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Travel Smart Illinois Indiana
The wildly diverse regions in these heartland states make them perfect for family vacations. From the museums, exciting sporting events, and deep-dish pizzas of Chicago to the isolated cabins and historic B&Bs of Indiana’s Amish country, this guide offers savvy tips for sightseeing and activities, complete with driving guides, scenic routes, and easy-to-read maps. Photos and illustrations. Maps and charts.
Moon Metro San Francisco
Travelers will behold all that the city by the bay contains with the hip Moon Metro San Francisco. This sleek guide profiles the best of the city, combining selective listings of the hottest sights, shops, restaurants, amusements, and hotels with vivid color photos, graphics, and discreet, laminated, fold-out maps detailing all the must-see neighborhoods. Vacationers can bask in the luxury of the Mark Hopkins hotel and stroll through Golden Gate Park, dine on cuisine in North Beach, or catch a view of Alcatraz from Nob Hill. Moon Metro San Francisco leads the visitor to the city’s top sights as well as the places only the locals know about. Clean, concise, and compact, Moon Metro San Francisco is the definitive guide to the most-visited city in the U.S.
American Journey, The: Volume I
Written in a clear, engaging style with a straightforward chronological organization, ‘The American Journey’ introduces readers to the key features of American political, social, and economic history. This new edition focuses more closely on the theme of the American journey, showing that our attempt to live up to and with our ideals is an ongoing process that has become ever more inclusive of different groups and ideas. Covering the 1600s to the Civil War, prominent coverage is given to the West and the South, and the book highlights the importance of religion in American history. Hundreds of maps, graphs, and illustrations help readers absorb history and bring it to life. For those interested in a comprehensive study of U.S. history to the Civil War given in a flowing, lively narrative.
Latino History and Culture: The Ultimate Question and Answer Book
Documents Latino cultural history in the United States from pre-Colonial times to the present, in a reference that is presented in an accessible question-and-answer format covering a wide range of topics, from immigration and literature to politics and the arts. Original. 35,000 first printing.
