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  Simply Murder - The Battle of...

  Chris Mackowski, Kristopher D....

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  This Civil War history and guide offers a vivid chronicle of this dramatic yet misunderstood battle, plus invaluable information for battlefield visitors. 
   
  The battle of Fredericksburg is usually remembered as the most lopsided Union defeat of the Civil War. It is sometimes called “Burnside’s folly,” after Union commander Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside who led the Army of the Potomac to ruin along the banks of the Rappahannock River. Confederates, fortified behind a stone wall along a sunken road, poured a hail of lead into them as they charged. One eyewitness summed it up saying, “it is only murder now.” 
   
  But the battle remains one of the most misunderstood and misremembered engagements of the war. Burnside started with a well-conceived plan and had every reason to expect victory. How did it go so terribly wrong? 
   
  Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have worked for years along Fredericksburg’s Sunken Road and Stone Wall, and they’ve escorted thousands of visitors across the battlefield. Simply Murder not only recounts Fredericksburg’s tragic story of slaughter, but includes vital information about the battlefield itself and the insights they’ve learned from years of walking the ground.

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  Venice - Pure City

  Peter Ackroyd

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  The Venetians' language and way of thinking set them aside from the rest of Italy. They are an island people, linked to the sea and to the tides rather than the land. This latest work from the incomparable Peter Ackroyd, like a magic gondola, transports its listeners to that sensual and surprising city.His account embraces facts and romance, conjuring up the atmosphere of the canals, bridges, and sunlit squares, the churches and the markets, the festivals and the flowers. He leads us through the history of the city, from the first refugees arriving in the mists of the lagoon in the fourth century to the rise of a great mercantile state and its trading empire, the wars against Napoleon, and the tourist invasions of today. Everything is here: the merchants on the Rialto and the Jews in the ghetto; the glassblowers of Murano; the carnival masks and the sad colonies of lepers; the artists-Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto, Tiepolo; and the ever-present undertone of Venice's shadowy corners and dead ends, of prisons and punishment, wars and sieges, scandals and seductions.Ackroyd's Venice: Pure City is a study of Venice much in the vein of his lauded London: The Biography. Like London, Venice is a fluid, writerly exploration organized around a number of themes. History and context are provided in each chapter, but Ackroyd's portrait of Venice is a particularly novelistic one, both beautiful and rapturous. We could have no better guide-enjoying Venice: Pure City is, in itself, a glorious journey to the ultimate city.

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  Land of the Broads

  Ernest Richard Suffling

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  The Broads area of Norfolk and Suffolk is in the East Anglian region of England. It is the location of Britain's third largest inland waterway system and largest protected wetland area. Many examples of rare flora and fauna are found only in this unique location which has also been designated as a national park.This book: The Land of the Broads, is a practical guide to the extensive but (at one time), little-known district of the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk.Written (and now narrated) for the use of all who take an interest in one of the Quaintest and most Old-World parts of England, either from an Archaeological, Historical, Picturesque, or Sporting point of view.So, join me if you will, on another auditory cruise around these unique waterways through expansive  landscapes under wide open skies. - Summary by The Land of the Broads / TND

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  250 Tips and Tricks for Walt...

  Joe Dodridge

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  Why would you waste your money on a Disney World tips book that doesn't have that many tips? This book is all about tips - 250 of them! There's no philosophy of tips, no long stories about how magical a tip made my vacation, and never just one tip per page.If you want tips, then this is your book. It's a short listen, but it is full of just tips. There are tips about each park, tips about dining, tips about where you can take a nap in each park (for real!), tips about getting around Disney World, and tips about which attractions might be too scary for your kids.Your Disney World experience will be better, less stressful, and easier to plan with these tips.

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  Montenegro Travel Guide -...

  HowExpert, Svetlana Kralj

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  This step by step guide to explore Montenegro teaches: 
  • How to get to Montenegro 
  • Where the Eagle meets the mountain 
  • What is Wild Beauty 
  • Where is the sunniest city 
  • Why is Budva the pearl of Mediterranean 
  • How to explore the most beautiful fjord in Europe 
  • Which city is Lonely Planet’s #1 destination 
  • Where is Balkan Ibiza 
  • Why is Cetinje a city-museum 
  • Where is a Lake city of rock and blues 
  • How to explore the modern capital 
  • How to experience a mountain life 
  • How to explore marvelous nature 
  • Discover 5 National Parks 
  • Where is Sea Dance Festival 
  • Get to know the unseen nightlife 
  • How to explore best beaches 
  • How to Jeep safari in the mountain 
  • How Tara rafting will make adrenalin rush 
  • Where can you see fancy yachts 
  • Where was James Bond Casino Royal filmed 
  • Where to see real castles 
  • How to explore churches, monasteries, and culture 
  • What kind of cultural activities you can find 
  • Why is Montenegro a hidden gem 
  • What is typical Montenegrin food 
  • How to explore the fortresses 
  • Where to make a romantic escape 
  • The ideal vacation for a family with kids 
  • How to explore eco places and resorts 
  • Where are the best hotels 
  • How to travel on the budget 
  • How to call a taxi 
  • Where is your embassy 
  • And lot more 
  About The Expert 
  Svetlana Kralj (MA) is a Professor of Language and Literature, a writer, and author.She has many years of teaching experience in Language and Literature, high-level writing skills and both of her creative and scientific works were published.Svetlana is a passionate music lover, which resulted with a lot of traveling around the World to be a part of music events. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  Mountain Madness - Found and...

  Clinton Crockett Peters

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  With Mountain Madness, Clinton Crockett Peters chronicles his travels and personal transformation from a West Texas evangelical to mountain guide-addict to humbled humanist after a near-fatal injury in Japan's Chichibu Mountains. From 2007 to 2010, Peters lived in Kosuge Village (population nine hundred), nestled in central Japan's peaks, where he was the only foreigner in the rugged town. Using these three years as a frame, this essay collection profiles who he was before Japan, why he became obsessed with mountains, and his fallout from mountain obsession, including an essay on Craig Arnold, the poet who disappeared on a Japanese volcano. Ultimately, the collection asks, how can landscape create and end identities?

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