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Frommer's Alaska Cruises & Ports of Call 2008 (Frommer's Cruises)

Jerry Brown, Fran Wenograd Golden

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Read this if you are booking an Alaskan cruise! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This is the best, most informative book on this subject I have found, by far. It is a must if you are considering booking an Alaskan cruise. It rates all the ships and companies, large and small and gives great information on all the ports that are visited by these ships. Certainly a great resource to help you book the type of adventure that fits your style!

Editorial Review:

Experience the best a place has to offer on the cruise that's right for you. Frommer's. Your trip begins with us.

• Exact prices, including brochure rates, with tips on how to find deep discounts, so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your budget.
• Extensive descriptions of all the major ships sailing in Alaska, with information on everything from cabins and ship facilities to shore excursions and recreational activities.
• Comprehensive ship ratings that grade the essential elements of a cruise experience (dining, activities, children's programs, public areas, cleanliness, and overall enjoyment) from "poor" to "outstanding."
• Complete coverage of the Inside Passage and Gulf of Alaska, with off-the-beaten-path experiences and new takes on top attractions.
• Bonus wildlife guide in the appendix highlights the animals you're most likely to see-from whales to bald eagles to bears.

Los Angeles & Southern California (Regional Guide)

Andrea Schulte-Peevers

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Best of the crop. 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful.

We spent a week in the LA area visiting a long term resident and used this book every day! We wanted to visit both tourist sites and places off the beaten track, and were able to do both. Our family had a diverse list of places to go and things to do - see a star or two, visit hollywood, visit some ethnic areas (such as Little Saigon for an article for chaobannewsletter.com), visit an aquarium, eat family friendly food, hit the beaches, go to an amusement park, etc. It helped us with everything.

My only quibble is that we could have used even more family oriented advice and recommendations.

I looked at five or six guidebooks before picking this one - both because I have used their guides before and because it seemed to do the best job with details and off the beaten track exploration. This definately was the right choice. We used it every single day - to plan, to get to each place and also to eat.

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Discover Los Angeles & Southern California

Hang onto your Mickey hat while careening down Space Mountain
Try on Pamela Anderson's tank top or designer shoes from Alias
Dangle your sandy feet over a concrete wall and watch a surfer-skater-dog parade
Swirl, sip, savor and spit your pinot on a sustainable wine tour

In This Guide:

Covers LA, Disneyland, Orange County, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and Joshua Tree!
Three local authors; 1500 hours of on-the-ground research; 56 more pages; 65 detailed maps
New Southern California for Kids chapter packed with tips for families

Novel Destinations: Literary Landmarks From Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West

Shannon Mckenna Schmidt, Joni Rendon

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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It’s often said that a good book takes us somewhere we’ve never been before, and here’s the proof: a book-lover’s Baedeker to more than 500 literary locales across the United States and Europe. Novel Destinations invites readers to follow in the footsteps of much-loved authors, discover the scenes that sparked their imaginations, glimpse the lives they led, and share a bit of the experiences they transformed so eloquently into print. If you’re looking to indulge in literary adventure, you’ll find all the inspiration and information you need here, along with behind-the-scenes stories such as these:

After Ernest Hemingway survived two near-fatal plane crashes during an African safari, he perused his obituaries and sipped champagne on a canal-side terrace in Venice.

Washington Irving's wisteria-draped cottage in the Hudson Valley was once occupied by members of the Van Tassel family, immortalized in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

A mysterious incident at a stone tower near Dublin made such a vivid impression on James Joyce that he drew on it for the opening scene of Ulysses.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle consulted on the mystery of Agatha Christie's 1926 disappearance before she resurfaced under an assumed name in northern England.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The House of the Seven Gables was inspired by a seaside manse in Salem, Massachusetts, infamous witch trials in which his ancestor played a role.

