The Shadows of Rutherford

Vir in Via is a travel guidebook to the modern city of Rome - but with an ancient twist: it brings together a contemporary city walking guide with a traditional archaeological survey. Whether exploring Italy's vibrant capital or delving into its past is your thing, this rich book will prove both useful and fascinating. Detailed itineraries escort us around familiar tourist tracks and lesser-known areas of Rome while imagining that we are accompanied by Josephus Publicus, a fictional inhabitant of the ancient city.   Sudbury keeps his - and our - eye on what remnants of the ancient and medieval past can be found in Rome, whether readily visible or buried underground, while our imaginary companion relates tales about his haunts and discovers what they have become. Peeling back layers of topography, Vir in Via reveals unexpected connections between past and present. Digging deep into history, it reveals how Rome has evolved into its modern guise.   Walking tours encompass all the most fa…

A thrilling and dangerous adventure through Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world's least explored places.  'A fabulously thrilling journey through a beguiling land' Joanna Lumley  'With tremendous verve and determination Antonia plunges through an extraordinary world. Thank heavens she survived to tell this vivid and thoughtful tale' Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels  'A tale of delight and exuberance - and one I'd thoroughly recommend. Bolingbroke-Kent proves a great travelling companion - compassionate, spirited and with a sharp eye for human oddity' Benedict Allen, author of Edge of Blue Heaven and Into the Abyss  'A transformative journey that gripped me from the very first page' Alastair Humphreys, author of The Boy Who Biked the World and Microadventures 'Remote, mountainous and forbidding, here shamans still fly through the night, hidden valleys conceal portals to other worlds, yetis leave footprints in the snow, spirits and demons abound, and the gods are appeased by…

Miguel Júdice verzamelde in The 500 Hidden Secrets of Lisbon 500 fantastische plekken in en interessante weetjes over zijn stad Lissabon, zoals het restaurant van fotograaf en foodie Adriana Freire dat deel uitmaakt van een sociaal integratieproject, een bijzonder kunstwerk van street artist Vhils, opgedragen aan de legendarische Fado zangeres Amália Rodrigues, en een drijvend kunstwerk op de Taag dat het midden houdt tussen de iconische ferryboten van Lissabon en de typische vaporetta's van Venetië.   500 adressen in handige lijstjes van 5 - inclusief kaartjes en index.   Where are the 5 best restaurants for petiscos? What are the 5 best bars from another time? What are the 5 best street markets? Where are the 5 best places to enjoy the river? Where should you go for the 5 best fado experiences? The 500 Hidden Secrets of Lisbon reveals these good-to-know addresses and many more. Miguel Júdice selected 500 great places to be and interesting facts about his home town, Lisbon, l…

Bijzondere reisgids over Londen waarbij de nadruk ligt op plekken die je niet zo snel vindt in de gewone reisgidsen. Uit allerlei top-lijsten kun je zelf kiezen wat je interessant lijkt. Uitgevoerd met veel illustraties.  In The 500 Hidden Secrets of London deelt Londenaar Tom Greig zijn favoriete adressen en geheimen, zoals de bakker op Brick Lane waar mensen van heinde en verre naartoe komen om er salt-beef beigels te kopen, een vintage- en antiekmarkt in een voormalige department store, een klein maar bekroond theatertje met een gegolfd stalen dak of de straat waar de eerste inwoners van Londen, de Hugenoten, zich vestigden en waar nu bekende artiesten wonen.   500 adressen in handige lijstjes van 5 - inclusief kaartjes en index. Where are the 5 best places to find street food? Which are the 5 best restaurants to grab your lunch at in Soho? Which pubs have the most amazing interiors? Where are the best places to discover vintage vinyl? Which are the most innovative theatre companie…

Hilarisch reisverslag van een voetreis met een koelkast door Ierland. On his only prior visit to Ireland, songwriter/comic Tony Hawks had seen a man hitchhiking with a refrigerator. For years, he was wont to tell the tale during late-night drinking matches, and after one particularly heavy-duty night of partying, he awoke to find a bet scrawled pillow-side: a friend wagered 100 pounds that Hawks wouldn't travel Ireland for a month with a refrigerator at his side. Out of this stupid premise, a ridiculously amusing book was born. Quickly discovered by the Irish media, the thumbing Englishman finds that he and his box fridge are elevated to celebrity status, and there's no dearth of rides, places to stay or goofy people to meet, from kings to spoons players to locals who take his fridge surfing. As insightful about the strange inner workings of Hawk's mind as it is about charming peculiarities of Irishmen--it's doubtful that Hawks would have been similarly embraced by Germans, Italians, …

