Extrait : "Dominique-Jean, baron Larrey, chirurgien militaire naquit, le 8 juillet 1766, à Baudéan, village de la vallée de Campan, près Bagnères-de-Bigorre. Devenu orphelin dès son bas âge, il fut envoyé à Toulouse auprès de son oncle, Alexis Larrey, né aussi à Baudéan en 1750, fondateur d'une école spéciale de chirurgie et chirurgien chef de l'hpital de la Grave de cette ville. C'est sous ses auspices qu'il fit son éducation au petit...

Jeff Alt takes you along every step of his 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail adventure filled with humorous, frightening, and inspirational stories including bears, bugs, blisters, captivating characters, skunk bed mates, and hilarious food cravings. As Alt walked more than 5 million steps through freezing temperatures, driving rain, and sunny skies, he was constantly buoyed by the knowledge that his walk was dedicated to his brother who has cerebral palsy....

A Finnish-born American entrepreneur builds his dream ship, the first modern sailing cruise ship, with a team of shipping business men, naval architects, and engineers, wise shipbuilders, a temperamental designer and an essential woman. Thirty years later, the ship and her sisters are still in service on the world's oceans.

En este cuento de hadas para niños con ilustraciones, usted aprenderá la historia de la chica de Emery, que se fue a África. Allí conoció a un monstruo de arena y se metió en el mundo del hampa. La chica se asusta y empieza a correr lejos de la arena monstruo. La chica de Emery se encuentra en el inframundo, donde todas las criaturas que lo rodean están hechas de arena y los edificios también están hechos de arena. La arena de los guardias...

Let's Go Budget Berlin is a budget traveler's ticket to getting the most out of a trip to Berlin-without breaking the bank. Whether you want to check out the murals at the East Side Gallery, barter at the Turkish Market, or party at the riverside Club der Visionaere, this slim, easy-to-carry guide is packed with dollar-saving information to help you make every penny count. Let's Go Budget Berlin also includes neighborhood maps to help you get oriented,...

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Andrew Jackson en moins d'une heure! Parti de rien, Andrew Jackson forge sa personnalité à l'école de la guerre. Tout juste âgé de neuf ans, il participe à la guerre de l'Indépendance américaine au cours de laquelle il se fait remarquer pour sa désobéissance après avoir été capturé par l'ennemi. Tout au long de sa vie, celui qui deviendra le septième président des États-Unis usera de...

How Far Will You Go? Priorities change, new routines are adopted - but here at Lonely Planet we don't believe imaginative holidays have to end when kids arrive. So welcome to our first supplement specifically aimed at those who want to introduce the delights of world exploration to their children. The guide draws on our new Travel with Children book - 224 pages of inspiration and advice, whether you're looking for simple new ideas in familiar destinations...

Today, more and more people travel with their pets, taking their beloved four-legged friends everywhere. Yet, it can still be sometimes difficult to find a park or hiking trail that's dog-friendly. Bangor Daily News outdoors columnist Aislinn Sarnacki presents 35 hikes around Maine that you can feel comfortable taking your dog on. Along with maps and color photos to detail the hikes, she includes practical information such as proper etiquette to...

Former MLB All-Star and Gold Glove winner Andy Van Slyke, now the first-base coach of the Detroit Tigers, takes you into the dugout, the clubhouse, and onto the field throughout the 2008 season to give you a rare inside look at the most highly anticipated season in the Tigers' storied 108-year history-day by day, game by game, as it actually unfolded. The book combines Van Slyke's insightful, introspective, sometimes humorous diary from the dugout...

In 1943, with the German Sixth Army annihilated at Stalingrad and Rommel's Afrika Korps in full retreat after defeat at El Alamein, Winston Churchill's War Cabinet met to discuss the opening of a new front. Its battles would be fought not on the beaches of Normandy or in the jungles of Burma but amidst the blizzards and glaciers of the Antarctic. Originally conceived as a means by which to safeguard the Falkland Islands from Japanese invasion and...