
ilość książek w kategorii: 54418
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International Travel and Tourism
ISBN: 9780471531463 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Describes where and how Americans travel abroad. Analyzes American travel and relates this information to tourism and travel operations. In this revised edition there are new chapters which cover international air travel and hotelkeeping, air safety and the travel agent. There is also an up-to-date overview of the international travel business included in a new introductory chapter.
Describes where and how Americans travel abroad. Analyzes American travel and relates this information to tourism and travel operations. In this revis...
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603,87 |
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Straying from the Flock: Travels in New Zealand
ISBN: 9780471718635 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An illuminating road trip through the history, life, and attractions of one of the most beautiful countries in the southern hemisphere
The beauty and grandeur of New Zealand has captured the imagination of movie-goers over the past couple of years, and the country is a dream destination for many around the world. Straying from the Flock is an intimate and personal account of one passionate traveler's visit to this incredible country, its mountains and beaches, fjords, rainforests, vineyards, and hidden eateries. Each of the fifty chapters describes one day in his travels-fishing,... An illuminating road trip through the history, life, and attractions of one of the most beautiful countries in the southern hemisphere
The beaut... |
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66,20 |
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Geographical Data Analysis
ISBN: 9780471941620 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It is increasingly important for the earth science student to appreciate that the acquisition of skills in statistics and computerised data analysis is as much part of modern geography as work in the field, laboratory or library. In this respect, Geographical Data Analysis aims to link the use of statistical techniques by means of computer software, to the acquisition of geographical-knowledge and the scientific method of enquiry. The book has three objectives: to explain basic statistical techniques and demonstrate their application to quantitative geography; to equip students with the...
It is increasingly important for the earth science student to appreciate that the acquisition of skills in statistics and computerised data analysis i...
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520,54 |
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Geography Into the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780471962366 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Geography into the Twenty-first Century brings together teachers from higher and school education to debate the challenges confronting the teaching of geography at the beginning of the new millennium. It presents a collection of edited essays looking at the main developments in the areas of human, physical and environmental geography and the impact of the recent changes in the way that geography is taught in schools, colleges and universities. A particular objective of the book is to examine common issues and objectives which cross the school to higher education divide. Some of the world s...
Geography into the Twenty-first Century brings together teachers from higher and school education to debate the challenges confronting the teaching of...
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645,53 |
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Artificial Intelligence in Geography
ISBN: 9780471969914 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This unique work introduces the basic principles of artificial intelligence with applications in geographical teaching and research, GIS, and planning. Written in an accessible, non-technical and witty style, this book marks the beginning of the Al revolution in geography with major implications for teaching and research. The authors provide an easy to understand basic introduction to Al relevant to geography. There are no special mathematical and statistical skills needed, indeed these might well be a hindrance. Al is a different way of looking at the world and it requires a willingness to...
This unique work introduces the basic principles of artificial intelligence with applications in geographical teaching and research, GIS, and planning...
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1280,91 |
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Geographical Data: Characteristics and Sources
ISBN: 9780471970859 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Provides a comprehensive overview of the characteristics relating to remote sensing, cartography, censuses/surveys and administrative/statutory. Presents up-to-date information in this remarkable growth area, with clear explanations of the problems and pitfalls as well as the potentiality of analysing geographical data.
An ideal book for both those already confident with GIS technology, and the novice user. * Covers spatial and thematic worldwide geographical data * Exemplifies the problems and pitfalls of using geographical data *... Provides a comprehensive overview of the characteristics relating to remote sensing, cartography, censuses/surveys and administrative/statutory. Prese...
