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Book New Map France

    Book Details:
  • Author : Herbert Ypma
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2020-04-21
  • ISBN : 050029495X
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book New Map France written by Herbert Ypma and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of New Map Italy, this book is the ultimate visual guide to the finest hotels and travel experiences France has to offer. Today’s discerning traveler is looking not merely for luxury but for a unique experience. But in this age of low-cost flights and easy travel, how do you avoid the crowds and find the hidden gems? Not via sponsored search results or thousands of indistinguishable reviews. What you need is on-the-ground, in-person, tried-and-trusted knowledge. In this new guide to France, Herbert Ypma surprises and delights with his unequaled eye for detail and his unerring ability to judge what makes the difference between a good experience and a truly memorable one. The numerous experiences and tips that he maps out across the length and breadth of France fall into four key categories: staying in character, eclectic experiences, legend for lunch, and convincing context. Featuring more than ninety experiences and tips, from unique places to stay and the best spots for authentic French cuisine to historical must-sees and quirky one-offs, New Map France is the ideal travel companion for a trip to the most visited country on the planet.

Book Maps for the Modern World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Valerie June Hockett
  • Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Release : 2021-04-06
  • ISBN : 1524870358
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Maps for the Modern World written by Valerie June Hockett and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poetic call for mindfulness, creativity, and analog real-world connection in an increasingly disconnected world from singer-songwriter Valerie June. Maps for the Modern World is a collection of poems and original illustrations about cultivating community, awareness, and harmony with our surroundings as we move fearlessly toward our dreams. I love you Like a fall leaf dancing And twirling in the wind Softly landing, Returning to the warm earth Rest Make new Begin Again -comfortably

Book A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress  Titles 3266 4087

Download or read book A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress Titles 3266 4087 written by Library of Congress. Map Division and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Culture Map  INTL ED

Download or read book The Culture Map INTL ED written by Erin Meyer and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international business expert helps you understand and navigate cultural differences in this insightful and practical guide, perfect for both your work and personal life. Americans precede anything negative with three nice comments; French, Dutch, Israelis, and Germans get straight to the point; Latin Americans and Asians are steeped in hierarchy; Scandinavians think the best boss is just one of the crowd. It's no surprise that when they try and talk to each other, chaos breaks out. In The Culture Map, INSEAD professor Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain in which people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. She provides a field-tested model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business, and combines a smart analytical framework with practical, actionable advice.

Book The Pentagon s New Map

Download or read book The Pentagon s New Map written by Thomas P.M. Barnett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the Cold War, America's national security establishment has been searching for a new operating theory to explain how this seemingly "chaotic" world actually works. Gone is the clash of blocs, but replaced by what? Thomas Barnett has the answers. A senior military analyst with the U.S. Naval War College, he has given a constant stream of briefings over the past few years, and particularly since 9/11, to the highest of high-level civilian and military policymakers-and now he gives it to you. The Pentagon's New Map is a cutting-edge approach to globalization that combines security, economic, political, and cultural factors to do no less than predict and explain the nature of war and peace in the twenty-first century. Building on the works of Friedman, Huntington, and Fukuyama, and then taking a leap beyond, Barnett crystallizes recent American military history and strategy, sets the parameters for where our forces will likely be headed in the future, outlines the unique role that America can and will play in establishing international stability-and provides much-needed hope at a crucial yet uncertain time in world history. For anyone seeking to understand the Iraqs, Afghanistans, and Liberias of the present and future, the intimate new links between foreign policy and national security, and the operational realities of the world as it exists today, The Pentagon's New Map is a template, a Rosetta stone. Agree with it, disagree with it, argue with it-there is no book more essential for 2004 and beyond.

Book A Bite Sized History of France

Download or read book A Bite Sized History of France written by Stéphane Henaut and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "delicious" (Dorie Greenspan), "genial" (Kirkus Reviews), "very cool book about the intersections of food and history" (Michael Pollan)—as featured in the New York Times "The complex political, historical, religious and social factors that shaped some of [France's] . . . most iconic dishes and culinary products are explored in a way that will make you rethink every sprinkling of fleur de sel." —The New York Times Book Review Acclaimed upon its hardcover publication as a "culinary treat for Francophiles" (Publishers Weekly), A Bite-Sized History of France is a thoroughly original book that explores the facts and legends of the most popular French foods and wines. Traversing the cuisines of France's most famous cities as well as its underexplored regions, the book is enriched by the "authors' friendly accessibility that makes these stories so memorable" (The New York Times Book Review). This innovative social history also explores the impact of war and imperialism, the age-old tension between tradition and innovation, and the enduring use of food to prop up social and political identities. The origins of the most legendary French foods and wines—from Roquefort and cognac to croissants and Calvados, from absinthe and oysters to Camembert and champagne—also reveal the social and political trends that propelled France's rise upon the world stage. As told by a Franco-American couple (Stéphane is a cheesemonger, Jeni is an academic) this is an "impressive book that intertwines stories of gastronomy, culture, war, and revolution. . . . It's a roller coaster ride, and when you're done you'll wish you could come back for more" (The Christian Science Monitor).

