Frommer's Cape Cod, Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard 2009 (Frommer's Complete) Review

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(More customer reviews)Travel guides to an area as rich in lore and attractions as Cape Cod are bound to be highly subjective and cursory, but FROMMER'S GUIDE TO CAPE COD, NANTUCKET & MARTHA'S VINEYARD (authored by Laura M. Reckford) does a remarkable job hitting the highlights. The lodging and restaurant suggestions are minimal, but there are a lot of decent places at which to sleep and dine out there and the compilers have limited space in which to make recommendations from among them all. We were very happy with the FROMMER recommendations we sampled (e.g., Colombo's Café, p. 126; Moby Dick's, p. 197). My spouse would have preferred more pictures (there are only nine or ten pages of photos), but I was quite happy to have the guide be mainly text and maps. The suggested itineraries, based on length of stay and particular interests were very helpful.
Here are some additional, somewhat random notes on the book based on our experiences: By all means, rent bicycles in Falmouth and ride the Shining Sea Bikeway to Woods Hole (p. 96). Even if you're not big into cycling--my family wasn't, but now we might be!--you'll find it an easy and enjoyable ride. Woods Hole's OceanQuest, a 90-minute marine science-oriented boat ride aimed at families is worthwhile, but it's best enjoyed by the 9-13-year old set and their parents (p. 89). Younger children may feel left out, despite the crew's best intentions. Even if you're staying in Barnstable/Hyannis, you might want to take the state-run Martha's Vineyard ferry from Woods Hole where it's only $7.50 for adults, takes only a half-hour, and has multiple departures; a private ferry departing from Hyannis costs over twice as much (more than the book states), takes over three times as long, and has only one departure per day (at time of publication, the ferry had three departures) (pp. 255-256).
FROMMER'S recommendation of Sandy Neck Beach for families was spot on (p. 79), but the site a bit difficult to find. The beach is not marked by signage on Rte. 6A; point your GPS to Sandy Neck Road, then follow the road to its end. The guidebook laments the commercialization of the strip between Hyannis and Harwich Port ("unbridled development run amok," p. 130), but if you have a family and want to play mini-golf, that'll be your destination. In South Yarmouth, you can find a really decent Chinese-Vietnamese restaurant, Thuan Loi, at 1300 Main Street (Rte. 28).
We took up FROMMER'S suggestion for whale watching (the Dolphin Fleet, p. 209) and seal watching (The Beachcomber, p. 166) and were very happy. The whale experience was enhanced by being guided by a marine biologist, and we were treated to the sight of over a dozen whales. The Beachcomber experience had less scientific heft, but we were able to get close to dozens and dozens of seals (even in August). (For the seal adventure, be sure to go at low tide.) From the boat you also get a good view of Chatham, Chatham Light, numerous catboats, and nesting ospreys. For surely the best pizza on the Cape, Italian style, visit Sweet Tomatoes Neopolitan Pizza, located cater-corner from The Beachcomber office at 508 Crowell Road. Before leaving Chatham, be sure to make your way to the town center and walk Main Street for some interesting art, jewelry, candy, gewgaws, and book shops.
As for moderately priced lodging, we stayed at the Anchor Inn on Lewis Bay in Hyannis (1 South Street). The rooms were immaculate, the staff helpful and friendly, and the continental breakfast superb. You can walk to the Nantucket ferry from Anchor Inn. It's not so convenient to Main Street, though it's but a short 5-minute car ride away. We found Hyannis's central location amenable to trips around the Cape.
Finally, a shout out for Parnassus Books in Yarmouth Port (p. 133). Though maddeningly disorganized, once you've accepted the situation, you'll love the treasure hunting. The proprietor, described by FROMMER'S as "gruff," is a self-confessed "eccentric" whom we found quick to laugh and playfully tease my ten-year old--as well as some visiting Republicans.


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Should I Do What I Love?: Or Do What I Do - So I Can Do What I Love on the Side? Review

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(More customer reviews)This book really helped me put the struggles I was facing at work in perspective. McColl is very funny amd entertaining as a writer (I think she is the best writer at Jane!). She interviews a very diverse group of people, and gives insight into many professions and "life routes." Life since graduating college has been harder than I expected. If you had an older, wiser, funny friend who worked in twenty or more jobs over the years but was still down to earth and young enough to give you advice you could use, you wouldn't need a book like this. But for anyone questioning their career path who hasn't found that "perfect" mentor (if one even exists)---read the book, and laugh along knowing you are not the only one out there going through this.

