Travel

Concensus and dissent, persistence and rapid change were at the heart of Yarrow's rich cultural life. These tensions, especially the inevitability ...

From the bestselling author whose memoirs Under the Sun and Bella Tuscany have captured the voluptuousness of Italian life comes a lavishly illustr...

In his most delightful foray into the wonders of Proven§al life, Peter Mayle returns to France and puts behind him cholesterol worries, shopping by...

Short-listed for the 2009 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize Much has been made about how the New China has become an economic juggernaut in today'...

Includes bibliographical references. 208 p. : ill., map ; 18 cm.

Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tou...

"Second printing (first U.S. edition): 2003"--T.p. verso.\n\n271 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

We Get Our Living Like Milk from the Land is the first historical overview of the Okanagan Nation. It starts with the Creation Story, moves through...

Updated for 2010, this guide fully describes every official UNESCO World Heritage site. In 1959, UNESCO launched an international campaign to safeg...

A fun and fascinating tour of the by-ways of British legal history. Did you know that the law requiring a London taxi driver to carry a bale of hay...

A search for human values and meaning at the millennium, Ockham`s Razor is a brilliant travel narrative that mixes philosophical speculation with c...

A New York Times Editors' Choice for Book of the Year. Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. Winner of the PEN West Creative Nonfictio...

Maria Coffey and Dag Goering embark on a three-month journey by wooden boat along Canada's spectacular west coast. Leading the way are legendary bo...

Complemented by easy-to use, reliable maps, helpful recommendations, authoritative background information, and up-to-date coverage of things to see...

Farewell to faux pas! Minding your manners is an acquired skill, but what serves you well elsewhere could trip you up in Japan. Save yourself possi...

Map on endpapers. The author who captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers...

Part I. Romantic Encounters in a Maid's Room, or how the innocent author from San Francisco followed Felix Nadar to Paris and was seduced by the ci...