Which series of guide books was founded by Tony and Maureen Wheeler in 1973?
"their share of the company in 2007 and their remaining 25 percent in February 2011, bringing the couple's net worth to $190 million. After the 2007 BBC deal, Wheeler and his wife established a charitable foundation, Planet Wheeler, which funds over 50 projects in the developing world. Even while helming the Lonely Planet business, Wheeler continued to write guidebooks. His books since Lonely Planet include Bad Lands and Unlikely Destinations. Tony and Maureen Wheeler have two children, Tashi and Kieran. In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Wheeler and Maureen were both appointed as Officers of the Order of Australia"
"Cadwalladr further states that Wheeler's peers throughout the world subsequently made the decision to travel, regardless of whether they possessed a Lonely Planet guide. Other travel guide brand names also emerged in the early 1970s, such as Rough Guides and Bradt. The popularity of the hippy trail, combined with the success of the original Lonely Planet publications, led the Wheelers to further develop the brand they had founded. The couple discovered writers in bars and also told people that if they could return to Australia with a completed book, then Lonely Planet would publish it. Tony Wheeler explained: ""You couldn’t"
"just look for travel book writers because they weren’t out there. There wasn’t such an animal. We just told people that if you turn up in a year and a half with a book, we’ll publish it, and we did. It was very rough and ready."" The popularity of the overland route taken by the Wheelers in 1972 declined when Iran's borders closed in 1979. The Lonely Planet guide book series initially expanded in Asia, with the India guide book that was first published in 1981, but progressively became a dominant brand in the rest of the world, as consumers"
"behaviour and etiquette. Company representative Thomas Drewry said, ""There isn't a single person in the UK who Katie Hopkins hasn't offended this year"". Bluffer's Guides The Bluffer's Guides are a collection of humorous pocket-sized guidebooks, written by experts and offering readers the opportunity to pass off appropriated knowledge as their own on a variety of subjects. The series has sold five million copies worldwide. The guides were published between 1965 and 1975 in England, where four million copies of 16 books in the series were purchased. Peter Wolfe, the series' first publisher, sold its publication rights to Anne Taute, a"
"Cicerone (publisher) Cicerone is an English publisher specialising in guidebooks for walkers, climbers, trekkers and cyclists. The company's first publication was a climbing guide to the English Lake District, and over the past 50 years they have built up a broad range of guidebooks covering the best walking, trekking and cycling in the World. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Milnthorpe, Cumbria, a few miles south of the Lake District. The founders were Walt Unsworth (died 6 June 2017) and Brian Evans and their wives. Cicerone guides have been awarded Gold for ""Best Walking Book"" by"
"Trailblazer Travel Books Trailblazer Travel Books a series of five recreational guides for the Hawaiian Islands plus one each for Sierra Nevada, and San Francisco. They are published by California-based Diamond Valley Company and written by Janine and Jerry Sprout. In 2012, they published ""No Worries Paris: A Photographic Walking Guide."" Janine Sprout is of French heritage and has photographed the city over a period of decades. It should not be confused with the UK travel book publisher Trailblazer. The guides are aimed at the independent, adventurous travelers. The Sprouts have spent years developing the content and publish revised or"
"Insight Guides Insight Guides, founded by Hans Johannes Hofer, is a travel company based in London with offices in Singapore and Warsaw. They sell customized travel packages, as well as travel guides for both commerce (b2b) and end customers purposes B2C). They also produce maps, globes and travel gadgets for both experienced and new travelers. Insight Guides combines full-colour photography with essays written by local experts. Giving readers reliable, practical information was the driving force behind the concept, but Insight Guides also puts a historical and cultural spin on their content. Hofer's first book, published in 1970, was based on"
"Guide Northern Italy"". Blue Guides The Blue Guides are a series of detailed and authoritative travel guidebooks focused on art, architecture, and (where relevant) archaeology along with the history and context necessary to understand them. A modicum of practical travel information, with recommended restaurants and hotels, is also generally included. The first Blue Guide – ""London and its Environs"" – was published in 1918 by the Scottish brothers James and Findlay Muirhead. The Muirheads had for many years been the English-language editors of the famous German ""Baedeker"" series. When they also acquired the rights to John Murray III’s famous travel"
