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From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, if you're going there, chances are Lonely Planet has been there first. With a pithy and matter-of-fact writing style, these guides are guaranteed to calm the nerves of first-time world travelers, while still listing off-the-beaten-path finds sure to thrill even the most jaded globetrotters. Lonely Planet has been perfecting its guidebooks ...

From Publishers Weekly
In an ingenious approach to a little-viewed land, journalist/outdoorsman Roberts and Krakauer ( Eiger Dreams ) examine Iceland today through its principal literary heritage. The harsh backdrop of the heroic tales featuring the fierce, beautiful Gudrun Osvifrsdottirsp ok or courageous Burnt Njal is much the same as it was in the 13th century when the sagas,...

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One of over 400 titles in the Insight series,

Insight Guide Iceland. This 378-page book includes a section detailing Iceland's history, 10 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from its anonymous 13th-century saga authors to its infamous rainy weather, a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel ...

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This user-friendly travel map has been specifically designed for visitors as a practical and informative guide to Iceland. More than just a map, it includes detailed street plans of major towns and large-scale projections of popular tourist destinations. It includes a regional climate chart, full color photographs, concise place names index and much more. The map...

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There has been an explosion of tourism to Iceland in recent years, with people drawn by its unusual -- some might say schizophrenic -- combination of extraordinary natural wonders and frenetic nightlife, from strange lava formations to Bjork's favorite bar. The first comprehensive guide to the northernmost capital city in the world, this book blends together the...

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Language Notes
Text: English, French (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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From Library Journal
The Icelandic Tourist Board has reported a steady increase in visitors from North America, and the handsome photographs in this book help explain why. Baxter, whose landscape photographs have been seen in countless travel books (e.g., Portrait of Scotland; Glasgow Pocket Guide), calendars, and postcards, here provides dramatic color shots revealing lunarlike...

From Publishers Weekly
Snow and ice warm Stark's heart, and in this collection of a dozen essays, most of which appeared in the Smithsonian and Outside, he envelops readers in the frigid charms of ski jumping, narwhal hunting, dogsledding, iceboat sailing, skating on thin ice and kayak-making. One chapter is gleefully devoted to connoisseurs' names for different kinds of snowfla...

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This is an unusual and revealing travel book that explores the musical roots of Iceland. Waking Up in Iceland is a wonderfully entertaining, honest, and informative book.

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INTRODUCTION

Resting on the edge of the Arctic Circle and sitting atop one of the world’s most volcanically active hotspots, Iceland is nowadays thought of for its striking mix of magisterial glaciers, bubbling hot springs and rugged fjords, where activities such as hiking under the Midnight Sun are complemented by healthy doses of history and literature...

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Exceptional value for money, including both a guidebook and a softcover version of the fold-out Globetrotter map, in a pocket-sized printed plastic wallet.

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Travel Books Review
"Among the best travel book series, with attention to detail, plus numerous color photographs and fine maps."

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Ingram
This frosty area is still largely unexplored by travelers. Surprising, because where else can you experience hot lava fields, spectacular geysers and waterfalls, active volcanoes, frozen lakes, glaciers, the northern lights, and the midnight sun? This practical guidebook reveals the dramatic beauty of this region available to travelers of all budgets and styles.

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Review
"The Xenophobe's Guides raise a smile and give you an understanding of the beliefs and foibles of nationalities. "
--Glasgow Evening Times

"Xenophobe's Guides aim to help us understand our differences."
--Daily Express
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Card catalog description
William Morris's routes through south-west Iceland can still be followed, possibly, though not necessarily as for Morris's party, on horseback. Morris was plump, unfit and relatively untravelled, but his enthusiasm, grit and phenomenal eye for detail sustained him for six weeks in 1871 and a further two in 1873 through 'the most romantic of all deserts'....