Download or read book Zurich Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland: Zürich is the ultimate travel guide to this dynamic city. It leads you around Switzerland's largest urban centre with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from the iconic Grossmu ̈nster to the world-class art of the Kunsthaus, and from edgy Zu ̈rich West to the sweet treats of the city's finest confectioners. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you make the most of your trip, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland: Zürich also covers the top places to visit outside the city, including the Lindt & Spru ̈ngli chocolate factory and the small lakefront town of Rapperswil. Also included is the Basics section from the Rough Guide to Switzerland, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around the country, including transport, food, drink, festivals, sports and outdoor activities, travelling with children, costs, health, tourist information and travellers with disabilities. Also published as part of the Rough Guide to Switzerland. The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland: Zürich is equivalent to 58 printed pages.

Download or read book Ticino Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland written by Rough Guides and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland: Ticino is the ultimate travel guide to this unique Swiss canton. It leads you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from the UNESCO World Heritage Site Bellinzona to stylish lakeside Locarno, and from the lush greenery of the Isole di Brissago in glittering Lake Maggiore to rugged Monte Generoso. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you make the most of your trip, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland: Ticino covers Bellinzona; Alto Ticino; Locarno; Locarno's valleys; Ascona; Lugano; and the area around Lake Lugano. Also included is the Basics section from the Rough Guide to Switzerland, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around the country, including transport, food, drink, festivals, sports and outdoor activities, travelling with children, costs, health, tourist information and travelers with disabilities. Also published as part of the Rough Guide to Switzerland. The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland: Ticino is equivalent to 60 printed pages.

Download or read book Lausanne Lake Geneva Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland: Lausanne and Lake Geneva is the ultimate travel guide to this gorgeous western corner of Switzerland. It leads you through the region with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from Lausanne's Cathédrale Notre-Dame and Collection de l'Art Brut to hilltop castle-village Gruyères and the medieval Château de Chillon. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you make the most of your trip, whether passing through, staying for the weekend or longer. The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland: Lausanne and Lake Geneva coversLausanne; the region north of Lausanne; La Côte; the lakeshore east from Lausanne; Vevey and around; and Montreux and around. Also included is the Basics section from the Rough Guide to Switzerland, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around the country, including transport, food, drink, festivals, sports and outdoor activities, travelling with children, costs, health, tourist information and travellers with disabilities. Also published as part of the Rough Guide to Switzerland. The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland: Lausanne and Lake Geneva is equivalent to 64 printed pages.

Download or read book Rough Guides Snapshot Europe on A Budget Switzerland written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guides Snapshot Switzerland is the ultimate budget guide to this beautiful part of Europe. It leads you through the country with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the top sights and attractions, from Lake Geneva to the Swiss Alps and into Liechtenstein, alongside cash-saving tips and suggestions for when you feel like treating yourself. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafs, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you make the most of your trip, however long you're planning to stay. Also included is the Basics section from The Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget, with all the practical information you need for travelling in and around the region, including transport, food, drink, costs, health, sports and outdoor activities. Also published as part of The Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget. Now available in ePub format.

