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  Interstellar Tours - A Guide to...

  Brian Clegg

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  Brian Clegg's acclaimed popular science book Inflight Science explored the science experienced on a plane flight. Interstellar Tours takes that concept and goes large. It takes the reader on a tour of our galaxy on the starship Endurance. 
   
  That vessel itself is science fiction. But the phenomena you will visit, from the vast nebulae that are birthplaces of stars to stellar explosions in vast supernovas, creating the elements necessary for life - or from the planets of other solar systems to the unbelievably supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way - all reflect the best picture that current science has to offer. 
   
  Accompanying Interstellar Tours is an online gallery with over 50 images and videos in full colour, each directly accessible from the page using QR codes. 
   
  Interstellar Tours takes the reader on a tour of our galaxy on the starship Endurance. 
   
  That vessel itself is science fiction. But the phenomena you will visit, from the vast nebulae that are birthplaces of stars to stellar explosions in vast supernovas, creating the elements necessary for life - or from the planets of other solar systems to the unbelievably supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way - all reflect the best picture that current science has to offer. 
   
  Accompanying Interstellar Tours is an online gallery with over 50 images and videos in full colour, each directly accessible from the page using QR codes. 
   
  Interstellar Tours takes the reader on a tour of our galaxy on the starship Endurance. 
   
  That vessel itself is science fiction. But the phenomena you will visit, from the vast nebulae that are birthplaces of stars to stellar explosions in vast supernovas, creating the elements necessary for life - or from the planets of other solar systems to the unbelievably supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way - all reflect the best picture that current science has to offer. 
  It may never be possible to undertake a voyage through the stars for real. But in reading Interstellar Tours, you can enjoy the ultimate cruise across the Milky Way galaxy.

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  From a bag of chips to cod...

  Paul Doe

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  From a bag of chips to cod confit: a tour of twenty English seaside resorts What is it about the English seaside that drives us in our millions to stroll the promenades of the plethora of resorts we have in this country? How can we understand the allure of the gaudy and raucous funfair, sand in our toes and fish and chips in our hands. Or is it, in the words of Charles Dickens, the ocean that draws us in ‘winking in the sunlight like a drowsy lion’. 
  When the author discovered that his home town had come bottom in a ‘Which?’ review of the best to worst seaside resorts in the UK, not once, or twice, but for three years on the trot, it spurred him on to go on his own tour of these resorts.
  He finds a wealth of fascinating histories, eccentricities and English quirkiness, mixed up with deep-seated problems of poverty, poor health and uncertain futures. But he also discovers that our resorts are diverse places, reinvigorated by creative thinking, new entrepreneurship and fresh investment.
  Our English seaside resorts are alive and well, carefully curating their brands and images, seeking out new ideas and funding and using the skills and abilities of their residents to drive changes with local impact.
  This book will encourage you to make your own visits and learn a little about the seaside resort, a curiously English creation that we all inspired, abandoned and then re-discovered.

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  Learn Spanish with Short Stories...

  Language Mastery

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  HERE'S WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU: SPANISH ISN'T HARD - YOU JUST NEED 5 MINUTES A DAY 
  You downloaded the latest app. Got excited. Committed to an hour every night. 
  Three days later? Exhausted. Two weeks later? Quit. Again. 
  And now you're watching coworkers chat with clients in Spanish. Seeing "bilingual preferred" on job postings. Planning a Mexico trip but knowing you'll be pointing at menus like every tourist. 
  Spanish is everywhere - 41 million Americans speak it daily. You're surrounded by opportunities... if only you could actually speak it. 
  The truth: You don't need hours. You need consistency. And 5 minutes is something you can stick with. 
  "Learn Spanish with Short Stories" by Language Mastery gets this. Built for your messy, busy, real life. 
  WHY 5 MINUTES WORKS: 
  ✓ 100+ bite-sized stories you can finish during breakfast or your commute 
  ✓ Real Spanish from native speakers - the kind used in Mexico City, Barcelona, Buenos Aires 
  ✓ Two-speed audio: Slow when learning, natural speed when ready 
  ✓ Stories so entertaining you'll forget you're studying 
  ✓ Quick comprehension checks 
  ✓ Practical vocabulary you'll use tomorrow 
  IN 30 DAYS YOU'LL: 
  ✓ Actually stick with it (5 minutes is doable daily) 
  ✓ Understand way more than expected 
  ✓ Be confident trying Spanish in real situations 
  ✓ Haven't burned out or quit 
  Spanish is one of the easiest languages for English speakers. Thousands of words are nearly identical. You already know more than you think. 
  No guilt. No overwhelm. No fantasy schedules. 
  Just 5 minutes. And it works. 
  READY TO FINALLY LEARN SPANISH WITHOUT REARRANGING YOUR LIFE? START TODAY.

