Stories from Puerto Rico (Legends of)
by Robert L. Muckley
from McGraw-Hill
Dive into the tales of Puerto Rico--in Spanish and in English!
In Stories from Spain/Historias de Puerto Rico, we've placed the Spanish and English stories side by side--lado a lado--so you can practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native language. This way, you'll avoid the inconvenience of constantly having to look up unfamiliar words and expressions in a dictionary. Read as much as you can understand, and then look to the facing page for help. As you read, you can check your comprehension by comparing the two versions of the story. You'll also find a bilingual vocabulary list at the end of the book, so you'll have a handy reference for new words.
Stories from Spain/Historias de Puerto Rico allows you to explore the island's rich history. It includes 18 well-known Puerto Rican legends that stretch from the dawn of creation to the twentieth century. These tales will introduce you to an array of characters as dynamic and colorful as the country that gave birth to them. Animals, indigenous peoples, conquistadors, spiritual beings, and extraterrestrials are among those who will make these pages come alive for you! As you read these stories side by side, you will be not only fine-tuning your language skills but also gaining insight into the rich cultural heritage of the Puerto Rican people.
Puerto Rico Off the Beaten Path, 5th (Off the Beaten Path Series)
by Ron Bernthal
from GPP Travel
Frommer's Puerto Rico (Frommer's Complete)
by Darwin Porter
from Frommers
Much more detailed and complete than its major competitors, Frommer's Puerto Rico, 8th Edition gives you in-depth, honest reviews of lavish honeymoon resorts, intimate inns, family-friendly condos, and more, with selections in every price category. We'll point you to gorgeous white-sand beaches, and send you to the best places for snorkeling, diving, golf, sailing, deep-sea fishing, and more. You'll also get a complete shopper's guide, and up-to-date coverage of the hottest nightlife in the region, from glittering casinos and sizzling salsa clubs to funky beach bars. Look for tips on finding the best package deals, plus a color fold-out map.
Fodor's In Focus Puerto Rico, 1st Edition (Pocket Guides)
by Fodor's
from Fodor's
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Puerto Rico!
• Fodor’s In Focus Puerto Rico features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
• If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Puerto Rico.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
A Return to Cooking
by Eric Ripert
from Artisan
Eric Ripert, chef and part owner of New York's Le Bernadin, discovered that as his chef star rose he drifted far, far away from cooking. A Return to Cooking is his response to this sorry predicament, the result of a self-imposed challenge: to gather together disparate souls--a painter (Valentino Cortazar), a writer (Michael Ruhlman, author of The Making of a Chef and The Soul of a Chef), photographers (Shimon and Tammar Rothstein), and a personal assistant (Andrea Glick, who would write and test the spontaneously created recipes)--and simply cook.
The settings (and fresh food ingredients) are spectacular. Sag Harbor in summer. Puerto Rico in winter. California's Napa Valley in spring. Vermont in fall. Rent a house, shop for food, and make the meals happen. For anyone who has ever wanted to understand how a great cook looks at ingredients and settles on a plan, A Return to Cooking is it. In Puerto Rico the reader is treated to Caramelized Pineapple Crepes with Crème Frâiche; Shrimp with Fresh Coconut Milk, Calabaza, and Avocado; and Seared Tuna with Escabeche of Pear Tomatoes.
What Ripert does with food, the Rothsteins do with photos, Cortazar does with paints, and Ruhlman does with words. The stimulating recipes rise out of a young lifetime of experience. This is a big, lush book (330 pages, 150 recipes, nearly 400 color photos and illustrations) dense with information, technique, and flavor. For anyone who has wandered far from the kitchen and the pleasures inherent in cooking, A Return to Cooking will bring you right back home. --Schuyler Ingle
Life holds a fundamental irony for four-star chef Eric Ripert--the more successful he becomes, the further he is taken from the love that made him a success in the first place. As his days get consumed with business decisions and staffing issues, the question arises--"But when do I get to cook?"
A Return to Cooking is Ripert's personal quest for the answer: a journey in four different seasons to four different locales to "cook the landscape" and "cook from the guts," using local seasonal ingredients in home kitchens and experiencing the joys--and occasional disappointments--of this spontaneous, creative act.
From California to Puerto Rico, Vermont to Long Island, Ripert was joined by Colombian artist Valentino Cortazar and photographers Tammar and Shimon Rothstein, who captured his journey in their artistry. Dozens of essays on subjects such as handling raw fish, the power of vinaigrette, the virtues of Tabasco, shallots, and lemon confit enhance this eminently practical book's richly flavorful recipes.
