guidebooks

A comprehensive travel guide to Nepal that provides information on the history and culture of the country as well as sights, activities, walking tours, festivals, accommodations, restaurants, entertainment, shopping, and transportation.

A guide to trout fishing in central New York, with information and maps for fishing over one hundred streams and rivers and the techiques and strategies for fishing them.

Describes over fifty ancient rock art sites in the American Southwest and includes driving directions, photographs, side trips, and insight into the cultures that created the artworks.

Covers the Civil War chronologically and gives biographical sketches of key persons, with an accompanying map supplement.

An illustrated travel guide to the Adirondacks that includes listings of accommodations and restaurants, tourist sites, entertainment and shopping, and special events, along with maps and a history of the region.

Provides concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the Rochester, New York area, with detailed maps of the routes. These are generally short and easy to follow.

The Smithsonian Institution holds more than 142 million artifacts and specimens in its trust. This colorful guide to the museums and galleries on the National Mall, in the Washington metropolitan area, and in New York City presents an enormous amount of history and pertinent museum information, ensuring a rewarding visit. Each detailed section presents the history of the museums and offers a fully illustrated, gallery-by-gallery tour. All the practical information--location, hours, phone numbers, public transportation, services, tours, dining, gift shops, special attractions for children, web site addresses--is also included. With so much to see and do, this is the definitive source of all the information in one place. --.

"Kid-friendly guidebook to three major Smithsonian Museums: The National Air and Space Museum, The National Museum of Natural History, and the National Museum of American History"--Provided by publisher.