Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Colorado.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from exploring the iconic town and ski resort of Telluride, to driving back in time on the Gold Belt Scenic Byway, and enjoying traditional Native dances, music, and storytelling at the Denver March Powwow.Build a trip to remember with

The story of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II—the greatest naval battle in history.As Allied ships prepared for the invasion of the Philippine island of Leyte, every available warship, submarine and airplane was placed on alert while Japanese admiral Kurita Takeo stalked Admiral William F. Halsey’s unwitting American armada. It was the beginning of the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf—the greatest naval battle in history.In Storm Over Leyte, accla...

Learn to understand and implement the latest machine learning innovations to improve your investment performanceMachine learning (ML) is changing virtually every aspect of our lives. Today, ML algorithms accomplish tasks that – until recently – only expert humans could perform. And finance is ripe for disruptive innovations that will transform how the following generations understand money and invest.In the book, readers will learn how to:Stru...

The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, acclaimed historian and military intelligence expert John Prados points out that the Japanese forces quickly regained strength after Midway and continued their assault undaunted.Taking this surprising fact as the start of his inquiry, he began to investigate how and when the Pacific tide turned in the Allies’ favor. Using ar...

Raja Ampat, which literally means 'Four Kings' in Bahasa Indonesia, is a group of islands located at the heart of the Coral Triangle. The archipelago boasts 69% of the world's stony coral species, 27% of the planet's coral reef fishes, and 10% of the Earth's known mantis shrimp species. Furthermore, the islands are home to lush rainforests that harbor a wide range of freshwater and terrestrial mollusks; arthropods; and vertebrates, including 40% of New Guinea's bird species (8 of which bel...

An instant New York Times bestsellerVermont—arguably the OG farm-to-table state—is celebrated through 100+ recipes and stories from celebrated pastry chef Gesine Bullock-Prado.When Gesine Bullock-Prado left her Hollywood life in 2004 and moved to Vermont, she fell in love with the Green Mountain State’s flavors and six unique seasons. Spring, summer, fall, and winter all claim their place at this table, but a true Vermonter holds extra space for ma...

In this highly anticipated follow-up to her best-selling cookbook, My Vermont Table, Gesine Bullock-Prado celebrates seasonal homegrown ingredients.In this new cookbook, Gesine Bullock-Prado invites her fans into her kitchen, where the harvest is local. Whether she’s picked the lettuce from her own garden, visited a farmers’ market, or shopped at the local grocery store, her seasonal cooking is accessible to all readers. Delicious recipes share the page wi...

The Ghosts of Langley is the story of spymasters, their minions, and the ways in which the Central Intelligence Agency changed the world. These were determined men and women who believed in their mission, followed White House orders ‒ and sometimes circumvented them. It is also the story of some brave reformers who attempted to change the CIA’s culture but were swept under the rug, or worse, converted to the dark side. The Ghosts of Langley uses profiles of key figures in CIA history as a ...

The Battle of Normandy was the greatest offensive campaign the world had ever seen. It was also the crucible of combat tactics and logistic techniques that would decide the outcome of the Second World War... The Battle of Normandy began on D-Day. June 6, 1944 – the day that the Allied forces launched the great crusade to free Europe from the iron grip of Nazi Germany. Tightly constricted hedgerow country and bitter German resistance held the Allied advance to a crawl – until they broke thr...

The Explosive National BestsellerA memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era.Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, th...

This is the first book published in English by of the work of Brazilian poet Adélia Prado. Incorporating poems published over the past fifteen years, The Alphabet in the Park is a book of passion and intelligence, wit and instinct. These are poems about human concerns, especially those of women, about living in one's body and out of it, about the physical but also the spiritual and the imaginative life. Prado also writes about ordinary matters; she insists that the human experience is both...

A frantic tale of escape by any means necessary, "Peace Keeper" will keep you on the edge of your seat. Dr. William Rutger has been called on by the Prime Minister himself to rescue a medically fragile patient during the Third World War. Through a series of mysterious and unexpected events, the good doctor begins to uncover the reason for their retrieval from enemy territory. Can Doctor Rutger successfully save the Fisher family and the state s...