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Paris 2007 Calendar

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Paris Dreaming 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

The beautiful photos in this quality desk calendar help fill the void in not being able to visit Paris personally. The large areas available for daily input make this product very user friendly. I order the same one every year!

okay 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Not much to say. It's a nice calendar. Nothing fancy. Good size. I like the photos (which would be the whole reason for choosing a calendar).

Francophile daughter 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This was a gift for my daughter who traveled to France before heading off to college a few years ago. She loved the choice of pictures and the calendar is hung prominently in her room. It arrived in good shape in plenty of time for gift-wrapping.

Europe by Eurail 2008: Touring Europe by Train

LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Useful Book 3 out of 5 stars.
2 of 8 people found this review helpful.

This looks like a very useful tool for once we are traveling, but a little less so for planning ahead.

Inadequate for my purposes 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I was looking for information on what to do with our luggage if we take a train fropm Berlin to Prague. This seems like the type of info the book should include and it didn't. I get the impression that the book is based more on research then actual experience in useing the trains. It doesen't appear to provide much info that is not available on the internet.

Editorial Review:

Fully revised and updated, this new edition of the best-selling and highly respected guide to the rail systems of Europe provides the most up-to-date information on fares, schedules, passes, and contacts."Europe by Eurail" is packed with tips on keeping costs down, travelling light, advance booking, and getting the best seats. It also contains detailed maps and information on over 90 excursions from 24 of Europe's most popular cities - including visiting famous historical sites, romantic and picturesque villages, and top entertainment attractions.No matter when or where you are going, this guide is the perfect travelling companion to unhurried, comfortable, and scenic rail travel - not to mention best-value fares!

Rick Steves' French, Italian and German Phrase Book

Rick Steves

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

AWESOME! 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful.

This is one of my best purchases in Amazon, it's amazing how good is this book. It's very practical for any traveler around the world, it has detailed content in subjects like: what to tell to italian men if they are bothering you (and as a woman... this can become very handy!) or everything you need to say in a medical emergency or how to enjoy the food in a restaurant (because you can understand now the menu). I really recommend this book if you are looking for a better experience in your trips or if you are learning a foreign language (like me). Greetings from Mexico. Nayeli

Editorial Review:

Ordering cafe au lait in Paris, calamari in Venice, or bratwurst in Munich, it helps to speak some of the native tongue. Rick Steves, bestselling author of travel guides to Europe, offers well-tested phrases and key words to cover every situation a traveler is likely to encounter. This handy guide provides key phrases for use in everyday circumstances, complete with phonetic spelling; an English-French/Italian/German dictionary; the latest information on European currency and rail transportation, and even a tear-out cheat sheet for continued language practice. Informative, concise, and practical, Rick Steves' French, Italian and German Phrase Book is an essential item for any traveler's backpack.

Eyewitness Travel Guide to Venice and the Veneto

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Total reviews: 25 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Best Travel Book 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 10 people found this review helpful.

I could not be more happier with the Eyewitness Travel Guide books. Last year my mother and I went to Prague and had the Prague book of the series with us. We relied on this book to guide us through the entire city, and it did. These books are absolutely wonderful. They are so helpful in finding you anything you need! They have detailed plans and maps of the cities, and provide you with information on just about everything! We just recieved the Venice & the veneto and florence & tuscany books. They have so much information about these cities amidst beautiful photographs and maps. You will not be dissappointed if you buy this book, or any other from the series. They are a lifesaver, and a tour guide in writing!

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The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you!

Like an impressionistic painting brought to life DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice & the Veneto captures this quintessential Italian city in all its glory. Showcasing the architecture, museums, palazzi, canals, and churches in more than 800 striking full-color photographs this "new breed of guidebook" (Travel & Leisure) covers Venice's main sightseeing areas. Marvel at the beauty of Grand Canal, trace the history of the Basilica San Marco, view the largest collection of Venetian art at the Accademia, and explore the lush countryside of the Veneto Plain. Highlighting the construction of Venice, the city's history, regional cuisines, and the traditions of the gondoliers - this is the only guide you'll need for this ultimate vacation destination.

