Robert Reid Knihy

Visitors intent on making up their own minds about the self-proclaimed "center of the universe" will first want to arm themselves with this indispensable guide. Author David Ellis, a New York native, provides far-reaching coverage of the sights, hotels, and restaurants of the city, while augmenting the practical information with fascinating historical and cultural facts. Emphasizing Manhattan, with its excellent museums, architecture, and nightlife, this guide also celebrates the outer boroughs. Reflecting New York's multicultural mosaic, it points the way to great ethnic neighbourhoods and explores gay and lesbian city life. Maps help to make sense of the city's transportation system.

Prozkoumejte rozsáhlé starobylé zříceniny v Baganu, plavte se labyrintem vodních průplavů, relaxujte v příjemné čajovně nebo ochutnejte čerstvé plody moře na bělostné písečné pláži. Tento nepřekonatelný průvodce z edice Lonely Planet vám ukáže, jak nejlépe poznat tuto málo navštěvovanou zemi, a zároveň vám pomůže chovat se citlivě ke zdejším kulturám.

Peter presents images of the Australian landscape more beautiful than you've seen before. From the lush depths of our rainforests to the startling beauty of our deserts, the panoscapes in this book capture the essence of the Australian spirit magnificently.

A group of young Silicon Valley engineers builds a new global social network that becomes a sentient artificial intelligence with the personality of a Buzzfeed-crazed teen girl

California sunsets, Vegas jackpots, BC rain forests, New York energy - hit the wide open highways to the trip of your choice. Written by and for backpackers, this compact, detailed guide lets you go further, stay longer and pay less for the adventure of a lifetime. • GET THE INSIDE SCOOP - extensive eating, sleeping and drinking listings, themed highlights and travel-tested budget tips from an intrepid team of backpacking authors • FIND YOUR WAY - expanded itineraries and more than 100+ maps put you in charge of your journey • DIVE INTO ADVENTURE - outdoor activities chapter covers adrenaline rushes from mountain biking in Moab to skiing Whistler and diving the Florida Keys • SEE ANOTHER SIDE - cruise unexplored backroads, scenic byways, hip neighborhoods, diverse cities and vast national parks

Provides information for the budget traveller on getting around Central America and recommends places to see, accomodations, and restaurants.

Presents the history of the World Wide Web and its emergence as a business tool, and offers profiles of its architects

Lonely Planet knows the Trans-Siberian Railway. Our 3rd edition helps you build the perfect itinerary, perhaps taking in Moscow's sumptuous art scene, racing on horseback across the vast Mongolian steppes, sipping green tea in the shade of Beijing's Forbidden City, or sharing experiences with fellow passengers. Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Low-level entertainment lawyer Nick Carter thinks it’s a prank, not an alien encounter, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. The entire cosmos, they tell him, has been hopelessly hooked on American pop songs ever since “Year Zero” (1977 to us), resulting in the biggest copyright violation since the Big Bang and bankrupting the whole universe. Nick has just been tapped to clean up this mess before things get ugly. Thankfully, this unlikely galaxy-hopping hero does know a thing or two about copyright law. Now, with Carly and Frampton as his guides, Nick has forty-eight hours to save humanity—while hoping to wow the hot girl who lives down the hall from him.

Finally—highly effective, field-tested lesson plans for the students in every elementary and middle school classroom who struggle with writing. The practical how-to follow-up to Graham and Harris's popular Writing Better, this book is just what K–8 educators need to advance all students' writing skills, whether they have learning disabilities or just need extra help. Teachers will get concise lesson plans they can use to easily supplement their existing writing curriculum. From 20 to 50 minutes each, the lessons Firmly grounded in the authors' Self-Regulated Strategy Development approach, which has been proven effective by 2 decades of research, these brief, powerful lessons will help transform struggling students into confident, skilled, and motivated writers.