Off the Beaten (Subway) Track: New York City's Best Unusual Attractions

SUZANNE REISMAN

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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While it may seem that every possible topic about New York City's attractions has been written about, Off the Beaten (Subway) Track is the first book to focus on the hundreds of off-the-beaten-path destinations in the city. Some are small museums, others are historic places long forgotten, some are stores that sell only odd things, and some are distinguished for their claim to fame as the world's largest/smallest whatever. All of them are notable for the passion with which their proprietors and curators care for them, and all can be visited via the subway system as the author directs readers to which of the city's 486 subway stations will get them closest.

These are the types of places and things that fit perfectly with New Yorkers' psyches and egos and satisfy the desire of tourists to see the unusual. For example, New York is home to the world's tallest Doric column, the world's largest armory, the world's largest cathedral, and the world's largest Reform synagogue. It also has a troll museum, a numismatic museum, a skyscraper museum, doll and toy museums, and a museum of comic and cartoon art. In many cases, half the fun of visiting many of these sites is meeting the people behind them.

Organized geographically to help readers explore the culture and diversity of the city's great neighborhoods, Off the Beaten (Subway) Track: New York City's Best Unusual Attractions offers venues in Lower, Middle, and Upper Manhattan; Brooklyn; the Bronx; Queens; and Staten Island. Each section features attractions and fascinating sidebars highlighting places that are particularly interesting to explore.

Weird Ohio

Loren Coleman, Andy Henderson, James A Willis

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Notable mysteries and intriguing items of the land called OHIO 4 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I happened upon "Weird Ohio" at an Amish store and naturally started leafing through it. It looked so interesting and professionally put together, there was no way I could walk out of the store without it (paying full price -- 20 bucks -- which you don't have to do here at Amazon).

Ohio is a land of lush, deep forests interspersed with great cities like Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinatti, as well as smaller cities like Toledo, Dayton and Akron. The Eastern side of the state is part of the Appalachian Plateau with nice rolling hills, whereas the Western side is part of the Till Plains and is relatively flat, a great place for farms. The Southern and Southeastern parts of the state are bordered by the mighty Ohio River, whereas the North is part of the Eastern Great Lakes Lowland with 310 miles of coastline on Lake Erie.

Unlike "Weird Pennsylvania," which unfortunately focuses mostly on the Eastern side of that great state, "Weird Ohio" provides a balanced overview of the weird elements of the Buckeye State.

Let me emphasize how attractive and professionally put together "Weird Ohio" is. The book features colored photos or illustrations on practically every page; and many pages have two or three such items. This, of course, makes it a great coffee table book. But a full 60% is text, written with an informative and entertaining flair. This naturally makes it a perfect bathroom book, which another reviewer rightly points out.

As to be expected, "Weird Ohio" addresses the weird elements of the state -- creatures on the loose (lions, panthers, Bigfoot, the Mothman, etc.), ghost stories, crime stories, heroes, urban and rural legends, unexplained phenomena, ancient mysteries (like the great Serpent Mound), oddities, etc. If these types of items trip your trigger "Weird Ohio" is a must.

I live in NE Ohio about ten miles from the border of Pennsylvania and I was happy to see a local mysterious site mentioned in the book -- "Five Points." This area is a mere ten minutes from my house and involves numerous ghostly stories. My wife took three girlfriends to Five Points on Halloween night during her senior year in High School; she told them a couple of the creepy stories, including one of a lunatic woman who had escaped the sanitarium and wanders around the woods in a white asylum gown. At that point a big leaf hit the windshield and all the girls started screaming in terror! Anyway, I visited Five Points recently with my wife and I can see why this rural area of dark forests and winding roads would give birth to such spooky myths; we went by the "insane asylum" and noticed it was, in actuality, a nursing home (then again, who knows what it was years ago?).