Book Catalogue of Rare Maps of America from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries

Download or read book Catalogue of Rare Maps of America from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries written by Museum Book Store and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Encounters in the New World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mirela Altic
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2022-07-08
  • ISBN : 022679119X
  • Pages : 494 pages

Download or read book Encounters in the New World written by Mirela Altic and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing more than 150 historical maps, this book traces the Jesuits’ significant contributions to mapping and mapmaking from their arrival in the New World. In 1540, in the wake of the tumult brought on by the Protestant Reformation, Saint Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits. The Society’s goal was to revitalize the faith of Catholics and to evangelize to non-Catholics through charity, education, and missionary work. By the end of the century, Jesuit missionaries were sent all over the world, including to South America. In addition to performing missionary and humanitarian work, Jesuits also served as cartographers and explorers under the auspices of the Spanish, Portuguese, and French crowns as they ventured into remote areas to find and evangelize to native populations. In Encounters in the New World, Mirela Altic analyzes more than 150 of their maps, most of which have never previously been published. She traces the Jesuit contribution to mapping and mapmaking from their arrival in the New World into the post-suppression period, placing it in the context of their worldwide undertakings in the fields of science and art. Altic’s analysis also shows the incorporation of indigenous knowledge into the Jesuit maps, effectively making them an expression of cross-cultural communication—even as they were tools of colonial expansion. This ambiguity, she reveals, reflects the complex relationship between missions, knowledge, and empire. Far more than just a physical survey of unknown space, Jesuit mapping of the New World was in fact the most important link to enable an exchange of ideas and cultural concepts between the Old World and the New.

Book French Foreign Policy from Fashoda to Serajevo  1898 1914

Download or read book French Foreign Policy from Fashoda to Serajevo 1898 1914 written by Graham Henry Stuart and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Narrative and Critical History of America  French explorations and settlements in North America  and those of the Portuguese  Dutch  and Swedes  1500 1700   c1884

Download or read book Narrative and Critical History of America French explorations and settlements in North America and those of the Portuguese Dutch and Swedes 1500 1700 c1884 written by Justin Winsor and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Commerce of Cartography

Download or read book The Commerce of Cartography written by Mary Sponberg Pedley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the political and intellectual history of mapmaking in the eighteenth century is well established, the details of its commercial revolution have until now been widely scattered. In The Commerce of Cartography, Mary Pedley presents a vivid picture of the costs and profits of the mapmaking industry in England and France, and reveals how the economics of map trade affected the content and appearance of the maps themselves. Conceptualizing the relationship between economics and cartography, Pedley traces the process of mapmaking from compilation, production, and marketing to consumption, reception, and criticism. In detailing the rise of commercial cartography, Pedley explores qualitative issues of mapmaking as well. Why, for instance, did eighteenth-century ideals of aesthetics override the modern values of accuracy and detail? And what, to an eighteenth-century mind and eye, qualified as a good map? A thorough and engaging study of the business of cartography during the Enlightenment, The Commerce of Cartography charts a new cartographic landscape and will prove invaluable to scholars of economic history, historical geography, and the history of publishing.

Book A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress

Download or read book A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress. Map Division and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Voyages to North America

Download or read book New Voyages to North America written by Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce baron de Lahontan and published by Chicago : A.C. McClurg. This book was released on 1905 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress

Download or read book A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress. Map Division and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book On the Wandering Paths

Download or read book On the Wandering Paths written by Sylvain Tesson and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A walking journey through France’s vast interior becomes a meditation on both personal recovery and the role of history in the present—more than 425,000 copies sold in France After a free-climbing accident lands him in a coma and a hospital for four months, the French writer Sylvain Tesson makes a promise to himself: if he’s ever able to walk again, he will traverse the entire country of France on foot. Part literary adventure, part philosophical reflection on our contemporary consumer culture, On the Wandering Paths takes us deep into the heart of what Tesson terms France’s “hyperrural” zones. Tracing the obscure paths peasants once followed throughout the countryside, Tesson embarks on a three-month journey of solitude and personal contemplation as he walks along vast stretches of mountain ranges and rivers, encountering ancient Roman stone bridges and walkways, the French Foreign Legion, pagan prayer sites, Provençal villages, and the majestic Mont-Saint-Michel. Connecting deeply with the places he visits, his experiences inspire reflection on the essential need to disengage from the digital and immerse oneself in natural beauty. Rich with humor, historical insight, and literary power, On the Wandering Paths is both a meditation on the act of recovery and a potent recognition of the traces of our past in the present. Asking us to reassess our values and our relationship to the land, Tesson’s exquisite chronicle through landscapes that continue to resist urbanization and technology is a thoughtful—and thought-provoking—glimpse into a poet’s adventurous life. Les Chemins de Pierre, a film based on the book starring Jean Dujardin, is due to release in 2022.

Book New Map Italy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Herbert Ypma
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2019-04-23
  • ISBN : 0500292884
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book New Map Italy written by Herbert Ypma and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the unusual to the spectacular, this book is the ultimate visual guide to the finest hotels, unique places, and authentic travel experiences Italy has to offer. Today’s discerning travelers are not merely looking for the best accommodations and eateries, they’re seeking a unique experience. In this age of low-cost flights and easy travel, sponsored search results and thousands of indistinguishable reviews, how do you avoid the crowds and find the hidden gems? Tried-and-true knowledge from an authority on the ground is what makes the difference between a good experience and a truly memorable one. In this new guide to Italy, travel expert Herbert Ypma surprises and delights with his unparalleled eye for detail and his unerring ability to separate the exceptional from the mundane. The experiences Ypma maps out across the length and breadth of Italy include the best places to stay, eclectic adventures, legendary places to eat, and historical sites to visit enhanced by nuggets of fascinating history. Brimming with beautiful new photography of every location, as well as hand-drawn maps and illustrations, this book visits all of Italy’s best-loved regions, including Sicily, Naples, the Aeolian Islands, the Amalfi Coast, Capri, Matera, Puglia, Rome, Lazio, Umbria, Sardinia, Florence, Tuscany, Milan, Lake Como, Verona, and Venice. Combined with Ypma’s insightful text, New Map Italy is as unique, authentic, and distinctive as Italy itself.