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Switzerland Travel Guide eBook written by Rough Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical travel guide to Switzerland points-of-interest structured lists of all sights and off-the-beaten-track treasures, with detailed colour-coded maps, practical details about what to see and to do in Switzerland, how to get there and around, pre-departure information, as well as top time-saving tips, like a visual list of things not to miss in Switzerland, expert author picks and itineraries to help you plan your trip. The Rough Guide to Switzerland covers: Geneva, Lausanne and Lake Geneva, The Arc Jurassien, Basel and around, Bern and around, The Bernese Oberland, Valais, Lucerne and Central Switzerland, Zürich, Northeast Switzerland, Graubünden, Ticino Inside this travel guide you'll find: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVERY TYPE OF TRAVELLER Experiences selected for every kind of trip to Switzerland, from off-the-beaten-track adventures in Geneva to family activities in child-friendly places, like Zürich or chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas, like Lausanne. PRACTICAL TRAVEL TIPS Essential pre-departure information including Switzerland entry requirements, getting around, health information, travelling with children, sports and outdoor activities, food and drink, festivals, culture and etiquette, shopping, tips for travellers with disabilities and more. TIME-SAVING ITINERARIES Carefully planned routes covering the best of Switzerland give a taste of the richness and diversity of the destination, and have been created for different time frames or types of trip. DETAILED REGIONAL COVERAGE Clear structure within each sightseeing chapter includes regional highlights, brief history, detailed sights and places ordered geographically, recommended restaurants, hotels, bars, clubs and major shops or entertainment options. INSIGHTS INTO GETTING AROUND LIKE A LOCAL Tips on how to beat the crowds, save time and money and find the best local spots for hiking, browsing markets and sampling wine. HIGHLIGHTS OF THINGS NOT TO MISS Rough Guides' rundown of Basel, Bern and Lucerne's sights and top experiences help to make the most of each trip to Switzerland, even in a short time. HONEST AND INDEPENDENT REVIEWS: Written by Rough Guides' expert authors with a trademark blend of humour, honesty and expertise, to help to find the best places in Switzerland, matching different needs. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Comprehensive 'Contexts' chapter features fascinating insights into Switzerland, with coverage of history, religion, ethnic groups, environment, wildlife and books, plus a handy language section and glossary. FABULOUS FULL COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY Features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Rathaus in Basel and the spectacular Bernese Oberland. COLOUR-CODED MAPPING Practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys for quick orientation in Valais, Ticino and many more locations in Switzerland, reduce need to go online. USER-FRIENDLY LAYOUT With helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time.

Download or read book The Rough Guide to Switzerland Travel Guide with Free Ebook written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Switzerland Make the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides. World-renowned 'tell it like it is' travel guide, now with free eBook. Discover Switzerland with this comprehensive and entertaining travel guide, packed with practical information and honest recommendations by our independent experts. Whether you plan to hike or ski in the Alps, explore Zurich and Basel's fine art collections or immerse yourself in world-class music at the Montreux Jazz Festival, The Rough Guide to Switzerland will help you discover the best places to explore, eat, drink, shop and sleep along the way. Features of this travel guide to Switzerland: - Detailed regional coverage: provides practical information for every kind of trip, from off-the-beaten-track adventures to chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas - Honest and independent reviews: written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and expertise, our writers will help you make the most from your trip to Switzerland - Meticulous mapping: practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys. Find your way around Geneva, Zurich and many more locations without needing to get online - Fabulous full-colour photography: features inspirational colour photography, including of the stunning view of the Jungfrau peak from Schynige Platte in the Bernese Oberland and Lucerne's postcard-perfect covered bridge on its pristine lake. - Time-saving itineraries: carefully planned routes will help inspire and inform your on-the-road experiences - Things not to miss: Rough Guides' rundown of Basel, Zurich, Bern and Lausanne's best sights and top experiences - Travel tips and info: packed with essential pre-departure information including getting around, accommodation, food and drink, health, the media, festivals, sports and outdoor activities, culture and etiquette, shopping and more - Background information: comprehensive 'Contexts' chapter provides fascinating insights into Switzerland, with coverage of history, religion, ethnic groups, environment, wildlife and books, plus a handy language section and glossary - The ultimate travel tool: download the free eBook to access all this from your phone or tablet - Covers: Geneva, Lausanne and Lake Geneva, the Arc Jurassien, Basel and around, Bern and around, the Bernese Oberland, Valais, Lucerne and Central Switzerland, Zurich, Northeast Switzerland, Graubunden, Ticino You may also be interested in: The Rough Guide to France, The Rough Guide to Germany, The Rough Guide to Italy About Rough Guides: Rough Guides have been inspiring travellers for over 35 years, with over 30 million copies sold globally. Synonymous with practical travel tips, quality writing and a trustworthy 'tell it like it is' ethos, the Rough Guides list includes more than 260 travel guides to 120+ destinations, gift-books and phrasebooks.

