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Book SynopsisIn Touring China, Yajun Mo explores how early twentieth century Chinese sightseers described the destinations that they visited, and how their travel accounts gave Chinese readers a means to imagine their vast country.The roots of China''s tourism market stretch back over a hundred years, when railroad and steamship networks expanded into the coastal regions. Tourism-related businesses and publications flourished in urban centers while scientific exploration, investigative journalism, and wartime travel propelled many Chinese from the eastern seaboard to its peripheries. Mo considers not only accounts of overseas travel and voyages across borderlands, but also trips within China. On the one hand, via travel and travel writing, the unity of China''s coastal regions, inland provinces, and western frontiers was experienced and reinforced. On the other, travel literature revealed a persistent tension between the aspiration for national unity and the anTrade ReviewTouring China persuasively shows how travel writing in the Republican era brought remote parts of China, previously seen as something of a barbarian wilderness, into national history and geography in ways that show remarkable continuities with the PRC's post-1989 tourism canon. In this sense, the book has unearthed a "missing link" between imperial and post-socialist travel. * The China Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Tourism, Travel Culture, and the Making of the Chinese National Space 1. Travel as a Business: The Making of Modern Chinese Tourism 2. Travel as Narratives: Producing Quanguo through Travel Print Media 3. "Head to the Northwest": Modern China's Movement Westward 4. Facilitating the Exodus: Wartime Travel and the Southwest 5. Between Empire and Nation-State:: Tourism and Travel in Manchuria and Taiwan, 1912–1949 Conclusion: Legacies of Republican-Era Tourism and Travel Culture

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Book SynopsisThis beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf. Despite his better judgement, eccentric English gentleman Phileas Fogg has wagered half his fortune on a whim and a foolish one at that. He must travel around the world in eighty days or lose it all.Fogg is determined not to lose, no matter the typhoons, bison or Scotland Yard detectives that get in his way. By steamer, train, sledge and boat, on foot and on elephant back, Fogg and his beleaguered valet journey the globe, crossing land and sea in the greatest of races.The most celebrated of Jules Verne's Voyages extraordinaires series, this riotous adventure story has inspired countless films, plays and trips around the world.Complete your library with HarperCollins Children's Classics.

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Book SynopsisExamining the parking garage from an architect's perspective, this book chronicles the evolution and future of parking garage innovations—from early elevator and ramp designs through the modern, sustainable structures of today.Trade Review"McDonald finds beauty in her subject and has some sensible suggestions about how to improve her favorite building type." -- The Washington Post"The author has provided a study of best practices in the design, development, and construction of parking garages and presented a fresh look at how to accommodate cars in the built environment." --Engineering News-Record, ENR.com

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Book SynopsisNow completely revised and updated, and expanded by more than fifty percent, The Complete Canvasworker's Guide, Second Edition, brings you Jim Grant's thorough step-by-step approach to constructing a nearly endless variety of attractive and functional gear for your boat. Grant, with his wife, Connie, has taught sailmaking and canvaswork for more than 20 years, and he brings an often intimidating craft within the grasp and budget of anyone from an all-thumbs beginner to a would-be professional.Forget that canvas always used to be made of cotton. Today it is far more commonly woven of synthetic fibers: acrylic, polyester, or nylon. Here is all the information you'll need to make use of them all. Grant's no-frills approach, refined over years of answering the questions of puzzled students, is for any boatowner who wants to take needle to fabric. And as tens of thousands of proud boatowners will happily testify, it really works.Here's what reviewers have said about ThTrade Review"An immensely practical book." Practical Boat Owner "Chock full of everything from basic information to a variety of ideas designed to improve, upgrade, and protect a boat." Small Boat Journal "Literally every question is answered in this book." YachtingTable of Contents1. The Principles of Canvaswork2. Sea Anchors3. Awnings and Enclosures4. Sail and Ditty Bags5. Bimini Boat Tops6. Boat Covers7. The Bosun's Chair8. Cushions and Cushion Covers9. Companionway Dodgers10. Flags and Pennants11. Trapeze and Safety Harnesses12. Sail Covers13. Small Covers14. Spinnaker Socks15. Tote Bags16. Weather Cloths and Hatch Covers17. WindcatchersAppendix: Supplies