"he discussed his life and career. The episodes were well received, and Wheeler became a close friend of the show's producer, David Collison. In the 1970s, Wheeler became increasingly forgetful and came to rely largely on his assistant, Molly Myres, to organise his affairs. Amid increasing ill health, in September 1973 he moved full-time into Myres's house in Leatherhead, Surrey, although he continued to use his central London flat during day-trips to the city. There, he authored a final book, ""My Archaeological Mission to India and Pakistan"", although much of the text was culled from his previous publications; it was"
"Blue Guides The Blue Guides are a series of detailed and authoritative travel guidebooks focused on art, architecture, and (where relevant) archaeology along with the history and context necessary to understand them. A modicum of practical travel information, with recommended restaurants and hotels, is also generally included. The first Blue Guide – ""London and its Environs"" – was published in 1918 by the Scottish brothers James and Findlay Muirhead. The Muirheads had for many years been the English-language editors of the famous German ""Baedeker"" series. When they also acquired the rights to John Murray III’s famous travel “handbooks” they established"
"book titled ""Once While Travelling: The Lonely Planet Story"" (known as ""Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet story"" in North America), describing their relationship, their initial overland journey and the founding of Lonely Planet. Slatyer was the CEO of Lonely Planet at the time and, in addition to the Melbourne headquarters, offices existed in the U.S. and the U.K. The company was publishing 500 titles and the ""next level"" that the Wheelers referred to involved ventures such as the production of the third season of its flagship television series, ""Lonely Planet Six Degrees""—in partnership with Discovery Networks and screened in over"
"growth of air travel because of its growing contribution to climate change. He launched a joint awareness campaign with Tony Wheeler (Lonely Planet founder), and Rough Guides began including a ""health warning"" in each of its travel guides, urging readers to ""Fly less, stay longer"" wherever possible. Rough Guides Rough Guides Ltd is a British travel guidebook and reference publisher, since November 2017 owned by APA Publications. Its travel titles cover more than 200 destinations. The series began with the 1982 ""Rough Guide to Greece"", a book conceived by Mark Ellingham, who was dissatisfied with the polarisation of existing guidebooks"
"""Walk Magazine"" published by the Ramblers' Association for 5 out of the past 7 years. Cicerone (publisher) Cicerone is an English publisher specialising in guidebooks for walkers, climbers, trekkers and cyclists. The company's first publication was a climbing guide to the English Lake District, and over the past 50 years they have built up a broad range of guidebooks covering the best walking, trekking and cycling in the World. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Milnthorpe, Cumbria, a few miles south of the Lake District. The founders were Walt Unsworth (died 6 June 2017) and Brian"
"Cheap"", consisting of 94 pages, was written by the couple in their home. The original print run consisted of stapled booklets and sold out. Following the success of the original booklet, Tony Wheeler returned to Asia with the deliberate intention of writing a travel guide and ""Across Asia on the Cheap: A Complete Guide to Making the Overland Trip"" was published in 1975. In October 2007 ""Observer"" writer Carol Cadwalladr—who also coauthored ""Travellers' Survival Kit Lebanon""—described the book as ""canonical"". ""Across Asia on the Cheap"" offered the advice of amateur travelers who had completed the overland trip from London to"
"Bluffer's Guides The Bluffer's Guides are a collection of humorous pocket-sized guidebooks, written by experts and offering readers the opportunity to pass off appropriated knowledge as their own on a variety of subjects. The series has sold five million copies worldwide. The guides were published between 1965 and 1975 in England, where four million copies of 16 books in the series were purchased. Peter Wolfe, the series' first publisher, sold its publication rights to Anne Taute, a second British publisher. Doug Lincoln, a CliffNotes vice president, discovered the guides while strolling through the Frankfurt Book Fair. He saw a throng"
"oldest. It was founded as ""Samuel Weiser, Inc."" in 1956, a time when few other publishers were willing to tackle occult subjects, and was originally an offshoot of the New York City retailer, Weiser Antiquarian Books. This imprint publishes the backlist and continues to acquire books on occultism, astrology, esoteric subjects, Eastern religions, Wicca and related topics. Red Wheel was founded in 2000 as an imprint for spiritually oriented or occult self-help and how-to books, and at that time the company name was changed from Samuel Weiser, Inc. to RedWheel/Weiser, with several other variations being commonly seen, including Weiser, Inc."