Puerto Rico Map by ITMB
by International Travel Maps and Books
from International Travel Maps and Books
Folded road and travel map in color. Scale 1:190,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from highways to dirt roads/trails. Legend includes ferry routes, airports, points of interest, hotels, hospitals, museums, public beach areas, diving/snorkeling areas, golf courses, hiking areas, protected areas, military reserves, ruins, churches. Includes inset map of San Juan, Ponce, Old San Juan, Mayaguez, Aguadilla and Arecibo. Extensive index.
Puerto Rico (Regional Guide)
by Ginger Otis
from Lonely Planet
Bask on the dazzling white sands of Playa Flamenco. Forge through lush jungle in El Yunque. Wind your way through the cobblestone maze of Old San Juan to sizzling salsa joints that don't quit until dawn. Our best-selling guide helps you find the authentic Puerto Rico, with detailed regional coverage for the perfect getaway.
Explore Further – discover Vieques' glowing bay, Culebra's wildlife sanctuary, the RÃo Camuy caves and the romantic colonial town of Ponce.
Catch The Beat with our dedicated music and dance chapter, tips on where to take salsa lessons and reviews of the island's hottest clubs.
Enjoy Local Flavors – from roadside friquitines to the hottest SoFo restaurants, dining options for every taste and budget.
Get Active – special outdoors chapter reveals the best spots to surf, dive, hike, sail and swim.
Talk The Talk – handy language chapter includes Spanish basics and regional variations.
The Complete Diving Guide: The Caribbean, Volume 3 (Puerto Rico/US Virgin Islands/British Virgin Islands)
by Colleen Ryan
from Cruising Guide Publications
The Complete Diving Guides to scuba diving in the Eastern Caribbean, including descriptions of ALL dive sites, dive stores and operators. Island maps show the location of dive sites and stores. Dive sites are illustrated by underwater maps and photographs.
Volume 3 gives you everything you ever need to know about scuba diving on these fantastic Caribbean islands:Puerto Rico (including Mona, Desecheo, Vieques and Culebra), US Virgin Islands (St Thomas, St John and St Croix) and the British Virgin Islands (including Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke, Salt Island and HMS Rhone, Cooper Island, Peter Island and Norman Island)
Puerto Rico's Birds in Photographs
by Mark W. Oberle
from Edit Humanitas
This book is the first to illustrate with color photographs all Puerto Rico's breeding birds and common migrants. Over 300 color photos of 181 species of Puerto Rican birds appear in this publication. The English-language text is designed for tourists, students, teachers, and anyone who wants to understand Puerto Rico's natural heritage by learning about its fascinating birds. The species' life histories are written in a non-technical style for the general reader, and include important lessons for conservation of our natural resources. Most common birds of the Virgin Islands and northern Lesser Antilles are also illustrated. The book comes with a CD-ROM with detailed Spanish and English life history accounts and bibliography for 350 species, plus audio clips and over 1,250 photos. The CD-ROM is written in HTML which is easy to read without special installation on a PC or Mac, and makes files accessible for student projects in biology, geography, music and art. Over 80 professional and amateur ornithologists from Puerto Rico and the mainland USA collaborated in this effort.
Puerto Rico Island in the Sun
by Roger LaBrucherie
from ImaÌgenes Press
Puerto Rico, Island in the Sun is a small "coffee-table" pictorial book (measuring 10 x 9") with color photographs and English-language text. The photographs and accompanying captions present the scenery, beaches, architecture, geography, culture, and history of Puerto Rico, with a special emphasis on aerial photographs and Viejo (Old) San Juan. A full page of text introduces each of the four chapters, which are: "Dawn" (dealing with the island's history); "La Isla del Encanto" (translation: "the Island of Enchantment"); "San Juan"; and "Island in the Sun".
This is the fourth book on Puerto Rico from author-photographer Roger LaBrucherie, whose books on Barbados, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic, and Hawaii have made him one of the world's leading photographers of tropical islands. His previous three tiles on Puerto Rico have been best-sellers on the island over the past two decades. In addition to his stunning award-winning photography, Mr. LaBrucherie brings to his work the perspective on the Caribbean gained from his training and service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, as well as his years spent living throughout the Caribbean.
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Marina Suites Puerto Rico
Built in 2004, the apartment hotel consists of a 9-storey building with a total of 9 double rooms, 9 suites and 198 apartments. Various facilities are available to guests including a foyer with a 24-hour reception desk, a hire safe, a currency exchange desk and lifts. The hotel also offers a café, a bar, a restaurant with a non-smoking area and highchairs as well as a dining room. In addition, guests will find a playground, a laundry services and a car park at their disposal.