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Book SynopsisBuilding a model from a kit is an excellent way to develop your modeling skills. But once you've mastered the basics, where do you go? If you're looking for a challenge, you move on to scratchbuilding. And that can be imposing: With a kit, you worked with someone else's plans, materials, and building instructions. Scratchbuilding makes you master of your own fate. You do the research, choose the subject, the scale, the material. The choices are limited only by your enthusiasm.Edwin B. Leaf scratchbuilt his first model--a Baltimore clipper--nearly fifty years ago, and he's been refining and building on his skills ever since. In Ship Modeling from Scratch he lays out the principles--from concept to construction to display--on which scratchbuilding is based. In clear, concise language complemented by detailed illustrations he tells how to interpret existing drawings or create your own, what materials to choose, what tools to buy, and what techniques to use to build everythingTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 Selecting a ProjectChapter 2 Getting the Most from Your DrawingsChapter 3 MaterialsChapter 4 ToolsChapter 5 Half-ModelsChapter 6 Hull ConstructionChapter 7 Miscellaneous MattersChapter 8 Applying the FinishChapter 9 Masting and RiggingChapter 10 Sailmaking and FlagsChapter 11 Making Fittings and FurnishingsChapter 12 Displaying the ModelChapter 13 A Plank-on-Bulkhead Model from Start to FinishChapter 14 A Plank-on-Frame Model from Start to FinishChapter 15 PostscriptAppendicesI. Sources for PlansII. Reference MaterialIII. Tools and Materials SourcesIV. GlossaryV. Working Drawings: Brockley Combe and LeeIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Big Book of Boat Canvas is a thorough revision and updating of Karen Lipe's two popular earlier books, Boat Canvas Cover to Cover and More Boat Canvas, combined with a whole new section on below-decks sewing projects. In this latest volume Lipe ranges well beyond the boundaries of traditional canvas work to create a comprehensive guide to fabric work on board. You'll find dozens of traditional canvas projects--sail covers, awnings, duffel bags, dodgers, and Biminis, wind chutes, winter covers--all with clear, step-by-step instructions, generously illustrated. You'll also find dozens of not-so-traditional fabric projects to add comfort and a touch of elegance to your below-decks spaces: custom interior cushions, fitted sheets and daycovers, privacy curtains, lee cloths, even a tablecloth to fit your varnished table. Lipe offers a veritable minicourse in interior yacht decoration, dozens of useful sewing tips, a careful detailing of materials nad tools needed forTrade Review"It passed what is for me the acid test of a how-to book: The Big Book made me want to get at some long-neglected projects and even to trys ome that I never thought I could manage." Sail "You'll find this book of the utmost practical help." The EnsignTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: A Few Fundamentals1. The Sewing Machine2. Tools and Hardware for Canvas Work3. Sewing Terminology and TechniquesPart Two: Topside Projects4. Color Considerations5. Fabric for Exterior Projects6. Canvas Bucket, Ditty Bag, or Rigger's Bag7. A Simple Duffel Bag8. Ready Bags and Sea Sausages9. Spar Bag10. Life Jacket Bag11. Sheet Bags, Tool Bags, and Lazarette Shelves12. Sailboard Bag13. Bicycle Bag14. Building an Awning15. A Dodger, A Bimini, or Both?16. Riggin a Rain Catcher17. Secure Your Ship with Weather Cloths18. Hatch Dodgers19. A Simple Wind Chute20. Deck Cushions21. Sail Covers22. A Cover for the Yacht Tender23. Building a Winter Cover24. Windshield Cover25. Hatch Covers26. Custom Covers for On-Deck EquipmentPart Three: Interior Fabric Work27. Design and Color Considerations in Interior Fabric Work28. Fabrics for Interior Projects29. Interior Cushions30. Sheets and Quilts versus Expensive Upholstery31. Curtains32. Locker-Mounted Laundry Bag33. Galley and Navigator's Strap34. Lee Cloths35. Creating Storage out of Open Shelving36. Protective Carpet Runners37. Fitted Toilet Seat Cover38. Tablecloth, Napkins, and Placemats to Fit Your Table39. Canvas Insert for Pipe Berths40. ScreensAppendix 1. Care and Cleaning of Clear Vinyl and Acrylic CanvasAppendix 2. Glossary of Interior Fabric TermsAppendix 3. SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisIf you've never experienced the tension of failed equipment aboard or had to explain to guests why there is no more fresh water or panicked when thick fog closed in just after you had forgotten to make note of the last two buoys, you probably don't need to keep a log. But for those more human, it's not a bad idea.Developed and refined endlessly over three decades by longtime cruiser Dale Nouse, The International Marine Log Book is flexible enough to allow to record anything from bare piloting details to names and anecdotes that are valuable and/or enjoyable to recall. It will encourage good piloting, train you to be a careful observer of weather, stimulate you to run through a vital maintenance checklist, and serve as a compendium of interesting information about your boat.The International Marine Log Book--complete, compact, and durable--will make all others obsolete. Here is a legal record of your boat's cruising history; vital navigational aid; conciseTable of ContentsForewordHow Best to Use Your Log