"Red Wheel/Weiser/Conari Red Wheel Weiser Conari, also known in different periods in its history as RedWheel/Weiser, LLC and Samuel Weiser, Inc., is a book publisher with three imprints: Red Wheel, Weiser Books and Conari Books. It is America's second-largest publisher of occult and New Age books, behind Llewellyn Worldwide, and is also one of the oldest American publishers to concentrate exclusively on that genre. It publishes on average 60-75 new titles per year and maintains a large backlist, partly of books that it originally published, and partly of older public domain rare occult books. This main imprint is also the"
"Bradt Travel Guides Bradt Travel Guides is a publisher of travel guides founded in 1974 by Hilary Bradt and her husband George, who co-wrote the first Bradt Guide on a river barge on a tributary of the Amazon. Since then Bradt has grown into a leading independent travel publisher, with growth particularly in the last decade. It has a reputation for tackling destinations overlooked by other guide book publishers. Bradt guides have been cited by The Independent as covering ""parts of the world other travel publishers don't reach"", and nearly two-thirds of the guides on the publisher's list have no"
"Bird Watcher's Digest Bird Watcher's Digest is an American bimonthly birding magazine that was founded in 1978 by William and Elsa Thompson. ""Bird Watcher's Digest"" was the first consumer bird watching magazine, and is the only family-owned and operated bird watching magazine. ""Bird Watcher’s Digest"" occasionally partners with and supports Wild Birds Unlimited and Wild Bird Centers as well as bird-oriented organizations including the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Wildlife Refuge Association, the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and other nature and birding festivals. ""BWD"" was launched in Marietta, Ohio, by . Knowing very little about publishing, the Thompsons mailed out"
"Mark the Mountain Guide Mark the Mountain Guide is a series of illustrated children's books which combine short tales with an introduction to mountaineering. The books are written by Mark Seaton and illustrated by Graham Philpot. The series is published by Boxer Books. Author Mark Seaton and David Bennett, a publisher of children's books, conceived the books while they climbed Mont Blanc together. David Bennett was responsible for commissioning the ""Where's Waldo?"" books which have sold over 40 million copies worldwide. The British mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington provides the introduction, and the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations offers their"
"Guidebook Awards in 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2016; Which? magazine's Top Recommended Travel Guide Publisher in 2011 and 2012; and a shortlisting for Independent Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards, 2017. In 2008 Hilary Bradt was awarded an MBE for services to the Tourist Industry and to Charity. Bradt Travel Guides Bradt Travel Guides is a publisher of travel guides founded in 1974 by Hilary Bradt and her husband George, who co-wrote the first Bradt Guide on a river barge on a tributary of the Amazon. Since then Bradt has grown into a leading independent travel publisher,"
"notably Walker & Company. Inspired by both the westerns he was editing and the frequent layoffs in the industry which left him with free time, Wheeler penned his first novel, ""Bushwhack"", published by Doubleday in 1978. He wrote five more novels in the 1970s and 1980s while still working as a book editor, before turning his attention to writing full-time in 1987. Two years later he won the first of five Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America with his 1989 book, ""Fool's Coach"". His novel, ""Rendezvous and Dark Passage"", was published by Tor Books in 2015 and ""Easy"
"Monroe Wheeler Monroe Wheeler (13 February 1899 – 14 August 1988) was an American publisher and museum coordinator. Wheeler was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1899. He met Glenway Wescott who was to be friend or partner for the rest of their lives in 1919. In the 1920s Wescott and Wheeler were working in Germany and France. With an inheritance from his family, Wheeler bought a small print, and with Barbara Harrison, established ""Harrison of Paris"", specializing in limited-edition books; they published in total thirteen books, including two works by Wheeler's partner, Glenway Wescott. In 1934 they moved to press"
"the 'books and publications' division in the district. Upon his return to England, Piehler continued editing the English guides well into his eighties. In the meantime, his brother had been editing the new Baedeker ""London"" guide. The Baedekers acknowledged the commitment of the Muirheads and Piehler to their firm and the contribution they had made to the success of Verlag Karl Baedeker. Baedeker Verlag Karl Baedeker, founded by Karl Baedeker on July 1, 1827, is a German publisher and pioneer in the business of worldwide travel guides. The guides, often referred to simply as ""Baedekers"" (a term sometimes used to"