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989,27 |
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Backpacking in Michigan
ISBN: 9780472032686 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. With 65 photographs and 77 detailed maps, this indispensable guide to the state's hiking trails gives beginners to advanced hikers all the information they need to plan their next Michigan overnight or weekend backpacking trip. Featuring 50 trails---27 in the Lower Peninsula---ranging from one-hour to multiple-day treks in both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas, Backpacking in Michigan has something for every hiker. Information on hike length and difficulty, elevation gain, the amount of time needed to complete the hike, camping facilities, and nearby towns accompanies each of the trail... With 65 photographs and 77 detailed maps, this indispensable guide to the state's hiking trails gives beginners to advanced hikers all the informat... |
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77,92 |
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Lake Country: A Series of Journeys
ISBN: 9780472065165 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. One writer's quest to locate herself within the wet, wild, and diversely human cultural heritage that has shaped her
One writer's quest to locate herself within the wet, wild, and diversely human cultural heritage that has shaped her
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88,27 |
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Walking to Mackinac : A Husband and Wife Explore Michigan
ISBN: 9780472087976 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. According to his wife, U. S. Representative David E. Bonior is a contemplative man who has had some pretty "harebrained" ideas. It was just such an idea that led Bonior and his wife Judy to walk the 325 miles from their home in Mount Clemens--a suburb of Detroit--to the quaint coastal sidewalks of Mackinaw City, the Lower Peninsula's northernmost point. Walking to Mackinac chronicles the Boniors' three-week journey to connect with the people and the history of their home state, to explore Michigan at human pace, and to appreciate it more fully. The Boniors plotted their own... According to his wife, U. S. Representative David E. Bonior is a contemplative man who has had some pretty "harebrained" ideas. It was just such an... |
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78,92 |
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The Land Between the Rivers: Thomas Nuttall's Ascent of the Arkansas, 1819
ISBN: 9780472114115 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. An adventure story from the wilds of early America, The Land between the Rivers recreates the journeys of the English botanist Thomas Nuttall, one of American history's most well-traveled scientists.
During the early nineteenth century, Nuttall explored the waters, valleys, plains, and mountains of the Great Lakes, Ohio River, Mississippi River, as well as the Missouri, Arkansas, Red, and Canadian river valleys of the former Louisiana Territory. In this fascinating account of Nuttall's travels through the wilderness of the middle west, author Russell Lawson-using Nuttall's own... An adventure story from the wilds of early America, The Land between the Rivers recreates the journeys of the English botanist Thomas Nuttall, ...
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171,60 |
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Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 2: Volume 2
ISBN: 9780486256689 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Perhaps best known as the intrepid adventurer who located the missing explorer David Livingstone in equatorial Africa in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) played a major role in assembling the fragmented discoveries and uncertain geographical knowledge of central Africa into a coherent picture. He was the first European to explore the Congo River; assisted at the founding of the Congo Free State, and helped pave the way for the opening up of modern Africa.
In this classic account of one of his most important expeditions, the venerable Victorian recounts the incredibly difficult and... Perhaps best known as the intrepid adventurer who located the missing explorer David Livingstone in equatorial Africa in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley (1...
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97,45 |
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The Adventures of Lewis and Clark
ISBN: 9780486421599 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In 1803, when the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France (for a scant $15 million), it doubled the size of the young country. Stretching north from New Orleans to the Canadian border and westward from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, the area contained over 800,000 square miles. That same year, President Thomas Jefferson designated two young men Meriweather Lewis and William Clark as leaders of an expedition to explore this vast new acquisition, as well as other lands of the West. In the spring of 1804, the two men and an intrepid band of hunters, carpenters,...
In 1803, when the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France (for a scant $15 million), it doubled the size of the young country. Str...
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42,77 |
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The Oregon Trail
ISBN: 9780486424804 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing frontier. Detailed accounts of the hardships experienced while traveling across mountains and prairies; vibrant portraits of emigrants and Western wildlife; and vivid descriptions of Indian life and culture. A classic of American frontier literature.
Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing frontier. Detailed accounts of the hardships experien...
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81,98 |
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The Travels of IBN Battuta: In the Near East, Asia and Africa, 1325-1354
ISBN: 9780486437651 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, Sheikh Ibn Battuta (1304-77) set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later.
