Download or read book Good Night Washington DC written by Adam Gamble and published by Good Night Books. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This charming and educational board book delights young readers in a tour around the magnificent city of Washington, DC. Children will be lulled into a peaceful night's sleep after visiting the capital's most treasured icons and landmarks, including the National Zoo, Library of Congress, the White House, National Mall, Washington Monument, Museum of National History, Air and Space Museum, Lincoln Memorial, and more.
Download or read book This is Washington D C written by Miroslav Sasek and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing the success of the runaway best sellers This is New York and This is London comes the latest title from M. Sasek’s beloved and nostalgic children’s travel series. Sasek’s This is Washington, D.C. is a facsimile edition of his original book, which was first published in 1969. The brilliant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, with the facts updated for the twenty-first century. The charming illustrations, coupled with Sasek’s playful narrative, makes for a perfect souvenir that will delight children and parents alike. Super-tourist Sasek paints Washington red, white, and blue as he tours the nation’s capital. Stops include the Washington Monument (which commands a view of all the Federal buildings and most of the museums, monuments, and memorials), the White House (whose lawn is a grassy launching pad for the President’s helicopter), and the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, the last residence of the world’s most famous ursine, Smokey the Bear! With bright pictures and snappy commentary, Sasek wittily captures all the fascinating things to do and see in a city of green parks, wide avenues, and classic white porticoes. Designed by a Frenchman and renowned for its cherry blossoms, This is Washington, D.C.!
Download or read book Very Washington DC written by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A travel guide with character, this fact-filled keepsake offers all the history, beauty, charm, and culture of our nation's capital city. In eye-catching watercolors and detailed sketches, artist Diana Gessler captures the allure that makes Washington DC one of the most visited destinations in the country. In addition to the national landmarks, stirring memorials, and vibrant neighborhoods, there's the Cherry Blossom Festival, the Twilight Tattoo (a military pageant featuring the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps and the U.S. Army Drill Team), colorful row houses, famous hotels and restaurants, and more museums than you'll be able to visit in just one trip. Gessler covers the city's most popular attractions but also heads off the beaten path to share hidden gems, like the quirky Albert Einstein Memorial and Eastern Market, where you can dine on bluebucks and browse for flea market finds. Also included are an index of sites and a useful appendix of addresses, Web sites, Metro stops, and phone numbers. Very Washington DC is a picture-perfect guidebook—a one-of-a-kind memento for tourists and a cherished reminder of the city's riches for those who have always lived in America's hometown.
Download or read book DC PHOTO BOOK An Insider s View of Washington DC written by Stephen R. Brown and published by Stephen R Brown Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DC Photo Book: An Insider’s View is a full-color photographic book featuring photographs of DC spanning three decades. The photographs are exclusive never-to-be duplicated images taken by renowned photographer Stephen R. Brown on assignment for national and international magazines. The book has been featured on the White House News Photographers Association Site, WTTG Fox Washington and is supported by an advertising campaign in the local newspapers and a daily news blogs. It is the most complete and up to date survey of the Memorial and neighborhoods in DC and is updated with every printing. This book was first published in 2009 and has to date sold 16,000 copies. You can order your copy using a credit card through our website or through our Amazon Author’s Page. For case quantities or questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected] or call at 202-667-1965.
Download or read book My Washington DC written by Kathy Jakobsen and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to My Washington, DC! Vibrant, lush paintings full of elaborate detail bring the capital city to life! A young girl and her friend explore all their favorite places in Washington, DC, from the White House to the Lincoln Memorial. They peek inside the National Air and Space Museum, glimpse the Declaration of Independence at the National Archives, and bask in the beauty of the cherry blossoms surrounding the Tidal Basin. With two giant foldout pages, a map of the city, fun facts, seek-and-find challenges, and a poster of the Bill of Rights on the underside of this jacket, My Washington, DC is endlessly fun and educational. Kathy Jakobsen's lavish paintings invite readers to return again and again to this dazzling tribute to America's capital!
