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.A Small Place
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by: Jamaica Kincaid

April 28, 2000
Ignore the reviews laden with the white liberal guilt or the white liberal defensiveness. This book is about a struggling country that needs the money from the west to survive, yet at its heart wishes the west would just take its rude tourists and away. As tourists we refuse to see that we've created a new form of economic imperialism around the world, we really just want to get away from the cold and draining life we left at home. It is easier to close our eyes and claim that angry brown people are lazy, stupid or senseless. After all we gave them hotel jobs, cruise ships and casinos, how dare they be angry at us. How dare they refuse to close their eyes to the parralells between slavery and the tourist industry maid job. This is not an essay ... Read More:
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.Frommer's Costa Rica 2008 (Frommer's Complete)
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by: Eliot Greenspan

October 01, 2007
I bought this for a 70 yr old friend who had suddenly taken an enormous interest in Costa Rica, and who was seriously thinking she wanted to go there. So I surprised her with this as a gift. I have to admit that I had an ulterior motive: at her age and level of physical abilities, I believed she would not be able to participate in all the loveliness and would likely find such a trip too much for her to enjoy. But I did not want to deliver that disheartening message.

She read thru the book and thoroughly enjoyed it but realized on her own that other places and trips would be better for her to consider. Sad but true, so the book did it's job. Frommer's can always be counted on to deliver a good product, even if as in this case it ends up turning away a potential ... Read More:
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.Florence and Tuscany (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
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by: DK Publishing

March 20, 2006
We used this guide and found it to be excellent. We had several guides but this was the most complete and easy to use.
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.ZagatSurvey 2009 New York City Restaurants (Zagatsurvey: New York City Restaurants)
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by: Zagat Survey

October 07, 2008
We used this guide and found it to be excellent. We had several guides but this was the most complete and easy to use.
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.New Zealand (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
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by: DK Publishing

August 21, 2006
This is a nice reference guide when walking around town -- there are good pics and maps and it's a pretty light book. However it does not provide many recommendations on where to stay/eat so it's not too helpful in the planning stage except to get you excited about what you are going to see. Probably could've gone without it, but giving it 3-stars for being pretty... :)
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.Frommer's Greece (Frommer's Complete)
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by: Sherry Marker, John S. Bowman, Peter Kerasiotis, Rebecca Tobin

February 11, 2008
If you're going to Greece, buy this book. I booked my hotels and got all my travel info from this book! The book is complete and current!
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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
I am only a little way into this book. I had no idea there was so much to know. But this book is very helpful.
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.Argentina (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
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by: DK Publishing

September 01, 2008
I am only a little way into this book. I had no idea there was so much to know. But this book is very helpful.
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.The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2009 (Unofficial Guides)
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by: Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge Press

September 09, 2008
I am only a little way into this book. I had no idea there was so much to know. But this book is very helpful.
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.Running in the Family
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by: Michael Ondaatje

November 30, 1993
I thoroughly enjoyed this book for its exotic locale and irreverent description of the author's own family. In fact, it made me laugh out loud in places.
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