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  Short and Sweet Introduction to...

  Joe Dodridge

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  Are you looking for an introduction to Walt Disney World Resort? Have you been to Disney World, but things have changed or you're looking for some new tips?Maybe when you look at a guidebook or visit a website, it's kind of like drinking water from a fire hose - too much information and too little introduction. An introduction should be brief - not giving you hundreds of pages full of every detail.This book will introduce you to Walt Disney World Resort: the parks, types of hotels, dining, tickets, and a lot of tips and tricks.This isn't a guidebook that tells you about every ride, every resort and what to order at every restaurant. Instead, this guidebook is an introduction.So, if you aren't looking for the War and Peace version of a Walt Disney World Resort guidebook, then you've come to the right place.

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  The Atlantic Wall - History and...

  H. W. Kaufmann, J. E. Kaufmann,...

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  This WWII history and visitor’s guide explores the extensive network of Nazi fortifications built to defend Fortress Europe. Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the complex system of coastal fortifications that stretched from Norway to the Spanish border during the Second World War, was built to defend occupied Europe from Allied invasion. Many of its principal structures survive and can be visited today. This authoritative guide provides both practical information for visitors and essential historical context. The wall, which was constructed on a massive scale between 1942 and 1944 by German engineers, forced laborers and troops, consisted of strong points, artillery casemates, bunkers, troop shelters, minefields, anti-tank and anti-boat obstacles. It also included the concrete U-boat and E-boat pens in the key ports and, behind the Channel coast, the V-weapon sites. This huge scheme of fortifications was one of the longest series of defensive lines in military history. This comprehensive volume takes readers and visitors through the entire story of the fortifications from the fall of France to the D-Day invasion on the beaches of Normandy that finally broke through. As a guide to some of the most impressive relics of the Second World War, this book is essential reading for travelers or anyone interested in the liberation of occupied Europe.

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  We Love Little India

  Singapore Urban Sketchers

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  Little India, often called Tekka, is popular with Singaporeans of all races, South Asian migrant workers and tourists alike.  
   
  Venture down the main thoroughfare in Serangoon Road with the members of Urban Sketchers Singapore and explore all of Little India's many side streets. From food enclaves serving traditional spicy fish head curries, to art galleries and beauty salons, take a stroll along the conserved shophouses and be surprised with what you can find.

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  Germany - Culture Smart!: The...

  Barry Tomalin

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  Germany—the powerhouse of Europe and pillar of the Eurozone—feels reassuringly familiar. However, despite superficial appearances, this is a country that operates very differently from the USA and Britain. German history is more than a thousand years old and the relatively new German nation-state encompasses an astonishing variety of cultural and regional differences. German society is also in a state of flux, as people respond to immigration and a tough economic climate, and traditional attitudes such as formality and rigid protocol are softening as German business globalizes. 
  
  Culture Smart! Germany sets out to show you how to be a good and sensitive guest. With chapters on core values and attitudes and a practical business briefing, it is a valuable introduction to the German way of life. It tells you what treatment to expect, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to build rapport and credibility with these culturally rich and inventive people at the heart of Europe.

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  Asphalt & Angels - Hope Survival...

  Christopher Blueman

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  Hope, survival, and determination. 
  A boy turns into a man during a dangerous road trip from Canada to Mexico on a small motorcycle with less than $100 in cash (including gas).

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  Beasts Men and Gods

  Ferdinand Ossendowski

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  “Beasts, Men and Gods” is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of “The Lord of the Rings.” 
   
  The difference is: it’s all true. 
   
  Ferdinand Ossendowski was a Pole who found himself in Siberia and on the losing side during the Bolshevik Revolution. To escape being rounded up and shot, he set out with a friend to reach the Pacific, there to take ship back to Europe. During his journey he fell in with dozens of other military men who shared the same objective… but nearly every one of them perished on the way. 
   
  It’s up to you to decide whether Ossendowski was threatened most by the beasts, by the men, or by the gods, or indeed, by the severe and uncompromising landscapes of Siberia, Mongolia, and China. That he survived at all seems improbable. The mystical mysteries and magics of Buddhism, “The Yellow Faith”, were woven about and through his sojourn and had no little part in his survival. Time after time he was put in the delicate position of being the bargainer between warring groups, and ultimately, only incredible luck and his friendship with the Hutuktu of Narabanchi Monastery saw him through. 
   
  When published in the United States, this book caused a sensation and became a best-seller. (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

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