stories that give this fabled area its unique and
wonderful character. Explore the places where Hollywood legends
have left their traces, and also visit an abandoned zoo, a
clown-themed, feminist strip club, and a century-old monastery that
bakes mythical treats. Go on a romantic ride on horseback through
the Hollywood Hills, and visit a natural oasis with an unsolved
murder. Get a tattoo where A-listers get inked, and sip cocktails
near the oldest structure in California. Meet the artists,
musicians, entrepreneurs, chefs, and neighbours along the way as
this book guides you through the places of cultural significance
and also the unsung spots that make up this living, breathing
neighbourhood with deep roots in the entertainment industry and far
beyond.Â
This volume suggests a model of collective memory that
distinguishes between two conceptual logics of memory
fragmentation: vertical fragmentation and horizontal fragmentation.
It offers a series of case studies of conflict and post-conflict
collective memory, shedding light on the ways various actors
participate in the production, dissemination, and contestation of
memory discourses. With attention to the characteristics of both
vertical and horizontal memory fragmentation, the book addresses
the plurality of diverging, and often conflicting, memory
discourses that are produced within the public sphere of a given
community. It analyzes the juxtaposition, tensions, and
interactions between narratives produced beyond or below the
central state, often transcending national boundaries. The book is
structured according to the type of actors involved in a memory
fragmentation process. It explores how states have been trying to
produce and impose memory discourses on civil societies, sometimes
even against the experiences of their own citizens, and how such
efforts as well as backlash from actors below and beyond the state
have led to horizontal and vertical memory fragmentation.
Furthermore, it considers the attempts by states’ representatives
to reassert control of national memory discourses and the
subsequent resistances they face. As such, this volume will appeal
to sociology and political science scholars interested in memory
studies in post-conflict societies.
Shaded Relief Topo Maps packet of the famous Sierra High Route that
will take hikers from Mount Whitney to Yosemite, CA. Well marked
trails over USGS topo maps that were beautifully enhanced with
shaded relief to better distinguish details. Scale 1:630360. 1 inch
on map equals 1 mile. Whitney Portal, Symmes Creek, Onion Valley,
Oak Creek, Taboose Creek, North and South Lakes, Vermilion, Bear
Creek, Florence Lake, Pine Creek, Mono Pass, McGee Creek, Devils
Postpile, Mammoth Lakes, Agnew Meadows, Silver Lake, Tuolomne
Meadows, and finally the Yosemite Valley. GPS Compatible! -
Complete UTM Grid.
Best Easy Day Hikes Tucson includes concise descriptions and
detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow hikes in and around Tucson,
Arizona. Discover a region of diverse scenery and natural
splendors—including a beautiful cactus forest; the Sendero
Esperanza Trail, a classic example of the Sonoran Desert's lush
vegetation; and the famous Seven Falls, a series of seasonal
cascades in Bear Canyon.
Make the most of the potential for tourism and hospitality in
Southeast Asia Tourism is known as the world's fastest growing
industry, but until now there has been precious little published on
the industry as it relates to Southeast Asia and Indo-China.
Tourism in Southeast Asia: A New Direction focuses on the
remarkable growth in international tourism seen in that region in
recent years. Some of the topics explored in Tourism in Southeast
Asia: A New Direction are: cross-border cooperation ecotourism
opportunities for local communities existing tourism organizations
the vulnerability of current tourism policies and suggestions for
change the impacts of tourism on local communities the flow of
tourism between Australia and Southeast Asia collaborative tourism
marketing the growth and development of the cruise line industry in
Southeast AsiaWhile the state of the industry's growth and
development varies greatly from one country in the region to
another, all face the challenge of fostering financially and
environmentally sustainable tourism. This volume sheds light on the
confusing issues of tourism development, marketing, and management
in Southeast Asia and Indo-China.Here is the essential guide to the
exploding tourism and hospitality industries in Southeast Asia and
Indo-China. You will discover unique cultural aspects of various
countries in the region and the impact they can have on tourism and
hospitality, as well as industry overviews and current and
anticipated trends.
Make the most of the potential for tourism and hospitality in
Southeast Asia Tourism is known as the world's fastest growing
industry, but until now there has been precious little published on
the industry as it relates to Southeast Asia and Indo-China.
Tourism in Southeast Asia: A New Direction focuses on the
remarkable growth in international tourism seen in that region in
recent years. Some of the topics explored in Tourism in Southeast
Asia: A New Direction are: cross-border cooperation ecotourism
opportunities for local communities existing tourism organizations
the vulnerability of current tourism policies and suggestions for
change the impacts of tourism on local communities the flow of
tourism between Australia and Southeast Asia collaborative tourism
marketing the growth and development of the cruise line industry in
Southeast AsiaWhile the state of the industry's growth and
development varies greatly from one country in the region to
another, all face the challenge of fostering financially and
environmentally sustainable tourism. This volume sheds light on the
confusing issues of tourism development, marketing, and management
in Southeast Asia and Indo-China.Here is the essential guide to the
exploding tourism and hospitality industries in Southeast Asia and
Indo-China. You will discover unique cultural aspects of various
countries in the region and the impact they can have on tourism and
hospitality, as well as industry overviews and current and
anticipated trends.
