Mardi Gras: Beads, Belles, and Balls
ISBN: 9781425903572 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. MARDI GRAS: Beads, Belles, and Balls, transports the reader via verse and "prose snapshots" through seven days of Carnival distilled from Jack Beach's three decades in the "toujours gai" Lower French Quarter in New Orleans. Savor the anticipation when parades, balls, and strip bars are in full swing. Funky and glamorous; crazy and hilarious. At long last, Mardi Gras Day! Fantastic costumes flood the streets. Join the crowds. Kiss a pregnant nun! Fall in love! Then, the gray specter of Ash Wednesday and price tag of Lent: the long good-byes and heading home. Memories and mementoes to last a...
MARDI GRAS: Beads, Belles, and Balls, transports the reader via verse and "prose snapshots" through seven days of Carnival distilled from Jack Beach's...
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82,37 zł |
Tea for Texas: A Guide to Tearooms in the State
ISBN: 9781556228285 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Author Lori Torrance has written a delightful book about tea rooms in Texas. Not only does she direct you to every charming tearoom there is, she also tells you what to see and do once you are there.
Author Lori Torrance has written a delightful book about tea rooms in Texas. Not only does she direct you to every charming tearoom there is, she also...
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77,21 zł |
Great Smoky Mountains Wildlife Port.
ISBN: 9781560373537 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Photographer Bill Lea?known for his artistic documentation of deer and bear behavior, the various moods of the Great Smoky Mountains, and southern ecosystems?has captured in stunning photographs the essence of Great Smoky Mountains wildlife. From rare red-cheeked salamanders, ruby-throated hummingbirds, and playful otters to graceful whitetails, regal elk, and inquisitive black bears, Great Smoky Mountains Wildlife Portfolio is more than a collection of beautiful wildlife photography; it is an inspired and sensitive tribute to one of the world's most spectacular landscapes and the wide...
Photographer Bill Lea?known for his artistic documentation of deer and bear behavior, the various moods of the Great Smoky Mountains, and southern eco...
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109,80 zł |
Kentucky Simply Beautiful
ISBN: 9781560373957 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experience the unbridled spirit of Kentucky-the birthplace of Muhammad Ali, land of the Kentucky Derby and world-famous horse farms, and home of the famed Bluegrass Region. Prolific photographer Adam Jones captures the rich natural and cultural history of the Bluegrass State in fine color photography. With stunning skyline shots of Louisville and Lexington, misty images from the Kentucky River Palisades, and solemn scenes recalling the state's Civil War history, Kentucky Simply Beautiful is picture perfect.
Experience the unbridled spirit of Kentucky-the birthplace of Muhammad Ali, land of the Kentucky Derby and world-famous horse farms, and home of the f...
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122,02 zł |
New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City
ISBN: 9781565125056 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For two decades NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu has been living in and writing about his adopted city, where, as he puts it, the official language is dreams. How apt that a refugee born in Transylvania found his home in a place where vampires roam the streets and voodoo queens live around the corner; where cemeteries are the most popular picnic spots, the ghosts of poets, prostitutes, and pirates are palpable, and in the French Quarter, no one ever sleeps. Codrescu's essays have been called "satirical gems," "subversive," "sardonic and stunning," "funny," "gonzo," "wittily...
For two decades NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu has been living in and writing about his adopted city, where, as he puts it, the official langu...
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60,91 zł |
I Never Danced With an Eggplant (On a Streetcar Before): Chronicles Of Life And Adventures In New Orleans
ISBN: 9781565548527 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Strung together like a handful of Mardi Gras beads thrown from a passing float, Laborde's tales reveal the bright and beautiful as well as the dim and gaudy sides of the city. Southern Living. Offering innovative insights into such New Orleans mainstays as Carnival, Sports, and The Quarter, Laborde provides a look at aspects of Crescent City living usually reserved for residents. These essays include an Orleanian ode entitled, Strung together like a handful of Mardi Gras beads thrown from a passing float, Laborde's tales reveal the bright and beautiful as well as the dim ... |
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63,96 zł |
Nashville: Gateway to the South: An Insider's Guide to Music City, U.S.A.
