Travel Guides Russia
James Bond - Ultimate Sean Connery
Dr. No:In his explosive film debut Ian Fleming's immortal action hero James Bond blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures to battle the diabolical villain Dr. No a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program.From Russia With Love:A brutal helicopter attack a deadly brawl aboard the Orient Express beautiful women and exotic locales are all part of the job in this Bond adventure as 007 squares off against the evil Spectre organisation in a race to seize a Soviet decoding machine.Goldfinger:From the opening bomb blast outside a steamy nightclub to a last-minute escape from the U.S. president's personal jet this exhilarating adventure pits 007 against a maniacal villain bent on destroying all the gold in Fort Knox - and obliterating the world's economy.Thunderball:Action romance and edge-of-your-seat suspense this time around as Agent 007 travels to Nassau to track down villainous criminal Emilio Largo who's threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust but not before he feeds Bond to his killer sharksYou Only Live Twice:Again Bond meets up with the diabolical Ernst Stavro Blofeld who has hijacked US and Soviet spaceships.. Agent 007 must undertake a pulse-pounding race to prevent a nuclear war between the super-powers with the fate of the world hanging in the balance!Diamonds Are Forever:While investigating the diamond market underworld James Bond elicits the help of a beautiful diamond smuggler to fight his evil nemesis Blofeld who is stockpiling the gems to create a deadly laser satellite that can destroy the world! Special Features: Audio Commentaries Deleted Scenes Expanded Angles Interactive Guide Featurettes Trailers TV Spots.
James Bond - Ultimate Sean Connery
Dr. No:In his explosive film debut Ian Fleming's immortal action hero James Bond blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures to battle the diabolical villain Dr. No a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program.From Russia With Love:A brutal helicopter attack a deadly brawl aboard the Orient Express beautiful women and exotic locales are all part of the job in this Bond adventure as 007 squares off against the evil Spectre organisation in a race to seize a Soviet decoding machine.Goldfinger:From the opening bomb blast outside a steamy nightclub to a last-minute escape from the U.S. president's personal jet this exhilarating adventure pits 007 against a maniacal villain bent on destroying all the gold in Fort Knox - and obliterating the world's economy.Thunderball:Action romance and edge-of-your-seat suspense this time around as Agent 007 travels to Nassau to track down villainous criminal Emilio Largo who's threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust but not before he feeds Bond to his killer sharksYou Only Live Twice:Again Bond meets up with the diabolical Ernst Stavro Blofeld who has hijacked US and Soviet spaceships.. Agent 007 must undertake a pulse-pounding race to prevent a nuclear war between the super-powers with the fate of the world hanging in the balance!Diamonds Are Forever:While investigating the diamond market underworld James Bond elicits the help of a beautiful diamond smuggler to fight his evil nemesis Blofeld who is stockpiling the gems to create a deadly laser satellite that can destroy the world! Special Features: Audio Commentaries Deleted Scenes Expanded Angles Interactive Guide Featurettes Trailers TV Spots.
Insight Guides: Russia, Belarus & Ukraine
Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel series, capture the unique character of each destination's culture with a perspective only an insider can provide. Picturesque, romantic, historic or exotic, Insight covers the world's most popular...
1492 - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto - General
The world would end in 1492 - so the prophets, soothsayers and stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. Ours began. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single, fateful year: the way power and wealth are distributed around the globe; the way major religions and civilisations divide the world. Events that began in 1492 even transformed the whole ecological system of the planet. Our individualism and the very sense we share of inhabiting one world, as partakers in a common humanity, took shape and became visible. In search of the origins of modernity, 1492 takes readers on a journey around the globe of the time, in the company of real-life travellers, drawing the together the threads that began to bind the planet. The tour starts in Granada, where the last Islamic kingdom in Europe collapsed, then moves to Timbuktoo, where a new Muslim empire triumphed. With Portuguese explorers, we visit the court of the first Christian king in the southern hemisphere. We join Jews expelled from Spain as they cross the Mediterranean to North Africa, Italy and Istanbul.We see the frozen frontiers of the dynamic, bloody Russia of Ivan the Great, and hear mystical poets sing on the shores of the Indian Ocean. We observe the Aztecs and Incas lay the foundations of a New World in the Americas. Wars and witchcraft, plagues and persecutions, poetry and prophecy, science and magic, art and faith - all the glories and follies of the time are in this book. Everywhere, new departures marked the start of a new configuration for humankind, revealing how and why the modern world is different from the worlds of antiquity and the middle ages. History seems a patternless labyrinth - but a good guide can trace our paths through it back to the moment when some of the most striking features of today-s world began.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Moscow
A travel guide that leads you to some of the best attractions of Moscow. With photographs, illustrations and maps, it helps you discover the city district by district; from the bohemian atmosphere of Old Arbat to the museums in Tverskaya. It explores the city's political life, literature, cathedrals and markets.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: St Petersburg
Packed with photographs, illustrations and detailed maps, this title helps you discover St Petersburg district by district; from the grandeur of the Palace Embankment to the leafy avenues of Vasilevskiy Island. It also includes 3D cutaways and floorplans of all the must-see sites and useful street maps to help you find your away around.
Lesley Blanch - Anne Boston - Gardening
Lesley Blanch, writer, artist and adventuress, called herself a romantic traveller; her appetite for the exotic colours all her books. The first, The Wilder Shores of Love, became a worldwide bestseller. Emotions, she insisted, can be transposed to places or countries and in this she was her own best example. Her guiding passion for Russia began in childhood; later she found the 'eternal Slav' in Romain Gary, Franco-Slav diplomat and writer, and with him embarked on a series of postings from Bulgaria to Los Angeles. After their divorce she transferred her obsession to Turkey, Persia and the Islamic East where she travelled widely, before eventually settling on the Cote d'Azur. Lesley Blanch loved mystery; vivid yet elusive, she hid as much as she revealed and created a legend about her early past. In this first biography, Anne Boston draws on publishers' archives, unpublished journals and conversations with those who knew her, to piece together the portrait of an escapist for whom 'character plus opportunity equals fortune'.
Rough Guide Phrasebook: Russian - Phrasebooks
"The Rough Guide Russian Phrasebook" is the definitive phrasebook to help you make the most of your time in Russia. Whether you want to book a hotel room, ask what time the train leaves or buy a drink from the bar, this new phrasebook has a dictionary of over 5,000 words and will help you communicate with the locals in no time. The free audio downloads, recorded by native Russian speakers, can be downloaded to your computer or MP3, allowing you to listen to the correct pronunciation of essential dialogues, ideal for practicing before you go or while you're there. There's even a regional pronunciation guide and Rough Guide travel tips, so wherever you are you can get around and speak the lingo. "The Rough Guide Russian Phrasebook" has an extensive two-way dictionary packed with vocabulary and a helpful menu and drinks list reader, perfect for choosing the right dish in any restaurant. With this phrasebook in your pocket you'll never run out of things to say! Make the most of your trip to Russia with "The Rough Guide Russian Phrasebook".