Are people loving the Florida Keys to death? In "Historic Walking Guides: Florida Keys," author Michelle Sheldone tells how the islands' accessibility is the same thing that is contributing to their demise. "People celebrated being able to access the Florida Keys by land when Henry Flagler's Oversea Railway traveled bridges in 1912," she said. "Now, tens of thousands of vehicles traverse one Key West intersection alone during the course of a single year." Sheldone begins her tale of the islands' history with the history of the land itself - nurtured in the womb of the sea as coral and sand and then born after the Americas collided, the gulfstream rushed north, glaciers formed and seas receded and revealed them. Now, she details, the seas are reclaiming the Florida Keys as excess carbons from electricity hurry in global warming, causing glaciers to melt more quickly than they naturally would and rising seas to swallow acres of island mass. Sheldone notes also in the guide that waters also collect carbons in the air, producing mercury in fish and making it difficult for shellfish to grow their protective covers. The author resided in the Florida Keys for eight years, writing from her home and helping to promote tourism to the area. She now resides in Palm Beach County, where she penned "Historic Walking Guides" initially for Destinworld Publishing in London and, in updated and expanded format, for Amazon's Kindle.

Historic Walking Guides Florida Keys

Travel

Sheldone, Michelle

Reference

Destinworld Pub Ltd

Madrid is the very heart of Spain. It is the cultural centre and the capital, from where traditions and history spring forth throughout the land. It is a city built upon Arab foundations from the 9th century, with grand buildings and hidden corners. Madrid is one of Europe's most beautiful cities, which has successfully advanced into a metropolis, but retained its historic architecture and attractions. This book takes you on a journey through centuries of Madrid's history via a series of walks. Each one is themed, from medieval buildings to historic wine taverns. Find out where artists and writers gathered, and uncover many of the mysteries around Madrid's past. At the end of your day, eat, drink or sleep in one of the suggested historic restaurants, taverns or hotels. • Clear maps, times and distances • Plan your walk by theme • Museum and building opening times • Historic eating, drinking and hotel suggestions • Personal guidance from the author

Historic Walking Guides Madrid

History

Bahrami, Beebe

Europe

The aviation enthusiast's complete resource for visiting the USA's best airports, covering all the information you'll need to know on your visit, including: - Airport layout maps - Official and unofficial spotting locations - The best locations for photography - Nearby attractions at each airport - Hotels with views - Radio frequencies, runways and airlines statistics - State-by-state overviews and airport details - Details of storage airports. - Full list of aviation museums to visit

Airport Spotting Guides USA

Engineering & Transportation

Falcus, Matt

Transportation

One of the miracles of Milan is how physically accessible it can be. One can easily depend on its network of public transportation (the most extensive and reliable in Italy), but as this book proves - in Milan, one can walk. In walking, one can peruse, one can enter into the city as into a complete five-senses experience. This book is divided into four separate walking tours of the city, easily traversed on foot. The distance required by the mind just isn't possible in a quick (or desperate) getaway weekend; Milan's window-shopping alone - the best that Italy can offer - could take a week or a month. Its history took about two millennia. The sights and splendours of its many museums and churches can actually shock as they come to the tourist as so unexpected, literally, so unheard of. It's finally time to discover Milan.

Milan Walks & Guides

Staiger, Edward

The aviation enthusiast's complete resource for visiting Europe's best airports, covering all the information you'll need to know on your visit, including: Detailed airport layout maps, official and unofficial spotting locations, the best locations for photography, nearby aviation attractions at each airport, hotels with views, radio frequencies, runway and airline details, country-by-country overviews of airports and museums.

Airport Spotting Guides Europe

The Rock of History on the edge of Europe Across the border from Spain, the tiny British colony of Gibraltar is packed full of history dating back to the days the very earth rose out of the sea to form the iconic Rock. For the visitor today, the compact nature of Gibraltar ensures all areas can be explored easily by foot, with spectacular scenery along the way. The eight themed walks found in this book explore every corner of Gibraltar from its guns and defensive fortifications to its Moorish past. They cover the Upper Rock nature reserve, the history of the Royal Navy in Gibraltar and the length of the peninsula from the frontier to Europa Point, as well as a section dealing with nearby Spain. Between them these walks chart a broad spectrum of interests as well as providing a whole host of practical information for visitors to Gibraltar. • Clear maps, times and distances • Plan your walk by theme • Museum and building opening times • Historic eating, drinking and hotel suggestions • Personal guidance from the author

Historic Walking Guides Gibraltar

Cano, Tristan

Jason Smart, like many people, went through the range of emotions when he set out to learn to fly. In this book he takes the reader on a journey through the highs and lows of learning to fly, from the early lessons to the first solo, the exams, and ultimately gaining his wings as a private pilot. It's not all fun and easy, however. In this day-by-day account, Jason recounts frustration with the weather, the exhaustion, and his own limitations, as well as the many characters he meets along the journey. This book is a frank account aimed at anyone interested in learning to fly. It is also for anyone simply curious to know what is involved in becoming a pilot.

Take Your Wings & Fly

Smart, Jason

No two towns so personify the lure of the American West as much as Tombstone and Bisbee, Arizona. These boom towns welcomed miners looking for a chance to get rich, and Tombstone was immortalised in movies and folklore from the period because of characters such as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.  Through a series of detailed walks around Tombstone and Bisbee, which have been updated for this edition, and accompanied by historic photographs and maps, this book uncovers the history of the two towns for the visitor.  Jane Eppinga is a multi-award winning author who has written many books on Western history.

Historic Walking Guides Tombstone Arizona

Eppinga, Jane

Americas

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