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Parks and Gardens in Greater Paris
For over 350 years Parisians have designed and preserved phenomenal public outdoor spaces. In this book Jacqueline Widmar Stewart follows the fine-spun threads of the parklands tapestry in greater Paris. Identification of various hallmarks of premiere park-building eras imbues individual parks with multi-dimensional qualities and allows readers to experience these grand green places in the way Parisians do.
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$78.00, ISBN 978-3-936681-51-2
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Award-Winning Finalist, National Best Book 2009 Awards Travel Category, USA Book News
Fleeing imperial Austria before the scourge of two world wars, the author's grandparents never could have imagined their small homeland as a free country. Stanford-educated attorney Jacqueline Widmar Stewart's new book portrays the natural and cultural history of this green gem, long hidden away in Central Europe. In the space of two generations the stunningly beautiful little land has lifted itself from a feudalistic past to lead the European Union as an independent nation.
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$29.95, ISBN: 978-961-01-0851-1
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Explore the Crescent Coast's 42-mile stretch of quartz-sand beaches with a handy book that will add rich detail to your enjoyment. Full of color photos and spotting maps, this guide to the five parks along Lake Michigan's southern shores will show you where to find the birthplace of ecology, and how to walk through millions of years of history.
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