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  30 Amazing things to do in...

  Natasha Martinez, Natalia Martinez

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  NOT just things to do! 
  This is a complete & comprehensive guide with EVERYTHING you need for a great trip. 
  We cover history, facts, culture, what to expect around the islands, food, transportation, costs, directions; ALL the details to make your trip perfect and affordable. 
  AND ALL THE INCLUDED ADVENTURES COST FROM $0 TO $20! 
  A pocket travel guide for vacationers on a budget who don’t wish to compromise the adventure, relaxation, or enchantment of a trip to beautiful Puerto Rico. 
  Avoid expensive tourist traps and discover authentic Puerto Rico on a budget! 
  30 Amazing Things to Do in Puerto Rico is an easy-to-navigate guide for planning your vacation to the Island of Enchantment. Explore beautiful and exciting locations with activities twenty dollars or under—including some that are completely free. Venture into a new flavor-packed world of adventure with suggestions on which dishes to try, and you can build a magical vacation that suits your unique tastes from start to finish. From cultural gems to natural landmarks, you can confidently create amazing memories without the worry of financing your trip. 
  What are you waiting for? Keep Puerto Rico’s most incredible hidden gems right in your pocket and start your dream vacation today! 
  Así Comienza!

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  Same Ground - Chasing Family...

  Russell Wangersky

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  “Read him.” — George Elliott Clarke, author of I & I and George and Rue
  		 
  An award-winning author goes looking for the meaning of family and belonging on a glorious wild-goose-chase road trip across middle America
  		 
  Wangersky’s great-great-grandfather crossed the continent in search of gold in 1849. William Castle Dodge was his name, and he was 22 years old. He wrote a diary of that eventful journey that comes into the author’s hands 160 years later. And typically, quixotically, Wangersky decides to follow Dodge’s westward trail across the great bulging middle of America, not in search of gold but something even less likely: that elusive thing called family.
  		 
  What ensues becomes this story, by turns hilarious and profound, about a very long trip — by car, in Wangersky’s case, and on mule and foot in Dodge’s. Interweaving his experiences on the road with Dodge’s diary, the author contemplates the human need to hunt for roots and meaning as he — and Dodge — encounter immigrants who risk everything to be somewhere else, while only glimpsing those who are there already and who want to hold onto their claim in the stream of human migration.
  		 
  Same Ground is a story about what time washes away and what persists — and what we might find, unexpectedly, if we go looking.

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  The Other Side of the Tiber -...

  Wallis Wilde-Menozzi

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  A moving and illuminating memoir about a singular woman's relationship with a fascinating and complex countryA fresh, nuanced perspective on a profoundly perplexing country: this is what Wallis Wilde-Menozzi's unique, captivating narrative promises—and delivers.The Other Side of the Tiber brings Italy to life in an entirely new way, treating the peninsula as a series of distinct places, subjects, histories, and geographies bound together by a shared sense of life. A multifaceted image of Italy emerges—in beautiful black-and-white photographs, many taken by Wilde-Menozzi herself—as does a portrait of the author. Wilde-Menozzi, who has written about Italy for nearly forty years, offers unexpected conclusions about one of the most complex and best-loved countries in the world.     Beginning her story with a hitchhiking trip to Rome when she was a student in England, she illuminates a passionate, creative, and vocal people who are often confined to stereotypes. Earthquakes and volcanoes; a hundred-year-old man; Siena as a walled city; Keats in Rome; the refugee camp of Manduria; the Slow Food movement; realism in Caravaggio; the concept of good and evil; Mary the Madonna as a subject—from these varied angles, Wilde-Menozzi traces a society skeptical about competition and tolerant of contradiction. Bringing them together in the present, she suggests the compensations of the Italians' long view of time. Like the country, this book will inspire discussion and revisiting.

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