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Compact Peters World Atlas (Keyes review) *****
ISBN:ISBN: 0843718323
Author:by Arno Peters & and Terry Herdaker, chief cartographer
Publisher:Hammond, 2002, $19.95 (USD); $29.95 (CAD)
All of us have spent so many years blithely using atlases without considering their promiscuous use of scale that the subtitle of this new atlas by the Hammond Company -- "The Earth in True Proportion" -- is momentarily difficult to grasp.
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Eyewitness Travel Paris (Keyes review) *****
Like most of the books in this series, Eyewitness's Paris guide is so visually brilliant that visiting the city itself is almost an anti-climactic experience.
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Free Travel Guides & Directories *
Our ever-growing list. Please write to us, if you'd like your travel guide to be included.
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Getting To Know You ****
ISBN:0915009307
Author:Jeanne McSweeney & Charlie Leocha
Publisher:World Leisure Corporation, $6.95 (USD); 160 pages 2nd edition (January 1998)
Getting To Know You brings humor and insight to the often-complicated
relationships of the new millennium.
Buy this book from Powell's:
Getting to Know You.
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Jonathan Raban: A stranger in Seattle ****
Acclaimed British author Jonathan Raban still doesn't feel at home after 13 years in the Pacific Northwest, but that's actually helpful to a writer who has always felt like an outsider, he tells ALEXANDRA GILL
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Live Beach Cameras *
Ever wonder what's going on at your local beach -- or a beachfront half-way across the country? I know that we have!
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So You Want to be a Travel Writer *****
"We are compiling a list of past attendees who are now published authors thanks to attending the Maui Writers Conference. Over 100 writers either made connections and found agents who helped them get a book deal after the event...or they secured book deals right at the conference. I know I did," says MWC Publicist Barbara Santos.
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Sybaritic Scotland **** 1/2
For years, if you asked someone what Scotland is most famous for, they would probably say Scotch. And until recently, they were right. But now Scotland is leading the market in another kind of pleasure that makes you feel all warm and tingly inside.
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Time Out London (Keyes review) *****
"The editorial filter has worked the material into a homogenous whole, albeit a lively, occasionally funny whole, written by people you know in your bones are smart, observant and have a sense of context," says reviewer John T.D. Keyes
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Time Out Paris (Keyes review) *****
Writes reviewer John T.D. Keyes: "There is stylish prose and up-to-date material from front cover to back, even though much of the city doesn't change from century to century."
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Adventure travel: Close encounters in the South China Sea *
Says Doug Alexander: "In a land where iguanas are a lucky symbol, I consider the giant lizard blocking my path outside my Malaysian beachfront hut as a promising sign for my dive in the South China Sea."
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Foster Walker review *
What a great find: The good news is that you can shop there, too!
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How to be the American Idol of Writing *
2002 Maui Writers Conference Uncovers A Wealth of Writing Talent
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Krakatoa author: 'I still marvel at things' ****
There are few subjects that aren't of interest to the magpie mind of author Simon Winchester. ALEXANDRA GILL discusses his book on Krakatoa, a first love in Canada and his famous mentor
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Londra Turu dot com *
The LONDRA TURU website contains concise tourist information to assist visitors planning trips to the UK -- and London in particular.
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Stevenson Under the Palm Trees: The strange case of Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Baker ****
"I have become a terrible missionary of late days," Robert Louis Stevenson wrote as he sailed from Australia to his last home, Samoa, in September, 1890. Three missionaries were on the same ship. The novelist declared he was "very much interested in their work, errors and merits; perhaps it's in the blood. . . . I remember I always liked the type."
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The Yankee Chick’s Survival Guide to Texas *****
ISBN:1556228880
Author:Sophia Dembling
Publisher:Republic of Texas Press, $17.95 (USD)
I read Sophie Dembling’s travel columns religiously even before I was a travel-writer. The best tip I ever got about traveling light came from her. She said when traveling, she wears her socks one side out the first day, and then turns them inside out the next day. Tips like this can cut your underwear usage in half. So the first time I met Sophie, I looked discreetly at her socks. Was it day one or day two, I wondered.
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