"The Ultimate Book Guide The Ultimate Book Guides are an award-winning series of reading guides for children and teenagers. The guides are edited by Leonie Flynn, Daniel Hahn, and Susan Reuben and published in the U.K. by A&C Black. The reading guides comprise book recommendations written by children's authors and illustrators including Jacqueline Wilson, Terry Pratchett, Quentin Blake, Susan Cooper, and Dick King-Smith. There are three titles in the series: ""The Ultimate Book Guide"" (for 8-12s), first published in 2004, with an introduction by Anne Fine; ""The Ultimate Teen Book Guide"", published in 2006 (2008 in the U.S.) with an"
"Golden Guide The Golden Guides, originally Golden Nature Guides, were a series of 160-page, pocket-sized books created by Western Publishing and published under their ""Golden Press"" line (primarily a children's book imprint) from 1949. Edited by Herbert S. Zim and Vera Webster, the books were written by experts in their field and illustrated in a simple straightforward style. Intended for primary and secondary school level readers, the first books were field guides illustrated by James Gordon Irving, with such titles as ""Birds"" (1949), ""Insects"" (1951), and ""Mammals"" (1955). The series later expanded beyond identification guides to cover a wider range"
"Washington, is the professional book publishing division of The Mountaineers. Mountaineers Books was informally started in 1955 when a volunteer committee was formed to create a mountaineering training text from the materials that the Club was using for its classes. According to ""The Mountaineers: A History"" (Mountaineers Books, 1998), the committee was headed by member Harvey Manning, an accomplished climber who would go on to write more than 20 guidebooks during his association with the publishing business he helped found. The editorial committee created """", which produced its ninth edition in 2017. The first edition of ""Freedom"", as it is"
"appreciated the way that the manner in which the guides were written—as former CEO Judy Slatyer explained: ""telling it like it is, without fear or favor."" Wheeler explained in 2013, as part of the brand's 40-year anniversary, that working with the company's early writers, who were primarily travelers, was often challenging: One writer came back with a 600-page guide to Jamaica—every pirate who stopped in got his biography—and we had to cut it by two-thirds ... For a long time we had a problem that every writer wanted to rewrite the history. We’d say, “Why are we rewriting the history"
"Arrow Book of Climbing (1967) Rock and Rope (1967) Mallory of Everest (1967) The Climber's Bedside Book (1968) First Up Everest (1969) First on the Summits (1970) Welsh Walks and Legends (1972) What to See in Beddgelert and How to See It (1973) Snowdon Range: Snowdonia District Guide Books (1973) Mountains of North Wales (1973) Glyder Range: Snowdonia District Guide Books (1974) Exploring Gwynedd from Porthmadog (1974) Souvenir Guide: Chwarel Hên Llanfair, Old Llanfair Quarry, Slate Caverns (1974) Backpacking in Alps and Pyrenees (1976) Backpacking: A Comprehensive Guide (1976) Backpacking in Wales (1977) Welsh walks & legends, South Wales (1977)"
"Wheelers (novel) Wheelers is a hard science fiction novel written by English mathematician Ian Stewart and reproductive biologist Jack Cohen, figures notable for both their personal scholarly work and numerous individual and collaborative contributions to the world of science fiction. The book was originally released in hardcover form in the year 2000, and a more common paperback printing was begun in 2001. It has enjoyed modest commercial success and is perhaps best known for its conceptions of alien zoology and intelligence—hallmarks of Cohen's work as a consultant on exobiology for books, movies, and television. Though this is the first time"
"American Guide Series The American Guide Series was a group of books and pamphlets published in 1937–41 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era works program in the United States. The American Guide Series books were compiled by the FWP, but printed by individual states, and contained detailed histories of each of the then 48 states of the Union with descriptions of every major city and town. In total, the project employed over 6,000 writers. The format was uniform, comprising essays on the state's history and culture, descriptions of its major cities, automobile tours of important"
"of subjects, such as ""Geology"" (1972), ""Scuba Diving"" (1968)"","" and ""Indian Arts"" (1970). In 1966, Zim launched a related series, the Golden Field Guides, aimed at high school or college-age readers. An updated series was relaunched in 2001 as ""Golden Guides by St. Martin's Press"", illustrated largely with photographs but retaining some of the original 1950s illustrations. Golden Guide The Golden Guides, originally Golden Nature Guides, were a series of 160-page, pocket-sized books created by Western Publishing and published under their ""Golden Press"" line (primarily a children's book imprint) from 1949. Edited by Herbert S. Zim and Vera Webster, the"
"science. He is best known as the founder in 1945 (and, for twenty-five years, editor in chief) of the Golden Guides, pocket-size introductions for children to such subjects as fossils, zoology, microscopy, rocks and minerals, trees, wildflowers, dinosaurs, navigation and more. He was the sole or co-author for many of the books, which were valued for their clarity, accuracy and attractive presentation—helped by the illustrations of James Gordon Irving and Zim's friend Raymond Perlman. He moved to Florida with his wife, the anthropologist Sonia (Sonnie) Bleeker, and continued to work on the Golden Guides series until Alzheimer's disease forced him"