Morbid, but strangely fascinating accounts In 2015, a group of seven hikers were killed when a sudden flood struck Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park. Prior to that, the steep, narrow route to Angels Landing led to at least five fatalities. Numerous people have found that high, exposed places in Zion-such as rim trails-are bad places to be in lightning storms. Death in Zion National Park collects some of the most gripping accounts in park history of the unfortunate events caused by natural forces or human folly.

VENICE ON FOOT IONTE DEI PUCJW, AND THE CAMPANILE OK S. MARIA DEL CARMINE FROM IONTE S. IJAKNAUA CONTENTS CHAPTER PAflE I. NOTE TO THE READER i II. DIVISION OF THE CITY 8 III. PIAMA DI S. MARCO 12 IV. THE WALKS 22 V. WALK i 24 VI. WALK 2 51 VII. WALK 3 83 VIII. WALK SA 102 IX. WALK 4 122 X. WALK 5 144 XL WALK 6 169 XII. WALK 7 193 XIII, WALK 8 319 XIV. WALK 9 241 XV. WALK 10 .257 XVI. THE GRAND CANAL 272 XVII. DIRECT ROUTES .334 XVIII. NOBLE FAMILIES 343 . XIX. GENERAL NOTES 366 INDEX OF LOCALITIES 387 INDEX OF NAMES 415 vifi VENICE ON FOOT FACING PAGE CHURCH OF S. ZACCARIA 122 CAMPIELLO S. GAETANO 122 CHURCH OF S. Moisft 122 PALAZZO WIDMAN FROM PONTE DEL PIOVAN . . 132 SCUOLA DI S. FANTINO ATENEO VENETO . . .132 PALAZZO BENEDETTI, FROM PONTE PRIULI . . . 153 PALAZZO BEMBO 153 DOOR OF PALAZZO VAN AXEL 153 A BRIDGE WITHOUT A PARAPET 153 PALAZZO PESARO-PAPAFAVA 160 WELL IN THE GARDEN OF PALAZZO CONTARINI . . 160 CAMPO S. MARIA FORMOSA, PALAZZO RUZZINI-PRIULI TO PALAZZI DON 160 CHURCH OF S. MARIA DELLA SALUTE .... 169 PALAZZO MARCELLO .173 CASA MORO PONTE LUNGO 173 PALAZZO ARIANI 177 PALAZZO RIZZI 177 No. 2931 CAMPO S. MARGARITA Cl CORNER . . 185 PALAZZO FOSCARINI S. MARIA DEL CARMINE . . 185 CASA DELL ANGELO FROM PONTE DELL ANGELO . 194 PALAZZO SAGREDO 194 A QUIET CORNER FONDAMENTA DEL RIMEDIO . . 194 CASINO DEGLI SPIRITI 202 FRUIT STALL SALIZZADA S. FRANCESCO . . .202 PALAZZO PESARO ORFEI 232 PALAZZO PRIULI S. FELICE 232 FONDAMENTA CANNAREGIO OPPOSITE PALAZZO MAN FRIN 238 PALAZZO DUODO S. ANGELO 238 CAMPO S. MAURIZIO, PALAZZO MOLIN .... 249 CAMPO S. POLO, PALAZZO SORANZO, PALAZZO TIEPOLO 249 FROM PONTE DELLA VERONA, PALAZZO MORA, PALAZZO CONTARINI DEL BOVOLO 254 CAMPIELLO BARBARO, WITHBACK OF PALAZZO DARIO . 258 CAMPO S. Vio, PALAZZO LOREDAN, PALAZZO BARBARO 260 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix FACING PAGE SQUERO, AND CHURCH OP S. TROVASO FROM PONTE LUNGO 262 CLOISTERS OF S. STEFANO, WITH REMAINS OF FRES COES BY PORDENONE 262 PALAZZI CAVALLI AND BARBARO 278 PALAZZO LOREDAN DELL AMBASCIATORE . . .278 PALAZZO BARBARO, A CORNER OF THE GRAND SALON . 279 PALAZZI REZZONICO, GIUSTINIAN, AND FOSCARI . . 281 PALAZZI MICHIEL DALLE COLONNE AND MICHIEL DA BRUSA 293 PALAZZI MIANI-COLETTI AND CA DORO . . . 293 CANNAREOIO CHURCH OF S. GEREMIA, PALAZZO LABL 300 PALAZZI COCCINA-TIEPOLO AND BUSINELLO . . . 300 FROM THE STEAMER STATION S. ANGELO PALAZZO FOSCARI TO PALAZZO TIEPOLO .... 300 CHURCH OF S. MARCUOLA 300 END OF GRAND CANAL STEAMER STATION S. CHIARA 304 PALAZZI BARZIZZA AND AVOGADRO . . . .316 PALAZZI REZZONICO, BERNARDO, GIUSTINIAN AND FO SCARI 316 PALAZZI CAPELLO AND GRIMANI 318 PALAZZI TIEPOLO, PISANI-MORETTA AND BARBARIGO DELLA TERRAZZA 319 MAP OF WALK i 50, , 2 82 WALKS 3 AND 3A 120, , WALK 4 142 . 5 68 6 192 7 218 8 240 9 256 10 270 THE GRAND CANAL 332 VENICE ON FOOT CHAPTER I NOTE TO THE READER THE number of those who walk in Venice is in creasing every year and in the case of my own friends who have tried it, I have always found them so enthusiastic, and so anxious to see more of the less visited parts of the city, and the street life of the people, that feeling that this might also apply to others, I have thought it worth while to arrange a few walks, which, while including several points of interest not generally seen from a gondola, might, moreover, be of assistance in finding such places as the reader may wish to visit. The book is not in any way a guide to interiors ofbuildings, nor is it intended to compete with the excellent guide-books now extant its object being to assist those who wish to walk, and to answer such questions, as would probably be asked, when doing so for the first time...

