Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008: The Travel Skills Handbook (Rick Steves)12 reviews Rick Steves Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007 Read before you go + Europe through the back door. + The best guide + Excellent + GREAT BUY, worth the $$$             Disappearing World: 101 of the Earth's Most Extraordinary and Endangered Places2 reviews Alonzo C. Addison Collins, 2008 Great coffee table book - with substance + The World We Have Inherited I found this to be a really interesting book about an important, and I think, little known subject. I had heard a bit about world heritage sites but I wasn't really sure what they were. The book is very well-organized and easy to read. For each of the 100 sites presented, there is a small map to ...             Olympic Tourism Mike Weed Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007 Olympic Tourism is the first text to focus on the nature of Olympic tourism and the potential for the Olympic Games to generate tourism in the run up to and long after the hosting of a Games. The awarding of the 2012 Olympics to London will see an increasing interest in the phenomena of organising, managing and analysing the issues which surround mega-event sport tourism. This text will address ...             1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die59 reviews Patricia Schultz Workman Publishing Company, 2007 Unbelieveable! + 1000 places + Very interesting + Wonderful Travel Ideas + Good reference book.             Life: Heaven on Earth: 100 Places to See in Your Lifetime (Life)6 reviews Editors of Life Magazine Life, 2006 Great Travel Ideas, Beautiful Photos + Beautiful pictures + Beautiful I bought this book to get travel ideas. I was not disappointed. It included several terrific places that I've already gone to such as Paris and Cartagena, Colombia, several places I've already planned to go to such as Guilin, China and Kauai and dozens of beautiful places I had never known about ...             A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad2 reviews Lonely Planet Publications, 2002 Dreams of Escape + Embracing the overseas living experience A collection of essays and stories about living in foreign countries. Books about this usually contain certain predictable themes. The writer is usually English or American, doesn't have a regular job, and the natives among whom he lives are lovable eccentrics with fractured English. It's commonly ...             Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips25 reviews National Geographic National Geographic, 2007 Great Birthday/Christmas Present + Well worth the price! + Journeys of a lifetime-500 greateast trips + For those who love to travel             Monumental Sites: Treasury of World Culture (World Heritage) Valerio Terraroli Skira, 2004 This second of the three-volume UNESCO World Heritage series examines "monument structures" sites that can be seen as an essence of their cultures. The UNESCO World Heritage program selected 47 monuments based on historical importance and stylistic variations employed for the exercise of political power, social prestige, luxury, religious worship, and collective memory. The panorama includes ...             National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 3d Ed. (National Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways ...10 reviews National Geographic National Geographic, 2007 Great book + good for a relax traveler + The Road Somewhat Travelled + Worthy book + Nationnal Geographic Guide to Scenic Highways & Byways             Make the Most of Your Time on Earth (Rough Guide Reference)4 reviews Rough Guides Rough Guides, 2007 Fantastic Tome Ripe with Ideas + Much better than 1000 Places to Go Before You Die + Dream on! + Great reminder...             Traveler's Atlas2 reviews DK Publishing DK ADULT, 2005 Excellent Overview This book is an excellent general atlas with beautiful maps and helpful descriptions of interesting areas for each country. It is mainly an atlas first and therefore can not go into full descriptions of every area of interest or else it would be much too large and expensive. If you need a more ...             My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere7 reviews Susan Orlean Random House, 2004 Great Essays! + Don't judge a stiletto by its cover + A good collection of vintage Orlean + Great except for the Midland TX hit piece             Where To Go When (Eyewitness Travel Guides)21 reviews DK Publishing DK Travel, 2007 Travel in Any Economy + Travel from the viewpoint of the time of year + Have tips for trips to come + Beautiful Book             The New Traveler's Atlas: A global guide to the places you must see in your lifetime1 review John Man, Chris Schuler, ... Barron's Educational Series, 2007 Credible or not? The image of one of the grandest views in Yosemite, a double page (pp.12&13) spread of Tenaya Canyon seen from Olmstead Point, is printed BACKWARDS!! Where were the editors and proofreaders when this travesty rolled off the press?? Why did the author not recognize this?? (I'm closing the ...             Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune: The Contrarian Traveler's Guide to Getting More for Less8 reviews Tim Leffel Travelers' Tales, 2006 An Excellent Intro for People Who Don't Know Where to Start + Terrific value + Well Worth the (Low) Cost + Travel doesn't have to cost the earth + Helpful to some             1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die1 review Barrons Educational Series, 2008 Major oversights hamper enjoyment I love this series and normally give it a very wide berth and tend not to take it too seriously but rather regard it as a fun tool that provides a good starting off point. However, and with respect to the U.S. alone, the oversights are so glaring that I felt a need to add my two cents. When we're ...             Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them (Vintage Departures ...2 reviews Kimberly Lisagor, Heather Hansen Vintage, 2008 A Pragmatic Call for Responsible Tourism + Places to See Before They Die Disappearing Destinations is a timely book about the impact of our actions on the places that we love. Through profiles of 37 iconic travel destinations--like the Florida Everglades, the island of Oahu, Yellowstone National Park, the Amazon Basin, Machu Picchu, the Canary Islands, the Congo Basin, ...             National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States, 5th Ed. (National Geographic Guide to ...26 reviews National Geographic Society National Geographic, 2006 Great! + Great Guide! + a good book for travelers + National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States, 5th Ed. (National Geographic Guide to the National Parks o + excellent value for money             1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List308 reviews Patricia Schultz Workman Publishing Company, 2003 Lots of Fun! + A Marvelous Resource The spirit of this book is well exemplified by a quotation from Mark Twain (Page xv): "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the tide winds in your sails. Explore. ...             The 10 Best of Everything, Second Edition: An Ultimate Guide for Travelers (National Geographic the Ten Best ...3 reviews Nathaniel Lande, Andrew Lande National Geographic, 2008 the best gift + Great for travel dreamers I did not see the 2006 copy, so the information was new to me. It was the perfect gift for a couple friends that have a taste for travel and the best. I was impressed that they listed my favorite beer(Westvleteren)as number one.