The Hotel Book

The Hotel Book
Author: Shelley-Maree Cassidy
Publisher: Taschen
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2003
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 3822819115

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Who minds sleeping under a mosquito net when it's royally draped over the bed in a lush Kenyan, open-walled hut, fashioned from tree trunks and shielded from the sun by a sumptuous thatched roof? This selection of the most-splendid getaway havens nestled throughout the African continent is sure to please even the most finicky would-be voyagers. Photos.

Bell'Italia È Per Sempre

Bell'Italia È Per Sempre
Author: Christiane Reiter
Publisher: Taschen America Llc
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2010
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9783836515818

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The author brings to life some of Italy's most amazing landscapes, such as Venice, Lake Como, Florence, the Amalfi Coast and the Aeolian Islands. She explores legendary hotels in which novels have been set, movies made and love stories consummated.

Great Escapes

Great Escapes
Author: Scott Christianson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Escapes
ISBN: 9781554075065

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A stunning visual record of the world's most audacious and compelling escapes and escape attempts.

Great Escapes #1: Nazi Prison Camp Escape

Great Escapes #1: Nazi Prison Camp Escape
Author: Michael Burgan
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2020-04-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062860372

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Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? Perfect for fans of the I Survived series, the first installment in a brand-new, edge-of-your-seat series based on real events! In spring 1942, Royal Air Force pilot Bill Ash’s plane was shot down by Germans, who captured and eventually brought him to Stalag Luft III, a notorious camp for prisoners of war. The Germans boasted that the camp—which was isolated, heavily guarded, and surrounded by wire fences—was escape proof. But Ash was ready to prove them wrong. He, along with other POWs, would dig tunnels, hide in shower drains, or jump on trucks—all in the name of freedom. Because resisting the Germans was their mission, and escaping was their duty. From reluctant reader to total bookworm, each book in this page-turning series—featuring fascinating bonus content and captivating illustrations—will leave you excited for the next adventure!

Great Escapes of World War II

Great Escapes of World War II
Author: George Sullivan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1988
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780590410243

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True stories of seven daring escapes by prisoners of war during World War II.

The Great Escape

The Great Escape
Author: Paul Brickhill
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1950
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780393325799

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Records the efforts of six hundred British and American officers to escape from a Nazi prison camp.

Great Escapes #4

Great Escapes #4
Author: Steven Otfinoski
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2020-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062860461

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Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The fourth installment in the Great Escapes series is here—perfect for fans of the I Survived series! December 13, 1920. It was a typical Monday morning when three US Navy officials boarded a hot air balloon for an easy, routine training flight. But as evening came, heavy rain and wind knocked Lieutenants Louis Kloor, Stephen Farrell, and Walter Hinton off course, eventually forcing a crash landing deep within the snowy Canadian wilderness. As the men searched for salvation, they were overcome by freezing temperatures, starvation, and fatigue. To survive this harrowing experience, the brave military officers would have to go up against their greatest enemies yet—desperation and despair. From reluctant reader to total bookworm, each book in this page-turning series—featuring fascinating bonus content and captivating illustrations—will leave you excited for the next adventure!

Great Escapes #5: Terror in the Tower of London

Great Escapes #5: Terror in the Tower of London
Author: W. N. Brown
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062860496

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Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The fifth installment in the Great Escapes series has arrived—perfect for fans of the I Survived series! London, 1716. Lord William Nithsdale has been found guilty of treason after fighting alongside the other rebels against the British crown. For his crime, he is sent to the infamous Tower of London, where he awaits his punishment: the executioner’s blade. Upon learning of the Lord’s death sentence, his wife, Lady Winifred Maxwell, sets out to free him from the “Bloody Tower.” She plots and plans to pull off a daring and dangerous breakout. If her idea works, Lord Nithsdale might just escape his deadly fate. If it doesn’t, both their heads will roll! From reluctant reader to total bookworm, each book in this page-turning series—featuring fascinating bonus content and captivating illustrations—will leave you excited for the next adventure!

SAS Great Escapes

SAS Great Escapes
Author: Damien Lewis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-02-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781787475304

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'Riveting. Extraordinary. A real-life thriller.' - Dan Snow In SAS Great Escapes, bestselling author Damien Lewis tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military fighting force - the SAS. With each story comes a nail-biting, rollercoaster ride in classic Damien Lewis style - readers join individual escapees and experience events through their own words, taken from contemporaneous diaries, mission reports, debriefings and letters - recapturing the most terrifying and exhilarating moments of their lives. These tales of almost unbelievable derring-do reveal the most desperate of times, when men were cornered by the enemy and were forced to fight their way out of certain death or capture. Around every corner, upon every decision and every movement lurked the possibility of discovery.

Grandpa's Great Escape

Grandpa's Great Escape
Author: David Walliams
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062560913

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David Walliams, hailed as “the heir to Roald Dahl” by The Spectator, burst onto the American scene with the New York Times bestseller Demon Dentist. Now the UK’s #1 bestselling children’s author is back with this high-flying adventure about a boy and his grandfather, perfect for fans of Jeff Kinney and Rachel Renee Russell. Grandpa is Jack’s favorite person in the world. It doesn’t matter that he wears his slippers to the supermarket, serves Spam a la Custard for dinner, and often doesn’t remember Jack’s name. But then Grandpa starts to believe he’s back in World War II, when he was a Spitfire fighter pilot, and he’s sent to live in an old folk’s home run by the sinister Matron Swine. Now it’s up to Jack to help Grandpa plot a daring escape!