I was disappointed that the book doesn't mention Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park, known as Nelson Ledges or just "the Ledges" locally. It belongs in "Weird Ohio" simply because there's no place on earth like it. It's an amazing area of cliffs, ledges, crevices, waterfalls and caves hidden in the lush forestry of NE Ohio just south of Route 422. If you're interested, allow me to share with you a true tale that happened at the Ledges years ago when I was 15 years old:

On a nice summer day three friends and I decided to hitchhike up to the Ledges, which was about 25 miles away. Although we ended up walking at least 10 miles of the journey, some guy with long hair and a big old car stopped to pick us up when we were a mere two miles from the park. He had his girlfriend in the front seat with him and told us to just jump on the hood. This man was a lunatic! He was barreling down the road at 55-60 miles an hour with four young guys on the hood with almost nothing to hold on to (I held on to the edge of the hood by the windshield)! We made it to the Ledges and we all jumped off the hood. The guy got out of the car and went into the restroom, which was an outhouse made of big concrete blocks painted tan. The next thing we know we hear this blood-curdling scream and one of the large entrance walls of the outhouse came tumbling down in a mist of dust. There was the crazy driver, with no shirt on, crouched and flexing his notable muscles like the incredible Hulk. It was unbelievable, to say the least. One of my friends screamed, "He must be mad at us; maybe we broke something on his car" (like one of the windshield wipers). So we all bolted up into the Ledges to hide, while the other dozen people in the parking lot dispersed in fear as well. The crazy dude jumped in his car, did a couple donuts and sped off down the street. When the coast was clear we all came down from our hiding places and the people in the parking lot ran over to us to ask who that mighty lunatic was. We didn't know, of course; he just picked us up hitchhiking. Naturally, we were all left in a state of total astonishment.

Only about 12-15 people were there to witness these events, but it's a true story and obviously belongs in a book like "Weird Ohio." Maybe if the authors catch wind of it they can include it in the revised edition.

BOTTOM LINE: "Weird Ohio" is a must for Ohioans and former residents who have a taste for the out-of-the-ordinary. It makes a perfect coffee table or bathroom book. Its professional presentation and entertaining text make it worthwhile even for folks who rarely (if ever) visit the Buckeye State.

Another reviewer complained that the book offers no detailed maps or instructions for finding the various areas. This is not a negative point IMHO as the authors obviously didn't want to burden the book with such details. "Weird Ohio" reveals the counties, towns and roads for each item and leaves it up to the reader to gather more detailed information to locate these places; that's what the Internet's for.

Streetwise New Orleans Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of New Orleans, Louisiana - Folding pocket size travel map with streetcar & bus routes (National & International Titles)

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A great buy and a great planner! 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I ordered this map from Amazon, sight unseen, but based on reviews. As a reviewer myself, I know the value of these reviews. However, when this dinky little map fell out of the envelope, I was so disappointed--UNTIL I actually sat down with the map and [...] and planned out the trip.

Let me describe the map and try to show you how compact is the size and the information. It is 16 inches long and 8 1/2 inches high. On one side is a detailed map of the French Quarter and Central Business District, including the Superdome. At the center top is the Treme District with the Louis Armstrong Park. All the hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions are marked in the French Quarter and elsewhere. I was so surprised because the map is so compact. Streetcar and bus routes are also indicated.

When I found hotels on the website, I then found them on the map and could easily decide if the location was suitable. Since we are going during off-season and during the week, prices are exceptional. [...] is an excellent website to aid in planning.

On the flip side of the map is the entirety of New Orleans on a smaller scale with a larger scale of an extension of the Garden District from the French Quarter to Audubon Park and Zoo, another family-oriented tourist destination. Along the top and right side are listings of major streets with coordinate points, as well as hotels, places of interest, restaurants with coordinates.

You might want a larger, more detailed map for getting in and out of New Orleans or if your hotel is outside the city. If not, "Streetwise New Orleans Map" is truly all you need. See you at Cafe du Monde bright and early for cafe au lait and beignets. We've got a city to explore and an adventure to live.

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Streetwise New Orleans Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of New Orleans, Louisiana - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated streetcar & bus lines with stations

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Our pocket size map of New Orleans is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® New Orleans map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® New Orleans map today and you too can navigate New Orleans, Louisiana like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Amazon search bar.

Frommer's Portable Savannah

Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Very helpful 4 out of 5 stars.
11 of 13 people found this review helpful.

