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  D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches

  Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt

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  An extensive traveler’s guide to the French region’s World War II historical sites and everything else you need to know about the area. Already the best-selling English-language guide to the area, universally known as “the Bible,” this is the sixth, completely revised, up-to-date, much expanded edition of the Definitive Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches.  The third in the Holts’ important series of Battlefield Guides (following the Somme and the Ypres Salient), it employs the same, highly acclaimed formula. Once again, the cold facts are interlaced with anecdotes of bravery, humor, sadness, and humanity. This new edition now contains all the landing beaches: Juno, Sword, Gold, Omaha, Utah; all the airborne operations: British and American two approach routes; six timed and measured itineraries; 21 in-text itinerary maps, battle maps & diagrams; and approximately 400 recommended sites within the D-Day planned area of advance, all with photos, each with latitude & longitude references (New for this Edition). It features over 400 colored pictures and 352 pages of memorials, museums, batteries, bunkers, landing fields, historical background to the landings, the plans and what actually happened, information about Allied and German war graves, veterans’ associations, and other commemorative associations. It also has Normandy tourist information about where to stay and to eat, and information about historical figures such as recipients of the Victoria Cross and the Medal of Honor, poets, photographers, and more.

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  Bohemian San Francisco

  Clarence Edgar Edwords

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  While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of California cuisine with all its cosmopolitan influences. Best of all, he offers tantalizing recipes culled from conversations with the master chefs of 1914 in "The City by the Bay." (Summary by Denny)

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  Bon Voyage Monsieur Jac & Lily...

  Lily Amis

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  So far, Monsieur Jac Couture and little Lily have only seen the dark side of Europe. But on Lily’s Birthday, the two decide to take up a journey and discover the beauty and brightness of the European cities. They travel to exciting countries and take selfies with personalities such as the pope in Vatican City, the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, and the coolest dude and famous cook Jamie Oliver. 
  As if this is not exciting enough, they also have an afternoon Tea with her majesty Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham Palace on her 90. Birthday and do a sightseeing tour throughout entire London with Prince George and Princess Charlotte. 
  THE PRINTED BOOK CONTAINS 26 COLOURFUL ILLUSTRATIONS BY LILY & SIMA. 
  Book and E-book: https://www.books2read.com/bonvoyage

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  Living in a Foreign Language - A...

  Michael Tucker

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  “Not at all the usual actor’s memoir, but a simple toast to eating, drinking and innocent merriment in old Umbria.” —Kirkus Reviews   Having sent their last child off to college, Michael Tucker and his wife, the actress Jill Eikenberry, were vacationing in Italy when they happened upon a small cottage nestled in the Umbrian countryside. The three-hundred-and-fifty-year-old rustico sat perched on a hill in the verdant Spoleto Valley amid an olive grove and fruit trees of every kind. For the Tuckers, it was literally love at first sight, and the couple purchased the house—without testing the water pressure or checking for signs of termites.   Shedding the vestiges of their American life, Michael and Jill endeavored to learn the language, understand the nuances of Italian culture, and build a home in this new chapter of their lives. Both a celebration of a good marriage and a careful study of the nature of home, Living in a Foreign Language is a gorgeous, organic travelogue written with an epicurean’s delight in detail and a gourmand’s appreciation for all things fine.   “The ex-L.A. Law star details his and wife Jill Eikenberry’s move to Italy. Viva la dolce vita!” —People   “If you’ve ever dreamed of living in an ancient stone villa set high above the Italian countryside—and who hasn’t?—Living in a Foreign Language is a seduction, a warning, an encouragement, and a guide to making a dream come true.” —Mary Doria Russell, author of The Sparrow

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  El Paso to Las Cruces via Roswell

  Denver Michaels

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  Thunderbirds flying the skies over Las Cruces; the infamous Roswell Incident; Bigfoot roaming Apache land; strange, malevolent beings that live underground; a shape-shifting witch that appears as an owl; turtles the size of cars sharing their lake with an octopus-man. These are but a few of the mysteries waiting the be discovered in southern New Mexico and western Texas. 
  In his second installment in the Detours Into the Paranormal series, author Denver Michaels travels to the Southwest to explore some of the high strangeness in the region. Along the way, he shares his own experiences in the Guadalupe Mountains, White Sands, Roswell, and many other must-see locations. Using his unique ability to blend history, personal experience, and tales of the paranormal, and over seventy photographs, Michaels tells a gripping story. 
  Buckle in!

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  News from The Village - Aegean...

  David Mason

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  A memoir of friendship, history, and longing in a Greek village that “introduces us to a rich cast of writers and ex-pats, shepherds and urbanites” (A.E. Stallings, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry finalist).   In his twenties, an American manual laborer and poet found himself living with his beautiful wife in a village in southern Greece.  Their first encounter with that country would prove an unrecoverable dream of intimate magic, but through decades of steadfast affection, David Mason grew to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a citizen of one’s own country and a citizen of the world.     From a writer praised for his “often intoxicating language” (Kirkus Reviews), News from the Village is a lyrical memoir of Aegean friends, including such figures as Orhan Pamuk, Bruce Chatwin, Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, Yiorgos Chouliaras, and Patrick Leigh Fermor, each of whom comes fully alive, along with a brilliant cast of lesser-known characters.  Fearing he has lost Greece and everything it has meant in his life, Mason goes back again and again to the country he knew as a young man.  He encounters Turkey and Greece together in the shadow of 9/11; follows the lives of his friends, whose trials sometimes surpass his own; and brings them all together in the circle of this generous narrative.  Ultimately, Mason’s memoir is about what we can hold and what slips away, what sustains us all through our griefs and disappointments.    “Mason realizes he must confront shifting politics, village tensions, family tragedy, and history with blood on its hands before he can love Greece as she is rather than as he would have her be.  Along the way, he introduces us to a rich cast of writers and ex-pats, shepherds and urbanites—and travels that stretch from the Rockies to the Bosphorus—the journey of a lifetime.”—A.E. Stallings, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Like

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