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Frommer's Las Vegas 2008 (Frommer's Complete)

Mary Herczog

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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 Las Vegas features lavish full-color photos of the spectacle that awaits you. This is simply the most frank, funny, outrageous guide you can buy—and it's much more up-to-date and indepth than its competition.

Our author is completely on top of the latest developments in this fast-changing destination, and she'll make sure that you never miss a minute of the fun. She'll give you an irreverent take on all the casino hotels, with all their attractions. She's also scouted out the very best restaurant choices on the very hot dining scene, and honestly reviews all the casinos, shows, clubs, shopping arcades, and golf courses in town. Frommer's Las Vegas also includes a 16-page full-color photo insert!

Hiking Alaska, 2nd: A Guide to Alaska's Greatest Hiking Adventures (State Hiking Series)

Dean Littlepage

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Best Guide to Hikes Throughout Alaska 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful.

This is a great book with a great mix of hikes throughout the state. There is good balance of short and long as well as easy and more challenging hikes. It does not try to be exhaustive in its coverage, but gives you enough ideas to occupy your time in any area of the state. It should be useful to either a once in a lifetime tourists or a resident who has an opportunity to hike the different regions of the state.

This was a great book in its first edition, this second edition takes a good design and makes it near perfect. The hike maps are superb, most hikes have elevation profiles, great reviews as well as all the important info you could need - distances, fees, maps, difficulty ratings...

I've read a lot of Alaska hiking books and this one stands out as a state-wide guide for finding hikes to take. It is not the strongest guide to equipment or technique. But if you want a book to give you great suggestions for hikes, pick this one up.

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CLOSE CALLS

Surfer Magazine's Guide to Southern California Surf Spots

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Worth the paper it's printed on 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

This is a relatively comprehensive guide to Southern California surf spots. The book includes maps and descriptions of the ideal swell direction for each of the breaks it lists. Unlike other guides, however, it often omits crucial information about how tide levels affect many of the breaks it lists.

Although some will be upset by the editors' inclusion of "secret" spots like Hazard Canyon and the Indicator at Lunada Bay, the rest of us are smart enough to realize that these spots haven't been secret since about the time surfboards were carved out of balsa wood.

One of the best features of this book (and its companion guide to NorCal) is the waterproof paper it's printed on. All in all, this is a fine edition, and a slight but significant improvement over its predecessors.

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Surfer Magazine offers the ultimate guide to catching the best waves from the pristine points of Santa Barbara to the sunny beaches of San Diego. For more than 250 spots, this sturdy manual sporting a water-resistant cover delivers a clear assessment of wave quality, prime wave conditions, and local hazards (both natural and manmade). Informative text answers the burning questions that surfers often pose: What tide? What wind? What swell? How are the locals? Are they worse than the sharks -- or the traffic? With helpful maps, photos, and directions, this Surfer's Guides is sure to become the gold standard for anyone looking to score the perfect wave.

Guide To Northern California Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails

Charles A. Wells

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Guide To Northern California Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I have had the opportunity to drive trails I know with Chuck Wells, and his books are well written and easy to follow. The trail rating he uses is juged on the roughest section of the trail, if a trail is moderate and has a difficult section that cannot be avoided it will receive a difficult rating. All the trails in his books have been driven by him and not judged by someone else.

Worth Getting 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I'm a newbie off-roader, and have only driven one of the "easy" trails in my stock wrangler. It was a lot of fun, and the scenery was awesome, but I think I realized we weren't really off roading when we crossed paths with a brand new mustang convertible going in the other direction. At that point I figured I should take it out of 4wd-low.

So I think there's definitely something for everyone in this book. However, deciding on the right trail and actually driving to it are two different things. Some of my off roading plans fizzled out when I realized I had to drive 4 hours in each direction just to get to the trail I wanted! Living in the SF bay area, I was hoping to have more options within a reasonable day drive...but that's probably just naive of me.

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A clear, concise guide to northern California's remote backcountry. Book includes detailed directions with GPS waypoints, 85 custom maps and over 400 quality photos. All routes were driven by the author. Sport utility owners will enjoy 50 easy and moderate routes to incredible scenic backcountry locations. Serious 4-wheelers will love our difficult Jeep trails. We promote low-impact driving and environmental responsibility.

Seattle (City Guide)

Becky Ohlsen

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A Great Book Just Got Better 5 out of 5 stars.
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LONELY PLANET SEATTLE, whose last edition was great, just got even better with this edition. This book includes a copious amount of information on where the best recreation, shopping, and dining are, as well as including an updated list of radio stations and a description of the best and worst neighborhoods in both the city and its immediate suburbs. Overall, LONELY PLANET SEATTLE shows the Seattle area to be a metro region where the median income is higher than the national, in both the city and the suburbs. This is a book you must own if you're interested in travel in any way.

