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While many books have engaged with the structural frames of tourist practice and experience, this is the first to deal with the emotional dimensions of tourism. International scholars from a range of disciplines have come together to explore how the movement to, and through, the realms of exotic people, wild natures, subliminal art, spirit worlds, metropolitan cities and sexualised 'others' variably provoke emotions, peak experiences, travel s...

Part of a series that explores the complex and ever-changing relationships between tourism and culture(s), this set includes volumes 16 to 30 of the series. It focuses on the ways that places, peoples, pasts, and ways of life are increasingly shaped/transformed/created/packaged for touristic purposes.

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The strongest overview I have encountered of the scope and the current state of research across all the fields involved in advancing our understanding of tourism. For its range of topics, depth of analyses, and distinction of its contributors, nothing is comparable." - Professor Dean MacCannell, University of California, Davis "The breadth of vision and sweep of accounts is remarkable, and range of topics laudable... a rare combination of the...

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Reissue. Official guide, with a complete description of the route divided into 13 chapters with points of interest along the way.

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Negative Space tells the story of a provocative Los Angeles painter named Max Higgins, on the verge of local fame. The secret to his work's haunting allure? He collects photos of missing persons and incorporates them into his paintings, giving the often melancholy faces, as he puts it, a "home in his work." This fascination stems from the bizarre disappearances of people he knew growing up, including his father. Then, one day, someone re...

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In the seventeenth century guardians protected China's most precious secrets - teachings that could change the course of its history. When the Manchu tribe invade and march to the Great Wall of China, the legends of these secrets send Jun, a young man from the southern Hunan province, to find and protect them. From the first day his mother had held Jun, she wanted to share all that she knew of their province with him, but she died when he was ...

In the seventeenth century guardians protected China's most precious secrets - teachings that could change the course of its history. When the Manchu tribe invade and march to the Great Wall of China, the legends of these secrets send Jun, a young man from the southern Hunan province, to find and protect them. From the first day his mother had held Jun, she wanted to share all that she knew of their province with him, but she died when he was ...

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Martin Smith and John Becker: bestselling authors with ordinary names and extraordinary minds. Rivals since childhood, they are natives of the northern California town of Twilight Falls, and famous for their uncanny similarity in both physical manner and literary voice. When one of them ends up dead at the other's home, an investigation is launched into their dark past, revealing a series of troubling stories from their childhood, adolescen...

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This book provides an in-depth analysis of the key political and social debates in the field of cultural tourism, drawing on a range of international examples to exemplify the issues raised. The authors highlight the complex dynamism of cultural tourism and its potential to transform destinations and peoples in a rapidly changing world.

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Der amerikanische Reporter Sydney Schanberg berichtet für die "New York Times" aus Kambodscha über den Krieg im benachbarten Vietnam. Der einheimische Dolmetscher Dith Pranh ist ihm nicht nur ein unentbehrlicher Helfer, sondern inzwischen auch ein guter Freund geworden. Als sich die Amerikaner 1975 überstürzt zurückziehen und die Roten Khmer die Macht übernehmen, versuchen sie verzweifelt, das Land zu verlassen. Zwar können sie sich aus der Ge...