Travel Conditions Virginia
Fairfax sees large drop in its tourism revenues
According to a report issued by the U.S. Travel Association to the Virginia Tourism Corporation, travel-related expenditures in Fairfax County fell nearly 11 percent from 2008 to 2009. However, the county still ranks as the second-highest-grossing county in terms of tourism revenues.
VDOT: Virginia 511 Traffic and Travel Information
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The Voyage Out (Oxford World's Classics) $7.34 In The Voyage Out, one of Woolf's wittiest, socially satirical novels, Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship, and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a modern version of the mythic voyage. Lorna Sage's Introduction and Explanatory Notes offer guidance to the reader new to Woolf, and illuminate Woolf's presence, not identifiable in the heroine, but in the social sat... |
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The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake $28.47 Scientists estimate that, until 1900, the water level of the Chesapeake Bay rose at the rate of three feet every thousand years. Alarmingly enough, the bay rose by one foot in the twentieth century alone, and for evidence of this dramatic change one need only observe the effects of rising water on the islands of the Chesapeake Bay, which slowly are slipping from sight.A retired oceanographer who f... |
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Green Shingles: At the Edge of Chesapeake Bay $0.52 Peter Svenson begins his elegant, idiosyncratic exploration of the Chesapeake Bay at the doorstep of his own home--a green shingled house perched high on Mitchell's Bluff, looking out across the Bay's busy shipping lanes toward the western shore. Svenson invites us to explore various aspects of the world outside his door, from the bayside community in which he lives to the Chesapeake's complex and... |