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Lonely Planet Mexico (18th edition)
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Lonely Planet's Mexico is our most comprehensive guide that
extensively covers all the country has to offer, with
recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences.
Discover ancient Mayan ruins at Palenque, dive world-class sites at
Cabo Pulmo, and tour murals in Mexico City]; all with your trusted
travel companion. Inside Lonely Planet's Mexico Travel Guide:
Lonely Planet's Top Picks - a visually inspiring collection of the
destination's best experiences and where to have them Itineraries
help you build the ultimate trip based on your personal needs and
interests Local insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel
experience - whether it's history, people, music, landscapes,
wildlife, politics Eating and drinking - get the most out of your
gastronomic experience as we reveal the regional dishes and drinks
you have to try Exploring Ancient Ruins plan Toolkit - all of the
planning tools for solo travelers, LGBTQIA+ travelers, family
travelers and accessible travel Colour maps and images throughout
Language - essential phrases and language tips Insider tips to save
time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and
trouble spots Covers Mexico City, Veracruz, Yucatan Peninsula,
Chiapas, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Pacific Coast, Highlands, Baja Peninsula
and Copper Canyon About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet, a Red
Ventures Company, is the world's number one travel guidebook brand.
Providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind
of traveler since 1973, Lonely Planet reaches hundreds of millions
of travelers each year online and in print and helps them unlock
amazing experiences. Visit us at lonelyplanet.com and join our
community of followers on Facebook (facebook.com/lonelyplanet),
Twitter (@lonelyplanet), Instagram (instagram.com/lonelyplanet),
and TikTok (@lonelyplanet). 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's
bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones.
It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire
generations of people how to travel the world.'Â Fairfax
Media (Australia)
James Bond (this time played by George Lazenby) hands in his
licence to kill after being banned from hunting down his
arch-nemesis Blofeld (Telly Savalas). Continuing his investigations
alone, he follows a lead to Portugal, meets and falls in love with
Tracey Draco (Diana Rigg), and is told by her crimelord father that
Blofeld is now in Switzerland. Pretty soon its snow, kilts, girls,
secret bases and ski chases, as Bond chases down his enemy and
attempts to foil a plan to unleash a deadly chemical weapon.
"An occasion to appreciate Dexter's resounding musical genius as
well as his wish for major social transformation."-Angela Y. Davis,
political activist, scholar, author, and speaker Sophisticated
Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter
Gordon (1923-1990), one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In
a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has
completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his "solo"
turns with her voice and a chorus of voices from past and present.
Reading like a jazz composition, the blend of research, anecdote,
and a selection of Dexter's personal letters reflects his colorful
life and legendary times. It is clear why the celebrated trumpet
genius Dizzy Gillespie said to Dexter, "Man, you ought to leave
your karma to science." Dexter Gordon the icon is the Dexter
beloved and celebrated on albums, on film, and in jazz lore--even
in a street named for him in Copenhagen. But this image of the cool
jazzman fails to come to terms with the multidimensional man full
of humor and wisdom, a figure who struggled to reconcile being both
a creative outsider who broke the rules and a comforting insider
who was a son, father, husband, and world citizen. This essential
book is an attempt to fill in the gaps created by our
misperceptions as well as the gaps left by Dexter himself.
"In all my whole career the Brick House was one of the toughest
joints I ever played in. It was the honky-tonk where levee workers
would congregate every Saturday night and trade with the gals who'd
stroll up and down the floor and the bar. Those guys would drink
and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying
over the bandstand like crazy, and there was lots of just plain
common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze
me at all, I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn." So
says Louis Armstrong, a tough kid who just happened to be a musical
genius, about one of the places where he performed and grew up.
This raucous, rich tale of his early days in New Orleans concludes
with his departure to Chicago at twenty-one to play with his
boyhood idol King Oliver, and tells the story of a life that began,
mythically, on July 4, 1900, in the city that sowed the seeds of
jazz.
Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's Florida
& the South's Best Trips. This trusted travel companion
features 30 amazing road trips, from 2-day escapes to 2-week
adventures. Trace the iconic Appalachian Trail or explore the roots
of the Blues Highway, all with your trusted travel companion. Get
to Florida and the South, rent a car, and hit the road! Inside
Lonely Planet's Florida & the South's Best Trips: Up-to-date
information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to
ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak Lavish
color and gorgeous photography throughout Itineraries and planning
advice to pick the right tailored trips for your needs and
interests Get around easily - easy-to-read, full-color route maps,
detailed directions Insider tips to get around like a local, avoid
trouble spots and be safe on the road - local driving rules,
parking, toll roads Essential info at your fingertips - hours of
operation, phone numbers, websites, prices Honest reviews for all
budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, hidden gems that most
guidebooks miss Useful features - including Stretch Your Legs,
Detours, Link Your Trip Covers Florida, the Carolinas, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and
more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Florida & the South's
Best Trips is perfect for exploring the region via the road and
discovering sights that are more accessible by car. Planning a
Florida trip sans a car? Lonely Planet's Florida, our most
comprehensive guide to [the state], is perfect for exploring both
top sights and lesser-known gems. About Lonely Planet: Lonely
Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring
and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973.
Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million
guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a
dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also
find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages,
armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to
explore every day. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no
other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's
bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones.
It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire
generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media
(Australia)
Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor
saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923-1990), one of the major innovators
of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir,
Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began,
weaving his "solo" turns with her voice and a chorus of voices from
past and present. Reading like a jazz composition, the blend of
research, anecdote, and a selection of Dexter's personal letters
reflects his colorful life and legendary times. It is clear why the
celebrated trumpet genius Dizzy Gillespie said to Dexter, "Man, you
ought to leave your karma to science." Dexter Gordon the icon is
the Dexter beloved and celebrated on albums, on film, and in jazz
lore--even in a street named for him in Copenhagen. But this image
of the cool jazzman fails to come to terms with the
multidimensional man full of humor and wisdom, a figure who
struggled to reconcile being both a creative outsider who broke the
rules and a comforting insider who was a son, father, husband, and
world citizen. This essential book is an attempt to fill in the
gaps created by our misperceptions as well as the gaps left by
Dexter himself.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
We stowed the canoes in a granary, and asked among the children for
a guide. The circle at once widened round us, and our offers of
reward were received in dispiriting silence. We were plainly a pair
of Bluebeards to the children; they might speak to us in public
places, and where they had the advantage of numbers; but it was
another thing to venture off alone with two uncouth and legendary
characters, who had dropped from the clouds upon their hamlet this
quiet afternoon, sashed and beknived, and with a flavor of great
voyages.-from "Pont-sur-Sambre: We Are Peddlers"The sly wit and
keenly observant eye that makes Robert Louis Stevenson a continuing
favorite with readers is in full force in this 1913 volume, a
compilation of two of the writer's least known but most purely
enjoyable works. In 1876, Stevenson canoed through Belgium and
France with his friend, Sir Walter Simpson, an exploit that
resulted in the delightful An Inland Voyage; two years later, he
took a walking tour of the C vannes, which became Travels with a
Donkey. More that just wonderfully escapist, these essays offer a
glimpse into the mind and memories of an author's imagination, and
serve as a vital psychological backdrop for the tales of adventure,
romance, and horror related in Stevenson's fiction.OF INTEREST TO:
Stevenson fans, armchair travelers, readers of classic British
literatureAlso available from Cosimo Classics: Stevenson's Across
the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays.
Since 1947 a modernized New Jersey Supreme Court has played an
important and controversial role in the state, nation, and world.
Its decisions in cutting-edge cases have confronted society's
toughest issues, reflecting changing social attitudes, modern
life's complexities, and new technologies.
Paul Tractenberg has selected ten of the court's landmark decisions
between 1960 and 2011 to illustrate its extensive involvement in
major public issues, and to assess its impact. Each case chapter is
authored by a distinguished academic or professional expert,
several of whom were deeply involved in the cases' litigation,
enabling them to provide special insights. An overview chapter
provides context for the court's distinctive activity.
Many of the cases are so widely known that they have become part of
the national conversation about law and policy. In the Karen Ann
Quinlan decision, the court determined the right of privacy extends
to refusing life-sustaining treatment. The Baby M case reined in
surrogate parenting and focused on the child's best interests. In
the Mount Laurel decision, the court sought to increase affordable
housing for low- and moderate-income residents throughout the
state. The Megan's Law case upheld legal regulation of sex offender
community notification. A series of decisions known as
"Abbott/Robinson" required the state to fund poor urban school
districts at least on par with suburban districts.
Other less well known cases still have great public importance.
"Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors" reshaped product liability and
tort law to protect consumers injured by defective cars; "State v.
Hunt" shielded privacy rights from unwarranted searches beyond
federal standards; "Lehmann v. Toys 'R' Us" protected employees
from sexual harassment and a hostile work environment; "Right to
Choose v. Byrne" expanded state constitutional abortion rights
beyond the federal constitution; and "Marini v. Ireland" protected
low-income tenants against removal from their homes.
For some observers, the New Jersey Supreme Court represents the
worst of judicial activism; others laud it for being, in its words,
"the designated last-resort guarantor of the Constitution's
command." For Tractenberg, the court's activism means it tends to
find for the less powerful over the more powerful and for the
public good against private interests, an approach he applauds.
The first autobiography of a jazz musician, Louis Armstrong's Swing
That Music is a milestone in jazz literature. Armstrong wrote most
of the biographical material, which is of a different nature and
scope than that of his other, later autobiography, Satchmo: My Life
in New Orleans (also published by Da Capo/Perseus Books Group).
Satchmo covers in intimate detail Armstrong's life until his 1922
move to Chicago but Swing That Music also covers his days on
Chicago's South Side with "King" Oliver, his courtship and marriage
to Lil Hardin, his 1929 move to New York, the formation of his own
band, his European tours, and his international success. One of the
most earnest justifications ever written for the new style of music
then called "swing" but more broadly referred to as "Jazz," Swing
That Music is a biography, a history, and an entertainment that
really "swings."
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