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Book SynopsisThis book is about fixing up old boats made of wood. For many people, a boat isn't a boat unless it's made of wood. The psychological and philosophical reasons for needing to own a boat made from honest trees instead of the material that L. Francis Herreshoff characterized as "frozen snot" needn't concern us. But in this day and age, hard-nosed economics and the ubiquitous bottom line certainly should.FACT: You can buy a repairable wooden boat and renovate and remodel it for a lot less money than you can buy and renovate a plastic or metal of similar size and condition. Jim Trefethen has renovated dozens of good old wooden boats, and in this book he's sharing his collected wisdom, craftsmanship, and penury with you. It will supply you with the basic skills you'll need to successfully renovate an old wooden boat--any old wooden boat, from a 16-foot canoe to a 50-foot cruiser, and everything in between--provided the boat actually is repairable (and you'll learn how to determine Trade Review"I strongly recommend this book. It is as full of humor and wisdom as practical tips...It's an enriching, helpful book." The Ash Breeze "Not just another how-to book, this is in-depth instruction written with knowledge, compassion and love for wooden boats." The EnsignTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: Why Wood?Is Fiberglass Really Easier to Maintain?Fiberglass Boats Last ForeverWood Rots and Fiberglass DelaminatesWooden Boats Cost a Lot to BuildPlastic Boats Have More SpaceUsed Wooden Boats Cost LessWooden Boats Are Real BoatsWooden Boats Are Traditional BoatsChapter Two: Selecting the Perfect Project BoatAttemptus FutilitusWhat Kind of Boat Do We Want?Where Can We Work?Let's Stop Planning and Start LookingWhere Do We Look?What to Look ForNarrowing the FieldNegotiationsThe Offer to PurchaseGet a SurveyFinancing Your PurchaseSo Let's Buy It AlreadyChapter Three: Work Schedule and BudgetPlanning with a ComputerThe Work ScheduleThe Project BudgetChapter Four: Something About ToolsBuy the Best--You Deserve ItUsed Tools Are Good ToolsBorrow if You Can, Rent if You MustKeep It SharpThe Basic Tool KitThe Tool BoxSawsChisels and GougesPlanesMeasuring and Marking ToolsPower ToolsCircular SawsBandsawsPlanersJointersThe Drill PressPower SandersHand DrillsRoutersChapter Five: Boatbuilding WoodsGrades of LumberSawing and Drying LumberRain-Forest WoodsOakTeakMahoganyCedarCypressSitka SpruceDouglas FirLarchPlywoodMarine PlywoodThe Affordable AlternativeVeneersChapter Six: Just for the Hull of ItDefining TermsHull RepairsCarvel PlankingStrip PlankingLapstrake PlankingPlywoodCold-Molded HullsChapter Seven: Hull RepairsEpoxyHull FlexibilityRefasteningFrame RepairsLaminating Bent FramesPlank RepairsSpilingCarvel PlankingLapstrake PlanksStrip PlankingPlywoodFiberglassing Wooden HullsChapter Eight: All Hands on DeckDeck LeaksThe Fiberglass OptionDoing the JobWooden Decks and Other Forms of Self-FlagellationCabin Trunk and DeckhouseSpars and RiggingChapter Nine: Internal SpacesThe Tick-Stick TrickThe Built-Up BulkheadInterior CabinetryDrawersLouvered DoorsSinks and CountertopsChapter Ten: Little Boats--Big MemoriesWorks in ProgressRenovating RunaboutsRenovating Canvas-Covered BoatsRenovating Lapstrake BoatsChapter Eleven: The Finishing TouchSurface PreparationSandpaperSanding New WorkSanding Old WorkVarnishThe Epoxy UndercoatBrushes for VarnishApplying VarnishMaintaining VarnishPolyurethanePaintSurface Preparation for PaintingEpoxy Base CoatThe Prime CoatBrushes for PaintApplying PaintAppendix A: Suggested ReadingAppendix B: Sources of SupplyGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisExpert advice to perfect your proofreading skillsMcGraw-Hillâs Proofreading Handbook helps ensure that your documents are letter-perfect, every time. Veteran editor and proofreader Laura Anderson arms you with all the tools of the proofreaderâs trade and walks you step-by-step through the entire proofreading process.

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Book SynopsisLearn to spell good wellIs there an "e" in judgment? When do you imply rather than infer? The only resource that answers both these questions is The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Misspelled and Easily Confused Words. It's the only book that includes commonly misspelled words and a comprehensive usage guide in one handy volume. Featured are 7,000 of the most commonly misspelled words with their incorrect and correct spellings and a guide to demystifying homophones (cite vs. site), grammatically troublesome words (can vs. may), and subtly different words (imply vs. infer).

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Book SynopsisMaster the art of persuasion with lessons from the best speakers of our time.Throughout history, they have moved us. They have enlightened and inspired us. They are our nation's most influential speakers, gifted with the talent to change minds and hearts. What is the almost magical power they possess--and how can you harness it for yourself? The answers are here in this illuminating guide to unforgettable oratory.Complete with a ninety-minute CD featuring six great speeches in their entirety, this tool kit for speakers takes you through an in-depth analysis of these historically significant speeches and the secrets of their eloquent effectiveness. With close examination of each speech, you'll get lessons on how to: Address a difficult situation with help from the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan Bring divergent interests together with effective arguments like Edward Kennedy Capture and hold your audience's attention by mastering General Dougl

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Book SynopsisIn Ship Modeling Simplified, master model builder Frank Mastini puts to paper the methods he's developed over 30 years at the workbench to help novices take their first steps in an exciting pastime. You don't need the deftness of a surgeon or the vocabulary of an old salt to build a model. What you need is an understanding coach. Mastini leads readers from the mysteries of choosing a kit and setting up a workshop through deciphering complicated instructions and on to painting, decorating, and displaying finished models--with patience and clarity, not condescension. He reveals dozens of shortcuts: How to plank a hull "egg-shell tight"; how to build and rig complicated mast assmeblies without profanity; how to create sails that look like sails. . . . And along the way he points out things that beginners usually do wrong--beforehand, not after they've taken hammers to their projects.Ship Modeling Simplified even includes an Italian-English dictionary of nautical terms,Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Setting Up ShopSelecting a KitMaking Your ChoiceWhat to Look for in A ModelBuilding a WorkplacePart II: Building the HullSequence for Building the HullAssembling Bulkhead-on-Keel HullsGunportsPlanking the Hull and DeckPlanking the Hull--The First LayerHandling Items on DeckSetting the Hull on the Display BasePart III: Masting and RiggingGetting StartedMasting and Rigging SequenceBuilding MastsRigging the SparsStepping the Masts and BowspritRigging it All to the HullPart IV: Finishing Her UpBoats, Anchors, Paint, and FlagsItalian-English DictionaryUseful TermsSuggested Reading ListIndex