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As a pragmatic reaction to the newfound "quarterlife crisis" genre, Katy McColl interviews real men and women "stuck" in their twenties and early thirties and solicits a variety of experts for advice on how to get unstuck. McColl employs a distinctively droll brand of humor and a "self-help without self-pity" approach to inspiring those disenchanted by their initial forays into the heady real world. The themes here are universal — how to negotiate that with a career, how to study a craft in an un-lucrative field, how to break into glamour industries, and what to do when laid off. Help comes via those who overcame the same problems and blazed their own trails in the most desirable fields, from noted fashionistas like Heatherette to successful musicians like Chris Conley. Organized by case study but filigreed with McColl's comic commentary, the book offers ace advice on achieving that elusive career that's rewarding in every respect.

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Maybe You Never Cry Again Review

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(More customer reviews)This is one impressive biography. I never got into Bernie Mac's comedy but after reading a few pages of this book I decided to buy it and I'm glad I did. Bernie Mac's life has been a series of fateful encounters. The first time he sees Bill Cosby on TV and notices how Cosby's jokes cheered up his sad (with good reason) mother is a turning point. At five he decides to be a comedian and he sticks with that plan. His dream and his mother's love keep him moving past the neighborhood gangs, out of the "dumb kid" classes, into a strong marriage, devoted fatherhood and finally success.
Bernie is a funny man but he's dead serious about duty, parenthood, marriage and doing the right thing. This book will stay with you long after you come to the final page.

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The Bernie Mac Show, Fox's phenomenally successful new sitcom, has been making waves in the US press with an estimated 10 million viewers watching Bernie Mac as he shows tough love to the children in his care, offering an often side-splitting look at post-politically correct parenting. The impetus behind the show goes back to Mac's own roots. He grew up in a boisterous home in Chicago with his large extended family, and watched their antics with the cutting and careful eye of a burgeoning comedian. His extraordinary relationship with his mother had a profound effect in shaping the man he would become, as did the heartache of losing many of his close family members at an early age. By turns shocking, heartbreaking, and heart-warming, Mac's autobiography is replete with stories about the major figures in his life who contributed to his laugh-out loud sense of humour, or served as fodder for it, about his provocative views on child-rearing; and about his well deserved ascension to the status of comedy king.

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Lonely Planet Hong Kong & Macau Review

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(More customer reviews)Disregard Amazon's reader reviews that precede this one. The earlier comments aren't based on this book at all, but were simply ported to this page from the previous edition's. The well-deserved complaints about "Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou," Ninth Edition, do not apply to "Hong Kong and Macau," 10th Edition. Note that "Guangzhou" was dropped from the title.
I never go on vacation somewhere without first buying the Lonely Planet travel book on the destination. So it's been with some frustration that for the last three years, the Hong Kong book has been among the weakest of the series, at least among those I've bought. But the long-awaited update has some badly needed changes and updates.
The previous edition came out in January 1999, several months after Lonely Planet had released another, entirely different Hong Kong book titled simply "Hong Kong." The "Hong Kong" book was pretty skimpy, including a mere 10 pages or so on Macau. But it did have some helpful color maps at the back of the book.
When "Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou" came out, it included some badly needed material on Macau, as well as the Chinese border cities of Shenzhen and Zhuhai. Unfortunately, the book also lumped in about 90 pages on Guangzhou, and another eight-page supplement on "Hong Kong Film." For 99-plus percent of the people who are visiting the Hong Kong area, these pages were only dead weight. Virtually nobody visiting Hong Kong plans to visit Guangzhou, and why should they? It's a long trip, and by the book's own admission, there's nothing there for tourists anyway.
Even worse, this book was out of date from the moment it hit the streets. Both the "Hong Kong" and "Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou" books gave the location of the Hong Kong Museum of History as Kowloon Park. But the museum had already moved when I visited Hong Kong in November 1998, when the "Hong Kong" book had just came out. And so I was more than a little surprised that "Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou" repeated the same mistake in its January 1999 printing!
But what *really* annoyed me was that "Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou" didn't have the easy-to-read, easy-to-find color maps of the earlier "Hong Kong" book. Instead, the larger book had ugly, hard-to-read black-and-white maps scattered willy-nilly throughout.
This has changed under the book's all-new author, Steve Fallon. (Damian Harper does not get credit in this edition, despite what Amazon says.) Fallon has dropped the Guangzhou section and other useless padding, making the book a lot more portable. The Museum of History's current address is in there now. And the color maps from the slim "Hong Kong" book also are in the back of the new "Hong Kong and Macau." The new book still uses the hard-to-read, hard-to-find B&W maps for the border towns and Macau's islands, but that's a quibble I can live with. Other general information throughout also seems to be current.
I've been looking over the new book for several days now, and overall, it seems that while the worst parts disappeared, the best stuff carried over to the new edition. For instance, I was glad to see that the map of Shenzhen still has the names of landmarks and hotels in Chinese, as well as English. Showing the Shenzhen taxi drivers the Chinese name of where you want to go is usually the only way for non-Chinese-speaking tourists to communicate their intended destination.
While the new edition is a great improvement, it was at least a year overdue. Three years is a long time to have to wait for an update when so much has changed here, given the change in sovereignty in both Hong Kong and Macau. The ninth edition came out just a couple of months after the Hong Kong handover, and *before* the Macau handover, for crying out loud.
I don't know if I could have honestly recommended the ninth edition of "Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou," but I certainly can do so for the 10th edition of "Hong Kong and Macau." Even if you don't plan on visiting here in the immediate future, it's an interesting read.

