Explore 100 breathtaking scuba diving sites around the world--from the cenotes of Mexico to the best wreck in Micronesia--through stunning National Geographic photography, expert tips, and cutting-edge travel advice.Filled with more than 350 images from National Geographic, 100 Dives of a Lifetime provides the ultimate bucket list for ardent scuba divers and aspirational travelers alike. From diving with manta rays at night in Kona, Hawaii, and swimming with hammerheads of Cocos Island in Costa Rica to exploring caves in Belize's Lighthouse Atoll and diving beneath the ice floes of Antarctica,... [Read More]
A husband's secret life, a wife's new beginning: escape to the Caribbean with New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand.Irene Steele shares her idyllic life in a beautiful Iowa City Victorian house with a husband who loves her to sky-writing, sentimental extremes. But as she rings in the new year one cold and snowy night, everything she thought she knew falls to pieces with a shocking phone call: her beloved husband, away on business, has been killed in a plane crash. Before Irene can even process the news, she must first confront the perplexing details of her husband's death on the d... [Read More]
VanDam's 2019 StreetSmart® NYCMidtown Edition maps all top attractions including museums, major architecture, hotels, theaters, shopping destinations, and the subway system for all of Manhattan at an immensely legible scale of 1:32,000 complete with 3-D building illustrations. Clear information design allows users to read the map from three feet away and has earned VanDam maps a place in the MoMA Collection. The map is film-laminated, accordion folded and pocket size. Coverage: Manhattan Street Map 1: 32,000; Midtown Detail Map: 1:17,000; Manhattan Subway Map; Upper Manhattan Map 1: 33,000;... [Read More]
To underworld kingpins Meyer Lansky and Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Cuba was the greatest hope for the future of American organized crime in the post-Prohibition years. In the 1950s, the Mob—with the corrupt, repressive government of brutal Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in its pocket—owned Havana's biggest luxury hotels and casinos, launching an unprecedented tourism boom complete with the most lavish entertainment, top-drawer celebrities, gorgeous women, and gambling galore. But Mob dreams collided with those of Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and others who would lead an uprising of ... [Read More]
“It was the best of dreams, it was the worst of dreams, it was an age of consulting the nautical experts, it was the age of landlubber foolishness, it was the epoch of determination, it was the epoch of despair, it was the season of hurricanes, it was a spring of beachcombing…” If you dream about chucking it all away and sailing toward an island life, read this first Renee and Michael didn’t have any boating experience and when their plans to remedy that fell through the two had to learn everything the hard way. Despite themselves they managed to get from Miami to Grenada, eventually... [Read More]
“A luminous, Marquez-esque tale” (O, The Oprah Magazine) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Museum of Extraordinary Things: a forbidden love story set on a tropical island about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro—the Father of Impressionism.Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Rachel’s mother, a pillar of their small refugee community of Jews who escaped the Inquisition, has never forgiven her daughter for being a difficult girl who refuses to live by the rules. Growing up, Rachel’s... [Read More]
A guide to the beaches, snorkeling, hiking trails and attractions on St. John, Virgin Islands, including island history, culture, flora and fauna and the coastal and terrestrial ecology.
A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua--by the author of Annie John"If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will see. If you come by aeroplane, you will land at the V. C. Bird International Airport. Vere Cornwall (V. C.) Bird is the Prime Minister of Antigua. You may be the sort of tourist who would wonder why a Prime Minister would want an airport named after him--why not a school, why not a hospital, why not some great public monument. You are a tourist and you have not yet seen . . ."So begins Jamaica Kincaid's expansive essay, which shows us what we have not... [Read More]
Sam Vives is a normal boy who lives with his family in Barcelona. Then one rainy day he suddenly finds himself fighting for his life aboard a pirate ship in the early 18th century.Book 1 of the five part “Displacers” series.
Ghost Island by Shannon Gilligan takes YOU on a family vacation in the Caribbean islands that is full of spooks, adventure, and fun. Your 6-8 year old reader will meet a pirate ghost, sail across the sea, recover a haunted skull from a museum, and enter a cave that transports YOU back in time! Choose Your Own Adventure Ghost Island is an interactive adventure book in which YOU decide what happens next. Should you join a group of kids to go spy on the island ghost? Or steal away to the cemetery in the middle of the night and brave the ghost alone? For readers that enjoyed other titles fro... [Read More]
In the Bahamas: The Official Travel Guide, you will get the most relevant advice on your visit to the Bahamas Islands.Besides the glorious sandy beaches that the Bahamas is known for, the country has a lot more to offer. So if you are planning to visit the island, you will need to have the inside scoop on the lay of the land to enjoy your time in the icon Bahamas archipelago fully.Get ready to learn about the history of the Bahamas, from the Lucayan and the Arawak people who were the first occupants of the islands to the age of the pirates and the current state of the country today. You'll als... [Read More]
Under the Tuscan Sun meets the wide-open sea . . . An Embarrassment of Mangoes is a delicious chronicle of leaving the type-A lifestyle behind -- and discovering the seductive secrets of life in the Caribbean.Who hasn’t fantasized about chucking the job, saying goodbye to the rat race, and escaping to some exotic destination in search of sun, sand, and a different way of life? Canadians Ann Vanderhoof and her husband, Steve did just that.In the mid 1990s, they were driven, forty-something professionals who were desperate for a break from their deadline-dominated, career-defined lives. So the... [Read More]
Tourists visit popular islands of the Caribbean by the planeload. What they don't see from their resort hotels are the hundreds of out-of-the-way, uninhabited islands sprinkled along the West Indies from Florida to South America. This alluring archipelago, strung with beaches accessible only by boat but spaced temptingly close together, led Mississippi adventurer Scott B. Williams to embark upon an open-ended quest to see how far south he could go in a seventeen-foot sea kayak. No one was willing to accompany him. He spent months working his way down the west coast of Florida, through the Bah... [Read More]
Explore the paradisiac Island of Bermuda with this Travel Guide!Uncover all of the culture and natural beauty of Bermuda with the help of this travel guide.With this guide in your pocket you will be able to …Discover insider tips and tricksLearn about the dos and don’ts of the cultureGet inspiration for adventures, activities and sightseeingEveryone needs a little guidance now and then and by grabbing yourself a Bermuda Travel Guide, you can get acquainted with these islands well before your travels. Vacations go by fast but getting yourself prepared before you go can give you extra time t... [Read More]
Tahiti Islands travel guide. Tourism, Holiday and Vacation, best destination for self-relaxation. With so many options, you can do as much or as little as you like. The Islands of Tahiti, officially known as French
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