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"Stroll Lisbon's cobbled lanes, cruise the Douro River, and soak up the sun on Algarve beaches: experience Portugal with Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Portugal you'll find: Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Portugal ; Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites ; Top sights and hidden gems, from the bone chapel of Évora and the palaces of Sintra to...
Author
Pub. Date
2001 (2012)
Description
Here are the 22 best spots from which to enjoy the glories of Grand Canyon and the human stories associated with it. Look backward in time and outward at timeless vistas. 150 scenic and historic photographs and four comprehensive maps make this a useful guide and a treasured keepsake of your visit.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Description
With these simple tricks and tactics, you’ll get through her pregnancy successfully… and master every step of the way.
Are you finding it hard to tell whether you’re excited or just scared pantsless?
Of course, you’re excited, but still, what the heck are you supposed to do now?
Relax, and take a deep breath — all dads have been in your same shoes once before.
Finding out that you’re going to be a dad is one of the most rewarding moments...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
The everyday problems of family life occupy the attention and resources of most of our country's citizens. Thoughts of the future climate of our planet continue to be secondary to worries of finances and health. This Family Guide to Disruptive Climate Change is the response of an atmospheric scientist to the need for the relevant science information and guidance for adaptation and correction. In the hypothetical middle school town hall discussion...
11) Human sphere
Series
Infinity volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Description
That covert war that sees the great Powers in conflict continues, invisible for the most part, to the citizens of the Sphere. With the threat to Humanity posed by the Evolved Intelligence and its alien by deploying its own forces.Combined Army, ALEPH, the human AI is now taking an active part
14) Third Offensive
Series
Infinity volume 4
Pub. Date
2018
Description
177 years in the future. After the Uprising, the Human Sphere believed that it could regain a measure of peace. Nothing could be further from the truth. The breaching of Acheron Blockade by a Combined Army vessel full of reinforcements is the starting signal for the Third Offensive of Paradiso. A massive attack on all planetary fronts by forces in the service of the EI, that puts humanity on the ropes. One after another, the positions of the great...
16) New Zealand
Author
Pub. Date
1985
Description
discover: a simpler place in time, a variety of wilderness-lakes, volcanic landscapes, fiords, mountains, islands. Different cultures-European and Polynesian. Rich agricultural lands. And an amazing range of sights and activities. All packed into a small, diverse country which is western, modern, uncrowded and unpolluted.
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Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Opening with an extended introductory text that covers kayaks and equipment, safety considerations and emergencies, camping dos and donts, and helpful resources, Kayaking the Texas Coast also lists useful websites and guidebooks. In the main portion of the text, the coast is organized into ten destinations, from the Galveston Bay complex in the north to Boca Chica State Park in the south. For each of these destinations, Whorff provides information...