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This handy guide is just the right size for the intrepid city wanderer. Unsurpassed breadth of coverage and authoritative reviews by a long-time Hong Kong expert.

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That's Funny Review

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(More customer reviews)It's like Stand-up Russian Roulette. This is not one of those "A duck ,a Proctologist and a Scientologist walk into a bar...." No, none of that just standups doin' their thing, one line at a time. If you're contemplating suicide, read this first. There are'nt many of these out there. I'm a comedy writter and aspiring comedian myself and it made me laugh!

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A compendium of thousands of jokes from today's brightest comedians and comics, from Tim Allen, Brett Butler, and Jeff Foxworthy to Roseanne, Paul Reiser, and Steve Martin. Original. 40,000 first printing.

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I'm on My Way but Your Foot Is on My Head: A Black Woman's Story of Getting Over Life's Hurdles (Previously Published as: Bertice: The World According to Me Review

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(More customer reviews)This is the best book I've read this year. Dr. Berry gave a real insight to the 'black experience' . I had the pleasure of hearing her speak at a conference a couple of days ago and she is one of the most marvelous people that I have heard. Her words go far beyond that of John Grisham, or Stephen King. She is truly an inspirational person. I can't wait to read her other books

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A cable-TV talk show host, comedian, and speaker offers her own inspiring story of overcoming the odds, combining humor and insight into race relations and making it in America. Original title: Bertice: The World According to Me. Reprint. 20,000 first printing."

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Breakfasts with Archangel Shecky: And His Infallible, Irrefutable, Unassailable, One-Size-Fits-All Secrets of Success Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm embarrassed to say I just now finally got around to reading Gene's (short for genius?) new book because of so much other reading I had. The question I asked myself at the end of the book was "What took you so long to read it you idiot?!" What starts out with a premise that one might think worthy of only a comedy sketch turns into much more. The characters become more compelling, the plot thickens and the payoff is well worth the read. More so, Gene has found yet another ingenious way of exploring and communicating about one of the hardest topics to write about - comedy. To make it so entertaining AND engrossing leaves no doubt about why I think there's no one better than Perret when it comes to the subject -- no one. Whether you're a writer, a comedian, are fascinated with show business or just want to know what makes people tick, Breakfasts with Archangel Shecky is the book for you. I read it over three consecutive nights but the story and characters stuck with me between those times and have stayed in my head since. Gene is an unheralded master at what he does - and one of the things he does well is not disappoint. This is your summer read...and re-read!!!

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Won't Do Stand-Up in a Wheelchair: An M.S. Recovery Story Review

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(More customer reviews)This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. What an amazing story of strength in the face of adversity. Everyone should read about this form of stem cell transplant; then they will know not all stem cells are taken from fetal tissue! Kudos to the author!