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Book SynopsisUltralight canoes and small boats are things of beauty, their apparent delicacy concealing great strength. They are lapstrake-constructed from marine plywood planks, each plank overlapping the one below it in a gracefully curved hull. Epoxy glue along the laps gives the hull structural reinforcement, minimizing the need for framing and permitting an amazingly light structure. Round-bilged and elegant, they are built over jigs, but the method is straightforward and not time consuming. You can build a boat that will give you fun and satisfaction, one you can be proud of, in a winter of leisurely weekends. No fancy tools are needed, and care and patience will make up whatever you lack in woodworking skills.All the information you need is here. Tom Hill, the chief proponent of ultralight boatbuilding and its leading practitioner, describes the method from start to finish using a skiff and canoe as examples. In the appendix is a gallery of ultralight designs, all but one of which you Trade Review"A marvelous book which has broken fresh ground on quality, low-cost construction of traditional hull forms. By all means, don't pass up this book." The Ash Breeze "Crammed full of work-saving techniques...The boatbuilding skills presented are all tried and true, but seldom presented this clearly." WoodenBoatTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Glued Plywood Lapstrake Construction2 Tools and Workspace3 Lofting4 Jig Building5 Scarfing6 Stems, Chines, Transom, and Keelson7 Planking8 Joinerwork9 Spars, Rudders, and Tillers10 Paint and VarnishAppendix A: Sharpening ToolsAppendix B: Ultralight Boats--A Gallery of DesignsAppendix C: SourcesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisHow millions of PTSD suffers learned to live without fear, pain, depression, and self-doubtThe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, Revised and Expanded Second Edition introduces survivors, loved ones, and helpers to the remarkable range of treatment alternatives and self-management techniques available today to break through the pain and realize recovery and growth.This updated edition incorporates all-new diagnostics from the DSM-5 and covers the latest treatment techniques and research findings surrounding the optimization of brain health and function, sleep disturbance, new USDA dietary guidelines and the importance of antioxidants, early childhood trauma, treating PTSD and alcoholism, the relationship between PTSD and brain injury, suicide and PTSD, somatic complaints associated with PTSD, and more.

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Book SynopsisAims to provide the basic concepts and tools for the economic analysis of transport systems, with emphasis on the behaviour of users and operators. This book focuses on the behavior of users and operators outside of traditional economic behavior theory. It includes time and space as a distinctive feature of transport economics.Trade ReviewI congratulate Sergio Jara-Diaz on the publication of Transport Economic Theory. This book addresses the fundamental economic questions of how to design and evaluate transportation projects and price transportation services. It is a definitive and concise exposition of the applicable economic theory of resource valuation and allocation, and adds to that theory in the areas of spatial technology and the valuation of benefits from public projectsA". Sergio's book provides a solid theoretical foundation for the principles that, if employed in transportation planning and policy choices, will improve transportation systems and the lives of consumers who use them.A" Daniel L. McFadden, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Economics, University of California, Berkeley. This is a book that is well overdue that finally integrates, in such a poetic way, the important contribution to transport microeconomic theory that Sergio Jara-Diaz has made over the last 25 years. A serious student of transport economics, admittedly one with some appreciation of essential mathematical tools, will find this book essential reading, almost the status of a primer. It is rich in structure and content but, most importantly, flows naturally as the author builds up the theoretical toolkit in economic theories of production, cost, demand, valuation and pricing. The emphasis on space and time is crucial to transport economics and Sergio Jara-Diaz is a master of the craft in developing, demonstrating and convincing everyone of the way in which space and time should be built into the theory of transport economics. It is worth investing time in reading this book, since it will save time in having to wade through the enormous literature in the journals and other books. This book has reset the benchmark in scholarship in transport economicsA". Professor David A. Hensher FASSA, Director, Faculty of Economics and Business, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney.Table of ContentsTransport production and cost structure. Travel Demand and Value of Time. Valuation of users' benefits in transport systems. Optimal Transport Pricing. Prelims.

