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  Oh Florida! - How America's...

  Craig Pittman

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  Oh, Florida! To some people, it's a paradise. To others, it's a punch line. As Oh, Florida! shows, it's both of these and, more important, it's a Petri dish, producing trends that end up influencing the rest of the country. Without Florida there would be no NASCAR, no Bettie Page pinups, no Glenn Beck radio rants, no USA Today, no "Stand Your Ground," . . . you get the idea.To outsiders, Florida seems baffling. It's a state where the voters went for Barack Obama twice, yet elected a Tea Party candidate as governor. Florida is touted as a carefree paradise, yet it's also known for its perils-alligators, sinkholes, pythons, hurricanes, and sharks, to name a few. It attracts 90 million visitors a year, some drawn by its impressive natural beauty, others bewitched by its manmade fantasies.Oh, Florida! explores those contradictions and shows how they fit together to make this the most interesting state. It is the first book to explore the reasons why Florida is so wild and weird-and why that's okay. Florida couldn't be Florida without that sense of the unpredictable, unexpected, and unusual lurking behind every palm tree. But there is far more to Florida than its sideshow freakiness.

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  The Manaslu Adventure - Three...

  Mark Horrell

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  The mountain gods were protective of Manaslu, a two-pronged peak in the Nepal Himalaya, and one of the world’s fourteen 8,000m peaks. 
  Many years ago, a Japanese team tried to climb it, but the gods had sent an avalanche in their wake which destroyed a monastery and set the local people against them. When they returned the next year, they were met with sticks and stones, stripped naked and sent home with red cheeks. 
  Mark Horrell and his two friends Mark and Ian shared a dream to climb an 8,000m peak, but it seemed the gods were against them too. They had made no fewer than eight attempts without success (though they had managed to return with their clothes on). 
  With towering ice walls, monsoon rainstorms, arm-twisting crevasses and – most dangerous of all – welcoming teahouses ready to entrap them, would it be different this time?

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  The Spell of Egypt

  Robert Smythe Hichens

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  The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made to Egypt, with emphasis on the emotional response the places generate. (summary by Sibella)

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  Himalaya - Exploring the Roof of...

  John Keay

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  Himalaya is one of the world's most extraordinary geophysical, historical, environmental and social regions. Historian John Keay introduces us to the myriad mysteries of this vast, confounding and utterly fascinating corner of the planet, and makes the case that it is one of our most essential – and endangered – wonders.More rugged and elevated than any other zone on earth, it embraces all of Tibet, six of the world's eight major mountain ranges and nearly all its highest peaks. It contains around 50,000 glaciers and the most extensive permafrost outside the polar regions. Over an area nearly as big as Europe, the population is scattered, often nomadic and always sparse. Many languages are spoken, some are written and few are related.Religious and political affiliations are equally diverse. Borders are disputed, while jealous neighbours shy away from a common strategy for protecting an environment in which desert meets rainforest and temperatures can fluctuate between 30 and -30°C in the course of a single day.For centuries, Himalaya has captivated an illustrious succession of admirers, from explorers, surveyors and sportsmen, to botanists and zoologists, ethnologists and geologists, missionaries and mountaineers.

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  Learn Spanish: Learn Latin...

  Language Academy

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  Don’t Learn Spanish the Wrong Way! 
  This Learn Spanish audiobook-series takes away the agony of learning, making it a fun and interactive experience.In this series, you will learn the most frequently used words, verbs, and phrases first, before proceeding to learn Spanish grammar. 
  This easy and highly effective structure, will hijack your learning curve effectively as you will learn the Spanish language in the same way you learned your native language as a child. 
  If you think about it, you learned your native language by listening to your parents communicating. You had no clue what grammar was, and yet you learned rapidly! And the phrases you learned first, were the ones your parents used most frequently. 
  By following the same logical principle you will learn the Spanish language fast in an easy manner. 
  This Bundle consist of the three books in the series Learn Spanish, where you will:Learn the two secrets to answer any questionLearn the 1000 most common wordsLearn the 1000 most common phrasesLearn Spanish GrammarLearn how to conjugate verbs in the present, past and future tenseLearn over 500 verbsLearn The 200 most common questionsLearn the 200 most common nounsLearn the 100 most common adjectivesRehearse with fun and engaging exercisesLearn pronounciation with a pure latin american accent. 
  If you are serious about learning the Spanish language, then make it easier for you and hijack your own learning curve effectively by following the same principles you used as a child. 
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  Fifty Places to Bike Before You...

  Chris Santella

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  A beautiful guide to fifty of the world’s best places to ride a bicycle, as chosen by expert cyclists who have been there. 
   
  Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die is the ninth addition to the bestselling Fifty Places series by Chris Santella. Biking has grown increasingly popular in recent years, as both a leisure and an extreme exercise activity, and Santella covers trips for cyclists of every level. Fifty Places to Bike covers environments as varied as the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia, the Indochina Trail in Vietnam, and the urban jungle of New York City. With a healthy mix of international and national locations, the 50 chapters capture the breathtaking vistas cyclists will enjoy around the world. As always, the places are brought to life with more than 40 stunning color photographs. 
   
  Praise for Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die 
   
  “OMG views, killer hills and open road—the routes in Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die (in bookstores this month) have everything a pedal pusher could ask for.” —Fitness magazine 
   
  “If you know someone who can’t view a landscape without visualizing themselves traversing it on two wheels, Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die is a sound gift choice.” —The San Francisco Chronicle 
   
  “Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die gets adventurous cyclists going in the right direction.” —The Boston Globe 
   
  “50 chapters capture breathtaking cycling trails around the world.” —Metrosource magazine

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