Download or read book Swiss Made written by R. James Breiding and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has Switzerland - a tiny, land-locked country with few natural advantages - become so successful for so long at so many things? In banking, pharmaceuticals, machinery, even textiles, Swiss companies rank alongside the biggest and most powerful global competitors. How did they get there? How do they continue to refresh themselves? Does the Swiss 'Sonderfall' (special case) provide lessons others can learn and benefit from? Can the Swiss continue to perform in a hyper-competitive global economy? Swiss Made offers answers to these and many other questions about the country as it describes the origins, structures and characteristics of the most important Swiss companies. The authors suggest success is due to a large degree to sound entrepreneurial thinking and an openness to new ideas. And they venture a surprising forecast on the country's ability to keep pace in an age of globalisation.

Download or read book Blind Spot written by Teju Cole and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shadow of a tree in upstate New York. A hotel room in Switzerland. A young stranger in the Congo. In Blind Spot, readers will follow Teju Cole's inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm, as he continues to refine the voice and intellectual obsessions that earned him such acclaim for Open City. In more than 150 pairs of images and surprising, lyrical text, Cole explores his complex relationship to the visual world through his two great passions: writing and photography. Blind Spot is a testament to the art of seeing by one of the most powerful and original voices in contemporary literature.

Download or read book Switzerland Culture Smart written by Culture Smart! and published by Kuperard. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Set aside your preconceptions of postcard scenery, chocolate and cheese, faceless bankers, and spotless cities. The real Switzerland is anything but bland. This small, multilingual, and fiercely independent country at the heart of Europe is full of surprises. Culture Smart! Switzerland reveals the human dimension of this enigmatic country. It provides an historical overview, explores Swiss values and attitudes, and looks at the cultural continuity of festivals and traditions. It will help you navigate your way through various aspects of Swiss life and society and reveal the warmth, decency, wit and intelligence that characterizes its inhabitants. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

Download or read book Frommer s Comprehensive Travel Guide Switzerland Liechtenstein 92 93 written by Darwin Porter and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Teju Cole Fernweh written by Teju Cole and published by Mack. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The picturesque vistas and apparent stability of Switzerland have made it an elusive subject for contemporary photography. Over a five-year period (2014-2019), Cole found a distinctly new way to look at a country that has been the quintessence of tourist experience for almost two centuries. Fernweh muses on the German word for a longing to be elsewhere. Cole's meditative and scrupulously composed work, made with colour film, is evocative of the hidden history of the Alpine nation as well as of its highly curated terrain. Returning to Switzerland year after year, Cole shares the patience and mild palette of luminaries of contemporary European photography - but the constructivist tension in these images is all his own. With photographs shot in every corner of the country - from Vaud to Graubünden to Lugano - Fernweh creates a vision of Switzerland that, though largely devoid of human presence, is rich in human traces; none more so than Cole's own distinct way of seeing. --

Download or read book Narrative and Numbers written by Aswath Damodaran and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can a company that has never turned a profit have a multibillion dollar valuation? Why do some start-ups attract large investments while others do not? Aswath Damodaran, finance professor and experienced investor, argues that the power of story drives corporate value, adding substance to numbers and persuading even cautious investors to take risks. In business, there are the storytellers who spin compelling narratives and the number-crunchers who construct meaningful models and accounts. Both are essential to success, but only by combining the two, Damodaran argues, can a business deliver and sustain value. Through a range of case studies, Narrative and Numbers describes how storytellers can better incorporate and narrate numbers and how number-crunchers can calculate more imaginative models that withstand scrutiny. Damodaran considers Uber's debut and how narrative is key to understanding different valuations. He investigates why Twitter and Facebook were valued in the billions of dollars at their public offerings, and why one (Twitter) has stagnated while the other (Facebook) has grown. Damodaran also looks at more established business models such as Apple and Amazon to demonstrate how a company's history can both enrich and constrain its narrative. And through Vale, a global Brazil-based mining company, he shows the influence of external narrative, and how country, commodity, and currency can shape a company's story. Narrative and Numbers reveals the benefits, challenges, and pitfalls of weaving narratives around numbers and how one can best test a story's plausibility.