Rail Map Europe, 16th (Thomas Cook Rail Map)

Thomas Cook Timetables Team

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent map of the Continent. 5 out of 5 stars.
29 of 29 people found this review helpful.

Folds out to be about 3 feet wide and 2.5 feet tall, with maps printed on both sides. The large orange box in the middle of the greater-Europe side (which shows the area printed on the opposite side of the map) is a bit annoying, but that seems to be the worst of it. The map's heavier-duty cover is built to not mutilate the paper map inside when folding and unfolding, and the legends are clear and helpful. The largest map goes from the northernmost part of Great Britain to the top of North Africa, and from the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, to the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey. Aside from the orange box, there is nothing obscuring the continent. Scandinavia is chopped off the top of the map and moved into a greater-detailed box out in the Atlantic; I fully agree with this choice and prefer it over other maps I have owned where showing Scandinavia in its correct spot means either a lesser-detailed map, or moving Italy to another side of the map. The detailed side of the map showing central Europe only runs from Dover, UK, to Paris to Avignon, France, and Warsaw, Poland, to Belgrade, Serbia. It shows the rail relationships between these European cities and most stops in-between: Dover, UK; Paris; Turin; Milan; Munich; Brussels; Cologne; Berlin; Vienna; Budapest; Warsaw; and Prague. The detailed map covers the heartland of where most American travelers go in Europe, and shows definitively how to travel to other popular destinations, such as Madrid, Rome, Athens, London, Moscow, and Copenhagen. Either side of the map is great for posting on a wall, and the well-marked scenic rail routes make it easy to plan a train ride. Also simply excellent as a general-purpose map of Europe, and superior in this respect to road maps of the Continent.

Editorial Review:

These color-coded maps feature over 6,000 cities and towns, high speed lines, scenic routes and principal passenger and rail ferries.  Features include:· Passengers railways of Europe from the Atlantic to Moscow
· Over 6000 cities and towns
· High-speed lines colour coded
· Scenic routes highlighted
· Channel Tunnel and other major tunnels
· Principal passenger and rail ferries
· Main mountain ranges and rivers, tourist areas, holiday beaches, international
airports
· Europe 1 : 4 million scale
· Scandinavia at 1 : 6 million
· Central Europe enlarged to 1 : 1.5 million
· Compiled and updated by the staff of the famous Thomas Cook European
Timetable

A Time to Keep Silence (New York Review Books Classics)

Patrick Leigh Fermor

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While still a teenager, Patrick Leigh Fermor made his way across Europe, as recounted in his classic memoirs, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. During World War II, he fought with local partisans against the Nazi occupiers of Crete. But in A Time to Keep Silence, Leigh Fermor writes about a more inward journey, describing his several sojourns in some of Europe’s oldest and most venerable monasteries. He stays at the Abbey of St. Wandrille, a great repository of art and learning; at Solesmes, famous for its revival of Gregorian chant; and at the deeply ascetic Trappist monastery of La Grande Trappe, where monks take a vow of silence. Finally, he visits the rock monasteries of Cappadocia, hewn from the stony spires of a moonlike landscape, where he seeks some trace of the life of the earliest Christian anchorites.

More than a history or travel journal, however, this beautiful short book is a meditation on the meaning of silence and solitude for modern life. Leigh Fermor writes, “In the seclusion of a cell—an existence whose quietness is only varied by the silent meals, the solemnity of ritual, and long solitary walks in the woods—the troubled waters of the mind grow still and clear, and much that is hidden away and all that clouds it floats to the surface and can be skimmed away; and after a time one reaches a state of peace that is unthought of in the ordinary world.”

Frommer's Spain 2008 (Frommer's Complete)

Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

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You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go -- they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us!

Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Spain features gorgeous color photos of the cities, villages, and countryside vistas that make a trip to Spain magical. We'll show you the best of the big cities: Madrid, with its tapas bars, nonstop nightlife, and the world-class Prado Museum; Barcelona, with Gaudí's wild modernist architecture, the astounding Picasso Museum, and the colorful street life of La Rambla; and Seville, from its monumental Gothic cathedral to the locals' favorite flamenco clubs. We'll take you into the countryside, where you can stay in historic paradors, tour the best sherry wineries in Andalusia, retrace the steps of Christian pilgrims in Galicia, and follow the careers of visionary artists like Salvador Dalí (in Cadaques) and El Greco (in charming, romantic Toledo). And we'll guide you to the country's best beaches, from the islands of Majorca and Ibiza to the mega-resorts along the Costa del Sol. Frommer's makes it easy to explore Spain as an independent traveler, always knowing that you have good advice, complete information, and helpful maps at your fingertips. It's all done with the trademark Frommer's attention to style, accuracy, and detail. Also included are an in-depth guide to Spain's art and architecture, as well as all the latest trip-planning advice on everything from bargain airfares to rail passes.

Portugal (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

DK Publishing

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Useless product 1 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

In Kindle product format it is virtually useless. Mostly Wikipedia descriptions, no prices, no hotels, one restaurant in Lisbon. No intercity mileages. Climatology useless. Maps are unreadable.
Zero detailed guide book information. Useful only for someone who has just found out there is a country called Portugal.

I thought it was "Mobile Travel Guide to Portugal", not a cut and paste of disjointed information called a "MobileReference". A bad purchase, and an awful travel guide. I want to return it.

Editorial Review:

Eyewitness Travel Guides are the original illustrated travel guidebooks-and they're still the best. Since 1993, the Eyewitness brand has established itself as one of the industry leaders, with sales of more than 6.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Featuring more than 70 worldwide destinations, new titles are being added to the best-selling Eyewitness Travel Guides series each year. In 2003, to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK is re-launching the entire series, fully updated, and with a brand-new look.

The New Spain: A Complete Guide to Contemporary Spanish Wine

John Radford

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

For Anyone Interested in Spanish Wine 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I'll be brief: there is no finer in depth book about Spanish wine on the market to date. I cannot recommend the books published by Mitchell Beazley highly enough. I have found them indespensible for my studies towards my Master of Wine.

Pros: beautiful photos, in depth regional info, producer bios.
Cons: you need a 'decent' wine education before tackling this one.

ok overview, little insight 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is a ok overview of spanish wine regions. However, it fails as a buying guide; there is no insight into "hot" areas, where producers are producing exceptional wines at very attractive prices. Areas such as Montsant, Almansa, Bullas, Gigals, Valdeorras, Ribera del Jucar are doing great things, but you would never know it, based on this book, unfortunately.

Editorial Review:

The New Spain brings the reader up-to-date with this country's fast-changing wine scene. The dramatic leap in quality in the vineyards of Spain in recent years makes this a timely examination of the country's wine. The New Spain offers a region-by-region tour, ranging from classics such as Rioja and sherry to relative newcomers such as Ribera del Duero and Navarra. Includes a guide to vineyard classification, grapes, soil, climate, and winemaking processes.

Michelin Red Guide 2008 Paris: Restaurants & Hotels (Michelin Red Guide: Paris)

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What can I say? It's Michelin. 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Loved this book. Used it in July '08 and it reflected the French passion for food. The restaurants reviewed were accurately portrayed. Their particular specialties were listed as well as the prix fixe & a la carte costs, etc. In short, you have all the info you could possibly want about restaurants...locations, hours, phone & fax numbers. I would definitely use it again for my next trip to Paris. Buy it, you'll really like it.

Michelin Red Book Guide to Paris 2008 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is the first time I've seen a Michelin Paris Guide in English. And for those of us who haven't mastered French it is a Godsend. We now have all the Michelin insight, in English, in one place. I highly recommend it.