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.The Rough Guide to Scotland (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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by: Rob Humphreys, Donald Reid

May 01, 2008
I used this for my recent trip to Scotland. I only visited Highlands so I can comment only about the part of book that covers Highlands.
The book doesn't really cover anything in much details and doesn't provide any useful information that you can't find on any free websites on internet.

I was hoping this guide will cover much of the interesting things that can be done in Scotland but it only covered the things that you can check with anyone who has briefly visited Highlands.
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.England in Particular: A Celebration of the Commonplace, the Local, the Vernacular and the Distinctive
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by: Sue Clifford, Angela King

May 22, 2006
An engrossing trawl through the detailed, local and vernacular. If you have an interest in the fine detail of the English landscape you'll certainly find a wealth of things here to interest you, be it thatching techniques, new year ceremonies, pub names, breeds of apple or varieties of brick. Anyone who shares a house with you should be prepared to be buttonholed with a series of fascinating facts and if you have a feeling for maps you'll probably feel the need to annotate an atlas of England with things to go and look at. It would be the perfect companion for a journey across England on foot or by bike, at the sort of pace where you can see the stone, soil type and architecture changing gradually - at least, if it weren't so large, which ... Read More:
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.Brit-think, Ameri-think: A Transatlantic Survival Guide
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by: Jane Walmsley

June 26, 2003
I've been interested in Britain for a very long time. I've read lots of books on the culture, but this is the best one by far.

Every Brit who has an American friend or vice versa, should read this book to help you understand why the other seems like an alien at times.


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.North York Moors: Eastern Area (Explorer Maps): Eastern Area (Explorer Maps): Eastern Area (Explorer Maps)
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by: Ordnance Survey

January 17, 2006
I've been interested in Britain for a very long time. I've read lots of books on the culture, but this is the best one by far.

Every Brit who has an American friend or vice versa, should read this book to help you understand why the other seems like an alien at times.


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.Pocket Map Edinburgh (AA Street by Street)
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by: Automobile Association (Great Britain)

December 31, 2007
I've been interested in Britain for a very long time. I've read lots of books on the culture, but this is the best one by far.

Every Brit who has an American friend or vice versa, should read this book to help you understand why the other seems like an alien at times.


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.Riding the Retreat: Mons to the Marne 1914 Revisited
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by: Richard Holmes

March 01, 2007
Although this is one of Richard Holmes' earliest works and now re-released, 'Riding the Retreat' remains a unique amalgam of travel book and military history of the most enjoyable, if somewhat quirky, type. As a detailed view of the opening moves of August and September 1914, I can only praise this book. Both strategy and more detailed anecdotes are supported by snippets of archival material that may already be familiar to those who are devotees of Richard Holmes' other books. The nature of the BEF, its social structure and the individual battles are brought to life as Holmes and his companions explore the battlefields in a way as never before. But what is different is the often humourous stories of this, Professor Holmes' equestrian adventure with colleagues, ... Read More:
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.Connemara: Listening to the Wind (Connemara Trilogy 1)
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by: Tim Robinson

June 19, 2007
This is an evocative, highly eclectic book about the Irish wilderness of Connemara. How best to describe it? It's part natural history, part oral history, part topographical survey of the part of Connemara near Roundstone (this forms only part of a trilogy, we are told early on). However its breadth is also its great weakness. The lack of conventional structure and meandering around several issues without conclusion might be seen as charming, but I found it profoundly irritating.

The best parts are when Tim Robinson recounts local stories, preserving in print the lore of the old, which, in a generation would otherwise be forgotten. The author has a keen ear and writes well; often it seems as if you are I a dirty homestead or before a peat fire in some ... Read More:
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.Ireland (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
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by: Lisa Gerard-Sharp, Tim Perry

February 01, 2008
On the plus side, the Eyewitness guide is easy to read and gives you a more accurate idea of what to expect at the various attractions across Ireland, and has a decent section on Northern Ireland, which is often noticeably lacking in many other guides. However, it is VERY limited in terms of its listings of lodgings, restaurants and pubs. I bought the guide while living in my husband's native Northern Ireland on the recommendation of a friend, but found I had to continually refer to other guide books to find hotels, B&B and restaurants that normal people (those of us with incomes under $100,000/year) can afford. Also, the listing of hotels, etc., at the back of the book is rather frustrating, as you have to flip back and forth many times to determine if there's ... Read More:
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.Liverpool (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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by: J Sharples

May 04, 2004
Gives a good write up on Liverpools buildings and also recommends a number of walks for you to attempt to see the buildings.
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.Britain's Camping, Caravan and Holiday Parks 2008: Quality-assessed Sites (Enjoy England)
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by: VisitBritain

January 03, 2008
Gives a good write up on Liverpools buildings and also recommends a number of walks for you to attempt to see the buildings.
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