ISBN: 9781888952407 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nashville: Gateway to the South is a unique, thorough, and up-to-date guide to every part of the city. Highlighted are its educational institutions, commerce, music and entertainment, clubs, restaurants, theaters, performance halls, listening rooms, honky-tonks, history, and many annual fairs, shows, and exhibitions.
Nashville: Gateway to the South is a unique, thorough, and up-to-date guide to every part of the city. Highlighted are its educational institutions, c...
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64,98 zł |
The Fly Fisherman's Guide
ISBN: 9781888952827 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A wealth of information about fly fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Included are black-and-white and color maps and photographs, a stream-by-stream primer on the best flies to use season by season, a fly hatch and pattern chart, and a guide to campsites.
A wealth of information about fly fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Included are black-and-white and color maps and photographs, a s...
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85,51 zł |
Mammoth Cave National Park: Reflections
ISBN: 9780813191935 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park is home to the world's longest cave system, boasting over 350 miles of explored and mapped passageways. Geologists estimate that there could be many more miles of this vast subterranean world that remain unexplored. In addition to the renowned Mammoth Cave, the park also includes over 50,000 acres of hills, streams, and forests with nearly 70 miles of scenic trails. The Green River, which plays an integral role in the cave's ecosystem, winds through this impressive landscape. As an artist-in-residence at the park, nature photographer Raymond Klass was... Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park is home to the world's longest cave system, boasting over 350 miles of explored and mapped passageways. Geolo... |
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97,15 zł |
Poor Man's Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana
ISBN: 9781588382184 / Angielski / Twarda / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For over a decade, syndicated columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson has been spending several months a year in Southwest Louisiana, deep in the heart of Cajun Country. Unlike many other writers who have parachuted into the swampy paradise for a few days or weeks, Rheta fell in love with the place, bought a second home and set in planting doomed azaleas and deep roots. She has found an assortment of beautiful people in a homely little town called Henderson, right on the edge of the Atchafalaya Swamp. These days, much is labeled Cajun that is not, and the popularity of the unique culture's food,...
For over a decade, syndicated columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson has been spending several months a year in Southwest Louisiana, deep in the heart of Ca...
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97,58 zł |
Keep Austin Weird: A Guide to the Odd Side of Town
ISBN: 9780764326394 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Red Wassenich, who coined of the phrase "Keep Austin Weird," is tour guide to the weirder side of Austin, Texas, through this endlessly entertaining text and over 180 color photos of colorful places, people, and doings in the state's capital city. Tour the Cathedral of Junk, a three-story, sixty-ton behemoth made with hubcaps, TVs, and over 700 bicycles. Meet Leslie, the cross-dressing, semi-homeless perennial mayoral candidate. Party at the Spamarama, Austin's premier weird cook-off, known for its Spam-filled dishes from "gourmet" and "insane" recipes. Keep your eyes peeled for cruising art...
Red Wassenich, who coined of the phrase "Keep Austin Weird," is tour guide to the weirder side of Austin, Texas, through this endlessly entertaining t...
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117,87 zł |
A Walk Across Texas
ISBN: 9780875653631 / Angielski / Miękka / 153 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part travelogue, part natural history, and part documentary, "A Walk across Texas" is the record of three friends' journey from the Panhandle to Granbury--a 450-mile walk across West Texas. Jon McConal and his two friends, Eddie Lane and Norm Snyder, hiked for twenty-eight days through the less traveled byways of the Texas outlands, and in the process they encountered a world that is now as foreign to most Americans as the Taj Mahal.
Researching places they wanted to see in advance, the trio selected a route that crossed as many creeks and rivers as possible and offered amenable... Part travelogue, part natural history, and part documentary, "A Walk across Texas" is the record of three friends' journey from the Panhandle to Granb...
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81,28 zł |
The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic : A Walk in Austin
ISBN: 9780099490562 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Takes us on a tour of the author's favourite city: Austin. This work includes a bunch of stuff, from descriptions of Austin's notable trees and directions to skinny-dipping sites to lists of haunted places and quizzes and puzzles.
Takes us on a tour of the author's favourite city: Austin. This work includes a bunch of stuff, from descriptions of Austin's notable trees and direct...