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Book SynopsisThe definitive biography of "The Father of Electric Traction"Trade ReviewNo one has previously used Sprague's personal papers in a published biography . . . Recommended.May 2010 * Choice *The authors weave this biography through time, with technological and political details that make Sprague human, a creative soul pressing his ideas with a sports-like outcome—some wins, some losses, and some ties. . . . I recommend this well-written book detailing the life of the 'Father of Electric Traction' to explain the development of what we so casually take for granted.April 2010 * Trains *Frank Sprague . . . is a major historical figure who for decades lacked a significant biography. This void has been ably and engagingly filled in this book by the dean of electric traction authors, William D. Middleton, and his son, William III.Summer 2010 * Classic Trains *This definitive, and long-awaited, biography of the 'Father of Electric Traction' details the life and times of an exceptional engineer, maverick innovator, entrepreneur, and businessman.August 2010 * NMRA Magazine *Anyone interested in American history, urban affairs, and related topics will find this book very interesting. 12/1/2009 * bookviewsbyalancaruba.blogsport.com *Table of ContentsForeword by John L. Sprague Acknowledgments1. A Boyhood in New England2. The Midshipman Inventor3. Sprague and the New World of Electricity4. Triumph at Richmond5. Sprague and the Electric Elevator6. Frank Sprague and the Multiple Unit Train7. Electrifying the Main Line Railroads8. The Naval Consulting Board and the Great War9. Sprague and Railroad Safety10. A Diverse Inventor11. An Inventor and Engineer to the End12. EpilogueAppendix A. Frank Julian Sprague PatentsAppendix B. Frank Julian Sprague Honors and AwardsAppendix C. Common Electrical TermsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTransport buildingsrailway stations, airport terminals, bus and coach stations, motorway service areas, filling stations, and garagesare such a part of everyday scenery they are easily overlooked. This book is the first to take a close look at the architecture of British transport buildings of the twentieth century, a period during which transportation systems, methods, and even purposes underwent enormous change. The contributors to the book consider transport buildings both well known and unfamiliar from a variety of intriguing viewpoints. They explore the design and promotion of the London Underground, the battle between road and rail, the intentions of architectsto glamorize travel, to calm fears, to accommodate huge numbers of travelersand the political and cultural significance of the transport buildings that have become a major part of modern life. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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Book SynopsisThe Highway Capacity Manual provides guidance on evaluating highway capacity and performance in a comprehensive framework, focusing on methodologies, modeling techniques, and real-world applications.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes, analyses, celebrates and interrogates the rise of rural tourism in the developed world over the last thirty years, while explaining its need to enter a new, second generation of development if it is to remain sustainable in all senses of that word. Contributors include 29 leading researchers, practitioners and commentators from ten countries around the world. Subjects covered include the ongoing evolution of rural tourism as a genre; its numerous niche markets, and market trends; community involvement, and its impacts on rural landscape conservation and society. Special attention is paid to product development in rural tourism, including food and beverage tourism, avitourism and landscape appreciation. Management Issues are also dealt with, as is the impact of internet booking systems on both commercial performance and regional and national rural tourism governance. There is a review of trends in academic research in rural tourism with an analysis of 1848 refereed and published research papers since 2000. This book is a worthy successor to Bramwell & Laneâs pioneering 1994 publication, Rural Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Table of Contents1. Rural tourism: the evolution of practice and research approaches towards a new generation concept? 2. More than sense of place? Exploring the emotional dimension of rural tourism experiences 3. Food tourism, niche markets and products in rural tourism: combining the intimacy model and the experience economy as a rural development strategy 4. Rural tourism and the craft beer experience: factors influencing brand loyalty in rural North Carolina, USA 5. Landscape and the rural tourism experience: identifying key elements, addressing potential, and implications for the future 6. Wind farms and the rural tourism experience problem or possible productive integration? The views of visitors and residents of a Portuguese village 7. Bird watching and avitourism: a global review of research into its participant markets, distribution and impacts, highlighting future research priorities to inform sustainable avitourism management 8. The central role of leadership in rural tourism development: a theoretical framework and case studies 9. Avoiding burnout: the succession planning, governance and resourcing of rural tourism festivals 10. Networks, citizenship behaviours and destination effectiveness: a comparative study of two Chinese rural tourism destinations 11. Community participation in sustainable rural tourism experience creation: a long-term appraisal and lessons from a thematic villages project in Poland 12. The co-evolution of rural tourism and sustainable rural development in Hongdong, Korea: complexity, conflict and local response 13. Rural tourism and the development of Internet-based accommodation booking platforms: a study in the advantages, dangers and implications of innovation