Download or read book Dream City written by Harry S. Jaffe and published by Black Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a new afterword covering the two decades since its first publication, two of Washington, D.C.’s most respected journalists expose one of America’s most tragic ironies: how the nation’s capital, often a gleaming symbol of peace and hope, is the setting for vicious contradictions and devastating conflicts over race, class, and power. Jaffe and Sherwood have chillingly chronicled the descent of the District of Columbia—congressional hearings, gangland murders, the establishment of home rule and the inside story of Marion Barry’s enigmatic dynasty and disgrace. Now their afterword narrates the District’s transformation in the last twenty years. New residents have helped bring developments, restaurants, and businesses to reviving neighborhoods. The authors cover the rise and fall of Mayors Adrian Fenty and Vince Gray, how new corruption charges are taking down politicians and businessmen, and how a fading Barry is still a player. The “city behind the monuments” remains flawed and polarized, but its revival is turning it into a distinct world capital—almost a dream city. Harry Jaffe has been a national editor at The Washingtonian magazine since 1990. He has received a number of awards for investigative journalism and feature writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He has taught journalism at Georgetown University and American University. His work has appeared in Esquire, Regardie's, Outside, Philadelphia Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, and other newspapers. Jaffe was born and raised in Philadelphia and began his journalism career with the Rutland (Vermont) Herald. He is the co-author of Dream City: Race, Power and the Decline of Washington, D.C. He lives in Clarke County, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughters. Tom Sherwood is a reporter for NBC4 in Washington, specializing in politics and the District of Columbia government. Tom also is a commentator for WAMU 88.5 public radio and a columnist for the Current Newspapers. Tom has twice been honored as one of the Top 50 Journalists in Washington by Washingtonian magazine. He began his journalism career at The Atlanta Constitution and covered local and national politics for The Washington Post from 1979 to 1989. He is the co-author of Dream City: Race, Power and the Decline of Washington, D.C. A native of Atlanta, he currently resides in Washington, D.C. and has one son, Peyton.
Download or read book Hello Washington DC written by Martha Zschock and published by Commonwealth Editions. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Colorful and Fun Tour of Washington D.C. for the Littlest Explorers
Download or read book Empire of Mud written by J. D. Dickey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical temples, a pulsing hub of political power and prowess. But for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen. Before America became a world power in the twentieth century, Washington City was an eyesore at best and a disgrace at worst. Unfilled swamps, filthy canals, and rutted horse trails littered its landscape. Political bosses hired hooligans and thugs to conduct the nation's affairs. Legendary madams entertained clients from all stations of society and politicians of every party. The police served and protected with the aid of bribes and protection money. Beneath pestilential air, the city’s muddy roads led to a stumpy, half-finished obelisk to Washington here, a domeless Capitol Building there. Lining the streets stood boarding houses, tanneries, and slums. Deadly horse races gouged dusty streets, and opposing factions of volunteer firefighters battled one another like violent gangs rather than life-saving heroes. The city’s turbulent history set a precedent for the dishonesty, corruption, and mismanagement that have led generations to look suspiciously on the various sin--both real and imagined--of Washington politicians. Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital’s story and explores how the city was tainted from the outset, nearly stifled from becoming the proud citadel of the republic that George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant envisioned more than two centuries ago.
