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The authoritative guide to the Connecticut River for boaters, canoeists, and kayakers.
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One of 11 official guides to the Appalachian Trail, each of which includes a pack-sized book and up to seven separate water-resistant maps in a resealable plastic bag, this volume covers the 142 miles from the southern Vermont border to the New York line near Kent, Connecticut. The three detached, full-color, tear-resistant, two-sided maps are at a scale of 1:38,750 and include elevation profiles and topographical lines. Detailed trail descriptions are in the book, along with information on water sources, shelters, and road access points; extensive background on area history, points of interest, geology, and natural resources; and locator maps and photographs.
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A great overview of the trail .......2005-09-02
This book tells you what you need to know to hike the trail over these sections. The maps are accurate. It even includes sections on flora, fauna and geology of the region and hinking saftey.
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DAYTRIPS NEW YORK now features ten carefully selected do-it-yourself walking tours of the Big Apple itself. Beyond the city, the book describes in great detail some 40 one-day adventures that can easily be made by car, or in many cases by public transportation. These begin with the historic Hudson Valley, extending as far north as the Catskills, and on Long Island all the way to Montauk. Connecticut is next, then excursions to most of New Jersey and even the eastern edges of Pennsylvania. Each trip is complete with a self-guided tour, a large-scale map, price-keyed restaurant suggestions to fit all budgets, transportation information, timing, costs, phone numbers, internet addresses, handicap access, and of course historic ans cultural background information.
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Created by local writers and photographers, Compass American Guides are the ultimate insider's guides, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture and character of America's most spectacular destinations. Compass Connecticut & Rhode Island covers everything there is to see and do -- plus gorgeous full-color photographs; a wealth of archival images; topical essays and literary extracts; detailed color maps; and capsule reviews of hotels and restaurants. These insider guides are perfect for new and longtime residents as well as vacationers who want a deep understanding of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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Now completely revised and updated, with a new format that's easier to use, Quiet Water Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island describes 100 spectacular paddling destinations in southern New England.
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Quiet Waters with loud praises.......2006-11-03
This is an excellent book for those yakers who are looking for an escape from motor boat laden waters. It is well illustrated and has helpful tips on where to put in and what to expect as you traverse the water ways.
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Hidden guides combine unique travel choices, outdoor adventures and little-known locales into a guide where vacations meet adventures. Each guide includes detailed maps, complete internet information for each listing, highlighted author favorites, suggested itineraries and walking and driving tours. Hidden New England is written for the new generation of backroad explorers who are driving through this six-state region with very personal intentions. Understanding that the modern traveler isn't looking to be herded to the same beach or mountain resort as everyone else, Hidden New England focuses on the little hotels, restaurants and shops that define this always-independent region including 30 antique stores. Its recommended lodging options include 209 country inns, 43 cabins, and even 87 campgrounds. Hidden New England reveals the area's history at 17 Revolutionary War sites and 100 historic "American" castles and estates. Spectacular natural spots are revealed, including fall-foliage viewing in 179 parks, beaches and wilderness areas, and 224 hiking and 83 cycling trails. A special section on lighthouses leads to 11 of the area's most interesting. This edition features 20 new maps.
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Yale College, founded in 1701, is one of America's most revered historic campuses. Three centuries of Yale architecture cover a dynamic history of design, education, and national leadership. The conservative Yale of early colonial and Gothic buildings evolved to become a mecca for modern architects in the 1950s and the site of such notable works as Louis I. Kahn's Art Gallery and Yale Center for British Art, Paul Rudolph's Yale Art + Architecture Building, and Eero Saarinen's Ingalls Rink. Author and photographer Patrick L. Pinnell beautifully captures Yale's and New Haven's architecture and urbanism across 300 years. The guide also reveals much about the academic aspirations and educational philosophy that helped shape the buildings of Yale. The visitor will be guided on an insider's tour of the campus, and alumni will delight in new insights about their alma mater.
This beautifully photographed guide reveals the stories behind more than 85 buildings, historic gardens, art galleries, theaters, athletic facilities, and works of sculpture on the Yale University campus.
qExquisitely painted three-dimensional maps locate featured buildings on the campus and eight sub-districts-Old Campus; Arts Area; Memorial Quadrangle; Cross Campus and North Green; Law School, Graduate School, and Saarinen Colleges; Beinecke Library to Timothy Dwight College; Hillhouse Avenue and Lower Prospect Streets; Science Hill and Divinity School; Oak Street and Medical Campus; and Yale Bowl and the Athletic Fields. Archival photographs and drawings recapture fragments of "lost" buildings and recall notable historic moments.
In all, this guide is for anyone familiar (or who wants to be) with the treasures of the Yale campus, whether student, alum, prospective student, or architecture buff.