Now in its third edition, "The Hutchinson Guide to the World"
has been completely redesigned and expanded. Combining a
geographical factfinder and gazetteer into one easy-to-use volume,
this well-respected resource gives users quick access to facts and
figures on the world's countries, places, and population. New
features In this edition include practical information for
travellers such as visa requirements and local banking hours;
expanded coverage of North American and European towns and regions;
and recent data on population trends and projections.
Discover the hidden side of England's North East. From secret coves
and deserted beaches to lost ruins, meadows and swimming rivers
with over 1000 lesser-known places. Filled with spectacular
photography and engaging travel writing. A beautiful book to appeal
to armchair travellers, families and explorers. * Discover ancient
forests and hay meadows * Scramble down to secret beaches and camp
in remote dunes * Swim in river pools and waterfalls * Find lost
ruins and explore grottoes and towers * Discover the best food and
drink from artisan producers *
A spectacular variety of life flourishes between the ebb and flow
of high and low tide. Anemones talk to each other through chemical
signaling, clingfish grip rocks and resist the surging tide, and
bioluminescent dinoflagellates-single-celled algae-light up
disturbances in the shallow water like glowing fingerprints. This
guidebook helps readers uncover the hidden workings of the natural
world of the shoreline. Richly illustrated and accessibly written,
Between the Tides in Washington and Oregon illuminates the
scientific forces that shape the diversity of life at each beach
and tidepool-perfect for beachgoers who want to know why. Features
include * profiles of popular and off-the-beaten-track sites to
visit along the Greater Salish Sea, Puget Sound, and Washington and
Oregon coasts * the fascinating stories behind both common and less
familiar species * a lively introduction to how coastal ecosystems
work and why no two beaches are ever alike
Made up of the old counties of Wigtownshire and The Stewartry,
Galloway covers a vast swathe of Scotland's quiet southwest corner.
This under-discovered area offers 260km of coast, full of sandy
beaches and towering cliffs, lonely heather-clad moors and quiet
hills. Add to this plenty of wildlife, a rich artistic heritage,
strong spiritual influences and a climate kissed by the warming
Gulf Stream, and you have a region beckoning to be visited. Darren
Flint and Donald Greig's hand-picked selection of 40 walks reveals
the sheer variety of landscapes that makes Galloway so special -
from the Mull of Galloway, Scotland's most southerly point, to the
sweeping Nith Estuary, via Merrick, South Scotland's highest hill
and plenty of hidden corners.
Kokoro [n.] heart-mind, spirit This book is an invitation to
cultivate stillness and contentment in an ever-changing, uncertain
world. Drawing on a thousand years of Japanese literature, culture
and philosophical ideas to explore the true nature of time and what
it means to be human, Kokoro - which mysteriously translates as
'heart-mind' - is a meditation on living well. Join Japanologist
Beth Kempton on this life-changing pilgrimage far beyond the
tourist trail, to uncover the soul of the country, its people and
its deeply buried wisdom. In doing so you'll discover a
revolutionary way of looking at life and the world that will
transform your approach to living. You will learn how to cultivate
presence, awareness, calm and joy so that you can move beyond
regret and fear to make the most of every day. Distilling insight
from a rich variety of sources, from centuries-old poetry and
ancient Zen texts to martial arts teaching and contemporary
philosophy, alongside the real-life stories of modern day pioneers,
Kokoro offers a gentle and inspiring take on what it truly means to
be happy and leads you to the heart of what really matters, so you
can live each day with wonder and ease. And then, when the time
comes to look back on it all, you will know that yours was a life
well-lived.
Tent Life introduces you to 34 inspirational people from across the
globe who’ve made camping part of their lifestyle, and provides
you with the tools to do the same. What’s the appeal of pitching
a tent and sleeping under the stars? Tried it yourself and felt
inadequate and underprepared? The campers in this book can show you
how to pitch up in style. Fromintrepid woodsmen with enviable
survival skills, to low-key surfers chasing the perfect wave; solo
travellers in single-person hammocks, to family groups in
extravagant bell tent setups – for these aficionados, camping is
pure pleasure, a way to connect with nature, an antidote to modern
life. And, unlike most of us, they know how to do it properly.
Supported by Instagram-worthy photography, interviews with each
contributor bring out their unique and inspirational approach to
camping, their most memorable experiences (and challenges) and the
camping tips they couldn’t live without. Listed with each entry,
the book will also provide advice on how to achieve the ‘camping
style’ yourself and suggests worldwide destinations that provide
a similar setting, giving you the inspiration and tools to plan
your next trip. With enviable camping setups, stories that
will give you wanderlust, stunning locations and top advice from
the experts – Tent Life is the perfect companion and guide for
any wannabe camper.Â
Featuring more than 40 of the best hikes in the greater Twin Cities
metro area, this exciting new guidebook points locals and visitors
alike to trailheads within an hour's drive of Minneapolis and Saint
Paul.
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