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.The Rough Guide to Japan Fourth Edition (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

by: Jan Dodd, Simon Richard

March 31, 2008
I think that this guide is very useful, there're a lot of informations about Japanese culture, what you've to see and how organize your trip.
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.The Rough Guide to Tokyo - 4th Edition

by: Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond

January 21, 2008
This book has very good written content (e.g., clearly written, up-to-date, lively, contains web addresses for further reference), but the neighborhood maps that appear throughout the book are mostly monochrome, and are not very easy to negotiate with the eye. This is a big problem if you're trying to use this book partly to learn the topography of Tokyo. I use this book in conjunction with the well-crafted "Streetwise Tokyo" laminated color map. This would work, but until Rough Guide adds better-designed (and colored) maps, it might be more efficient and cost-effective to look at some of the competing books.
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.The Rough Guide to Japan 2 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

by: Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond, Tada Taku, David Waddell

August 02, 2001
When we were planning our trip to Japan, we purchased The Rough Guide to Japan, The Lonely Planet Guide to Tokyo, and The Time Out Guide to Tokyo. If I had depended on the descriptions in The Lonely Planet Guide to decide what would be fun to do or see, I would never have left home. The same items described in The Rough Guide were much more intriguing. Mostly I chose what to see and do based on The Rough Guide. Other items I picked from descriptions in The Time Out Guide. It's strength was the culture of modern Japan, specifically things relating to anime, manga, cosplay, etc. Rough Guide covers some of these things, but not in such depth.

None of these books, however, mentioned the Godzilla statue in Tokyo. Admittedly, the ... Read More:
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.Mauritius Reunion & Seychelles (Lonely Planet)

by: Jan Dodd, Madeleine Philippe

December 30, 2004
This book is well organized and written. Of the three nations covered, I was most interested in the part of the book on the Seychelles. Unfourtunately, that was the least covered place. I found the other book I ordered: The Bradt Travel Guide to the Seychelles, more to my liking.
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.Introduction to Husserl's Phenomenology

by: Jan Patocka

February 17, 1999
This book is well organized and written. Of the three nations covered, I was most interested in the part of the book on the Seychelles. Unfourtunately, that was the least covered place. I found the other book I ordered: The Bradt Travel Guide to the Seychelles, more to my liking.
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.The Rough Guide to France 9 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

by: Andrew Benson, Ruth Blackmore, Brian Catlos, Jan Dodd, S. E. Kramer

May 16, 2005
I purchased this book to use for an upcoming trip. I purchased the newest edition which it the 9th.

I found that some of the information has not been checked or updated. For example, there is a aquarium called Nausicaa where the book info was about 5 years out of date.

Other complaints:
1) The writers seem to be extreme leftists in their opinions. If you are a gay vegan tree hugger this is the book for you.
2) Not enough info for people travelling by car. I realize that this isn't Rough Guides focus, but I found the coverage in Rough Guide Italy to be much better.
3) Minimal coverage for people travelling with families.

Positives:
1) Good coverage of camping
2) Breakdown ... Read More:
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.The Rough Guide to Dordogne and the Lot 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

by: Jan Dodd, Nana Luckham

May 21, 2007
I purchased this book to use for an upcoming trip. I purchased the newest edition which it the 9th.

I found that some of the information has not been checked or updated. For example, there is a aquarium called Nausicaa where the book info was about 5 years out of date.

Other complaints:
1) The writers seem to be extreme leftists in their opinions. If you are a gay vegan tree hugger this is the book for you.
2) Not enough info for people travelling by car. I realize that this isn't Rough Guides focus, but I found the coverage in Rough Guide Italy to be much better.
3) Minimal coverage for people travelling with families.

Positives:
1) Good coverage of camping
2) Breakdown ... Read More:
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.Lonely Planet Morocco

by: Bradley Mayhew, Jan Dodd

2003-02
Despite all the bad things that people say about LP, they're still one of the best books out there. They're not totally full of glossy pictures, and not just a bland reem of text. The maps are very useful, and highly detailed, and the recommendations for restaurants help you weed through all the tourist traps. That said, I've often followed their suggestions to restuarants or cafes that don't exist anymore. If LP could find a way to update their books every year, I'd be a bigger fan than I am right now. In this book, for instance, they tell you that the Morora is the only train station in Tanier, when the new Tanger Ville station was just recently opened. It could be a confusing moment if a cabby were to refuse to take you to a station that you don't know is nonexistent. ... Read More:
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.The Rough Guide to the Dordogne & the Lot (Including Bordeaux and its Vineyards) [Rough Guide Travel Guides]

by: Jan Dodd

May 17, 2004
Despite all the bad things that people say about LP, they're still one of the best books out there. They're not totally full of glossy pictures, and not just a bland reem of text. The maps are very useful, and highly detailed, and the recommendations for restaurants help you weed through all the tourist traps. That said, I've often followed their suggestions to restuarants or cafes that don't exist anymore. If LP could find a way to update their books every year, I'd be a bigger fan than I am right now. In this book, for instance, they tell you that the Morora is the only train station in Tanier, when the new Tanger Ville station was just recently opened. It could be a confusing moment if a cabby were to refuse to take you to a station that you don't know is nonexistent. ... Read More:
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.The Rough Guide to Vietnam

by: Jan Dodd, Mark Lewis

November 06, 2000
I'm writing this from Ho Chi Minh City where I've been for the last month or so. I have not traveled much outside the city, so my perspective is limited to the parts about Vietnam in general and HCMC specifically.

My primary issue with the book is that it gives little sense of relativity within the different topics. It speaks about $4 burger joints and $25 formal restaurants sequentially on a page and without going to them you would not know they are so vastly different. Everything is given a cursory overview. I'd prefer to know what places have better food, service, ambiance, relative pricing, etc. Prices are only mentioned on the pages regarding hotels. Once you are here, it feels like the writer just walked down a few streets in HCMC, wrote down names ... Read More:
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