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Ecotourism & Sustainable Development Ecotourism & Sustainable Development Martha Honey Around the world, ecotourism has been hailed as a panacea: a way to fund conservation and scientific research, protect fragile ecosystems, benefit communities, promote development in poor countries, … OL11601868W
Global positioning systems, inertial navigation, and integration Global positioning systems, inertial navigation, and integration Mohinder S Grewal An updated guide to GNSS and INS, and solutions to real-world GPS/INS problems with Kalman filtering Written by recognized authorities in the field, this second edition of a landmark work provides … OL12003855W
The Business Travel Almanac The Business Travel Almanac Lee Scales Need to book a hotel with high-speed access? Want to impress your client with the best restaurant in town? Wish you had known that the train was faster and cheaper than a cab? The Business Travel Al… OL15173123W
Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska Lynn Readicker-Henderson The focus of this book is the Alaska Marine Highway, which serves as a lifeline for many coastal communites in Alaska. This ferry system – a total of nine boats – links tiny coastal communites and la… OL15176435W
Frommer's Cruises and Ports of Call 2010 Frommer's Cruises and Ports of Call 2010 Matt Hannafin Completely updated every year, Frommer's Cruises & Ports of Call features photos of all the major ship classes that sail out of North American homeports. You'll also get up-to-the-minute coverage o… OL15184263W
Nature crime Nature crime Rosaleen Duffy In this impressively researched, alarming book, Rosaleen Duffy investigates the world of nature conservation, arguing that the West's attitude to endangered wildlife is shallow, self-contradictory, a… OL16105657W
Planet Earth Planet Earth Mark Brownlow,Alastair Fothergill,Jonny Keeling With a production budget of $25 million, the makers of Blue Planet: Seas of Life crafted this epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, with over 2, 000 days in the field, using 40 camer… OL16535011W
Las Vegas for dummies Las Vegas for dummies Rick Garman Las Vegas can be classy or tacky, cheesy or a bit sleazy, and it's always entertaining. Get ready to cruise the hot spots, test your luck at the casinos, shop the upscale boutiques, take in the spect… OL16956388W
Frommer's Los Angeles 2011 Frommer's Los Angeles 2011 Matthew R. Poole Completely updated every year, Frommer's Los Angeles features enticing color photos of the sights and experiences that await you.; Our author, a native Californian, hits all the highlights, from the … OL16974803W
International place branding yearbook 2010 International place branding yearbook 2010 Frank M. Go,Robert Govers The Place Branding Yearbook 2010 examines the case for applying brand and marketing strategies and tactics to the economic, social, political and cultural development of places such as communities, v… OL16983000W
The Ecotravel Handbook A Complete Sourcebook For Business And Pleasure The Ecotravel Handbook A Complete Sourcebook For Business And Pleasure Alastair Fuad-Luke 352 pages : 21 cm OL17471407W
Cultural geography in practice Cultural geography in practice Alison Blunt Cultural Geography in Practice provides an innovative and accessible approach to the sources, theories and methods of cultural geography. Written by an international team of prominent cultural geogra… OL19838977W
A guide to whales, dolphins & porpoises A guide to whales, dolphins & porpoises Mark Carwardine,Erich Hoyt Explores the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and feeding habits of these underwater mammals. OL2119369W
Adventure travel Adventure travel William Gray Gray provides detailed information on adventure activities and destinations as diverse as rafting the rapids below the Victoria Falls and trekking the Inca Trail in Peru to sea kayaking, mountain bik… OL27973493W
Tourism and environment Tourism and environment F. D. Pineda The papers included in this volume address important issues related to tourism and the environment and offer a better understanding of some of the current challenges. OL28946542W
Freak of nature Freak of nature Jannifer Powelson "Kristen Matthews has worked for months to ensure that the Nature Station's first Eco tour goes off without a hitch. But hauling a busload of nature lovers around the Door County Peninsula in Wiscons… OL33673501W
Selling Yellowstone Selling Yellowstone Mark Daniel Barringer "For over a century, Yellowstone National Park has been a monument to America's wilderness. But long before flames swept through Yellowstone in 1988, the natural wildness of the park was being encroa… OL6209114W
Secret Portland (Oregon): The Unique Guidebook to Portland's Hidden Sites, Sounds, & Tastes (Secret… Secret Portland (Oregon): The Unique Guidebook to Portland's Hidden Sites, Sounds, & Tastes (Secret… Ann Carroll Burgess This intimate pocket-sized guide to the City of Roses features quirky eccentricities known only to locals, such as the weather machine in Pioneer Courthouse Square, the International Rose Test Garden… OL8504058W
Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Los Angeles Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Los Angeles Jeff Spurrier Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One th… OL8508589W
Extreme Adventures Northern California Extreme Adventures Northern California Brad Olsen Adrenaline junkies love this unique guide, packed with radical excursions to get your blood pumping. Get your kicks paragliding, whitewater rafting in Indian Country, extreme biking on Mt. Tamalpais,… OL8850799W
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