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.Hollywood Babylon--It's Back

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

June 01, 2008
VERY DISAPPOINTING. NOT IN THE CLASS OF THE ORIGINAL TWO BOOKS BY KENNETH
ANGER. QUALITY OF PHOTOS POOR, WOULD APPEAL TO THE GAY COMMUNITY AS THE FOCUS OF THE STORIES WERE ABOUT MEN'S APPENDAGES. WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT TO ANYBODY AS IT IS ALMOST PORNO.
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.Frommer's Paris 2008 (Frommer's Complete)

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

August 27, 2007
My husband and I just returned from Paris and used this travel guide for our trip. Overall the book was great, the restaurant and hotel sections were extremely helpful and very accurate with the reviews and recommendations. The site seeing section was excellent and she really hit on all the sites that truly are must see. We loved the days that were laid out with a schedule, although we had a lot more time to spend in Paris the schedule was very efficient in being able to see multiple sites that were moderately close to one another. She also recommended an art fair on Sundays that was truly amazing and a great recommendation. The only section we had some trouble with was the shopping section, several of the stores had moved locations or closed since the ... Read More:
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.Frommer's Spain 2008 (Frommer's Complete)

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

October 01, 2007
I love their best lists - the best small towns, the best beaches, the best luxury hotels... It's a really great idea. The worst thing is that they don't even mention Murcia and the Costa Cálida at all! Come on guys, 704 pages and you still manage to miss a whole region out of the guide. They say they update it every year so let's see what the 2008 update brings!
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.Frommer's Italy 2008 (Frommer's Complete)

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

September 04, 2007
I know, I know.. there are so many guidebooks out there, how do you pick the right one? Well, it depends what your need is. If you are looking for travel advice in general, the Rick Steves Rick Steves' Italy 2009 (Rick Steves) or the 'Italy for Dummies' Italy For Dummies (Dummies Travel)as they're both good. If you need information on history and highlights on the cities and sites, I would go with Eyewitness's Italy (Eyewitness Travel Guide). If you need suggestions on hotels or restaurants, the Michelin guides Michelin the Green Guide Italy (Michelin Green Guides) are better and less biased.
Frommers has a melange of all of the above, but I think overall it's a little dispersed.
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.Frommer's Portable Savannah (Frommer's Portable)

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

April 30, 2007
I found this book very useful and helpful with my planning of a trip to Savannah in the near future. I enjoyed getting some "heads up" on various locales (and restrictions) having to do with the John Berendt novel "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"...which is of particular interest to me. Also appreciated the price guides for restaurants, and the hotel reviews, which included if the rooms were smoking, restricted smoking, or non-smoking. Will be packing this little book with me when I do go on my "dream trip" to the coast of Georgia!
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.Frommer's London 2008 (Frommer's Complete)

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

September 04, 2007
I bought this book, along with several others, for a trip I took to London with my husband and 13 year old daughter. We already had a hotel so we didn't use that section, but we found it to be a great reference book for almost anything we needed quick information on. Museums, places to visit, train and subway information, the proper amount to tip, it was all in there. Definitely worth the investment.
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.Frommer's Paris 2009 (Frommer's Complete)

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

September 02, 2008
I bought this book, along with several others, for a trip I took to London with my husband and 13 year old daughter. We already had a hotel so we didn't use that section, but we found it to be a great reference book for almost anything we needed quick information on. Museums, places to visit, train and subway information, the proper amount to tip, it was all in there. Definitely worth the investment.
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.Frommer's Portable Charleston (Frommer's Portable)

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

April 23, 2007
We've used the comparable Fodor's guides before and found them immensely helpful. In comparison, the Frommer's is dry, wordy, and not that helpful. Maps are small and difficult to read, and reviews are lengthy yet not particularly helpful. This book would probably be much better as a pre-visit read to get a sense of Charleston than a pocket guide for your trip.
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.Frommer's Germany 2008 (Frommer's Complete)

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

December 10, 2007
Bought this for a recent trip to Berlin and tore out the pages on Berlin to take with me, since I don't like carrying any extra weight while out touring around. The info was useful, esp as a counterpoint to Rick Steves' pages on Berlin which I also carried. As we were heading to Schloss Charlottenburg, I read Rick Steves' assessment that it wasn't worth going! But there was good helpful info in the Fodor's writeup that helped us enjoy the trip we had already committed to.

I was glad to have this as an additional viewpoint on the various sites and sights.
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.Frommer's The Carolinas & Georgia (Frommer's Complete)

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince

April 16, 2007
I planned to go to NC, SC and bought this guide. You will get an add. map and find a structured book, with lots of details and useful recommendations.
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