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.One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (Annivers
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by: Sam Keith, Richard Proenneke

June 01, 2003
One Man's Wilderness; ..... Well written, entertaining , I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys adventure in beautiful Alaskan Wilderness .....
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.The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World
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by: Lonely Planet Publications

September 01, 2005
I bought this book and find it absolutely useless. If you expect to learn something about a country this is not the book for you. It is a big waste of money. A huge heavy book that will gather dust on your coffee table. Very little information about the countries. I found it absolutely uselss and rather typical of the out-of-date information that Lonely Planet turns out today. If you are a traveler and want to learn something about the countries of the world, find another book. Very sorry that I bought it.
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.Istanbul: Memories and the City
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by: Orhan Pamuk

July 11, 2006
Istanbul: Memories and the City


Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul, like Samuel Peyps' London, Proust's Paris, and Borges' Buenos Aires, is a collection of childhood memories informed by adult intellect. Born into a once prominent but lately downwardly- mobile family, Pamuk is preoccupied by the sense of lost glory that infuses Istanbul:
"The city into which I was born was poorer, shabbier, and more isolated than it had ever been before in its two-thousand year history. For me it has always been a city of ruins and of end-of-empire melancholy." It is this melancholy, or
`huzun' that infuses the city and his memories.
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.Rick Steves' Rome 2008 (Rick Steves)
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by: Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw

August 28, 2007
Great book! Just got back from Rome, and got So much use out of it! If you plan on visiting the Vatican and its museums his tips on avoiding the lines really worked! Like sneaking out of the back entrance at the Sistine Chapel into St Peters, the sign said for tour groups only, well no one was going through so we chanced it, and we passed a bunch of security guards and no one stopped us! Also avoiding lines at the colosseum tips worked, we also did some of his tours, they were great, and quite funny! Only thing that was different were some of the prices for tickets such as the Roma Pass, add at least 2-5 euros more than the 2008 book states.
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.Me on the Map (Dragonfly Books)
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by: Joan Sweeney

July 13, 1998
I homeschool and this is a good book for teaching K and 1st grade kids their "place" in the world. It starts with a girl mapping her room and extends all the way to her place on the globe. It is a really fun easy way to introduce geography/maps.
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.Streetwise London Map - Laminated City Street Map of London, England - with integrated London Underground map including tube lines and stations
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by: Michael Brown

July 01, 2008
This handy maps are great. Be sure to review them before you leave to be sure they cover the area you will be in because they are limited to city center and specific highly traveled areas around city center but these compact maps are durable and have all the detail needed. They also include public transit. I would buy these for all my city travels.
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.Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Centennial Edition)
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by: John Steinbeck

February 05, 2002
Travels with Charlie works on many levels. As a result of one of our best writer's decision to go on a road trip with his dog in 1960, he left us with a vivid description of what he saw, as well as a good tale about a man and his dog. It has worn well and is as enjoyable for me now as it was when I read as a teenager.
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.Peru (Country Guide)
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by: Sara Benson, Paul Hellander, Rafael Wlodarski

April 23, 2007
I bought this book for my daughter. She is in Peru, and brought the book with her to use as a guide for everything. I read it first, and it was a great book, it tells you just about everything you need to know, and bring when you travel to Peru. I highly recommend this book,it is one of the best books on Peru!
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.The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World: Completely Revised and Updated
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by: Joni Seager

April 01, 2003
This is one of three atlases I am reviewing today, but instead of reviewing the twelve or so in my library, a couple of which I did long ago, I am creating a list of atlases as substantive visualization of inquality and relative status.

The other two I am reviwwing:
The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History (Routledge Historical Atlases)
The Water Atlas: A Unique Visual Analysis of the World's Most Critical Resource

This specific atlas on women is divided into seven parts:
+ Women in the World
+ Families
+ Brithrights
+ Body Politics
+ Work
+ To Have and Have Not
+ Power
+ World Tables

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.Europe on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet Shoestring Guides)
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by: Sarah Johnstone, Aaron Anderson, Sarah Andrews, Ryan Ver Berkmoes

March 01, 2007
This book is awesome, only if you need some basic tips of each country, if not get the Western and Eastern europe guide, but is really good for the traveller and lots of good tips and advice, so if you're going to differents parts of Europe this is the book to get, enjoy, I'm doing it!
Claudio

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