This travel guide, written by native English-speaking residents of China and edited by Chinese natives, has details on many towns located in China various regions. The guide features boxed text small, colored sections randomly found throughout the guide with brief background on subjects such as the Chinese Zodiac and the Silk Road. There is useful information about restaurants, hotels and shopp…
Throughout the millennia Turkey formed the core of several Empires - Persia, Rome, Byzantium - before becoming the center of the Ottoman Empire. This title offers an account of the region from prehistory right up to this day.
This book contains: 1. Political institutions, central and local government, political parties, movement and clubs 2. Economy 3. Press 4. Culture, leisure, and sport 5. International organizations and foreign embassies 6. General and practical information
Mountain mentality Swiss farmers are tough, independent, hard-working, resilient, well-prepared for every kind of natural disaster, and above all staunchly conservative. These characteristics have been passed on to Swiss town-dwellers, who go about their day as if they too were farming a lonely mountain cliff. We can do better The Swiss stubbornly refuse to believe they are doing well …
This book contains a description of tourist attractions in China.
This book contains an explanation of tourist attractions in Korea.
This richly illustrated handbook offers expatriates essential information on all aspects of living and working in the Netherlands, and includes advice on such areas as: registration, employment and your rights, housing, education, fiscal and legal issues, health care and more. Also provided in each section are contact details and web site addresses for many useful organizations. With in-depth a…
This book which allows to acquire the knowledge, learn the world, and discover the incredible beauty of Poland.
This guidebook is for travelers with special interest. In package tour plans, such as Ancient Capitals Tour, Ancient Silk Road Tour and Grand Canal Tour, or introduction to places that may offer special attractions, this guidebook enables you to get the important information you need before setting for China.
Old Kyoto focuses on the family establishments that have been in business for at least a hundred years, and in some cases for over ten generations. Astonishingly, many of the old shops and inns of Kyoto can still be found on narrow backstreets, under the heavy, tiled rooftops of traditional machiya dwellings. Here, the adventurous traveler will uncover treasures: the way in which a hand-crafted…