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Fodor's Washington, D.C. 2009: with Mount Vernon, Alexandria & Annapolis (Fodor's Gold Guides)
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Washington, D. C. •Updated annually, Fodor’s Washington, D.C. provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook. • Fodor’s Washington, D.C. features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime. •If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Washington, D.C. •Experience D.C. like a local! Fodor’s Washington, D.C.includes unique photo-features that impart the city’s culture, covering the remarkable monuments and museums of the Mall; the power of Arlington National Cemetery; the deliciously scandalous side of D.C.’s political past; and much more! •Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls. •8 page color insert and full-color pullout map. Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers..
Price: $10.17
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The Wonder Crew: The Untold Story of a Coach, Navy Rowing, and Olympic Immortality
THE WONDER CREW is the fascinating story of how the salty coach of the Annapolis crew team, Coach Richard Glendon, seized the sport of rowing first from the Ivy League schools and then the imposing British with a new style both uniquely American and very much his own. He took a group of young midshipmen with humble origins and dominated a sport once the domain of the privileged. After stunning the Ivy Leagues in race after race, the US Naval Academy team won a shot at the Olympics. Their task was nearly impossible: for hundreds of years, the British Navy ruled the world and their supremacy of the seas naturally made them dominant in the sport of rowing. With the hopes of a nation, Navy went into the heart of Europe and in thrilling fashion defeated the heavily favored Brits to win the gold medal in 1920. With Glendon's new American style, the US won Gold for forty straight years, the longest winning streak in any single sport in Olympic history. Rich in history, with brave characters, American ingenuity, and dramatic training and competition, THE WONDER CREW is the first comprehensive account of the 1920 Olympic Navy crew team and their inspirational coach who forged the dramatic story of their quest for Olympic gold. .
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Learning to Sail: The Annapolis Sailing School Guide for Young Sailors of All Ages
This book is about learning to sail. It follows the techniques perfected at the world-famous Annapolis Sailing School, where thousands of people just like you have learned to take tiller in hand and harness the wind. You'll learn your way around a boat--what its parts are called, what they do, and how to use them to ride the wind wherever you want to go. Read this book, spend some time on a boat, and practice your new skills, and pretty soon you'll be a sailor, one of a select group of people who think there's nothing finer than hiking out to windward in a close-hauled dinghy--racing against friends or a neighboring sailing club, or alone and just for the fun of it..
Price: $7.45
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Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way
Battle-proven, step-by-step guidelines for instilling leadership in anyone, in any business Today, more than ever, businesses need leaders with a rare blend of strength, capability, and integrity Unfortunately, they're not always easy to come by. Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way details how the U.S. Naval Academy builds quality leaders from the ground up, instilling in them the habits and tools required for outstanding leadershipin any pursuit. Using real-life vignettes and examples of USNA graduates who experienced breakthrough success in combat, government, and business, this timely book looks beyond just the military aspects to explore: - Techniques for teaching honor, duty, and commitment
- Empowerment strategies proven to work over centuries of use
- Insights for overcoming the perils of blind obedience
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Price: $11.99
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Fodor's Washington, D.C. 2008: with Mount Vernon, Old Town Alexandria & Annapolis (Fodor's Gold Guides)
With annual visitor totals over 14 million strong and climbing, Washington, D.C. continues to attract travelers in record numbers And no wonder: from the posh to the poignant to the political, there’s something for everyone in D.C. Revamped with an innovative, more browsable, photo-rich interior, Fodor’s Washington, D.C. 2008 will help travelers plan the perfect trip to our nation’s capital, whether it’s for their first visit or their tenth.
·Illustrated, magazine-style features include the National Mall; Arlington National Cemetary; the White House, Supreme Court, and U.S. Congress; Washington’s scandalous past (and present); and “The Red State/Blue State Guide to D.C. Nightlife”
·New “Experience D.C.” section highlights D.C.’s top sights and off the beaten path attractions, smart itineraries, and best bets for families
·Neighborhoods chapter quickly orients readers to the city and its unique areas
·Easy-to-reference “Museums,” “Monuments & Memorials,” and “Official Washington” chapters guide visitors to the exact sites they want to see
·Reorganized restaurant and hotel reviews make it a snap to find any listing by price, neighborhood, or category
·Tips from clever, opinionated local writers help travelers plan ahead, save money, bypass lines, and avoid common pitfalls
·8-page color insert
·Pullout map .
Price: $26.63
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Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade
A “vivid, unpredictable, fair, balanced and . . . very entertaining” look at how education reforms have changed one typical American elementary school over the course of a year (Jay Mathews, The Washington Post) The pressure is on at schools across America. In recent years, reforms such as No Child Left Behind have created a new vision of education that emphasizes provable results, uniformity, and greater attention for floundering students. Schools are expected to behave more like businesses and are judged almost solely on the bottom line: test scores. To see if this world is producing better students, Linda Perlstein immersed herself in a suburban Maryland elementary school, once deemed a failure, that is now held up as an example of reform done right. Perlstein explores the rewards and costs of that transformation, and the resulting portrait—detailed, human, and truly thought-provoking—provides the first detailed view of how new education policies are modified by human realities. .
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A Thyme to Entertain
This coffee-table-style cookbook highlights annual events and traditions around the Annapolis area, celebrating the Chesapeake's rich maritime history. Divided into 13 themed menus with entertaining tips to add the finishing touch to your party. It features perfect menus for A Steeplechase Picnic to A Day on the Bay. Filled with gorgeous photography, beautiful invitations and 200 unforgettable recipes..
Price: $18.49
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Annapolis
The author of the best-selling Cape Cod presents a sweeping novel that traces the history of the Stafford family and their role in America's Navy, from Tripoli and the Civil War to the present day. Tour..
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Tales from Annapolis
Collection of 91 stories from 61 graduates of US Naval Academy from classes of 1934 through 1994 relating personal experiences from their Midshipman days. It is humorous, candid, eye-opening and entertaining. Contributing authors include a former US President, a former head of the CIA, a former Chief of Naval Opertions and a former head of Naval Intelligence, as well as numerous other Academy grads who share the conviction that if these stories are not set down in writing for posterity, they will be lost for all time..
Price: $15.95
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