This book gives a nice review of Savannah, from history, to where to stay, what do do, where to eat. It's very compact and will be easy for us to carry along on our trip next week to Savannah.

Savannah guide book 4 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Recently did a girls trip - the guide was very helpful. We planned lots of our trip prior to our arrival - restaurant suggestions were particularly helpful.

Nice overview.... 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I just returned from Savannah, and took this guide along. It fits very nicely into a back pocket or purse. It provided a great overview of the area with maps and good descriptions of many of the restaurants (including dividing them into price ranges).

The author couldn't have been more spot-on in describing one River St. bar (hint: they specialize in frozen drinks), and the description made my wife and I laugh out loud.

We followed one of the mapped out walking tours described in the book and it made for a wonderful Saturday afternoon. Given its portability, it can't cover every restaurant, bar or shop, but if you cross-reference what the author recommends against others' opinions- SouthernLiving.com, connectsavannah.com (Savannah's alternative news weekly), and TripAdvisor.com, you'll find many of the same restaurants listed, with similar descriptions.

Purchase the book in advance of making your lodging reservations, as there are a number of bed and breakfasts listed, as well as many hotels.

Yes, there are many references to the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," but given how much it's helped tourism in the area and how many people want to see the places described in that book, the author is just giving the people what they want. I enjoyed the references: I wanted a guide that covered those locations, but not one that focused solely on "The Book" (as it's known to many locals), and this guide provided a nice compromise.

The only drawback I found is that it doesn't list as many restaurants as I'd have liked, but again, given the space limitations, it couldn't. As you walk the streets, you'll stumble across some great little places on your own, and that's half the fun of "exploring" the town.

I consider the guide to be money well spent.

Editorial Review:

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. Frommer s Portable Guides help you make the right travel choices. They're easy to carry and carry an unbeatable price. Put the Best of Savannah in Your Pocket.

• Outspoken opinions on top attractions—what's worth your time and what's not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your budget.
• The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.
• With daytrips to Hilton Head and Beaufort, S.C.

The Spell of New Mexico

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

An exceptional collection of essays about the appeal of New Mexico 5 out of 5 stars.
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There are not many books that stay in print for thirty five years, especially one with such a narrow ambit, but this one deserves the honor.

Tony Hillerman has done an exceptional job of writing the Preface and the Introduction, and in collecting the eleven other essays contained in this excellent compilation. It's impossible to summarize the treasures; here are a few of the fragments I particularly enjoyed.

Tony Hillerman: "Pretentious as it sounds, and tough as it is to prove, there does seem to be something about New Mexico which not only attracts creative people but stimulates their creativity."

Oliver La Farge: "What is New Mexico, then? How to sum it up? It is a vast, harsh, poverty-stricken, varied, and beautiful land, a breeder of artists and warriors. It is the home, by birth or by passionate adoption, of a wildly assorted population which has shown itself capable of achieving homogeneity without sacrificing its diversity."

Winfield Townley Scott: "The breadth and height of the land, its huge self and its huge sky, strike you like a blow."

Ernie Pyle: "We like it here because we're on top of the world, in a way; and because we are not stifled and smothered and hemmed in by buildings and trees and traffic and people. We like it because the sky is so bright and you can see so much of it. And because out here you actually see the clouds and the stars and the storms, instead of just reading about them in the newspapers."

Oliver La Farge: "If you stay on, and if you keep quiet, the rhythms of drum, song, and dance, the endlessly changing formations of the lines of dancers, the very heat and dust, unite and take hold. You will realize slowly that what looked simple is complex, disciplined, sophisticated. You will forget yourself. The chances are then that you will go away with that same odd, empty, satisfied feeling which comes after absorbing any great work of art."

In a compelling way, this collection constitutes a "work of art", informed by an appreciation that D.H. Lawrence describes as "for greatness of beauty I have never experienced anything like New Mexico.... It had a splendid silent terror, and a vast far-and-wide magnificence which made it way beyond mere aesthetic appreciation."

If you have any interest in seeing New Mexico as a number of excellent writers do, this is the book for you.

