Paths of Resistance in the East Village

Price: $0.00
Location: East Village
City: New York City
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 25:19
Class: Walking
Date Created: 9/24/2007
File Size: 24.27 MB
Tracks: 12
Attachments: Map
Description: "For a long time the East Village was an urban frontier. The upper half of the Lower East Side, stretching from Houston Street north to 14th Street, and from Third Avenue and the Bowery to the East River, it was a toehold in America for generations of new immigrants — Irish, German, Jewish, Ukrainian, Puerto Rican and others — and a magnet for artists, bohemians, radicals and reformers. It has often been ravaged by grueling poverty and neglect. But it was also an area of intense cultural activity that changed the world." http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/arts/14expl.html

Stroll San Francisco: The Whole Shebang

Price: $20.00
Location: San Francisco
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 4:30
Class: Walking
Date Created: 9/3/2007
File Size: 168.90 MB
Tracks: 33
Attachments: Stroll SF Map
Description: Don't walk this city alone! Take Stroll San Francisco with you! It's the absolutely fun, entertaining (and occasionally risqué) audio tour collection all about San Francisco. Filled with professional actors portraying the city's colorful historical characters, real San Franciscans telling their own stories, well-known city historians bringing the past to life, great music, sound effects and a lively narrator, Stroll San Francisco leaves no San Francisco stone unturned. 33 individual tours, includes custom map.

Mozart in Prague Rough Guides

Price: $0.00
Location: Prague
City: Prague
Country: Czech Republic
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 49:30
Class: Walking
Date Created: 6/27/2007
File Size: 43.72 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments:
Description: Praguers were ahead of their time in embracing Mozart, the man who would soon become one of the world's most important and revered composers.. While they were busy giving him raucous applause, the rest of the world, including residents of his native Salzberg, were denigrating, or worse, simply ignoring, him. The funeral mass held for him in Prague had 400 times the number of attendees than his funeral in Vienna. And today no one can find his body, as he was buried in an unmarked grave in Austria. Enough said. Join us for the Rough Guides iToors Podcast of Prague as we walk in Mozart's shoes. Highlights include: * Sites connected to the family that helped seal the bond between the Mozart and the Golden City. * Conjuring the ghosts of two of the greatest minds of the twentieth century as you visit the site where "Albert Einstein played violin here while hanging out with Franz Kafka"—as the plaque boasts. * The theater where Don Giovanni was premiered and the legend of this famous opera's overture. * The clock that keeps the town from disaster. And of course, drinking lots of Pilsner…

Paris Impressionists: A Rough Guide iToor

Price: $0.00
Location: Paris
City: Paris
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 54:19
Class: Walking
Date Created: 6/28/2007
File Size: 47.64 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments:
Description: In comparison to today's outrageous art world, where shock value generates the most hype, the famed French Impressionists like Manet, Monet, and Degas may seem like stodgy old traditionalists. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Drawing from bestselling author, Ross King's new book 'The Judgment of Paris,' this iToor gives you a window into 19th century Paris art, when painting ordinary life, setting up easels in the outdoors and using broad brushstrokes were considered radical acts. Ross King sets the context for this art world revolution as you walk the bridges where Renoir painted, follow in the footsteps of Degas and discover how Manet's work caused the future of art to shift from tradition to rebellion. Highlights include: * Discovering how Impressionism earned its name * Visiting the Musee D'Orsay and & viewing the birthplaces of the paintings housed there * Finding out why Renoir was always looking over his shoulder

A Moveable Feast: The Hemingway in Paris Rough Guides iToor

Price: $0.00
Location: Paris
City: Paris
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 51:07
Class: Walking
Date Created: 6/28/2007
File Size: 43.27 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments:
Description: Hemingway once observed that if you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, it stays with you for the rest of your life, for Paris is a moveable feast. The novelist - who penned most of his first book, The Sun Also Rises, while nursing cups of coffee at a café table on the boulevard du Montparnasse - was just one of dozens of ex-pat writers, poets and literary refugees drawn to the French capital at some point in their careers, either for an apprenticeship, or a lifetime. On this iToor, we'll thumb through the pages of Paris' literary past, pausing long enough here and there to sample a bit of that moveable feast for ourselves. Highlights of this iToor include: * Meeting proprietor and founder of Shakespeare & Company bookstore (George Whitman) * Sitting in the gardens where Hemingway hunted "big game" for dinner * Sharing your insights with Picasso, Hemingway, Alice B Toklas and other literary and artistic luminaries at Gertrude Stein's salon * Visiting the site where Hemingway helped Fitzgerald measure his manhood. * Discovering another Da Vinci code church