Bijzondere reisgids over Parijs waarbij de nadruk ligt op plekken die je niet zo snel vindt in de gewone reisgidsen. Uit allerlei top-lijsten kun je zelf kiezen wat je interessant lijkt. Uitgevoerd met veel illustraties.  De vijfde gids in de reeks The 500 Hidden Secrets concept, geschreven door een Parisienne pur sang.   Voor toeristen die alombekende hotspots willen vermijden en de favoriete adressen van de locals willen ontdekken, en voor inwoners die hun stad nog beter willen leren kennen. Geschreven door een local. Met lijstjes zoals de 5 beste brocantemarkten, de 5 beste werkplekken voor freelancers en de 5 leukste concertlocaties. 500 adressen en wetenswaardigheden die weinig mensen kennen zoals een restaurant waar je tot 3u30 's nachts een typisch Frans gerecht kunt bestellen, een klein papierwinkeltje waar het daglicht royaal binnenstroomt en waar je de mooiste Japanse papiercreaties vindt, of een winkeltje waar cadeaus zoals geborduurde servetten op maat gemaakt worden. Jour…

Let op: Engelse versie Handige en overzichtelijke, kleine reisgids voor een eerste kennismaking met de vakantiebestemming. Globale uitklapkaart achterin, makkelijk binnenzakformaat. Let Marco Polo Montenegro guide you around this beautiful country. Explore Montenegro with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants, the region's trendiest places, and get tips on shopping and what to do on a limited budget. There are plenty of ideas for travel with kids, and a summary of all the festivals and events that take place.   Let Marco Polo show you all this wonderful country has to offer…Idyllic bays hidden behind rocks and lined with pines, cypresses and olive trees, the flower town of Herceg Novi, the seafaring hamlet of Perast or the picturesque hotel island of Sveti Stefan will take you back to the heyday of European architecture. Countless mountain ranges, panoramic views, raging rivers and spectacular canyon…

Thailand is the mecca of birding in Southeast Asia. It's convenient to get to and get around, and its birdlife is wondrously diverse, exotic, and plentiful. With Birds of Thailand, Craig Robson and fourteen leading illustrators give us the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and concise field guide to this magnificent country's rich avifaunal heritage in recent years, covering the more than 950 species recorded as of early in the new millennium. Facing each of the 128 striking, full-color plates are species accounts accompanied by maps for each, illustrating precise distribution within Thailand. The accurate text covers identification, voice, habitat, behavior, range, status, and breeding for all species and subspecies. Illustrations and entries on a number of species recorded only quite recently are also included. The country's varied habitats assure something for every birder, from freshwater marshes to coastal areas, from fields and rice paddies to lush jungles and mangrove forests. In…

Explore the places that time forgot. Abandoned, mysterious, sleeping monuments around the world have been relegated to the margins of history, pushed off the map and out of sight. From ancient ruins and crumbling castles to more recent relics – an art deco New York subway station, a Soviet ghost town in the Arctic Circle, a flooded Thai mall teeming with aquatic life – Travis Elborough takes you on a journey into these strange, overlooked and disappearing worlds and immortalises their fates. Original maps and stunning colour photography accompany Travis Elborough’s moving historic and geographic accounts of each site. The featured locations are a stark reminder of what was, and the accounts in this investigative book help to bring their stories back to life, telling us what happened, when and why, and to whom. The book features 40 sites, including: Santa Claus, Arizona, USA: A festive tourist resort turned ghost town deep in the desert where once you could meet Santa Claus any day…

Een fascinerend boekwerk met de grootste mythes, leugens en blunders die ooit op kaart zijn verschenen. In een luxe hardcover uitgave met mooie stofomslag. The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms - non-existent islands, invented mountain ranges, mythical civilisations and other fictitious geography - were all at various times presented as facts on maps and atlases. This book is a collection of striking antique maps that display the most erroneous cartography, with each illustration accompanied by the story behind it. Exploration, map-making and mythology are all brought together to create a colourful tapestry of monsters, heroes and volcanoes; swindlers, mirages and murderers. Sometimes the stories are almost impossible to believe, and remarkably, some of the errors were still on display in maps published in the 21st century. Throughout much of the 19th century more than 40 different mapma…