Download or read book Little Black Book of Washington DC 2012 Edition written by Harriet Edleson and published by Peter Pauper Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2012 Edition. From the National Mall to the Zoo, Capitol Hill to Foggy Bottom and beyond, make your way around America's capital with this indispensable pocket city guide! User-friendly foldout maps and insider tips help you to explore the best Washington, DC, has to offer. Here's all you need to know about what to see and do, and where to eat, drink, shop, and stay in this city of living history! Washington, DC correspondent for Travel Agent magazine and news editor at Travel Trade Publications, author Harriet Edleson has written for the Washington Post and Fodor's travel publications. Color-coded, numbered entries in the text are keyed to full-color neighborhood maps in each chapter. ''Top Picks'' direct you to not-to-be-missed attractions. Notes pages. Portable size and sleek, non-touristy, award-winning ''Black Book'' format. Full-color spot illustrations throughout liven the text. 9 easy-to-use fold-out maps, including maps of Washington, DC neighborhoods, suburbs, and a Metro System Map. Elastic band place holder marks your spot. 4-1/4'' wide x 5-3/4'' high. Concealed wire-o binding, book lies flat for ease of use. 240 pages.
Download or read book Walking Washington D C written by Barbara J. Saffir and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington D.C. is every American's home away from home. Since DC is a compact city with great public transportation, it's easy to explore both its high-profile side - its magnificent monuments, world-class museums, enthralling architecture, breathtaking vistas, and unique national parks - as well as its less famous persona - its cozy hideaways, ethnic eateries, bustling dance clubs, lively theaters, shopaholic hot spots, and more.Now it's a foodies' paradise enlivened with high-tech entrepreneurs and innovative buildings in entirely new and safer neighborhoods. Now, with Walking Washington D.C by local author Barbara J. Saffir, people can get to know the communities of D.C. Each walk tells the story of a neighborhood: a snapshot of some of its history and how it has transformed over the years. Readers will be pointed to distinctive architecture, landmark buildings, popular eateries, ethnic enclaves, art and performance spaces, and natural scenery. Maps and transportation directions make it easy to find your way. Whether you're looking for an afternoon stroll or a daylong outing, grab this book and start walking Washington D.C. After a few miles or a few days, you might fall in love.
Download or read book Lost Washington D C written by Paul K. Williams and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Washington, D.C. looks at the cherished places in the city that time, progress and fashion have swept aside. The Lost series from Pavilion Books looks back in loving detail at many of the things that have helped create a city’s unique identity that have since disappeared; the streetcars, the shops, the parks, the churches, the amusement parks, the communities, even the annual parades. It looks at the landmark buildings that failed to be preserved, the hotels that could not be adapted and fell to the wrecking ball and the novelty buildings such as the General Noble Redwood Treehouse which stood on the Mall from 1894 to 1932. Lost buiildings include the Washington Arsenal and Washinton Penitentiary where the Lincoln conspirators were hanged. The distinctive Center Market building which was razed along with Arcade, Liberty and Dutch Markets. Many theaters have gone; Victorian (Albaugh's Opera House) and Art Deco (Translux), but the grandiose Fox entrance remains to front a modern office block. Other sites include: Hoover Aiport, the Matthew Brady and L.C. Handy studios, the Ebbit House Hotel, commerce on the Chesapeake and Ohio Cabal, Baltimore and Portomac Railroad Station, faux castles such as Henderson's and Stewart's, the Corcoran School of Art and many Victorian vistas of Washingtom from the top of the Capitol and Washington Monument.