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Book SynopsisThis title was a prize winner at the OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine) Awards 2023.The link between culture and wine reaches back into the earliest history of humanity.The Routledge Handbook of Wine and Culture brings together a newly comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of contemporary research and thinking on how wine fits into the cultural frameworks of production, intermediationand consumption.Bringing together many leading researchers engaged in studying these phenomena, it explores the different ways in which wine is constructed as a social artefact and how its representation and use acquire symbolic meaning. Wine can be analysed in different ways by varying disciplines involved in exploring wine and culture (anthropology, economics and business, geography, history and sociology, and as text). TheHandbook uses these as lenses to consider how producers, intermediaries and consumers use and create cultural significance.Trade Review'Food and eating as a component of culture has been a prosperous field of study for the last few decades. For myself, I always felt a bit daunted at taking on the often esoteric-seeming culture of wine. But in this book, the international, interdisciplinary and learned team of editors have produced a wonderful introduction to the field that allays all anxieties. It is an impressive collection, and written in a lively fashion.'Stephen Mennell, author of All Manners of Food, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University College Dublin.'With a massive all star cast of social scientists and more this new compendium does nothing less than show how that heavenly beverage, wine, touches every part of the culture of much of the world. ‎Extravagantly edited and carefully written, this is a handbook for the ages.'Orley Ashenfelter, Princeton University, American Association of Wine Economists (President), and Editorial Boards, Journal of Wine Economics and Journal of Cultural Economics​.'An enchanting and authoritative sampling, or tasting, or wine aspect of wine lore and information. Not just about production and consumption, the Handbook evokes creative thinking about wine in society, economy and personal life.'Professor Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Dept. of History, Yale University.'Wine culture can be intimidating. Happily, we now have a Handbook that puts out the welcome mat for newcomers, but also provides nuanced analysis for seasoned wine scholars. This broad-reaching compendium walks readers through the transnational expanse of wine culture that touches business, economics, geography, history. The multidisciplinary team helps us to appreciate wine as a material good but also a cultural product embedded in ideologies and power relations. It is an indispensable touchstone for future research on wine.' Josée Johnston, co-author of Foodies, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto."More than a handbook, this volume is an invitation to explore wine as a cultural object and phenomenon. From anthropology to economics, scholars from a variety of disciplines explore the culture of wine from novel perspectives. The reader can delve into the colonial past and legacy of wine, engage with current environmental issues or think about what the future might hold for the production of wine.Showing that wine is good to think, this volume will appeal to wine lovers and scholars alike. The quality of the writing and the breadth of the topics make this handbook an excellent resource for anyone interested in delving into the cultural importance of wine.The Routledge Handbook of Wine and Culture is an excellent addition to the growing scholarship on wine and culture. What is particularly remarkable about this volume is the breadth of the topics covered and the complementary nature of the interdisciplinary research. This work is a wonderful addition to academic and home libraries."Rachel Black, Associate Editor of Food and Foodways, Associate Professor, Anthropology Dept., Connecticut College.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I- Context: Disciplinary Perspectives On Wine And Culture. 1Anthropology, Wine and Culture. 2.Business, Wine and Culture. 3.Economics, Wine and Culture. 4.Geography, Wine and Culture. 5.History, Wine and Culture. 6.Sociology, Wine and Culture. 7.Text, Wine and Culture. Part II- Production and Place. 8.Cultures of Terroir. 9.Sites and Sights of Production: Spaces and Performances of Winemaking. 10.Wine Islands: Colonial Cultures of the Vine. 11.Expressing Sense of Place and Terroir through Wine to Tourism Encounters: Antipodal Reflections from France to New Zealand. 12.Wine, Culture and Environment: A Study of the Sierra (Nevada) Foothills American Viticultural Area. 13.Making Wine, Making Home. 14.Climats and the Crafting of Heritage Value in Burgundy Terroir. 15.Wine, Deep in the Heart of Texas. Part III- Intermediation and Consumption. 16.Characters of Wine: The Cultural Meanings of Typefaces and Fonts in Wine Labels. 17.Making the Right Impression: Irish Wine Culture c.1700 to Present. 18.Wine as part of Polish Identity in Early Modern Times. Constructing Wine Culture in Non-Wine Countries. 19.The Shape of Luxury: Three Centuries of the Champagne Glass in British Material Culture. 20.‘For Us as Experimentalists’: An Australian Case Study of Scientific Values in the 19th Century New World Winegrowing. 21.Tasting as Expertise: Scientific Agronomists and Sommeliers in France in the First Half of the Twentieth Century. 22.Wine Writing as Lifestyle Writing: Communicating Taste and Constructing Lifestyle in the Saturday Times Wine Column. 23.The (Practical) Economics of Selling Wine as a Cultural Good. 24.Champagne: A Global Symbol of Contemporary Consumer Culture. Part IV: Belief and Representation. 25.Wine and Religion Part I: Antiquity to 1700. 26.Wine and Religion Part II: 1700 to the Present. 27.Wine as Metaphor. 28.New world wine and the evolution of universal, vernacular, metro-rural, and indigenous idylls. 29.Narratives of Science and Culture in Winemaking. 30.Applying Fashion Theory to Wine: A Production of Culture Example. 31.Spending, Taste and Knowledge: Logics of Connoisseurship and Good Taste in the Age of Cultural Democratisation. Part V: Power and Contestation. 32.Competing and Complementary Utopias: Toward an Understanding of Entangled Wine Ideals. 33.Threats of Pleasure and Chaos: Wine and Gendered Social Order. 34.Women in Wine…Occasionally: Gender Roles in the Wine Industry. 35.Sustainable Wine: The Discursive Production of Sustainability in the Wine Field. 36.The Triumph of the Holy Trinity: Terrior, Typicity, and Quality Anchoring the AOC Model in the Second Half of the 20th Century. 37.What can Winemakers’ business models tell us about the cultural traits of wine regions? A Comparative analysis. 38.Repudiation Not Withstanding: Critics and the Case for Hybrid Grape Wines. 39.If It’s Famous, It Must Be Good: The Social Construction of Brand Value in the US Wine Market. Part VI: Change and the Future. 40.The Internationalization of Winegrape Varieties and its Implication for Terroir-Based Cultural Assets. 41.Cultural Heritage and Migration in the Wine World. 42.The China Wine Market: How Wine is Gaining Cultural Value in Chinese Culture. 43.Beyond White: On Wine and Ethnicity. 44.Climate or Technical Change in Wine? Confronting Climatologists’ and Wine-Growers’ Analyses. 45.Winegrowing, Climate Change, and a Case for Biodynamic Viticulture. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe past decade has been one of the most volatile periods in global petroleum markets in living memory, and future oil supply security and price levels remain highly uncertain. This poses many questions for the professional activities of planners and urbanists because contemporary cities are highly dependent on petroleum as a transport fuel. How will oil dependent cities respond, and adapt to, the changing pattern of petroleum supplies? What key strategies should planners and policy makers implement in petroleum vulnerable cities to address the challenges of moving beyond oil? How might a shift away from petroleum provide opportunities to improve or remake cities for the economic, social and environmental imperatives of twenty-first-century sustainability?Such questions are the focus of contributors to this book with perspectives ranging across the planning challenge: overarching petroleum futures, governance, transition and climate change questions, the role ofTrade Review"When future generations look back on today’s struggle to move off oil as the lifeblood of global society, they will wonder why it took so long for people to see the writing on the wall and find a better way to power the engines of human endeavor. This volume makes an important contribution to that writing on the wall and presents promising tools needed to deal with our energy problems. If contemporary economic and political leaders can learn from the thoughtful approaches in this book, the inevitable post-carbon future that awaits will bring a brighter day for human civilization."Anthony Perl, Professor of Urban Studies & Political Science, Simon Fraser University, CanadaTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of TablesList of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsForewordBrendan GleesonIntroduction1. Investigating Cities After Oil: Planning for Systemic Urban Oil VulnerabilityJago Dodson, Neil Sipe and Anitra NelsonPart I. Energy Horizons2. A Stormy Petroleum Horizon: Cities and Planning Beyond Oil Jago Dodson3. The Paradox of Oil: The Cheaper it is, the More It CostsSamuel Alexander 4. Institutional Planning Responses to a Confluence of Oil Vulnerability and Climate ChangeTony Matthews and Jago Dodson 5. Energy Security and Oil Vulnerability ResponsesJago Dodson and Neil Sipe6. Post-Petroleum Urban JusticeWendy Steele, Lisa de Kleyn and Katelyn SamsonPart II. Transport and Land Use7. Walking the CityJohn Whitelegg8. Cycling Potential in Dispersed CitiesJennifer Bonham and Matthew Burke 9. Children’s Active Transport: An Upside of Oil Vulnerability?Scott Sharpe and Paul Tranter10. Public Transport Networks in the Post-Petroleum EraJohn Stone and Paul Mees11. Oil and Mortgage Vulnerability in Australian CitiesJago Dodson and Neil Sipe12. Outer Suburbs, Car Dependence and Residential Choice in FranceBenjamin Motte-Baumvol and Leslie Belton-Chevallier13. Greenspace After Petroleum: From Freeways to GreenwaysJason ByrneIII. Urban Systems14. Local Energy Plans for Transitions to a Low Carbon FutureBrendan F.D. Barrett and Ralph Horne15. Motor Vehicle Fleets in Oil Vulnerable Suburbs: A Prospect of Technology InnovationsTiebei Li, Neil Sipe and Jago Dodson16. Energy for CitiesCheryl Desha and Angela Reeve17. The Role of Telecommunication in Post-Petroleum Planning Tooran Alizadeh18. Peak Oil: Challenges and Changes for the Air Transport IndustryDouglas Baker, Nicholas Stevens and Md. KamruzzamanConclusion19. Planning and Petroleum Futures: Research DirectionsNeil Sipe, Jago Dodson and Anitra NelsonIndex

