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.Lonely Planet South East Asia on a Shoestring
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by: China Williams

March 15, 2006
This is indeed the classic SE Asia book and it keeps getting better. But I agree with the previous reviewer that Indonesia is virtually a different continent adding too much extra weight. However there is a 'mainland SE Asia' book which is very light and easy to carry: Trailblazer's Southeast Asia by Mark Elliott. It's a bit strange at first glance but is packed with maps and when you get used to all the icons (and discover just how easy it is to travel in SE Asia anyway) it may prove all you need. Best of all it's very portable. There are helpful reviews on Amazon.co.uk including mine! Worth thinking about if you want something different.
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.King of Russia: A Year in the Russian Super League
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by: Dave King, Eric Duhatschek

October 02, 2007
Ex-Canadian Olympic team coach Dave King seems the perfect guy to be the first Canadian coach in Russia's Super League (now known as the Continental Hockey League) and we're so lucky he kept this running diary/journal of his time there. Eric "Du-hat-trick" adds his usual editing and tight writing style as the ghost writer on this and it shows as this is a real page turner.

The best thing you learn about the hockey part is how Russians train and how dedicated most of them are to drills and training (both on- and off-ice). If anyone ever has any doubts about their heart (hello, Don Cherry), they need to read this book. The added bonus was King was coaching Evgeni Malkin this particular year before he moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Read More:
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.Frommer's China
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by: Simon Foster, Jen Lin-Liu, Sharon Owyang, Sherisse Pham, Beth Reiber, Lee Wing-sze, Christoper Winnan

March 14, 2008
My copy of this title has the Chinese in large, useful characters right next to the maps. Only if there's no map for a small town is the Chinese listed in the back, with the information for each town handily grouped together in alphabetical order.

And like every other guide book, the map for a town is in the middle of the text talking about that town. So what's hard to find? The hotels and places to see are right next to the map in most cases. And since the towns only have one map, what's to guess about which maps things are on?

I don't know about the Beijing and Shanghai guides, but of course there will be a lot of repeated information. The sights don't change, after all. The best place to eat is the same. Bus 47 still runs ... Read More:
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.Eyewitness Travel Guides Malaysia And Singapore
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by: Dorling Kindersley

December 25, 2007
My copy of this title has the Chinese in large, useful characters right next to the maps. Only if there's no map for a small town is the Chinese listed in the back, with the information for each town handily grouped together in alphabetical order.

And like every other guide book, the map for a town is in the middle of the text talking about that town. So what's hard to find? The hotels and places to see are right next to the map in most cases. And since the towns only have one map, what's to guess about which maps things are on?

I don't know about the Beijing and Shanghai guides, but of course there will be a lot of repeated information. The sights don't change, after all. The best place to eat is the same. Bus 47 still runs ... Read More:
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.Frommer's India
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by: Pippa deBruyn, Keith Bain, Niloufer Venkatraman, Shonar Joshi

February 15, 2008
My copy of this title has the Chinese in large, useful characters right next to the maps. Only if there's no map for a small town is the Chinese listed in the back, with the information for each town handily grouped together in alphabetical order.

And like every other guide book, the map for a town is in the middle of the text talking about that town. So what's hard to find? The hotels and places to see are right next to the map in most cases. And since the towns only have one map, what's to guess about which maps things are on?

I don't know about the Beijing and Shanghai guides, but of course there will be a lot of repeated information. The sights don't change, after all. The best place to eat is the same. Bus 47 still runs ... Read More:
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.Lonely Planet Taiwan
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by: Robert Kelly, Joshua Samuel Brown

October 24, 2007
My copy of this title has the Chinese in large, useful characters right next to the maps. Only if there's no map for a small town is the Chinese listed in the back, with the information for each town handily grouped together in alphabetical order.

And like every other guide book, the map for a town is in the middle of the text talking about that town. So what's hard to find? The hotels and places to see are right next to the map in most cases. And since the towns only have one map, what's to guess about which maps things are on?

I don't know about the Beijing and Shanghai guides, but of course there will be a lot of repeated information. The sights don't change, after all. The best place to eat is the same. Bus 47 still runs ... Read More:
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.Lonely Planet Jordan
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by: Bradley Mayhew

April 15, 2006
My copy of this title has the Chinese in large, useful characters right next to the maps. Only if there's no map for a small town is the Chinese listed in the back, with the information for each town handily grouped together in alphabetical order.

And like every other guide book, the map for a town is in the middle of the text talking about that town. So what's hard to find? The hotels and places to see are right next to the map in most cases. And since the towns only have one map, what's to guess about which maps things are on?

I don't know about the Beijing and Shanghai guides, but of course there will be a lot of repeated information. The sights don't change, after all. The best place to eat is the same. Bus 47 still runs ... Read More:
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.Eyewitness Travel Guides Turkey
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by: Suzanne Swan

January 22, 2008
Bought this book in advance of our trip to Turkey and found it an excellent reference book to use while vacationing. It's great as a tour guide, with detailed explantions and dieagrams on some of the major sites in Turkey but rather weak in the hotel and where to eat sections. You're better off with Frommers or Fodor's for that.

Hint: Don't buy the companion Eyewitness Guide for Istanbul. About 90% of that guide is found in this book.

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.Lonely Planet Hong Kong and Macau City Guide
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by: Andrew Stone, Chung Wah Chow, Reggie Ho

January 15, 2008
Bought this book in advance of our trip to Turkey and found it an excellent reference book to use while vacationing. It's great as a tour guide, with detailed explantions and dieagrams on some of the major sites in Turkey but rather weak in the hotel and where to eat sections. You're better off with Frommers or Fodor's for that.

Hint: Don't buy the companion Eyewitness Guide for Istanbul. About 90% of that guide is found in this book.

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.Lonely Planet Oman, UAE & Arabian Peninsula
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by: Jenny Walker, Stuart Butler, Lara Dunston

September 15, 2007
Bought this book in advance of our trip to Turkey and found it an excellent reference book to use while vacationing. It's great as a tour guide, with detailed explantions and dieagrams on some of the major sites in Turkey but rather weak in the hotel and where to eat sections. You're better off with Frommers or Fodor's for that.

Hint: Don't buy the companion Eyewitness Guide for Istanbul. About 90% of that guide is found in this book.

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