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Discover Seattle

Get the view of your dreams from the charmingly retro Space Needle

Search for the troll in Fremont and find more oddities than you bargained for

Dig out your leathers and be one of the cool kids in Georgetown

Try a slice of cherry pie and discover the Salish Lodge's cult-TV connection

In This Guide:

More than 1000 hours of research by our Seattle-loving author, from beer-tasting to bed-testing

Where to eat, drink, shop and stay, or play pinball

Only guidebook to include a dedicated Moving to Seattle chapter - with tips from residents

Content updated daily: visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler suggestions

Alaska's Southeast, 11th: Touring the Inside Passage

Mike Miller

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Alaska's Southeast 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

We took this book on our recent cruise to Alaska. What a great book to explain about the different ports. I carried this in my backpack and would reference it for places to eat and things to do while in various Alaska cities. This is a good guide to let you read about some places most tourist don't know about. It includes maps of the cities, description of things to do in each town, and some local merchants if you wish to shop or even set up a kayak trip for the day.
I would highly recommend this book for anyone wanting a concise text on Alaska's inside passage. It has many good points on what to wear, what the temperature will be like, wildlife you may see, and best time of year to go.
I plan on keeping mine for the next time we venture up north.

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Discover the rich landscape and scenic beauty of Alaska's Inside Passage, including Skagway, Haines, Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan. Alaska's Southeast details the region's history, culture, geography, and flora and fauna. It also provides extensive information on when to go, what to bring, how to get there and how to get around, where to eat, and where to stay. With more than 10 million acres of forest, 1,000 islands, 10,000 miles of shoreline, 50 to 70 major glaciers, and thousands of brown bears and eagles, Alaska's Southeast offers much to be explored.

Las Vegas (City Guide)

Sara Benson

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Superb 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful.

Contained everything I needed to know for a one-week jaunt in Sin City. Where to stay, where to eat, where to gamble and what shows to see. Lonely Planet never disappoints!

LA 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 4 people found this review helpful.

i'm so sorry, but all the lonely planet books are the best,
i bought many of them, and my last was this from las vegas,
as usual, it was easy, cool and update.

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Featuring a "guide to gambling" chapter written by a poker aficionado, this is the only handbook with floor plans to more than seven major casinos. Profiled excursions include Area 51, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, and Route 66.

Frommer's California 2008 (Frommer's Complete)

Harry Basch, Mark Hiss, Erika Lenkert, Matthew Richard Poole

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Excellent Guide for Trip to San Francisco Area 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful.

I needed to plan a 3-day visit to the San Francisco area, and this book proved to be perfect for that. Far better than random information available on the web. I chose a wonderful small hotel from the book and loved it. Also chose restaraunts, grand and small, with excellent results. Chose a variety of sites to visit as a tourist from the book's descriptions. Also charted a 1-day trip through Sonoma valley from the guide, ending up at the Point Reyes Pacific coast and beautiful views. The book also provides site addresses (wineries, for example) useful for tapping into the GPS navigator in the rent car. Too large to carry on a walking trip, but otherwise absolutely a perfect guide for my needs.

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Frommer's. The best trips start here.

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.

• Explore the bounty of the Golden State-from its cosmopolitan cities to its ancient redwood forests, beaches, deserts, and mountains.
• Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.

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Denali National Park Guide to Hiking, Photography & Camping

Ike Waits

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A complete guide to dayhiking, backpacking, camping and photography in Denali National Park plus 3 hikes in Denali State Park. Dayhikes and backpacks for all abilities are described, including walks to picnic or enjoy wildflowers. You will find: • 46 dayhikes ranging from a half-hour to 8 hours in length, 23 rated as easy; • 7 dayhikes to do from Wonder Lake or Teklanika campgrounds; • 12 backpacking trips plus 30 of the dayhikes can be extended to backpacks; • 6 hikes near the park entrance; • 3 popular backpacking trips in Denali State Park; • Highlights and detailed descriptions for each hike; • Ideas for variations on many of the hikes; • Hike maps based on topographic maps; and • Name of USGS maps useful for each hike. This book also covers: • Techniques for hiking in tundra and trailless conditions; • Tips for photographing Mt. McKinley and wildlife; • Annotated bibliography for maps and books to enhance your visit; • Information about park campgrounds and bus system; • Addresses of companies providing transportation to the park from Anchorage and Fairbanks; and • Contacts for information, lodging reservations, maps and books. The handy hike and backpack comparison table helps to quickly identify routes that match your ability and available time. Specifications: 256 pages, 181 B&W photos, 39 Maps.

Into a Desert Place: A 3000 Mile Walk Around the Coast of Baja California

Graham Mackintosh

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Englishman Graham Mackintosh seems an unlikely candidate to walk the 3,000-mile coast of Baja, California--after all, he calls himself "the most unadventurous person in the world." Yet Mackintosh spent 500 days in that loneliest of deserts, carrying his world on his back, dining on rattlesnake and cactus, drinking distilled seawater, and living with fear as a constant companion. So, just what was this "most unadventurous" man doing in a place like Baja? In Into A Desert Place, Mackintosh blames books for his transformation from armchair traveler to hardened adventurer. A taste for adventure travel literature soon developed into an addiction; when the library shelves had surrendered the last of their treasures, he went into a kind of withdrawal: "It got so bad that I even thought of doing something adventurous and crazy myself.... " Walking around Baja was not Mackintosh's first choice--he considered getting married--but a trip to visit friends in Los Angeles led him to the little Mexican village of Ensenada, which had been prominently featured in one of those adventure travel tales he'd read in England.

Like Tolkein's Bilbo Baggins, running down the road toward adventure without a hat or coat, Mackintosh set off to Baja without a tent or sleeping bag, hitchhiking his way around the peninsula until his money ran out. By that time, he'd fallen deeply in love with the harsh environment and was determined to come back and explore it more thoroughly. Into a Desert Place is his account of what he saw and learned on that second trip, and how he survived.