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.The Good Pub Guide 2009
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by: Alisdair Aird, Fiona Stapley

October 02, 2008

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.Paris (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
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by: Alan Tillier

February 01, 2008
If time is tight, or you just like to arrive at a holiday destination very well prepared, a guidebook is a valuable and important investment. So choosing the right one is crucial.

Whilst I suspect that "Time Out" and "Lonely Planet" books probably sell in greater volume, having looked through them both I'm extremely glad I opted instead to use this Eyewitness Travel Guide for my recent trip to Paris. It helped me make the most of my trip.

As with most guidebooks this breaks down Paris into a series of districts - but then very clearly labels the key attractions, how to find them and even proposes short walks that will enable you to get the most out of your time in that area.

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.Nicholson Guide to the Waterways: Four Counties & the Welsh Canals No. 4 (Waterways Guide)
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from: OS-Nicholson

March 06, 2006
These guides are a must for any canal enthusiast, you don't even have to be on a boat. Clear giudes of what is around the canal and very informative on the routes you take. I have some of the old Nicholson's guides, but this updated guide has even more information and lots of coloured photographs. Why buy at Amazon? savings of well over half on RRP are why. Got my guide from Morebooks Direct via Amazon for only £5.94 amazing.
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.British Bed and Breakfast (Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay)
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by: Alastair Sawday

September 27, 2007
I often turn to the Alastair Sawday website for help when looking for a place to stay. But there is nothing better than the guide. The maps give you a clear idea where the B&B's are, and you can then flip through the relevant entries to find one that suits you. And you can be sure that any one of them will be something out of the ordinary and worth the visit. I don't use anything else.
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.Travelling Heroes: Greeks and Their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer
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by: Robin Lane Fox

September 04, 2008
I often turn to the Alastair Sawday website for help when looking for a place to stay. But there is nothing better than the guide. The maps give you a clear idea where the B&B's are, and you can then flip through the relevant entries to find one that suits you. And you can be sure that any one of them will be something out of the ordinary and worth the visit. I don't use anything else.
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.Sicily (Lonely Planet Country and Regional Guides)
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by: Vesna Maric

May 01, 2008
The book is very helpful and full of useful travel titbits when travelling round Sicily, pointing out interesting features of each of the main regions and recommended places to visit. The walking tour in Palermo was excellent, and the beaches highlighted were exceptional. The restaurant recommendations were fantastic, though the great hotel we stayed in was not mentioned in the guide, despite there only being a few hotels in the town itself.

You will need, however, to supplement the book with a language guide if you do not speak Italian, as it contains only the most basic phrases, and it would be helpful to expand on these when required. Furthermore, a more detailed map or sat-nav should be used to travel around, rather than relying ... Read More:
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.Uneasy Rider: Travels Through a Mid-life Crisis
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by: Mike Carter

February 07, 2008
A cracking read,funny and at times sad.Nice to go on a different journey from the others and visit new places.I've no intention of riding through Africa or South America but I could follow in Mike's tyre tracks (although I will avoid Romania lol ).
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.Rough Guide Map Crete (Rough Guide Map)
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from: Rough Guides Ltd

March 25, 2004
We bought this map for a holiday on Crete in early 2008 and we used a hire car to get around the island. We are usually good at using maps to find our way but with this one we wasted a lot of time on wrong turnings.

The statement in the synopsis that "every road is included" is far from true. It is just not anything like that detailed. To add to the difficulty, there are a lot of major road developments underway on Crete and the map has become badly out-of-date. A good map is needed because of the lack of signposting especially in towns and villages. The coastal resorts have also seen numerous route changes and little seems to correspond to what is on the map. Sometimes a large hotel would be found where the map indicated a road going through. ... Read More:
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.Greece (Lonely Planet Country Guide)
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by: Paul Hellander, et al

March 01, 2008
I have visited quite a few Greek islands and found this book extremely useful. I recently went to the Cyclades and the detail was excellent, however if you're going to Syros/Myknonos area I'd also pack Nobble Hospital of the Aegean by Paul Judges which offers some fascinating insights.
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.A Year in Provence
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by: Peter Mayle

June 01, 2000
I've avoided this book until now because I remember the fuss about it at the time and experience has taught me that bestsellers are to be approached with caution, if not actually burnt. But my prejudice was entirely wrong - it's wonderful. Truly funny (I laughed aloud more than once) and written beautifully. The style Mayle uses - you'll recognise that amiable observer thing at once - is an oldy but a goody and he's much more elegant than Bill Bryson.

What's also interesting is the fact it's twenty years old now, which makes me wonder how much Provence has changed and whether the book is as much a slice of late eighties life, a historical piece, as the people in the book themselves.

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