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After being diagnosed with MS in 1995, Sandi Selvi began to decline rapidly and quickly became frustrated with conventional medical options. The drugs had nasty side effects, and in her case, the drugs didn't work. So, in March of 2000 Sandi joined forces with the brilliant doctors at Scripp's in San Diego, to, as they so eloquently put it, 'Kill her immune system and build a new one" with an autologous stem cell transplant. Theoretically her new immune system could stop the MS. During the two month medical procedure Sandi came pretty close to death, but a $10.99 box of used comedy tapes helped her through recovery, and changed her life.
Laughter is indeed the best medicine -- Sandi now shares her medicine, and her medical miracle, through stand-up comedy.
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'Sandi makes the toughest journey seem refreshingly funny. Every doctor, comedian and patient should read this great book." ~ Neil Leiberman, The Comedy Coach(R)
'Love the raw honesty and humor. MS babe who got a stem cell transplant -- that alone is a miracle." ~ Christy Evans Jordan, has MS
'I dog-earred over 20 pages that made me laugh out loud or burst in tears. I was awed by your journey, uplifted by your triumphs and overwhelmed by the simple message of family forever." ~ Melissa Berger
'Spell-binding -- rings true on every level. Inspiring and empowering for anyone facing challenges they think are so insurmountable that they cannot be overcome." ~ Lynn Ruth Miller, author of Starving Hearts
'I'm so glad Sandi refuses to do stand-up in a wheelchair'because we don't have a ramp. (For giggles.) Sandi incorporates some great laughs into her MS story, proving that she's not only a funny comedian but a strong woman as well." ~ Heather Barbieri, owner of Rooster T. Feathers
'Wonderful, amazing, heartbreaking, inspiring." ~ Britta Wilder, writer and painter
'Inspiration for anyone diagnosed with a serious disease. It shows that IT IS possible to not only beat the odds, but to pursue your passion at the same time." ~ John DeKoven, Bunjo's Comedy Club
'Really good read. Thanks for the insightful look into your life. You're a brave woman." ~ Rich Stimbra, Asst. Dir. SFCC

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Rosie: The Rosie O'Donnell Story Review

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(More customer reviews)Malacious gossip & rumor. Total waste of time. Instaed of donating it to rhe public library like I normally do, I threw it in the trash. Actually the trash deserves to be in better company than this book!

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Indianapolis: A Young Professional's Guide Review

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(More customer reviews)If you are new to Indy or have lived there your whole life, "Indianapolis: A Young Professional's Guide" by Erin Albert is a must have book!
Erin has thoughtfully compiled resourceful information you can use to find a great restaurant, meet other young professionals, learn more about professional organizations, find media information and more. Erin has put this and more information into one easy-to-use guide book.
This guidebook makes a great gift for clients, friends, family and anyone who wants resourceful, useful information about Indy at their fingertips.
The "Indianapolis: A Young Professional's Guide" by Erin Albert is a must have for every Indianapolis resident's library. I highly recommend it.
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This new guide to Indianapolis for the young (or young at heart) professional answers the following questions: where can one obtain leadership training in Indy? Where can someone get free wi-fi access with a great cup of coffee, and where can one learn about starting a business, or connecting philanthropically. This nearly 200 page guide contains 40-plus categories of information, clubs, groups and organizations for those new to Indianapolis or just want to learn more about how to connect to this great city.

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Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company Review

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(More customer reviews)This book has some great stories from the cast and details about deleted scenes that are not on the DVD of the films, but contains a lot of filler.
For fans of Christopher Guest himself, you get a very detailed history of his performing career, although Guest himself was not interviewed for the book, he speaks through quotes from magazine interviews.
And that is how the book reads, like a long magazine article. For much of the book the author just recaps the major plot points of Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show and A Mighty Wind.
The main opinions/anecdotes of the films come primarily from: Harry Shearer (a lot of Harry Shearer), Bob Balaban, Fred Willard, Deb Theaker, Michael Hitchcock and surprisingly June Chadwick (Jeanine from Spinal Tap) who has yet to be in an actual Christopher Guest film, but is oft quoted concerning improv acting.
The most entertaining moments of the book come from the explanations of bits that were cut from the films, especially from Fred Willard who seems very disappointed that many of his bits went unused.
An OK read that's not expensive, not a long book so it's good for and afternoon read. Worth the money, if you are a Guest completist.