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Charming.......2001-09-03
A charming book. Clear photographs and sensitive analysis of buildings familiar, new, and vanished. Pinnell sets his stories of each structure in its context with due attention to historical development. I would have liked seeing more photos of sets of buildings together. Note how the two large pictures of Harkness Tower are especially engaging for their backgrounds. It would also have been nice to see a drawing of Venturi's famously unbuilt Math building. If you can get to New Haven easily, carry this book around to enrich your visit.
Architectural guide of the very highest quality.......1999-11-08
Many authors would wilt under the task of tying together the nearly 300 year historical development of what is widely recognized to be the finest assemblage of buildings to be found on any American college campus. Fortunately, Pinnell, a Yale alumnus and professor of architecture, is up to the challenge. Bringing to his subject matter a depth of feeling and complexity of thought borne of his many years of close interaction with the Yale built environment, Pinnell pulls off the difficult task of creating a guide that will offer fresh insight and intellectual challenge to those who know the campus well while retaining the interest of even first time visitors. As this is an architectural and not a travel guide, the author assumes that the reader's primary interest is in the school's buildings, its public spaces, and its historical and urbanistic relationship to New Haven. As a result, a less architecturally-concerned reader may be better served by another sort of book. However, for those of us who share Pinnell's passion for building generally and the magnificent Yale campus, in particular, this is the book we've been waiting for.
Buy It.......1999-07-28
This is a prodigious and learned work. Anyone visiting Yale can learn a lot from it.
One interesting thing about this campus series is that as we continue to turn America into sprawl -- what James Howard Kunstler calls "the National Automobile Slum" -- campuses are the first urban experience for many Americans.
Note to Princeton Architectural Press: you should let the authors talk more about the outdoor public realm and not make them focus so much on individual buildings.
The book should also have many plans (there are none). The best architecture guidebooks have plans for every building.
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Introduction from the Author
When my best friend in high school told me he was applying to Wesleyan University in Connecticut, I confessed that I had never heard of the place. "You'd like it," he said. "It's far out." Far out? When I hear the words `far out' I think of long-bearded hippies in sandals listening to the Grateful Dead while getting stoned. For one, I'm not a hippie, beach bum, Phish-head, Dead-head, or any other `head' for that matter, and my friend's description, initially, made me want nothing to do with the school—far out?!
Nevertheless, when my friend's interview at Wesleyan came around, I agreed to go with him to Middletown, CT just to keep him company. We arrived on campus, and the first thing I noticed was how beautiful everything was. I had seen beautiful campuses before, but Wesleyan seemed to have an overwhelming charm about it. While my friend paced nervously inside the admissions building, I took a long stroll across Foss Hill (passing my future dorm) and took in the whole scene.
As I walked, every person I encountered turned and cheerfully said hello to me. They came in twos and threes, dressed in eclectic, eccentric, and downright weird clothing including wide brimmed hats, spray-painted shoes, and (get this) shirts without slogans or brand names on them. At the top of Foss Hill, kids were playing Frisbee, some guy was strumming a guitar, and a young, beautiful girl was deeply focused on painting a landscape on an immense, white canvas. There was something in the air—a strange feeling of happiness and oppurtunity. A good vibration, as the hippies might say. Yes, that was it—Wesleyan had good vibrations. The Beach Boys couldn't have said it better.
The feeling was so strong that I decided to apply to Wesleyan then and there. Eventually, I was accepted, and soon after my college years began, I quickly fell in love with the school. Wesleyan was just right for me. But the question that you need to ask yourself is, "Is Wesleyan right for me?" Well, it's a good question and one that deserves careful consideration, because Wesleyan is certainly not for everybody. You've purchased this guide, so it's safe to say that you're at least considering Wesleyan. I've had several friends from high school visit me at Wesleyan. Some loved it; others couldn't wait to leave. In this book, you'll find the facts and figures describing Wesleyan University, as well as an insider's perspective on everything from sports to food to people. You can read it straight through or jump to the parts that interest you the most. Then again, you don't need me to tell you that. You're a smart kid. Well, you better be if you want to make it at Wesleyan!
John Cusick, Author
Wesleyan University
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Including: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Ontario
The Mobil Travel Guides have been America's favorite domestic series for over forty years. Exhaustive listings and trusted reviews make them an indispensable resource for anyone who travels domestically.
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Mobile Guide.......2000-07-03
The book gives a good overview of the areas with many addresses. Anyhow I found it a bit too black and white. It gives useful maps, but no coloured pictures from the areas, which would make it a bit more pleasant to read.
Mobil Travel Guide 2000 - Northeast.......2000-05-27
I highly recommend this guide to anyone who will be traveling in the Northeast as well as Canada. This guide gives you everything from upcoming events for the year to where to stay & eat. The maps are easy to read and follow. I have been a reader of the Mobil Guide for many years and it is continuing to give the most accurate, up-to-date travel information. This is the MUST-HAVE for the Northeast traveler.
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