Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural monuments
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The American Heritage Book of Natural Wonders
Natural Wonders of America
Author: American Heritage Publishing StaffPublisher:
ISBN: 9780828102964
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The American Heritage Book of Natural Wonders
Author: American heritageWorld's Greatest Wonders
Author: Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 0785837957
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
World's Greatest Wonders is an illuminating visual guide to 30 stunning man-made and natural wonders—with annotated 3-D reconstructions and cutaway models from various stages in human development that allow you to journey right to the heart of each of them. We live on a unique planet. The only one that we know of that has life. Amidst the budding civilizations and testaments to human creativity and ingenuity, great geological and ecological diversity have surrounded us since humans took their first steps. The Earth has developed into a truly astounding place to live. The clash of the natural forces that sculpted earth’s surface for millions of years has been supplemented by the great creative spirit of human beings, who have built their own wonders. We have before us a whole world, our own to explore and discover, to find and revel in the natural paradises created by the patient hand of nature as well as the astonishing constructions imagined by the genius of humankind. You just have to look around and take in the spectacle. The wonders: Stonehenge, Pyramids of Giza, Valley of the Kings, Petra, Acropolis, Terracotta Army, The Colosseum, Teotihuacán, Nazca Lines, Chichen Itzá, The Moai, Angkor Wat, Machu Picchu, Forbidden City, St. Peter’s Basilica, Taj Mahal, Empire State Building, Sydney Opera House, Antarctica, Galapagos Islands, The Amazon, Iguazu Falls, Sahara, Virunga National Park, Kilimanjaro, Anjajavy, Himalayas, Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon, and Tongariro. See the best of human and natural creation in the World's Greatest Wonders.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1582
Book Description
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Author: 1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die
Author: Michael BrightPublisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 0785835830
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 963
Book Description
1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die explores every continent and ocean on the planet for a once-in-a-lifetime experiences that you can revisit time and time again.
The Publishers Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
Consuming Tradition, Manufacturing Heritage
Author: Nezar AlsayyadPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136368248
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
From the Grand Tour to today's packages holidays, the last two centuries have witnessed an exponential growth in travel and tourism and, as the twenty-first century unfolds, people of every class and from every country will be wandering to every part of the planet. Meanwhile tourist destinations throughout the world find themselves in ever more fierce competition - those places marginalized in today's global industrial and information economy perceiving tourism as perhaps the only means of surviving. But mass tourism has raised the local and international passions as people decry the irreversible destruction of traditional places and historic sites. Against these trends and at a time when standardized products and services are marketed worldwide, there is an increasing demand for built environments that promise unique cultural experiences. This has led many nations and groups to engage in the parallel processes of facilitating the consumption of tradition and of manufacturing tradition. The contributors to this volume - drawn from a wide range of disciplines - address these themes within the following sections: Traditions and Tourism: Rethinking the "Other"; Imaging and Manufacturing Heritage; Manufacturing and Consuming: Global and Local. Their studies, dealing with very different times, environments and geographic locales, will shed new light on how tourist 'gaze' transforms the reality of built spaces into cultural imagery.