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|  | Sultry Climates by Ian Littlewood
Historically, the sexual motives of travel have rarely been spelled out in travel guides and brochures. But there is an alternative history of tourism, made up of precisely the details that usually go unmentioned. As Ian Littlewood demonstrates here with dazzling elegance and wit, if we want to make sense of the celebrated Grand Tour of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, for example, it's as important to take account of traveler's visits to Dresden streetwalkers and Venetian courtesans as it s to reckon with their visits to the Dresden picture gallery and the Doge's Palace. To understand the Victorian passion for the Mediterranean, we need to be aware of Greek and Italian attractions that extended far beyond the historical. from Byron in Greece to Isherwood in Germany, from American expatriates on the Left Bank to Orton in Morocco and right up to the present day, what emerges from these experiences is a continuing motif of tourism, previously neglected or ignored, that comes into full view only with the twentieth century's cult of the sun. suffice it to say that after reading SULTRY CLIMATES, you'll never look at tourists in quite the same way again. AUTHOR: Ian Littlewood
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel 
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 | NFL 1-2-3
Kids get a head start on the basics of learning using simple, colorful imagesfrom football paired with numbers and letters.
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Sports & Outdoors
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 | The Three Sedonas by Lisa Schnebly Heidinger, Trevor V. Swanson
Six-year-old Sedona tells the story of her great-great-grandmother, a pioneer woman named Sedona Schnebly who helped settle the wilds of the Arizona frontier--and for whom the town of Sedona is named. This book was written by one of Sedona Schnebly`s actual descendents. Illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Lisa Schnebly Heidinger, Trevor V. Swanson
PUBLISHER: Arizona Highways
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | This Place Is Dry by Barbara Lavallee, Vicki Cobb
Surveys the living conditions in Arizona`s Sonora Desert for the people and unusual animals that live there. Also describes the engineering accomplishment of Hoover Dam. AUTHOR: Barbara Lavallee, Vicki Cobb
PUBLISHER: Walker & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature & Survival for Children by Tom Brown
No matter what type of outdoor experiences are planned--day-trips to local parks or long wilderness treks--Tom Brown can help children and adults fully appreciate the boundless beauty of our most precious natural resources. AUTHOR: Tom Brown
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Sports & Outdoors
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 | How to Build a Wooden Boat by David C. McIntosh
Description not available.Covers molds, the ballast, keel, floor timbers, the planking process, ceilings, deck framing, hatches, bulkheads, spars, and the rudder and discusses useful tools AUTHOR: David C. McIntosh
PUBLISHER: WoodenBoat Publications
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Sports & Outdoors
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