Travel : Europe

Preface and Acknowledgments. Introduction: The Garden of Earthly Delights. Part One: Iberia: From Prehistory to the Visigoths. 1. Gardens of Stone. 2. Tartessos. 3. La Dama de Baza (Deities of Death). 4. Gadir/Cadiz. 5. The Heavenly Cities of Baetica. 6. Vandalucia. Part Two: Al-Andalus: From Invasion to the Fall of Granada. 7. Tariq's Rock. 8. The Blackbird of Baghdad. 9. Taming a Wilderness. 10. The Library of Babel. 11. Two Gentlemen of Cordoba. Parr Three: Espana: From Reconquest to the Twenty-First Century. 12. 1492. 13. Taking the Garden Indoors. 14. Nights in the Gardens of Spain. 15. The Picasso Century. 16. Englishmen Abroad. 17. Federico Garcia Lorca's Last Night on Earth. 18. Death in the Afternoon. 19. The Shrimp from the Island. 20. La Franja ("The Fringe"). Further Reading. Index more...

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In recent years, Ireland has enjoyed a newfound prosperity as Europe's most affluent nation. But tucked away in a far corner of the so-called "Celtic Tiger," that other enduring and authentic country—that small, hidden place of simple magic and romance—still exists. Acclaimed travel writer David Yeadon and his wife, Anne, set out to find it. On the Beara Peninsula of southwest Ireland, the Yeadons discovered their own "little lost world," an enticing Brigadoon of soaring mountain ranges and spectacular coastal scenery, far removed from the touristic hullabaloo of Dublin, Killarney, and the Ring of Kerry. Here is the fabled "Old Ireland," alive and well with music seisuins , hooley dances, and seanachai storytellers—a haven for searchers, healers, artists, and poets hardy enough to have braved the same narrow and winding mountain roads that keep the package-tour coaches out. Bursting with color and life, At the Edge of Ireland is an intrepid wanderer's celebration of a magical, unspoiled, and unforgettable Éire. more...

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BELGIUM. Topics covered:                    .:.; Environment Management: Air and Water Management.; Nature and Biodiversity Management.; Environment-Economy Interface.; Environmental-Social Interface.; Environment-Health Interface.; International Co-operation. This book is part of the OECD Environmental Performance Reviews Programme which conducts peer reviews of environmental conditions and progress in each member country. It scrutinises efforts to meet both domestic objectives and international commitments. The analyses presented are supported by a broad range of economic and environmental data and lead to recommendations for further environmental and sustainable development progress. A first cycle of Environmental Performance Reviews, covering all member countries was completed in 2000. The second cycle focuses on environmental management, sustainable development and international commitments. Latest Reviews Available.:.; Greece                    2000.; Ireland                     2000.; Luxembourg            2000.; OECD Countries      2001.; Germany                 2001.; Iceland                    2001.; Norway                   2001.; Portugal                   2001.; Slovak Republic       2002.; Japan   more...

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A dilapidated, rat-infested stone barn set amongst 13 acres of overgrown woodland may not be everyone's vision of a dream home. For English couple Richard and Al, however, the cavernous, oak-beamed building in a sleepy hamlet of the French Limousin region is perfect. more...

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Who hasn't had the fanthasy of leaving his or her old life behind to start over? What would happen if you gave up your job, city, state, and routine to move to another part of the world? Critically acclaimed writer and aspiring painter James Morgan does just that. Risking everything, he and his wife shed their old, settled life in a lovingly restored house in Little Rock, Arkansas, to travel in the footsteps of Morgan's hero, the painter Henri Matisse, and to find inspiration in Matisse's fierce struggle to live the life he knew he had to live. Part memoir, part travelogue, and part biography of Matisse, Chasing Matisse proves that you don't have to be wealthy to live the life you want; you just have to want it enough. Morgan's riveting journey of self-discovery takes him, and us, from the earthy, brooding Picardy of Matisse's youth all the way to the luminous Nice of the painter's final years. In between, Morgan confronts, with the notebook of a journalist and the sketchpad of an artist, the places that Matisse himself saw and painted: bustling, romantic Paris; windswept Belle-île off the Brittany coast; Corsica, with its blazing southern light; the Pyrénees village of Collouire, where color became explosive in Matisse's hands; exotic Morocco, land of the secret interior life; and across the sybaritic French Riviera to spiritual Vence and the hillside Villa Le Rêve -- the Dream -- where the mature artist created so many of his masterpieces. A journey from darkness to light, Chasing Matisse shows us how we can learn to see ourselves, others, and the world with fresh eyes. We look with Morgan out of some of the same windows through which Matisse himself found his subjects and take great heart from Matisse's indomitable, life-affirming spirit. For Matisse, living was an art, and he never stopped striving, never stopped creating, never stopped growing, never stopped reinventing himself. "The artist," he said, more...

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