In a mixture of travel, adventure, and scholarship, historian Tudor Parfitt sets out in search of answers to a fascinating ethnological puzzle: is the Lemba tribe of Southern Africa really one of the ...
Polar Bear Pirates and Their Quest to Reach Fat City
The emergence of cultural urban studies in the 21st century is a component of the global, intellectual landscape. In the historical perspective, there are studies on cultural urban studies in England...
Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context, this text considers the Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Familia, Grand Central Terminal and the Sydney Opera House. It i...
The map plans in this collection, covering 40 cities in Europe, Russia, the United States and Asia, were first published in the mid-19th century. The maps were all commissioned and drawn within a peri...
foreword by Joseph Rykwert Several thousand miles south of the equator along the Pacific coast of South America, is the site of the Open City Amereida. It is a laboratory for thought and work, co...
In Paris is a window on the world's most stylish city by two quintessentially Parisian women: Jeanne Damas, the it-girl, model, and actress, and Lauren Bastide, former editor-in-chief of French „Elle”...
For more than a century, Americans and Britons have been arriving hopefully in Paris. Most were tourists, but a significant number had other motives, ranging from learning to paint or write, to findin...
Although there was a substantial Jewish population in Western Europe from at least the first century BC, literary evidence for it before the end of the sixth century AD is very sparse, amounting to a ...
"Magic" is a product of neither legends nor fairy tales. It has become a technology of reality for nearly a century. Various countries in the world are locked in a race in nurturing "Magicians".Shiba ...
"Magic" is a product of neither legends nor fairy tales. It has become a technology of reality for nearly a century. Various countries in the world are locked in a race in nurturing "Magicians".Shiba ...
The Stockholm Encounter guide gives you twice the city in half the time. Stockholm is known for its style, from the cobbled lanes of Gamla Stan to the designer stores and café scene. Open-air museums,...
This guide to the 'romantically charged' city of Venice includes details on trips along the Grand Canal and day trips to the home of Romeo and Juliet - Verona. As well as covering the architecture of ...
Vancouver likes to meld the indoors with the outdoors as often as possible: kayaking under twinkling city lights, wandering through downtown street art and living it up in stylish Gastown. The Vancouv...
Author has almost 20 years of Russian travel experience. Special 16-page color section highlighting the Hermitage museum floor by floor. Interviews with locals for valuable insights into St Petersburg...
What Will Your Las Vegas Encounter Be? Strutting down the Strip in your brand new Jimmy Choos Getting swept up in the frenzied world of Cirque du Soleil contortionists Lingering over dry-aged Angus ri...