Download or read book Washington DC Baby written by Feather Flores and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington, DC, has room for everyone, and exploring has never been so much fun! Embrace adventure with this memorable rhyming picture book—the perfect gift for anyone living in or visiting the United States' capital city. Good morning, Washington, DC! Let's go explore! There's much to see! This whirlwind tour of the United States' capital city takes little adventurers to the Washington Monument, through the Smithsonian museums, up to the White House—and more! With vibrant illustrations and an engaging text brimming with hope and heart, this rhyming read-aloud will delight lifelong residents and visitors alike. Washington, DC, here we come! A REGIONAL CELEBRATION FOR DC RESIDENTS: Featuring some of DC's most popular foods, well-known destinations, and family-friendly attractions, this book makes a great gift for (or from!) any DC resident looking to pass on a love of their city to the little ones in their life. PERFECT MEMORIES FOR LITTLE TRAVELERS: With so much to see and do, travel can feel overwhelming for toddlers—but telling the story of a place you've been (or are planning to visit) can make the experience so much more fun and accessible! SWEET AND SATISFYING READ-ALOUD: Rhyming text and short, easy-to-understand sentences make this spirited picture book an excellent candidate for story time, just right for rereading—and for reliving the adventures little explorers and their families have enjoyed together in the city! GO-TO GIFT FOR TODDLERS ON THE GO: DC resident or transplant, frequent visitor or first-time traveler, planning a trip or simply learning about U.S. history—in every case, this lighthearted introduction to the United States' capital city is a gift-giver's dream. Perfect for: • Parents, grandparents, and caregivers of children who live in Washington, DC • Museumgoers and travelers to the DC area • Teachers and librarians who live in the DC area • Gift-givers looking for a fun and quirky regionally inspired present
Download or read book My Little Golden Book about Washington DC written by Rich Volin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Washington D.C. with a fun guidebook written specifically for the youngest tourists and residents. Get ready to explore Washington D.C. with Benjamin the Bald Eagle as your guide! This Little Golden Book highlights major attractions of the nation's capital including the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Lincoln Memorial, the National Zoo, and the White House. Plus there are great suggestions of things to do such as fly a kite on the Mall, ride a paddle boat by the Jefferson Memorial, and learn how paper money is printed! Perfect for families with young kids visiting D.C., as well as residents who wish to discover more of their hometown.
Download or read book Washington D C Trivia Fact Book written by Frank J. Finamore and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering every aspect of Washington, D.C. from history to monuments, the presidents, politics, events, and much more, this book is a fascinating look at the seat of international power and one of the world's most popular tourist spots. Included is a four-color photo insert highlighting some of the city's most famous buildings that are covered in the text.
Download or read book Washington DC Picture Book Washington DC Photography written by Jana VIllaneuva and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington DC Picture Book - Washington DC Photography 100+ Amazing Pictures and Photos in this fantastic Washington DC Photo Book Experience amazing photos and be transported to this powerful city in this incredible Washington DC Photography Book. Washington DC is a city alive with an elegant, majestic power and vivid, remarkable sights; the whole city is palatial and that luminous nature can be felt with every step taken in it...And that amazing energy is captured in this beautiful book. From the overwhelming and grand White House to the exquisite Lincoln and Veteran's Memorial; from the matchless Washington Monument to the stately National Air and Space Museums and the Washington Cathedral...and everything in between ...this book captures the superlative essence of the city. Get It Now Get this Washington DC photos book because it is truly one of the world's most incredible cities and this books captures this wonderful city in all its grandeur. Get it now so you can start being transported there and enjoy the awe-inspiring Washington DC like never before. After Your Purchase, take a look at, fall in love with, and get our other amazing picture books: Rome Picture Book - Rome Photography Italy Picture Book - Italy Photography Greece Photos Book - Greece Photography Israel Picture Book - Israel Photography Egypt Picture Book - Egypt in Pictures London Photo Bok - London Photography Prague Picture Book - Prague Photography China Picture Book - China Photography France Picture Book - France In Pictures Paris Picture Book - Paris Photography
Download or read book Everybody Loves Grace written by Katy McQuaid and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time to leave Pennsylvania and Grace says goodbye to her special friend, Nathan. Grace shares the next part of her road trip adventure to Washington, DC and Virginia. She also visits where her mommy used to work in Virginia.
Download or read book 123 Washington D C written by Puck and published by duopress. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making basic numbers fun to learn, this board book has young readers count from 1 to 10 using some of the most famous symbols and attractions in Washington, DC. The U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Washington Monument, the Museum of Natural History, and the Farmers' Market at Dupont Circle are all depicted here using beautiful illustrations, vivid colors, and detailed design. 123 Washington D.C. also includes a location page where parents can find all the symbols and landmarks in the book, as well as a list of conversation starters that will help parents to begin a fun talk with their kids about our nation's capital.