This classic, historical book is a detailed and comprehensive look at hill-walking in counties of Surrey and Sussex. Equally useful for the experienced and the novice, this extensively and beautifully illustrated handbook is a must-have guide for anyone who desires to explore this part of our beautiful island. In this original, unabridged form it contains much information that is useful and practical today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

"Each of the twelve authors deftly plumb the depths of documentary sources, literary analyses, personal observations, biographical and historical accounts to improve vastly on the seemingly two-dimensional nature of the pirate"
--"The Great Circle: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History"

"With this collection, those swashbuckling heroes, or villains, ranging the wide seas in search of pillage and plunder, become individuals and groups situated firmly within their own geographic, political, economic, and historical contexts."
--"Journal of Folklore Research"

The romantic fiction of pirates as swashbuckling marauders terrorizing the high seas has long eclipsed historical fact. Bandits at Sea offers a long-overdue corrective to the mythology and the mystique which has plagued the study of pirates and served to deny them their rightful legitimacy as subjects of investigation.

With essays by the foremost scholars on these countercultural "social bandits"as Lingua Franca recently dubbed themthis collection examines various aspects of the phenomenon in the three main areas where it occurred: the Caribbean/Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and East Asia. We come to understand who pirates were, as well as the socio-economic contexts under which they developed and flourished.

Comparisons between various types of piracy illustrate differences in practice and purpose between pirates of different areas; social histories, including examinations of women pirates and their historical significance and circumstances, offer similar insight into the personal lives of pirates from diverse regions. Far from serving as dens of thieves, pirate ships were often highlyregulated microcosms of democracy. The crews of pirate vessels knew that majority rule, racial equality and equitable division of spoils were crucial for their survival, marking them as significantly more liberal than national governments.

Scholars, students and a general audience ever intrigued by talesand now truthsof piracy on the high seas will welcome Bandits at Sea.

Published to coincide with the Golden Globe Race's 50th Anniversary It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done. In 1968, nine men - six Englishmen, two Frenchmen and an Italian - set out to try, a race born of coincidence of their timing. One didn't even know how to sail. They had more in common with Captain Cook or Ferdinand Magellan than with the high-tech, extreme sailors of today, a mere forty years later. It was not the sea or the weather that determined the nature of their voyages but the men they were, and they were as different from one another as Scott from Amundsen. Only one of the nine crossed the finishing line after ten months at sea. The rest encountered despair, sublimity, madness and even death.