Download or read book Official Export Guide written by North American Publishing Company and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 2410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book DK Eyewitness Switzerland written by DK Eyewitness and published by DK Eyewitness Travel. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ski the Alps, explore the idyllic countryside, and take in the alpine scenery when you travel to Switzerland. See history, art, and more in this unique and vibrant country. From top restaurants, bars, and clubs to standout scenic sites and walks, our insider tips are sure to make your trip outstanding. Whether you're looking for unique and interesting shops and markets, or seeking the best venues for music and nightlife, we have entertainment and hotel recommendations for every budget covered in our Eyewitness Travel Guide. Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Switzerland. - Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance. - Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights. - Floor plans and guided visitor information for major museums. - Guided walking tours, local drink and dining specialties to try, things to do, and places to eat, drink, and shop by area. - Area maps marked with sights. - Detailed city maps include street finder indexes for easy navigation. - Insights into history and culture to help you understand the stories behind the sights. - Hotel and restaurant listings highlight DK Choice special recommendations. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Switzerland truly shows you the country as no one else can. Recommended: For a pocket guidebook to Switzerland, check out DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Switzerland, which is packed with dozens of top 10 lists, ensuring you make the most of your time and experience the best of everything. Series Overview: For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations. Expert travel writers and researchers provide independent editorial advice, recommendations, and reviews. With guidebooks to hundreds of places around the globe available in print and digital formats, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides show travelers how they can discover more.

Download or read book Frommer s Dollarwise Guide to Switzerland Liechtenstein written by Arthur Frommer and published by Frommer's. This book was released on 1984 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Colonial Switzerland written by P. Purtschert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: States without former colonies, it has been argued, were intensely involved in colonial practices. This anthology looks at Switzerland, which, by its very strong economic involvements with colonialism, its doctrine of neutrality, and its transnationally entangled scientific community, constitutes a perfect case in point.

Download or read book A Crime in the Family written by Sacha Batthyány and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of brutality, heroism and personal discovery from Europe's dark heart, revealing one of the most extraordinary untold stories of the Second World War In the spring of 1945, at Rechnitz on the Austrian-Hungarian border, not far from the front lines of the advancing Red Army, Countess Margit Batthyany gave a party in her mansion. The war was almost over, and the German aristocrats and SS officers dancing and drinking knew it was lost. Late that night, they walked down to the village, where 180 enslaved Jewish labourers waited, made them strip naked, and shot them all, before returning to the bright lights of the party. It remained a secret for decades, until Sacha Batthyany, who remembered his great-aunt Margit only vaguely from his childhood as a stern, distant woman, began to ask questions about it. A Crime in the Family is Sacha Batthyany's memoir of confronting these questions, and of the answers he found. It is one of the last untold stories of Europe's nightmare century, spanning not just the massacre at Rechnitz, the inhumanity of Auschwitz, the chaos of wartime Budapest and the brutalities of Soviet occupation and Stalin's gulags, but also the silent crimes of complicity and cover-up, and the damaged generations they leave behind. Told partly through the surviving journals of others from the author's family and the vanished world of Rechnitz, A Crime in the Family is a moving and revelatory memoir in the vein of The Hare with the Amber Eyes and The House by the Lake. It uncovers barbarity and tragedy but also a measure of peace and reconciliation. Ultimately, Batthyany discovers that although his inheritance might be that of monsters, he does not bear it alone.