Subversive Scribes: Rough Guides iToor of Literary London

Price: $0.00
Location: London
City: London
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 01:04:08
Class: Walking
Date Created: 6/28/2007
File Size: 58.45 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments:
Description: London. The city that inspired some of literature's heaviest hitters is also the city that nurtured a large array of controversial writers. Those writers whose writings—or life!—caused scandal and revolution around the world. Walk in the footsteps of writers whose influence is still felt around the world today—Lenin, Marx, Wilde, and Burroughs to name a few. Listen to the Rough Guides iToor, Subversive Scribes Literary London, and you'll... * Come face to face with a site that housed one of London's worst pits of vice and despair. * See John Lennon's original hand-written lyrics * Find out why the KGB were regulars at the British Museum * Gaze at the very same landscape that inspired Douglas Adams to discover the meaning of life, the universe and everything. * Get a good look at the house where communism was born.

Sounds of a Music Capital Rough Guides iToor of Glasgow

Price: $0.00
Location: Glasgow
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 1:27:30
Class: Walking
Date Created: 6/28/2007
File Size: 29.90 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments:
Description: After arriving in Glasgow go to George Square and begin a walking tour that's an insider's take on the Glasgow music scene. Then pass it along to all your friends and family, for FREE. You'll discover: * Venues where now-famous bands were discovered & others where up-and-coming is the name of the game * The hang-outs, rehearsal spaces and even workplaces you're likely to run into band members such as Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian and more. * Four of the hottest up and coming bands—and their newest songs * What Glasgow's got that makes it musically hot!

Light Magic: The life and work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Price: $0.00
Location: Glasgow
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 30:34
Class: Walking
Date Created: 6/28/2007
File Size: 17.34 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments:
Description: Everyone loves an out of the box thinker, especially posthumously. Though Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a Scottish architect, designer and artist, is hailed for spearheading the art deco movement, he had little success in his lifetime. Mackintosh, along with the rest of his comrades, known as "the four" and including his wife, Margaret Macdonald, are held largely responsible for the Glaswegian style. Drawing on the English arts and crafts movement, Mackintosh set the stage in Glasgow for art noveau. His designs are beautiful examples of early modernism, and have been celebrated and replicated throughout the cosmopolitan city. This iToor will introduce you to the work and life of one of the most innovative and notable architects of the twentieth century. Highlights include: * Visiting almost everything he designed in Glasgow that is still standing. * Seeing The Lighthouse Building, Mackintosh's first public commission and home of the "Mack" center. * Going to the Glasgow School of Art, where "the four" first met, and which is considered one of the most influential structures of the twentieth century.

Santa Monica Rough Guides iToor

Price: $0.00
Location: Santa Monica
City: Santa Monica
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 1:03:19
Class: Walking
Date Created: 6/28/2007
File Size: 57.81 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments:
Description: Design By The Sea Santa Monica's proximity to Hollywood makes it as a city where suspended reality is a way of life. Its proximity to the ocean makes it as a relaxed beach town. And its plethora of wealthy celebs make it a hub for sophisticated shopping and living. Its no wonder many of the world's greatest designers have set up shop here! Highlights include: * Learn how the city's clever use of public space and sky's the limit environment has fashioned a hub for world-renowned artists and designers. * Visit one of Frank Gehry's first fledgling efforts and meet the woman who almost rejected him as the architect for her building * Stop by a gallery owned by the creators of the 20th century's most well known piece of furniture * Shop at the store where Courtney Cox recently scooped up a dozen Thomas Frank pillows to adorn her abode. * Sip a cappuccino in the coffee shop where Santa Monica's most creative work. * See the nation's "greenest" building

Unter den Linden, a tour of Weimar Berlin

Price: $10.00
Location: Berlin
City: Berlin
Country: Germany
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 44.2
Class: Walking
Date Created: 9/2/2007
File Size: 51.28 MB
Tracks: 11
Attachments: Unter_den_Linden_Audio, Mp3 files about Unter den Linden, Word doc, bio and abstract. Unter den Linden - tour map.jpg Unter_den_linden_sample.mp3 Under den Linden, trailer.mov (quicktime movie
Description: In the inter-war years Berlin was renowned, or perhaps notorious, for its sophisticated and diverse culture. Explore Weimar Friedrichstadt with forty minutes of audio. A guide to the exotic and erotic cabarets and revues of the era, its literature, music and cinema.

