Название: Eyewitness Top 10 Crete (2022)
Автор: DK Eyewitness
Издательство: DK Eyewitness
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 47 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Home to the ancient Minoan ruins of Knossos, the largest of Greece's islands also offers abundant other attractions – think charming towns, stunning resorts and palm-shaded beaches. Make the most of your trip to this enchanting island with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Crete has to offer and ensuring that you don’t miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about. We’ve also worked hard to make sure our information is as up-to-date as possible following the COVID-19 outbreak. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Crete is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime.

Название: Eyewitness Top 10 Normandy (2022)
Автор: DK Eyewitness
Издательство: DK Eyewitness
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 40 Мб
Язык: английский / English

A treasure trove of historic sights, picture-postcard villages and scenic beaches, Normandy is one of France’s most enticing regions. Make the most of your trip to this bucolic area with DK Eyewitness Top 10. Planning is a breeze with our simple lists of ten, covering the very best that Normandy has to offer and ensuring that you don’t miss a thing. Best of all, the pocket-friendly format is light and easily portable; the perfect companion while out and about. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Normandy is your ticket to the trip of a lifetime.

Название: Furnishing Eternity: A Father, a Son, a Coffin, and a Measure of Life
Автор: David Giffels
Издательство: Scribner
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 11 Мб
Язык: английский / English

“A lifetime’s worth of workbench philosophy in a heartfelt memoir about the connection between a father and son” (Kirkus Reviews)—the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose confronts mortality, survives loss, and finds resilience through an unusual woodworking project—constructing, with his father, his own coffin. David Giffels grew up fascinated by his father’s dusty, tool-strewn workshop and the countless creations it inspired. So when he enlisted his eighty-one-year-old dad to help him build his own casket, he thought of it mostly as an opportunity to sharpen his woodworking skills and to spend time together. But the unexpected deaths of his mother and, a year later, his best friend, coupled with the dawning realization that his father wouldn’t be around forever for such offbeat adventures—and neither would he—led to a harsh confrontation with mortality and loss.

Название: Survival of the Fastest: Weed, Speed, and the 1980s Drug Scandal that Shocked the Sports World
Автор: Randy Lanier
Издательство: Hachette Books
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 46 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The high-octane, Seabiscuit-meets-Scarface story of how Randy Lanier became a 1980s international sports star, soaring through the ranks of car racing while holding a dark secret: he was also one of the biggest pot smugglers in American history. As a kid, Randy Lanier dreamed of achieving four-wheel glory at the Indianapolis 500, but knew he’d never be able to afford the most expensive sport on earth. That all changed when he bought a speedboat and began smuggling pot from the Bahamas. Fueled by what would become a historically massive smuggling operation, he started racing cars and became an overnight sensation. For Randy and his teammates, money was no object, and bigger hauls meant faster cars. At every event they attended, they were behind the wheel of the best machinery, flaunting their secret in front of huge crowds and live television cameras.

Название: A Guide to America’s National Heritage Areas: A Guide to the Nation's New Kind of National Park
Автор: Robert Manning
Издательство: Globe Pequot
Год: 2022
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 69 Мб
Язык: английский / English

There are fifty-five National Heritage Areas scattered across the US and they continue to grow in number and diversity. Though they’re not officially national parks, their conservation, education, and recreation related objectives echo those of the national parks: to conserve nationally significant natural and cultural landscapes and to make them available to the public for purposes of education, recreation, and sustainable tourism-related economic development. But the methods of achieving these objectives are different—very different—than those used in the national parks. While both national parks and NHAs are established by Congress, national parks are conventionally large areas of public land that are owned and managed by the National Park Service (NPS).

Название: The Complete SAS Survival Manual
Автор: Barry Davies
Издательство: Skyhorse
Год: 2011
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 32 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The essential survival training of the British Special Air Service—with 360 color illustrations—on shelter, fire, foraging, hunting, and more. Whether you are a sportsman, survivalist, prepper, or hiker, it’s good to be prepared for emergencies, and no one is more prepared than the warriors of the SAS. He says the changes of survial are always good, as long as you stay camp and think clearly. To stay alive you need air, water, food, health, and shelter. The knowledge he offers in his book just might help you survive whatever hostile environment you might encounter.

Название: How to Pack for Any Trip
Автор: Lonely Planet
Издательство: Lonely Planet
Год: 2016
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 12 Мб
Язык: английский / English

With Lonely Planet's stylishly illustrated How to Pack for Any Trip, learn to up your packing game. Take the pain out of packing by using our cut-out-and-keep lists. Teach the kids to pack and learn how to edit your own capsule wardrobe. Make your tech work harder by choosing apps that will pack for you. Find luggage that's a true soulmate for your travel style that will be in it for the long haul. Even take comfort and inspiration in stories of packing mishaps and luggage pioneers from days gone by. Are you a stylish city weekender wanting to look your best while on the go, a streamlined business traveller looking for even more efficient carry-on packing techniques, a tipping-the-scales travelling family preparing for any kind of meltdown or an adventuring adrenaline junkie needing necessary kit supplies?

Название: The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi
Автор: Kevin Lacz, Ethan E. Rocke, Lindsey Lacz
Издательство: Threshold
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 60 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The Last Punisher is a “thoughtful, funny, and raw…always compelling” (Bing West, New York Times bestselling author of No True Glory) first-person account of the Iraq War. With wry humor and moving testimony, Kevin Lacz tells the bold story of his tour in Iraq with SEAL Team THREE, the warrior elite of the Navy. This legendary unit, known as “The Punishers,” included Chris Kyle (American Sniper), Mike Monsoor, Ryan Job, and Marc Lee. These brave men were instrumental in securing the key locations in the pivotal 2006 Battle of Ramadi. Minute by minute, Lacz relays the edge-of-your-seat details of his team’s missions in Ramadi, offering a firsthand glimpse into the heated combat, extreme conditions, and harrowing experiences they faced every day. Through it all, Lacz and his teammates formed unbreakable bonds and never lost sight of the cause: protecting America with their fight.

Название: The Sommelier's Atlas of Taste: A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe
Автор: Rajat Parr, Jordan Mackay
Издательство: Ten Speed Press
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 29 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The first definitive reference book to describe, region-by-region, how the great wines of Europe should taste. This will be the go-to guide for aspiring sommeliers, wine aficionados who want to improve their blind tasting skills, and amateur enthusiasts looking for a straightforward and visceral way to understand and describe wine. In this seminal addition to the wine canon, noted experts Rajat Parr and Jordan Mackay share everything they've learned in their decades of tasting wine. The result is the most in-depth study of the world's greatest wine regions ever published. There are books that describe the geography of wine regions. And there are books that describe the way basic wines and grapes should taste.

Название: Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused
Автор: Melissa Maerz
Издательство: Harper
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 63 Мб
Язык: английский / English

The definitive oral history of the cult classic Dazed and Confused, featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the cast, crew, and Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater. Dazed and Confused not only heralded the arrival of filmmaker Richard Linklater, it introduced a cast of unknowns who would become the next generation of movie stars. Embraced as a cultural touchstone, the 1993 film would also make Matthew McConaughey’s famous phrase—alright, alright, alright—ubiquitous. But it started with a simple idea: Linklater thought people might like to watch a movie about high school kids just hanging out and listening to music on the last day of school in 1976.