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Book SynopsisTransport Justice develops a new paradigm for transportation planning based on principles of justice. Author Karel Martens starts from the observation that for the last fifty years the focus of transportation planning and policy has been on the performance of the transport system and ways to improve it, without much attention being paid to the persons actually using or failing to use that transport system.There are far-reaching consequences of this approach, with some enjoying the fruits of the improvements in the transport system, while others have experienced a substantial deterioration in their situation. The growing body of academic evidence on the resulting disparities in mobility and accessibility, have been paralleled by increasingly vocal calls for policy changes to address the inequities that have developed over time. Drawing on philosophies of social justice, Transport Justice argues that governments have the fundamental duty of providing virtuallyTrade ReviewNamed one of Book Authority's 100 Best Transportation Books of All Time"For academics, this book presents a long-overdue discussion on transport justice from a philosophical perspective. For practitioners, the rules developed in the book may serve as guidance and a starting point for establishing a transportation planning process that is more fair and inclusive. For policymakers, this book sheds light on the shortcomings of current financing, taxation, and project selection schemes and assists them in making informed decisions when implementing interventions in the transportation system." -Journal of the American Planning Association"In Transport Justice Martens considers many dimensions of fairness in society’s provision of physical accessibility, demonstrating clearly how concepts of justice developed by renowned thinkers like Rawls and Dworkin can be extended to, and quantified in, the assessment of urban transport systems to improve the process of regional transport planning." Martin Wachs, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California Los Angeles, USA"Transport Justice is an exceptionally important and original addition to urban studies literature. Combining theoretical and practical insights, it shows the way in which transportation policy, usually a technical domain focused on efficiency, can be a significant contributor to equity and sets up principles for evaluating transportation systems in terms of the distribution of benefits." Susan S. Fainstein, Author, The Just City"Karel Martens has written an insightful, thoughtful book that will transform the field of equity analysis of transportation systems. By focusing on accessibility and establishing new thresholds for analysis, he presents a new analytical framework that focuses on justice." Deb Niemeier, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, USA"Karel Martens observes that justice principles play a key role in the domains of housing, health care and education. In contrast, the domain of transport is dominated by one notion: efficiency, efficiency, efficiency. The choice of subject is therefore in itself already a revolution in our thinking about mobility... This book caters for readers who realize that scientific and societal progress benefits mostly from asking the right questions, even if sometimes there are no ready-made answers." Kris Peeters, Eindelijk, de essentie!"In Transport Justice, Martens addresses a large, informed and educated public, targeting both transport specialists, theoreticians and practitioners, as well as students and activists. It covers a very wide range of transportation planning issues. (…) All those working on transportation justice issues will benefit from reading the first two and last three chapters, which will certainly renew the debate about transportation fairness." -Fannie Bélanger-Lemay, UrbanitésTable of ContentsPart 1: Introduction1. Introduction2. Fairness in traditional transportation planningPart 2: Philosophical explorations3. Setting the stage4. The social meaning of transportation5. Accessibility as a primary good?6. Insuring for lack of accessibility7. Defining sufficient accessibilityPart 3: A new approach to transportation planning8. Transportation planning based on principles of justice9. Case study: The fairness of Amsterdam's transportation system10. Seeking transportation justice

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention through an interdisciplinary approach to conservation, one of the most successful UN instruments for promoting cultural diplomacy and dialogue on conservation of cultural and natural heritage.Table of ContentsIntroduction to World Heritage Conservation 1. World Heritage and Sustainable Development 2. Defining World Heritage 3. Governing World Heritage 4. Implementing the World Heritage Convention 5. Using World Heritage 6. Managing World Heritage 7. Creating World Heritage Capacities 8. Endangered Heritag Conclusion: Towards a Holistic Approach

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Book SynopsisA history and description of the English narrowboat's traditional paintwork.