The only medieval traveler known to have visited the lands of every Muslim ruler of his time, Ibn Battuta was born into a family of highly respected religious judges and educated as a theologian. Leaving his native city of Tangier in 1326, he traveled -- over the next several years -- to East Africa, Byzantium, Iraq, southern Russia, India, Ceylon, and China. His account of the journey, dictated on his return, not only provides vivid... The Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, Sheikh Ibn Battuta (1304-77) set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles l...
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66,20 |
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New York for Kids: 25 Big Apple Sites to Color
ISBN: 9780486441269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Here's a great introduction to Manhattan for young people. Illustrations of 25 Big Apple sites with great appeal to grade-school-age children depict the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the ships at South Street Seaport, mummies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History, as well as: Grand Central Station; Chinatown; Central Park Zoo; Brooklyn Bridge; American Indian Museum; Madison Square Garden; Empire State Building; Wall Street and Trinity Church; Times Square; United Nations; and eleven other popular New York City attractions. An...
Here's a great introduction to Manhattan for young people. Illustrations of 25 Big Apple sites with great appeal to grade-school-age children depict t...
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20,33 |
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Cities of Ancient Mexico: Reconstructing a Lost World
ISBN: 9780500279298 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this new, revised edition of Jeremy Sabloff's study, he looks at some of the richest cultures of the early historic world - Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec. Professor Sabloff describes everyday life during the heyday of Mexico's greatest cities in a series of vignettes; through the eyes of astronomers and ballplayers, merchants and priests, we see the temples, palaces and tombs of a civilization obsessed with ritual and death. Who built these cities and how do we know? Sabloff seeks to explain why archaeologists believe in the indigenous origins of the Mexican civilization.
In this new, revised edition of Jeremy Sabloff's study, he looks at some of the richest cultures of the early historic world - Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, T...
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74,01 |
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The Age of Reconnaissance: Discovery, Exploration, and Settlement, 1450-1650
ISBN: 9780520042353 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Age of Reconnaissance, as J. H. Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. It began with Henry the Navigator and the Portuguese voyages in the mid-fifteenth century and ended 250 years later when the "Reconnaissance" was all but complete. Dr. Parry examines the inducements--political, economic, religious--to overseas enterprises at the time, and analyzes the nature and problems of the various European settlements in the new lands.
The Age of Reconnaissance, as J. H. Parry has so aptly named it, was the period during which Europe discovered the rest of the world. It began with He...
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148,43 |
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Voyages of Discovery: Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific
ISBN: 9780520065642 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Voyages of Discovery is the story of the last great age of European sea exploration, when state-supported expeditions driven by both scientific and political motives set out to map the remaining unknown parts of the globe. Focusing on the voyages of the preeminent explorer, Captain James Cook, who commanded three round-the-world expeditions between 1768 and 1780, Lynne Withey illuminates the Pacific islanders' views of their "discoverers" as well.
Voyages of Discovery is the story of the last great age of European sea exploration, when state-supported expeditions driven by both scientific...
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181,02 |
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Sherpas: Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal
ISBN: 9780520069411 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Drawing on elements of various genres--anthropological monograph, literary memoir, and photojournalism--James Fisher has devised this multivocal format to trace the impact of modern education and mass tourism on contemporary Sherpa society and to present and assess the Sherpas; views of their collective future.
Drawing on elements of various genres--anthropological monograph, literary memoir, and photojournalism--James Fisher has devised this multivocal forma...
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181,02 |
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Goa, and the Blue Mountains; Or, Six Months of Sick Leave
ISBN: 9780520076112 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Published in 1851, this is the first book written by the famed Victorian explorer Richard F. Burton. It is an account of his journey through portions of southwest India while he was on sick leave from the British Indian army. Traveling through Bombay to the Portuguese colony of Goa, he went through Calicut and other cities on the Malabar coast, ending up in the Nilgiri mountains at the hill station of Ootacamund. The observant traveler, not the intrepid adventurer, is the narrator of the account, and its intended audience was the voracious Victorian consumer of travel literature. Coupled...
Published in 1851, this is the first book written by the famed Victorian explorer Richard F. Burton. It is an account of his journey through portions ...
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191,95 |