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Rick Steves' Germany and Austria 2008 (Rick Steves)

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by: Rick Steves

December 28, 2007
Rick Steve's does an amazing job with these countries. We spent time in Munich, Salzburg and Vienna and used this book for each city and for stops in between (we had a car). His suggestions we spot on and had all the things that you should do with all the insider tips. I would now buy any of his books for any other place I travel to in Europe. He does a great job with giving some history, but not too wordy. You should buy this book! Happy travels.

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Naked Pictures of Famous People

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by: Jon Stewart

September 16, 1998
This was a great book! I highly recommend it! Have fun!
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The Conde Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Great Writers on Great Places

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by: VARIOUS

October 02, 2007
The previous two reviewers both gave this two stars only. I think the arrangement of the articles, alphabetically by country, detracts from the power of the best entries here. The magazine obviously can attract top authors to contribute, yet the selections vary widely in length, focus, and inherent interest. While there are eight or ten fine pieces, too many others trudge along dutifully and make you wonder why, except for the commission from their publisher, the author bothered at all.

There's not much in the way of editorial guidance. A skimpy introduction, and while each entry does have appended a relevant supplement that appears to be lifted from what would have accompanied the original article, there's no byline to verify or deny ... Read More:

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The Bookseller of Kabul

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by: Asne Seierstad

2004-09
The Bookseller of Kabul truly gives a representation of an Afghan family, shortly after 9/11. The book provides information that may never have been glimpsed had the author not lived with the family. Truly an intriguing, sad, shocking, emotional book. I highly recommend it.

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West With the Night (Virago travellers)

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by: Beryl Markham

1984-06
I am not quite sure how I happened upon this book but i am glad I did. The writing is a beautiful portrait of Kenya in the early 20th centure. Written from the view of English settlers, Beryl Markham was quite a character. Rumor has it that she may not have penned the book herself. I would like to learn more.

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The City of Falling Angels

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by: John Berendt

September 27, 2005
Being an opera singer myself the La Fenice fire was a topic that was compelling for me. I had also recently visited Venice and the newly restored La Fenice so it was high on my list of books to read. What's more I had read and thoroughly enjoyed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. So what was stopping this book from becoming an unputdownable adventure?

It seemed to me that Berendt simply ran out of ideas. What we ended up with was a boring litany of squabbles amongst a pack of mad rich socialites who aren't interesting and who, for the most part, aren't even Venetian.

I stayed to the end just out of curiosity - to find out the end of the La Fenice story - but was quite relieved when I finally reached the last page.

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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

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by: Ross King

October 01, 2000
I travel a ton and I am so sorry I didn't climb Brunelleschi's Dome. After reading this book, I want to go back, just to climb and see all the details I just read about. At times the book got slow and technical, but it was overall fascinating.....Stands the test of time....

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Ireland (Eyewitness Travel Guide)

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by: Lisa Gerard-Sharp, Tim Perry

November 15, 2004
I bought this book in preparation for a trip to Ireland, not only our first time there, but our first time in Europe. I had heard the Eyewitness travel books were wonderful, which is why I selected this one. I was not disappointed. It was incredibly helpful; pictures and text.

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US Rolled Map (M Series World Wall Maps)

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by: Rand McNally and Company

1987-02
The map arrived quickly and well packaged. It is a paper map with no lamination, but it was exactly what I needed. I did a trifold display for a conference with the map as a background for pictures I was posting of disaster response teams throughout the US. It was the perfect size. Thanks.

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Rome (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)

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by: DK Publishing

March 20, 2006
This is, as made clear by every review, a beautiful book. But on our trip to Italy, we found ourselves using Rick Steves WAY MORE. This book has great pictures and maps, and is good for planning, but it lacks the information Rick Steves gives such as where to park. We would have been completely lost without the Rick Steves book. I will give it this though: We found our hotel from this book and it turned out to be a very nice hotel. Also, this boo weighs a ton so carrying it around was kind of a pain. Get it a a keepsake, but not as a tool for while you are on your trip. Or use it only for the planning stages. If you are looking to get one guidebook, I would get Rick Steves, but I will probably buy both this one and a Rick Steves next time I go to Europe. Happy Travels!!!!!