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Book SynopsisWine tourism is a rapidly growing field of industry and academic interest with changes in the consumer markets in recent years, showing an enormous interest in ''experiential'' travel. Wine Tourism Around the World is therefore an invaluable text for both students and practitioners alike and provides:* The first comprehensive introduction to wine tourism from a business, social science and policy perspective* An international perspective on wine tourism and includes detailed examples from Australia, Canada, France, Greece, Hungary, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, UK and the USA * Detailed information on the growth and development of wine tourism from both supply, demand, marketing and management perspectives Academic researchers and students in tourism and hospitality fields, as well as anyone connected with the wine industry, will find this book an essential guide to understandinTrade Review"... an invaluable text for both students and practitioners alike ... very diverse ... something for everyone with an interest in this field. The book is clearly laid out and contains an interesting mixture of illustrations, figures, tables and other statistical data."- International Journal of Hospitality ManagementTable of ContentsWine tourism: an introduction; The maturing wine tourism product: an international overview; The development of wine tourism in France; Meeting the winemaker: a case study of wine tourism product development in an emerging wine region; Wine routes in South Africa; Wine tourism and consumer behaviour; Influences on cellar door sales and determinants of wine tourism success: results from Texas wineries; Wine tourism in New Zealand; Wine tourism in the United Kingdom; Vasse Felix winery development; Wine tourism as a component of destination marketing, promotion and regional development; The development of a national wine tourism plan: wine tourism organizations and development in Australia; The Northeast wine route: wine in Ontario, Canada and New York State; Cycle trails and wine tourism in Europe; The Napa Valley, California: a model of wine region development; The future of wine tourism.

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Book SynopsisOver the last decade, commentaries and research on urban tourism precincts have predominantly focused on: their role in the tourism attractions mix; their physical and functional forms; their economic significance; their role as a catalyst for urban renewal; their evolution and associated development processes; and, perhaps more broadly, their role, locality and function within the context of urban planning. City Spaces â Tourist Places both consolidates and develops the extant knowledge of urban tourism precincts into a coherent research driven contemporary work. It revisits and examines the foundational literature but, more importantly, engages with aspects of precinct development that have previously been either underdeveloped or received only limited consideration, such as the psychological and socio-cultural dimensions of the precinct experience. Written by an international team of contributors it provides the reader with:* A comprehensive analysis of foundational theory and cutting-edge advances in the knowledge of the precinct phenomenon * An examination of previously underdeveloped topics and themes based on contemporary and ground-breaking research * Typological and theoretical frameworks in which to locate precinct form, function and experienceBrilliantly edited to ensure theoretical continuity and coherence City Spaces â Tourist Places is vital reading for anyone involved in the study or planning of urban tourism precincts.Table of ContentsSection 1 – Foundations; Chapter 1: Urban tourism precincts: engaging with the field by Bruce Hayllar, Tony Griffin & Deborah Edwards; Chapter 2: Evolution of the tourism precinct by Costas Spirou; Chapter 3: Places and people: a precinct typology by Tony Griffin, Bruce Hayllar & Deborah Edwards; Chapter 4: Theorising precincts: disciplinary perspectives by Simon Darcy & Jennie Small; Section 2 - Key themes and issues; Chapter 5: Urban tourism precincts: an overview of key themes and issues by Deborah Edwards, Tony Griffin & Bruce Hayllar; Chapter 6: Precincts within the urban form: relationships with the city by Ian Kelly; Chapter 7: The structure and form of urban tourism precincts: setting the stage for tourist performances by Christopher Krolikowski & Graham Brown; Chapter 8: Precincts and the urban economy by Brent Ritchie; Chapter 9: The tourist experience of precincts by Martin Selby, Bruce Hayllar & Tony Griffin; Chapter 10: Conflicts and politics in precinct development by Glen Searle; Chapter 11: Visitor/host relationships: conviviality between visitors and host communities by Robert Maitland & Peter Newman; Section 3 - Precincts in practice; Chapter 12: Precinct planning and design, management and marketing: an overview by Tony Griffin, Bruce Hayllar & Deborah Edwards; Chapter 13: Precinct Case Study 1 Grote Markt Groningen by Gregory Ashworth; Chapter 14: Precinct Case Study 2 Darling Harbour by Deborah Edwards, Tony Griffin & Bruce Hayllar; Chapter 15: Precinct Case Study 3 London’s ‘south bank’ by Duncan Tyler and Munir Morad; Chapter 16: Precinct Case Study 4 Sheffield City Centre by Kirsten Holmes and Yasminah Beebeejaun; Chapter 17: Precinct Case Study 5 Evora (Portugal) and Hoi An (Vietnam) by Graham Brooks; Section 4 - Lessons for theory and practice; Chapter 18: City places: tourist spaces – a reprise by Bruce Hayllar, Tony Griffin & Deborah Edwards.

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Book SynopsisThe stories of 40 important aircraft reveal the many changes across the post-war British aviation industry

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