In Riviereland lewer Karel Schoeman verslag van twee reise deur Nederland. In die eerste, korter deel skryf hy oor 'n besoek aan die stede Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Delft, Haarlem en Leiden as deel van uitgebreide navorsing oor die VOC-tydperk, maar besoek ook kleiner plekkies soos Meppel en Hattem wat bande met sy eie grootouers het. Die tweede deel handel oor 'n langer verblyf in die provinsie Gelderland, die mees landelike van die Nederlandse provinsies. Die reis het weer eens ten doel om navorsing te doen oor figure soos Jan van Riebeeck, Simon van der Stel en baron Van Reede van Oudtshoorn, asook die gewone werkslui wat in diens van die VOC was, soos die vryburger Jan van Herwerden en sy vrou Jannetje Boddijs. Terselfdertyd word die skrywer voortdurend getref deur die skoonheid van die landskap in gebiede soos die Hoge Veluwe en die groot riviere die Ryn, die Maas en die IJssel wat deur die vlak land vloei. Die boeiende verslag van 'n verblyf in die buiteland word dus telkens verryk deur herinnerings aan en verbintenisse met die vroeë koloniale geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika en die skrywer se eie familiegeskiedenis.

"We left our Maine and our United States at home and we journeyed amongst other peoples with courtesy to them and credit to ourselves." That is John Gould's definition of good travelers; and he and his wife are charming examples of this as they tour through Germany, Denmark, Austria, Italy, France, England, and Scotland. You'll discover what a delight it is to travel Gould family style, for that is Maine style with the extra sparkle of Gould's wry Down East humor. It's a friendly book, but Gould lets no country, group, individual, or menu get away with pomposity or an unearned reputation. There is much to discover, both good and bad as the Goulds search for the quality of European life and bring readers into the presence of ordinary, and fascinating, Europeans.

- amp gt ., , quot i amp gt A OUR Jerusalem an American Family in the Holy City, 1881-1949 Bertha Spafford Vester Introduction by LOWELL THOMAS Doubleday Company, Inc. GARDEN CITY, N. Y. 1950 APPRECIATION LIFE in the American Colony of Jerusalem during the last decade was tranquil although surrounded by political turmoil-Our consuls were friendly. Religious leaders understood us better. Perhaps we had become less of an enigma, and perhaps Jerusalem had changed. Mod ern Jerusalem accepted us at our value. The old stories cropped up now and then, but were turned aside with oh-that-used-to-be looks, which hurt worse than accusations when one thought of the robust Christianity of the Colony s founders which allowed quot no room for self pity, as Mother expressed it, at the most crucial moment of her life. It was during this time that I began work on the record of my par ents experiences in Jerusalem and elsewhere which would serve as a record for my children and grandchildren. I have taken five years writing it, part of which was done while we were under fire in the recent war against the partition of Palestine. Preceding this I had worked for fifteen years gathering material incorporated in its writ ing, and for such contributed data, letters and memoirs, newspaper accounts and testimonials, legal, ecclesiastical and historic, I am in debted to more friends in the United States, the Holy Land, and England than I have space to acknowledge, but whose kindness and interest have contributed greatly to this account of our lives in Amer ica and Jerusalem, I should like to express my public appreciation to Mr, Lowell Thomas, author, lecturer, and radio commentator, whose friendship over manyyears has meant much to the American Colony in Jerusalem and to me, and who was the first to suggest that I turn into a book my private family record by which others might see the Holy City as it has seemed to us for nearly seventy years. To Dr. Millar Burrows, Winkley Professor of Biblical Theology at the Divinity School of Yale University and late Director of the Ameri can School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, I am deeply grateful for whole-hearted encouragement and advice My gratitude is also extended to the Rev, Charles T. Bridgeman, at present connected with Trinity Church, New York, formerly Canon of St. George s Cathedral in Jerusalem, who has given unstintedly of his twenty years experience in Palestine, particularly in church mat ters. I also wish to thank Miss Evelyn Wells for her help. BERTHA SPAFFORD VESTER vii INTRODUCTION By Lowell Thomas FOR years my wanderings took me to many parts of the world. In the course of these travels I met a fair proportion of the unusual personalities of our time statesmen, explorers, soldiers, scientists, missionaries, writers, mining men, merchants, and artists. When a traveler thinks of mountain ranges, certain peaks stand out in his mind Kinchinjunga in the Himalayas Aconcagua in the Andes Saint Elias and McKinley in Alaska Demavend in Persia Chomolari in Tibet Rainier in the Puget Sound country Mount Washington in New England, and a dozen more in various lands-Looking back on the people I have met, a few are like the mountains I have mentioned. One of these is the author of this book. Of all the remarkable personalities I have known, Berfha Vester is one of the few that I have envied. To me Jerusalem is the most dramatic of the citiesof this earth, more so even than Athens, Rome or Paris. And Berfha Vester is lie only outstanding person who has lived there, both as an observer and a participant in events, under the Turkish sultans, through World War I, the period of the Mandate, a second world war, and finally the period of the return of the Children of Israel. What a panorama Since the days when Dr. John Finley, famous editor of the New York Times, and I, first met her in Jerusalem, I have been urging her to write the story of her life...