Stroll San Francisco: The Half Shebang

Price: $15.00
Location: San Francisco
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 2:50
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/31/2007
File Size: 118.27
MB Tracks: 12
Attachments: Stroll SF Map
Description: Twelve audio tours of San Francisco's most notable neighborhoods and landmarks; specifically North Beach, Barbary Coast, the Embarcadero, Cable Cars. Union Square & the 1906 Earthquake, Chinatown, Nob Hill, Haight-Ashbury, Castro, Golden Gate Park, the Presidio and the Golden Gate Bridge. Includes custom map.

Stroll San Francisco: The Golden Gate Bridge Stroll

Price: $5.00
Location: Golden Gate Bridge
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 18:06
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/31/2007
File Size: 13.65 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: Stroll SF Map Description: Tour #33 – Yes, it's a bridge that's been painted orange. (International Orange, to be precise.) But it's not called the Orange Gate Bridge. The body of water that the bridge spans is called the Golden Gate. No one knows exactly why. But only in San Francisco would you have an orange bridge called the Golden Gate.

Stroll San Francisco: The Presidio Stroll

Price: $5.00
Location: The Presidio
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 11:30
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/31/2007
File Size: 474.12 KB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: Stroll SF Map Description: Tour #31 – There are few other places in the world that are so defensible, so easily fortified, and so, well, peaceful. But because of its proximity to the opening of San Francisco bay, the Presidio has been a military base of operations for over 200 years. 11:29

Stroll San Francisco: The Golden Gate Park Stroll

Price: $5.00
Location: Golden Gate Park
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 21:37
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/31/2007
File Size: 16.10 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: Stroll SF Map Description: The year was 1865 and the city of San Francisco, tired of being considered a backwater town, was eager to take its place among America's preeminent cities. As was the style of the day, they chose to do so by building a grand city park. A five-chapter Stroll telling the stories of the Golden Gate Park (23) Conservatory of Flowers (24), the MidWinter Fair (26), Japanese Tea Garden (27), and the DeYoung Museum (28).

Stroll San Francisco: The Castro Stroll

Price: $5.00
Location: The Castro
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 13:29
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/30/2007
File Size: 10.51 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: Stroll SF Map Description: Tour #22 – They're queer. They're here. And they're as big a part of San Francisco and its history as the Golden Gate Bridge or sourdough bread. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Castro.

Stroll San Francisco: The Haight-Ashbury Stroll

Price: $5.00
Location: Haight-Ashbury
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 13:12
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/30/2007
File Size: 10.35 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: Stroll SF Map Description: Tour #19 – In 1967, the corner of Haight and Ashbury became ground zero for the countercultural movement of the time.

Stroll San Francisco: The Nob Hill Stroll

Price: $5.00
Location: Nob Hill
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 14:01
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/30/2007
File Size: 10.93 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: Stroll SF Map Description: Tour #17 – Before the 1906 earthquake, Nob Hill was covered in palaces, each more ostentatious than the next. And living inside were the wealthiest men in the United States, having made their fortunes in railroads and silver mines.

Stroll San Francisco: The Chinatown Stroll

Price: $5.00
Location: Chinatown
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 22:10
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/30/2007
File Size: 16.29 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: Stroll SF Map Description: Tour #15 – The history of Chinatown is the history of San Francisco. Like other American immigrant groups, the Chinese came to the United States searching for a better life. Eventually, that better life was theirs but it was a very long road. Bonus story: the Golden Dragon Massacre (Tour #6)

Stroll San Francisco: The Union Square & 1906 Earthquake Stroll

Price: $5.00
Location: Union Square
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 11:49
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/30/2007
File Size: 9.44 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: Custom Stroll SF Map Description: Tour #14 – Once a massive sand dune, Union Square eventually grew into the shimmering center of the city. But on April 18, 1906, 5:13 in the morning, the earth began to shake, escalating into a great, bellowing roar

Stroll San Francisco: The Cable Cars Stroll

Price: $5.00
Location: San Francisco
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
File Type: MP3
Language: English
Time Length: 7:40
Class: Walking
Date Created: 8/30/2007
Previews: 2
File Size: 6.62 MB
Tracks: 1
Attachments: SF Stroll Map
Description: Tour #12 – Take a ride on the only moving monuments in the United States, the famous cable cars of San Francisco.