Carolina De Robertis
Carolina De Robertis was raised in England, Switzerland, and California by Uruguayan parents. Her fiction, nonfiction, and literary translations have appeared in ColorLines, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and the Indiana Review, among others. She ... [... more]
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Lonely Planet Switzerland
simplistic and poorly written - take another guide: I am spending my summer in Switzerland and decided to take a trusted Lonely Planet Guide with me. What a disappointment! The book is poorly written, has very few good tips on things to do and places to [... more]
CDN$20.06
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Alexandre Leupin
Alexandre Leupin, a native of Geneva, Switzerland, is Gregorie Professor in French at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, where he teaches French literature, art, epistemology, and psychoanalysis. In addition to numerous articles, his works ... [... more]
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Anna Brailovsky
Returning to Russia from a sanitarium in Switzerland, the Christ-like epileptic Prince Myshkin finds himself enmeshed in a tangle of love, torn between two women-the notorious kept woman Nastasya and the pure Aglaia-both involved, in turn, with ... [... more]
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Meg Rosoff
Meg Rosoff was born in Boston and lives in London. She is the author of How I Live Now and Just In Case My biography will prove incredibly inspiring to anyone who wasn't born in Beijing or Kathmandu, wasn't sent to school in Switzerland or Peru, ... [... more]
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Christie Dickason
Christie Dickason was born in Indiana, but as a child, she lived in Thailand, Mexico, and Switzerland. She is Harvard-educated and a former theater director and choreographer with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and she lives in London with her ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Michael Korda
Michael Korda is the author of Ulysses S. Grant, Ike, and Charmed Lives. Educated at Le Rosey in Switzerland and at Magdalen College, Oxford, he served in the Royal Air Force. He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and on its fiftieth ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Floyd Cardoz
Floyd Cardoz was born in Bombay and raised in that city and in the fabled trading center of Goa. He trained as a biochemist before he discovered where his real passion lay-in a restaurant kitchen. After culinary school in India and Switzerland, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Lonely Planet Walking in Switzerland
Very helpful, detailed, accurate: Last summer I went to Switzerland with my girlfriend. She had this book with her. It was great! It helped us to see interesting places, find affordable hotels, good restaurant. I recommend this book to anyone who is [... more]
CDN$26.04
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Switzerland: Rail, Road, Lake, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide
Great book that takes you beyond the standard tourist spots: We lived in Switzerland for two years and this was our bible - it covers every rail line and many postal and boat routes. It describes interesting sites all along the way so you can see that [... more]
CDN$33.95
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Refuge from the Reich: American Airmen and Switzerland ...
finally, some clarity!: The courage of the Swiss during World War II has never before been so completely or accurately portrayed as in Refuge from the Reich. Long viewed as a neutral, unimportant footnote in WWII history, Switzerland was actually a [... more]
CDN$39.00
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Frommer's Switzerland
We Review Six Guides to Switzerland: I have been to Switzerland at least six times. Recently I sat down with my daughter who has worked at a hotel at Interlaken in Switzerland during her years in Business Administration at McGill - up to last summer - [... more]
CDN$23.99
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