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  American Notes - For General...

  Charles Dickens

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  A travelogue detailing Charles Dickens’s tour of North America In January of 1842, Charles Dickens and his wife, Kate, traveled from Liverpool to Boston. At the time, Dickens had already attained a tremendous level of literary success and fame, and the author hoped his travels would help him gain insight into the New World that had captivated the English imagination. Over the ensuing 6 months, Dickens explored the East Coast and Great Lakes regions of the United States and Canada, observing life on the opposite side of the Atlantic from a distinctly British viewpoint.   By turns humorous, critical, witty, and incisive, this travelogue is a unique and keen look at 19th-century North America. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

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  Travels with my suitcase - from...

  Teresa Beck-Swindale

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  A musician on the road travels with an ear to the ground. 
  This story of a search for sound involves encounters with random buskers, sublime jazz festivals, quirky folk musicians and singers of many nationalities. 
  Tales of suitcases, sculptures and instrumental characters collide in a compendium of discoveries across the island state of Tasmania, to southern Europe and back. 
  A travelogue memoir with lyrics and jottings from a community artist and a sub plot - There is no Planet B

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  Hitler's Gateway to the Atlantic...

  Lars Hellwinkel

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  “An excellent book” that examines the role that the French Atlantic ports played for the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War (Warship Annual).   When the Wehrmacht overran France in May and June of 1940, the German navy’s dream of access to the Atlantic was realized, and Brest, Lorient, St. Nazaire, La Pallice and Bordeaux were converted into naval bases for surface, U-boat and auxiliary cruiser operations, though it is only the heavily fortified U-boat bunkers that have received any attention to date. The book describes the extent to which the French, both locally and at the level of the Vichy Government, cooperated with the German authorities in occupied France to convert the existing ports, and explains how the 45,000 workers of the Todt Organization built the monumental bunkers and other facilities.   This fascinating narrative of the German occupation is balanced by the story of the vicious British maritime-air campaign that was commenced immediately following the fall of France, and which was far more effective than has been previously suggested. The German attempt to turn Brittany into a vast bastion area after the Normandy landings is a further aspect which is covered in detail for the first time. Employing new research from both German and French sources, this is a highly readable account with many previously unpublished images.   “Many people like to visit the ‘battlefields’ and grounds (called ‘battlefield tourism’) of World War 2 and this volume will greatly assist any such expedition as it devotes an entire chapter to the present-day condition of many structures . . . superb.”—Military Archive Research

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  Mini London Travel Guide

  HowExpert, Heather Clarke

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  It's finally here - your vacation to London, England! There's just one thing. You have worked hard to save your money and buy your tickets to get there and find a place to stay, but you don't have much money left to spend on things to do. What now? Mini London Travel Guide will show you! There are suggestions about the following: 
  Getting around. You will learn about your best options for transportation (and sometimes entertainment as you go). 
  Free cultural sites and inexpensive places to go. There are so many free or low-cost things you can experience in London, whether it is traditional or contemporary. There are suggestions for older and younger (and young-at-heart) travelers. 
  Sites worth the money. These places may cost more than the other suggestions in the book, but the experiences they provide make them worth what you spend. They will give you a full day or even more of beautiful sights, history lessons, and good entertainment. 
  Food. While there are too many pubs, shops, and restaurants to mention, this guide suggests a few who offer great deals. 
  Theater. Lastly, you will learn tips and tricks to experiencing London's theater scene without spending a fortune. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  My Good Life in France - In...

  Janine Marsh

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  One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she'd expected or planned for. 
  Janine eventually gave up her job in London to move with her husband to live the good life in France. Or so she hoped. While getting to grips with the locals and la vie Française, and renovating her dilapidated new house, a building lacking the comforts of mains drainage, heating, or proper rooms, and with little money and less of a clue, she started to realize there was lot more to her new home than she could ever have imagined. Ten years ago, Janine Marsh decided to leave her corporate life behind to fix up a run-down barn in northern France. This is the true story of her rollercoaster ride, in many ways a love story, with her sharp observations on the very different way of life, culture, and etiquette of France. 
  From her early struggles and homesickness through personal tragedy, to her attempts to become self-sufficient and to breed "the fattest chickens in the village," Janine learned that there was more to her new home than she could ever have imagined.

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  Knitlandia - A Knitter Sees the...

  Clara Parkes

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  The renowned knitter and author of The Yarn Whisperer spins tales of a creative life enriched by world travel in this New York Times–bestselling memoir. 
   
  In Knitlandia, Parkes invite readers and devoted crafters on excursions to be savored, through seventeen of her most memorable journeys across the globe. Her knitting adventures span from the fjords of Iceland to a cozy yarn shop in Paris’s thirteenth arrondissement. 
   
  Also known for her PBS television appearances and hugely popular line of small-batch handcrafted yarns, Parkes weaves her personal blend of wisdom and humor into this eloquently volume that is part personal travel narrative and part cultural history, touching the heart of what it means to live creatively.

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