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Dallas & Fort Worth 2011 : a great destination
\"If you thing the Dallas-Fort Worth area is about horses, cattle, and roughnecks, think again. The Metroplex area comprises 110 separate communities and is home to more the 6.5 million people. It offers a rich blend of culture and sophistication, business, and leisure, sports of all kinds, and, or course, cowboy life. With more than 7,000 restaurants, 70,000 hotel rooms, and countless entertainment venues, the authors sift out the chaff to tell you about the best food, coolest hangouts, hidden gems, and must-see places. The book is organized around the Metroplex's five regions-Arlington, Dalls, Denton, Fort Worth, and Plano-to help you determine where and how you spend your time. There are lots of chain hotels and motels, but in this book you'll find only the mos unique and interesting options: boutique hotels, bed-and-breakfast inns, and grand luxury estates where you'll better enjoy your stay. It also includes vital info on area culture and recreation, with an entire chapter devoted to sports. As in all Explorer's Guides, you'll find colorful history, important contact info, up-to-date mapts, and essential logistics. The author's deep knowledge of the area and selective recommendations make this guide a must-have for your trip. Whether you're a Metroplex resident looking for the best options around, a business traveler here for a day or a week, or a visitor in town for a weekend Cowboys or Mavericks game, you'll find everything you need right in the Metroplex and right in this guide\"--Back cover.
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Guide to Chicago's Twenty-First-Century Architecture
Exploring a new century of architecture in the Windy
City Chicago's wealth of architectural treasures makes it
one of the world's majestic cityscapes. Published in collaboration
with the Chicago Architecture Center, this easy-to-use guide
invites you to discover the new era of twenty-first-century
architecture in the Windy City via two hundred architecturally
significant buildings and spaces in the city and suburbs. Features
include:
Entries organized by neighborhood
Maps with easy-to-locate landmarks and mass transit
options
Background on each entry, including the design architect, name
and address, description, and other essential information
Sidebars on additional sites and projects
A detailed supplemental section with a glossary, selected
bibliography, and indexes by architect, building name, and building
type
Up-to-date and illustrated with almost four hundred color
photos, the Guide to Chicago's Twenty-First-Century
Architecture takes travelers and locals on a journey into an
ever-changing architectural mecca.
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AIA Guide to Chicago
Chicago's architecture attracts visitors from around the globe. The
fourth edition of the AIA Guide to Chicago is the best
portable resource for exploring this most breathtaking and dynamic
of cityscapes. The editors offer entries on new destinations like
the Riverwalk, the St. Regis Chicago, and The 606 as well as
updated descriptions of Willis Tower and other refreshed landmarks.
Thirty-four maps and over 500 photos make it easy to find each of
the almost 2000 featured sites. A special insert, new to this
edition, showcases the variety of Chicago architecture with over 80
full-color images arranged chronologically. A comprehensive index
organizes entries by name and architect.
Sumptuously detailed and user friendly, the AIA Guide to
Chicago encourages travelers and residents alike to explore
the many diverse neighborhoods of one of the world's great
architectural destinations.
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Rome and environs
This superb guide brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and well-known scholars of Roman topography, archeology and art, to a broad English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated throughout with clear maps, drawings, and plans, Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide covers all of the major, and an unparalleled number of minor, ancient sites in the city, and, unlike most other guides of Rome, includes major and many minor sites within easy reach of the city, such as Ostia Antica, Palestrina, Tivoli, and the many areas of interest along the ancient Roman roads. An essential resource for tourists interested in a deeper understanding of Rome's classical remains, it is also the ideal book for students and scholars approaching the ancient history of one of the world's most fascinating cities. • Covers all the major sites including the Capitoline, the Roman Forum, the Imperial Fora, the Palatine Hill, the Valley of the Colosseum, the Esquiline, the Caelian, the Quirinal, and the Campus Martius. • Discusses important clusters of sites-one on the area surrounding Circus Maximus and the other in the vicinity of the Trastevere, including the Aventine and the Vatican. • Covers the history and development of the city walls and aqueducts. • Follows major highways leading outside of the city to important and fascinating sites in the periphery of Rome. • Features 189 maps, drawings, and diagrams, and an appendix on building materials and techniques. • Includes an updated and expanded bibliography for students and scholars of Ancient Rome.
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The Orientalist Discourse of Nineteenth-Century Travel Guidebooks to India
The travel guidebooks emerged in the nineteenth century as a genre which apparently featured an objective source of information; yet, the guidebooks to India stemmed from the publishers’ own interpretation of the Orient, shaped by the Orientalist discourse of the time, as well as from their business interests, closely linked to the state apparatus. This paper will focus on the relation between tourism and the British Empire, and the role played by the early guidebooks in English, edited by John Murray and Thomas Cook, in the colonial endeavour to control all forms of indigenous knowledge.
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Forts of the Northern Plains
As the first official symbols of U.S. government presence on the
western frontier, the forts of the northern plains were both
centers of commerce and sources of conflict. The integral roles
these forts played during decades of warfare with the Plains Indian
tribes-and the fate of the posts after those wars ended-were
essential to the expansion of the American West during this
traumatic period of history. In Forts of the Northern
Plains Jeff Barnes presents an informative guidebook to the
forts of the Indian campaigns of the late nineteenth century.
Focusing on sites in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, Barnes includes the forts'
histories, descriptions of what remains today, directions, nearby
points of interest, and visitor information for each post. This new
expanded edition adds a number of federal sites designated as camps
and posts, as well as civilian and militia sites that are marked.
With new entries, color photographs, and updated information on the
forts, as well as a rating system for traveler interests, Barnes
provides an up-to-date guide of the historic military posts of the
Indian Wars.
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