Reisgids Secret Naples | Jonglez Publishing Let Secret Naples guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Naples guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitatns and curious visitors alike. A calcified lizard in a church, vestiges of a former brothel, a "hole" that cures headaches, a bunker turned art gallery, a customised Vespa from the Second World War, remarkable secret private collections, extraordinary old libraries unknown to Neapolitans, a Greek watchtower in a theatre, a rare clock that measures the equation of time, the bars of a chapel door that resonate like a xylophone, a mysterious phallic symbol in San Gennaro catacombs, a little-known museum with a section dedicated to Punch, a unique anatomical model dating from the 18th century, a raft ride 20 metres below Piazza del Plebiscito ... Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Naples holds many well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to …23,50
Behind Enemy Lines.The war memoirs of Jedburgh Officer John Olmsted. (Paperback)In 'Behind Enemy Lines', American OSS agent John Olmsted tells the fascinating story of his experiences as a member of Jedburgh Team 'Dudley', which dropped into occupied east Netherlands on 11/12 September 1944. Together with his two comrades, Dutch officer Henk Brinkgreve and Irish radio operator John 'Bunny' Austin, Olmsted's mission was to help organize the armed resistance in Overijssel in support of the Allied advance during Operation Market Ga rden, which started 6 days later. Following the Allied defeat at Arnhem, Olmsted and his team were trapped behind enemy lines. John Olmsted was one of the few Allied soldiers who managed to escape with Operation Pegasus 2 across the Rhine to liberated territory after the Battle of Arnhem. He vividly wrote about his experiences in Overijssel and Gelderland on the boat trip back to the USA shortly after the end of the war. Olmsted's first person account allows us to see one of the most shocking episodes in Dutch history through the eyes of a19,95
Reisgids Secret Sussex | Jonglez Publishing Let Secret Sussex guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Sussex guide book and let our local experts share these 150 well-hidden treasures of an amazing county. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track. In its 1st edition, Secret Sussex features 150+ secret and unusual locations. Inside Secret Sussex:Discover the setting for secret feasts in the forest, peek inside a glamorous Vogue war correspondent's surreal Sussex home, wander through a forgotten village by the sea, stumble on a fairy-tale folly and a tomb shaped like a Pyramid, uncover a hidden Bond-movie location, hunt out little-known Sussex wineries, track down Sherlock Holmes' fictional country cottage, take a safari through an African-inspired landscape, tour Led Zeppelin's former mansion, lose yourself in a museum about murder and t…21,95
Reisgids 111 places in Places in Berlin That You Shouldn't Miss | Emons The ultimate insider's guide to Berlin, revised and updated for 2019 Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides In Berlin, the city divided after World War II, everybody knows about the Brandenburg Gate, Hitler's bunker, Kennedy's speech, red and green beer, splendidly broad boulevards, and numerous lakes. But this metropolis, once again the capital of Germany, encompasses many clandestine niches characteristic of a heterogeneous city without a beginning and without an end between its famous backyards, nature parks, and bridges. It is often these miniscule witnesses that tell authentic history. Besides the larger attractions, this unusual guide presents Berlin's other side - such as a tower so ugly that no-one wants to open a restaurant in it; a library offering its books in the trunks of living trees; the monument for the inventor of the currywurst; a residential settlement in a former East German prison; the place where the Nazis concealed the…19,50