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Best in Show is the first in-depth look at the method behind film director and actor Christopher Guest's madness - and genius. John Kenneth Muir focuses his attention on the acclaimed Guest-directed trilogy of what some call "mockumentaries": Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind. In these films Guest has escorted rapt audiences into the purportedly real worlds of a small-town theatrical company, dog show competition, and folk music festival. Muir also details the events that lead to Rob Reiner's influential and legendary This Is Spinal Tap, which Rolling Stone called the best rock and roll movie of all time, and in which Guest played the part of guitarist Nigel Tufnel. Much of Best in Show exemplifies the unique process by which Guest directs films. He employs a common repertory company, improvises scenes often without any rehearsal, and does not use any screenplay with dialogue, instead following a detailed outline often co-authored with his ace actor/writer Eugene Levy. Company members that have been interviewed for this book include Fred Willard, Harry Shearer, Bob Balaban and Michael Hitchcock. Guest's influences - Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon - as well as his more conventional comedies, such as The Big Picture and Almost Heroes, are studied. Best in Show is general enough to bring new fans to the table, yet detailed enough to satisfy the most in-the-know Guest fan and film student. A complete filmography with Guest's directing, acting and writing credits is included, as is the appendix, "You Know You're in a Christopher Guest Film When ..." Guest once commented, "I am drawn to people who have dreams that are slightly out of reach." Now, thanks to John Kenneth Muir, the fascinating world of Christopher Guest and company is substantially more within reach.

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Lonely Planet Savannah Charleston & the Carolina Coast Review

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(More customer reviews)I just returned from a vacation in Savannah and Charleston, and this book was our primary guide. It was great for planning the trip and gave us a great idea about places to stay. However, once we actually got to Savannah, we found that a lot of the information was out of date. For example, we were hoping to see Emma Kelly (the Lady of 6000 Songs), who the book said played at a local club.Unfortunately, Emma Kelly died in 2001, a fact not mentioned in the book, even though it was updated in 2004! Savannah Blues, a club the book said was in Savannah was also no longer there. Mrs. Wilke's Dining Room, recommended as a place to eat in Savannah, also didn't mention that the restaurant is only open Monday-Friday.
The information seemed more up-to-date for Charleston. It's still a great guide, but just be sure to call ahead!

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This travel guide provides detailed information on nightlife, walking tours and the best places to eat in Savannah, Charleston and the Carolina Coast. It also offers a guide to the Barrier Islands, and Myrtle Beach, and other low country excursions.

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The Language of Humour (Intertext) Review

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(More customer reviews)though i have not read the book,it seems very entertaining.can you please send me an excerpt on the title"my mother in law?"because i usually like reading an excerpt before i buy any book.and i'm very much interested in buying this book.
thank you. ..............Rodrique

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TheLanguage of Humour:* examines the importance of the social context for humour* explores the issue of gender and humour in areas such as the New Lad culture in comedy and stand-up comedy* includes comic transcripts from TV sketches such as Clive Anderson and Peter Cook

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Kotter's Back: E-mails from a Faded Celebrity to a Bewildered World Review

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(More customer reviews)I have never written a book review online. The nasty comments that the previous reviewer spewed has compelled me to offer my thoughts.
This book is really funny! Not only is it funny,but it is also a dark and subtle commentary on our celebrity culture. Everytime I read it, I find something new. Welcome back Kaplan! I hope his next book is a personal memoir.He is a funny and irreverant guy!

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When fifty-eight-year-old Gabe Kaplan, perhaps best known for his performance in the title role of the popular seventies sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, got an e-mail asking him to participate in a show called Celebrity Boxing, he couldn't resist the urge to have a little fun with the request. After exchanging a series of ludicrous e-mails with the show's talent coordinator in a mock-serious attempt at negotiation, Gabe was inspired to start a prank e-mail campaign. The result is this hilarious collection of correspondence. See how people react to Gabe Kaplan's absurd claims that he:* has slept with more women than Wilt Chamberlain* is an expert at Cossack dancing* thinks he's smart enough to become a member of MENSA* wants his image on a U.S. postage stamp* would like NASA to send him into orbit with Jimmy Carter and Dr. J* and many more!Witty, irreverent, and ridiculously comical, Gabe's e-mails and the responses he receives are sure to entertain anyone with a taste for the surreal.

