Once while travelling-文学理论-文学语科-太极之巅书单号

书刊介绍

Once while travelling 目录

TableofContents
Introduction
AsiaOverland
South-EastAsia
GettingGoing,GoingBroke
NearDisaster
MoreHeadaches
QuietforaSpell
FirstEurope,thenAmerica
AllAboutGuidebooks
AlltheTroubleintheWorld
OtherActivities
NotAlwaystheGoodGuys
TheHighs,theLows
September11andAllthat
WheretoNow?

Once while travelling 内容简介

TonyandMaureenWheelerestablishedLonelyPlanetPublicationsinthebasementofaterracehouseinSydneyin1973,toself-publishamodesttravelguide,AcrossAsiaontheCheap.Goingboldlywherenoothertravelpublisherhadventured,theiraimwastocaterforanewgenerationofindependent,budget-conscioustravellerslongbeforetheadventofmasstourism.Fromthesehumblebeginningsthecompanyhasgrownintoaninternationalpublisherwithmorethan400employees,250writers,officesonthreecontinents,morethan600titlesinprintandannualsalesofoversixmillionbooks.Auniquemixofautobiography,corporatehistoryandtravelbook,TheLonelyPlanetStorytracestheWheelers'personalstoryaswellasthedevelopmentoftheirextraordinarysuccessfulbusiness.Itoffersfascinatinginsightsintosomeofthebeautifulandbizarreplacestheyhavevisited-withaspiritofadventurethathasmadethem,accordingtoNewYorkDailyNews,'thespecialistsinguidingweirdfolkstoweirdplaces'.

Once while travelling 作者简介

WhenTonyandMaureenWheelerarrivedinSydneythedayafterChristmas1972afterasixmonthAsiaoverlandtripfromEuropetheyhad27centsleftbetweenthem.Inlate1973theystartedLonelyPlanetPublicationstopublishAcrossAsiaontheCheap,thestoryoftheirtripfromLondontoAustralia.Fromthatself-publishedguidebookLonelyPlanetPublicationshasgrowntobecometheworld’slargestindependentguidebookpublisherwithmorethan500titlesinprint,over400staffandofficesinLondonandOaklandaswellastheheadofficeinMelbourne.