One of the Daily Telegraph's 20 Books Perfect for Travel Scotland has its rugged Hebrides; Ireland its cliff-girt Arans; Wales its Island of Twenty Thousand Saints. And what has England got? The isles of Canvey, Sheppey, Wight and Dogs, Mersea, Brownsea, Foulness and Rat. But there are also wilder, rockier places - Lundy, the Scillies, the Farnes. These islands and their inhabitants not only cast varied lights on the mainland, they also possess their own peculiar stories, from the Barbary slavers who once occupied Lundy, to the ex-major who seized a wartime fort in the North Sea and declared himself Prince of Sealand. Ian Crofton embarks on a personal odyssey to a number of the islands encircling England, exploring how some were places of refuge or holiness, while others have been turned into personal fiefdoms by their owners, or become locations for prisons, rubbish dumps and military installations. He also describes the varied ways in which England's islands have been formed, and how they are constantly changing, so making a mockery of human claims to sovereignty.

Commemorating Cicerone's 50th year, Fifty Years of Adventure is a compilation of tales by Cicerone authors. A story to celebrate each year Cicerone has been publishing outdoor activity guidebooks, the collection is a delicious hotpot of adventures in their every shape and form. Soak up the sun, ice-cream in hand, with Aileen Evans on the Isle of Man coast path; discover the secret side of Snowdon with Rachel Crolla; cycle downhill for five weeks on the Danube Cycleway with Mike Wells; climb Kilimanjaro with Alex Stewart; and feel the sting of sub zero temperatures climbing K2 - the Savage Mountain - with Alan Hinkes. Also featured are ten tales of mishaps and misadventures that have befallen Cicerone authors while out and about, researching for a guidebook. Between stifling giggles and gasping out loud, gain greater insight into the mighty task that is guidebook writing. And in 'The Cicerone Story', learn about other aspects of guidebook creation, and discover how things have changed over the last fifty years. Accompanied by outstanding photography, each page of this finely crafted anniversary book is a veritable visual delight. As enchanting as it is inspiring, Fifty Years of Adventure is a must for anyone with an appreciation for adventure.

"Thirteenth Beach" is an absorbing account of travel and adventure. It sweeps you into the action, beauty, and drama that awaits any adventurer seeking to explore the world's oceans and waterways. It's written with a sharp eye for detail, an ironic sense of humor, and above all, a personal style that puts the reader in exotic locations and in the water shoulder to shoulder with the author. This is an ideal traveler's fireside companion.

""Fantastic read!!! I read it twice."" Steve Sutton, Diver, adventurer. California

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""A book for divers ... written by a diver."" www.adirondackdivers.com

""A strong sense of adventure!"" Ron & Viv Moon, "Kakirra Adventure Publications, " Australia

In the summer of 2012, the author returned to his native Cuba to retrieve his birth certificate after an absence of 50 years, 24 of which he lived in the United States. This memoir of his journey of personal and political discovery illuminates how the two countries-90 miles apart yet opposites on the political spectrum-have both lost their way in the misguided pursuit of their divergent ideologies. The author presents a candid view of the revolution and U.S.-Cuban relations through conversations with everyday Havanans.