Robert C. Ross 2008

Editorial Review:

A rich gathering of essays that evoke the unique and mysterious appeal New Mexico has had for some of the twentieth century’s best-known writers. Included are selections by Mary Austin, Oliver La Farge, Conrad Richter, D.H. Lawrence, C.G. Jung, Winfield Townley Scott, John DeWitt McKee, Ernie Pyle, Harvey Fergusson, and Lawrence Clark Powell. Hillerman’s preface and introduction are choice specimens of his incisive humor and his own deep love of the state.

“Should be required reading for all those who call themselves New Mexican.”—James Arnholz

Hawaii: The Big Island (Regional Guide)

Luci Yamamoto, Conner Gorry

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Total reviews: 51 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The Big Island of Hawaii Tour Guide 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

When I received the, I thought one of most remarkable things about this book (compared to other tour books) was its compact/condensed size (5"x8"x3/4") which will easily fit in most purses but is a little large for some hip pockets. It is printed on glossy paper which could be hard to write notes on with certain pens/pencils/hi-liters and has a retail price of $19.99 which seems a little pricey for what you get. The book appears to have been printed for people with young/good eyes since many of the maps are very difficult to read without a magnifying glass due to the color combination of the small print and backgrounds. brown print on a light brown background / blue on light blue / green on light green / etc.

The listings for various things in the different towns/areas leaves a lot to be desired as it lists only a portion of what's available. For example, I have stayed in a very nice hotel in the Kona area that is not listed. I think they were probably trying to keep the size of the book down but they could have listed many more than the 3 hotels in Kona by putting a chart in the book (like so many tour books do) instead of the write ups. The list of B&Bs/condos is pretty good. One of the main activities in the Kona area is deep sea fishing and they list only 4 contact phone numbers. Only 3 watering holes (bars) are listed, why? I found many more inexpensive good watering holes when I was there. In the Waimea (Kamuela) area Parker Ranch does not receive the attention it deserves. Also, Koa (expensive, popular wood only grown on Hawaii) receives very little mention --- Koa is very popular with both tourist and locals, high quality boxes and furniture are made from it.

On a positive note, the book does have a lot of high quality color pictures if this is what you are looking for but I would prefer less pictures and more information.

Bottom Line: I would not buy this book. This appears to be a cross between a picture souvenir book and a tour guide. I would opt instead for one that is printed on paper that is easier to mark up and had maps that were easier for old eyes to read. Also, I would like a tour book that listed more hotels in various price ranges, more activities, more options for the most popular activities (ie: deep sea fishing) in the various areas, etc.

Editorial Review:

Featuring chapters on area activities and adventures, sustainable travel options, and Big Island myths and legends, this updated edition provides all the essential information for planning a perfect Hawaiian getaway.

Pennsylvania Breweries

Lew Bryson

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not bad but could be better ... 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I enjoy Lew's books & feel they are a great help in finding local breweries & the like . I only wish he'd be more opinionated about the beers at each place . He's being too much of a Mr. Nice Guy about his " reviews " . Every place you go to is not going to have great beer / food .

Great insight into Pennsylvania Breweries 5 out of 5 stars.
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Enjoyable reading on the history on past breweries and up-to-date info on current breweries. Have since visited several breweries and look forward to touring additional. Would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys good local beer.

Entertaining and informative brew guide 5 out of 5 stars.
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Lew Bryson's offering comes with a strong personal touch. His humor is perfect for this type of book and readership, and his knowledge of the subject is thoroughly evident. He makes recommendations (his favorite[s] at each brewery) with which I have yet to find fault. Being newer to Pennsylvania, I've found Bryson's guide to be the single best reference book I now own! Highly recommended.

Editorial Review:

This book presents a new and updated tour of 53 of Pennsylvania's breweries and brewpubs. Beer writer and connoisseur, Lew Bryson, brings new establishments to the list, revisits some old favourites, relates some of the history of brewing in the state, and gives information for each site on tours, beers brewed, food served, and nearby lodging and attractions, along with his pick of favourite beer for each brewery.