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70,11 zł |
Explorer's Guide Memphis & the Delta Blues Trail: A Great Destination
ISBN: 9781581571011 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a strong focus on modern-day arts and music enclaves, as well as the storied sites where the blues got their start; hundreds of top-notch dining, lodging, and recreational recommendations; over one hundred illuminating photos and maps; and travel logistics, this is the most comprehensive guide to the region to-date.
With a strong focus on modern-day arts and music enclaves, as well as the storied sites where the blues got their start; hundreds of top-notch dining,...
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93,50 zł |
Louisville Architectural Tours: 19th Century Gems
ISBN: 9780764330384 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Visit Louisville, Kentucky's historic districts, replete with antebellum and Victorian homes that will take your breath away. Immerse yourself in Southern charm and the culture of a bygone era by taking a walking tour through some of the most beautiful structures of the nineteenth century. Visit Old Louisville to see the Conrad Caldwell House and the Pink Palace. Rest in a Gothic Revival-styled bed-and-breakfast at the Inn at Woodhaven. Five tours range from 45 minutes to over 2 hours in length, covering Limerick, Central Park North and South, Third Street, and Old Louisville East. Revel in...
Visit Louisville, Kentucky's historic districts, replete with antebellum and Victorian homes that will take your breath away. Immerse yourself in Sout...
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71,73 zł |
Sitting Up With the Dead: A Storied Journey Through the American South
ISBN: 9780007292295 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Travelling from the Carolinas to Louisiana, from the Atlantic Islands to the Appalachians, sitting before storytellers, Petro gathers up a fistful of history, and sieves out of it the shiny truths that these stories have been polishing over the years.
Travelling from the Carolinas to Louisiana, from the Atlantic Islands to the Appalachians, sitting before storytellers, Petro gathers up a fistful of ...
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89,59 zł |
Traveling Tennessee: A Complete Tour Guide to the Volunteer State from the Highlands of the Smoky Mountains to the Banks of the Mississippi
ISBN: 9781558536760 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A complete tour guide to the Volunteer State from the highlands of the Smoky Mountains to the banks of the Mississippi River. Tennessee is a state of endless diversity. It boasts breath-taking scenery, the homes of three presidents, and the birthplace of legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett. It is the birthplace of the blues and the home of the King of rock 'n' roll. It offers a wealth of opportunities for hiking, canoeing, fishing, and wildlife viewing in state and national parks, recreation areas, and forests. From mountain highroads to delta lands, this comprehensive guide invites... A complete tour guide to the Volunteer State from the highlands of the Smoky Mountains to the banks of the Mississippi River. Tennessee is a ... |
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73,29 zł |
1001 Texas Place Names
ISBN: 9780292760165 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Notrees to Pine Island, from Scotland to Moscow, from Dickens to Tennyson, from Spur to Lariat, from Buck Naked to Bald Prairie--Texans are unsurpassed for the imaginative names they give their towns and cities. Fred Tarpley has chosen 1001 of the most unusual and interesting of the 75,000 place names that dot the Texas map. The names of Texas communities and places can be traced to a number of basic sources, including people; landscapes; the Bible; literature and mythology; misunderstandings and errors; backward spellings and blends; and anecdotes and events. Each entry in... From Notrees to Pine Island, from Scotland to Moscow, from Dickens to Tennyson, from Spur to Lariat, from Buck Naked to Bald Prairie--Texans are un... |
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101,85 zł |
Raised Right in the South
ISBN: 9781441568922 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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85,51 zł |
New Orleans: A T(w)een Travelogue
ISBN: 9781449561765 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The stories and photos that comprise NEW ORLEANS: A TWEEN TRAVELOGUE offer a rare look at the Crescent City through the savvy words and sassy eyes of 12 young women ranging in age from 11 to 14. Follow them through the narrow streets of the French Quarter as they spend eight days among tarot card readers, restaurant chefs, Mardi Gras floatmakers, street performers and vampire guides. Their strong and varied voices celebrate New Orleans as a destination for tweens, teens and families of all ages. So, curl up with these stories and a steaming cup of cafe au lait. Before you know it, you'll be...
The stories and photos that comprise NEW ORLEANS: A TWEEN TRAVELOGUE offer a rare look at the Crescent City through the savvy words and sassy eyes of ...
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63,96 zł |