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.1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die
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by: Patricia Schultz

May 14, 2007
This book is great, but it is missing some key places to visit or see before you die. There are others places that do not validate why I should visit them. This book is a great guide, but do not use it as a "be all" bible type book.
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.SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea
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by: John Lofty Wiseman

March 02, 2004
Excellent survival handbook. It is very well written and has illustrations for everything that is taught, plus it comes the British SAS, a source that has been using these techniques for a long time. It provides extensive information on subjects that are critical and brief overviews of subjects that are unessential. You can use this handbook whether you plan to use it in a single climate type or in multiple climates. I use this book for my deployment in Iraq, I recommend this book.
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.A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
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by: Tony Horwitz

April 29, 2008
Horwitz spends three years traveling to the sites of early explorers and settlers who were in the Americas 100 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock or PR was long considered the birthplace of America, Horwitz shows that other places, especially Florida, can easily claim the title.


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.A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
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by: Bill Bryson

December 26, 2006
I bought this book as a replacement for a lost borrowed book. I had started reading it in Phoenix when I lost it. But the few pages I read there prompted me to buy this book from Amazon when I returned home. (And yes, I did return the new book to the lender.)
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.1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List
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by: Patricia Schultz

May 22, 2003
Amazing book, amazing ideas, places I've never even considered are now on my list of "places to see". A must-own for anyone who loves to travel or plans on traveling some day.
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.The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2008 (Unofficial Guides)
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by: Bob Sehlinger, Len Testa

August 27, 2007
Sadly my wife bought this book because it was new, on sale, and she wanted something to read on Disney for our upcoming trip (we're Annual Passholders) while waiting in line to pick up the children.

I have reviewed the Unofficial Guide to WDW with Children version in the past and gave it one star because IMHO it just plain has too many errors. Well, guess what - they did it again. What is it with the lack of accuracy in these books?

Just a few errors I know are things in the book that are wrong as examples. We recently stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort within WDW. Nice Moderate resort. Interesting feature is that all rooms come with a refrigerator as part of the room rate - its NOT an extra at CBR. Oh, but according to this book it ... Read More:
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.Rick Steves' Italy 2008 (Rick Steves)
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by: Rick Steves

September 28, 2007
Rick Steves did a great job on his ITALY 2008 book. I was going to the Cinque Terre and he has a great breakdown for that area in the book. Also, he made good calls on nearby Pisa and Lucca. Steves said that one need not spend A LOT of time in these cities and he is right. A few hours to see the main sights in Pisa (3 including the leaning tower) are fine and a good 2-hour walk-a-round in Lucca is enough too. Special Note on Lucca: Puccini was born in Lucca and they perform recitals of his works in one of the churches there. This would be worth an overnight to catch a recital if you want to soak in more culture than you can from just street scenes. Suggestion: travel to Pisa early in the day, visit the Field of Miracles, then end up in Lucca in the PM (short train ride ... Read More:
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.Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad
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by: Firoozeh Dumas

April 29, 2008
I loved this book as much as I loved Funny in Farsi, a book our whole book club enjoyed immensely. If I had to pick one person to sit next to on a plane it would be Firoozeh Dumas. She's witty, warm, honest, and very real.
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.Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips
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by: National Geographic

October 16, 2007
The photography is stunning and the text is is clear.
The book gives good ideas for a tailormade type of vacation.
My niece uses it for school projects as she has no internet access.
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.Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book and Dictionary
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by: Rick Steves

2003-05
Rick Stevens has written a book with all kinds of useful phrases and lots you may never need but will laugh at while reading.
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