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Lonely Planet Great Britain (Lonely Planet) Review

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(More customer reviews)I just returned from 3 weeks in the UK and think the reviews over sold this book. It was not at all the travel bible I expected. You know the comments about how weak the maps are? Well....... if it isn't on the map, it isn't in the book. This book is an excellent resource if you are looking for ideas on what to do with your time in Britain but if you know what you want to do and expect it to be in this book you will most likely be disappointed.
If you just want to see the standard tour stuff, you are better off looking up the visitor information center location for each major city you're visiting and heading straight for it when you arrive. You can book your city tours and attractions and get the best deals on city sanctioned accomodations from the visitor centers.
I had a car for half the time and used the rails the other half. This book did not have the detail for either modes of travel. I needed a little more detailed maps, local rail stations and how the underground connected with major hubs in the major cities. I did not even see anything on the Heathrow Express into the London Paddington Station. That is elemental info for getting into London from the airport.
This book is not bad, it just was not right for me and was not what I expected. I knew where I wanted to go and what I wanted to do and there was very little about those things in this book. They really tried to cover too much in a single volumne. They need to break England, Wales and Scotland into individual volumes.
I still recommend this book but don't rely on it to get you where you want to go and copy just the pages you need (including the area maps at the beginning of each section)instead of lugging the whole book all over Britain. I ended up leaving mine in a the hotel because it was just one heavy item too many.

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Lonely Planet Shanghai: City Guide Review

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(More customer reviews)This guide is so close to being excellent but for some unknown reason Lonely Planet has decided that it is not necessary to list the names of sites, restaurants and the streets on maps in Chinese characters. This has been a complaint with all the previous editions, so I was hoping when pre-ordering this for a mid-May trip that they would remedy situation....but no, that would make too much sense. As reviewers of previous editions have pointed out 99% of cab drivers cannot read the "English" spellings of Chinese places. As a result, we found ourselves stuck having to have Chinese friends or hotel concierges go through and translates all the names in the book.....makes you wonder why you bought the guide in the first place. The maps have some Chinese names, but probably only for about 10% of the streets, and often not enough for cab drivers to figure out where to go. It boggles my mind that this guide could have so much good and insightful information yet leave out the basic of most basics. In the end we ended up having all the Chinese names written into the guidebook by hand (so we manually had to do what LP should have offered in the first place). Heck, maybe I should just Ebay our much more useful version of the guide. Aside from this major (and I mean major) fault the guide is very good. My only other complaints is that the text is microscopic (I am guessing 6 or 8pt), which helps make the book light, but also difficult to read. Also, the map keying system is just bizarre in that listings direct you to a map page but not the specific location where that listing is on the map....for that you have to go to a separate index page which then gives you the location on the map.
So in the end, I find it hard to recommend a guide that you will most likely have trouble getting around with unless you speak the language. It is just completely unacceptable for LP to leave this basic information out and why I can only give it 2 stars. Please learn from your mistakes Lonely Planet.


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Lists the newest, best restaurants, clubs, and shops, hand-picked by Shanghai resident, Damian Harper. Chinese script for city maps. Mouth-watering food chapter and easting listings.

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Pauline Frommer's Las Vegas (Pauline Frommer Guides) Review

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(More customer reviews)As an actual Las Vegas native, I don't expect to be surprised by travel books about my hometown. This book, Pauline Frommer's Las Vegas, both taught me a few things I didn't know and made me laugh out loud at the same time. The writing is funny, more than a little irreverant, and to the point. Ms. Frommer had some local help from Kate Silver, who also keeps the snazzy verbiage coming. There is enough in this book to keep anyone, including LV locals, busy for weeks. And it's a hoot!

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Spend less, see more. This is the philosophy behind Pauline Frommer's guides. Written by travel expert Pauline Frommer (who is also the daughter of Arthur Frommer), and her team of hand-picked writers, these guides show how to truly experience a culture, meet locals, and save money along the way.
• Industry secrets on how to find the best hotel rooms
• Details on alternative accommodations, great neighborhood restaurants, and cool, offbeat finds
• Packed with personality and opinions
Winner of Best Guidebook for 2006 from the North American Travel Journalists Association (Pauline Frommer's New York City)

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