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Point It: Traveller's Language Kit
Dieter Graf
Graf Editions, 1999
Compact and useful
Point It was used in China when we dealt with a Chinese speaking acupuncturist. The diagrams of the human body's internal structure were helpful in explaining where "it hurts" far better than our hand signals.
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The Torture Garden (The New Traveller's Companion Series)
Octave Mirbeau
Olympia Press, 2005
A Masterpiece of Black Humor and Philosophy
In little more than a century since its initial publication, this book has become even more horrifically relevent and pointed. Mirbeau's juxtapositions of beauty and horror keep the reader unsettled, but also support a philosophical rumination on the industrialization ...
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Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History
Seton Lloyd
University of California Press, 1999
A Fine Study of Ancient History of Turkey
Seton Lloyd is known to American public by his commentaries on Public Television documentaries about Turkey. He is a well informed scholar, and trustworthy. Therefore I was offended by the Amsterdam, Holland reviewer who, trying to push his own political agenda, tries ...
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Traveller RPG Core Rulebook
Gareth Hanrahan
Mongoose Publishing, 2008
Great Update on a Classic Sci-Fi RPG
This new edition of Traveller is, quite frankly, much better than I expected. It manages to evoke the style and mechanics of the original edition while consolidating information and updating content to feel slightly less dated. The whole game seems designed first and ...
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A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany
Beth Elon
Little Bookroom, 2006
A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany - Food for Thought
A fabulous travel guide, which my wife and I used extensively on our recent visit to Tuscany. The author provides details of wonderful restaurants, spectacular settings and hidden gems in small towns and villages throughout the region!
If you are planning a visit ...
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Travellers' Wildlife Guides Costa Rica (Travellers' Wildlife Guides)
Les Beletsky
Interlink Books, 2004
Best Costa Rica bird guide written
We are going to Costa Rica this SPring and this book has been the most helpful guide in preparing for this trip.
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A Traveller's History of Oxford (The Traveller's History Series)
Richard Tames
Interlink Books, 2002
Especially recommended for on-site vacationers
A Traveller's History Of Oxford by Richard Tames (Lecturer for the London Programs of Syracuse University and the American University) is an superbly researched, accessibly written, deftly informative guide to exploring and appreciating one of Britain's most famous and ...
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Travellers' Wildlife Guides Peru (Travellers' Wildlife Guides)
David L. Pearson, Les Beletsky
Interlink Books, 2004
A gift to our Peru guide
Our Peruvian guide (who had been in the business for about 20 years) saw this book and salivated so much that we gave it to him at the end of our trip. Very complete, very well organized, pictures were wonderful. Great help in identifying species. Another guide said ...
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Doctor Who: The Time Traveller's Almanac (Doctor Who)
Steve Tribe
Random House UK, 2008
Who are the eminent artists of the 16th, 19th, or 21st centuries? What are the mysteries of Carrionite Science? Where do the Daleks come from? Answers to all of these questions and more are found in The Time Traveller's Almanac, the ultimate intergalactic fact-finder. The Almanac draws on resources far and wide, from the beginning of time to ...
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A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
Frances Mayes
Broadway, 2007
Great Book
I just finished this book and loved it, I don't really understand the bad reviews. One I read said she didn't think Mayes's heart was in it. Unbelieveable! It makes me wonder if she really read the book. Mayes' "heart", her heartfelt impressions of the places she ...
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Reliance of the Traveller: The Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law Umdat Al-Salik
Ahmad Ibn Lulu Ibn Al-Naqib, Noah Ha Mim Keller
Amana Corporation, 1997
Great View of Sharia - But Scary!
As an American, bought this to find out what exactly Islamofacists mean when they refer to Sharia Law. I found that Islamic law is quite scary and barbaric - especially when applied to women. Next time I hear a muslim cleric on TV saying that we need Sharia in the ...
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Alaska (Traveller's Wildlife Guides)
Dennis Paulson, Les Beletsky
Interlink, 2006
Alaska
I found the book to be very informative and well organized. The photos were a tremendous aid to the text, which is easy to read and fun. This will be a wonderful addition to my reference library and I will be going back to it again and again.
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Brazil: Amazon And Pantanal (Travellers' Wildlife Guides)
David L. Pearson, Les Beletsky
Interlink, 2005
Brazil-Amazon
This book attempts to cover the whole gamut of wildlife for the Amazon basin and Pananal. It can't do it; no book can. It did make an admirable attempt and as such is a great book for the tourist traveling to the area. On a recent trip north of Manaus, it covered ...
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Irish Travellers, Tinkers No More
Alen MacWeeney
New England College, 2007
A poignant and beautiful testament to a vanished way of life
A very important body of photographs -- both artistic and historic -- framed by a text of the Travelling people's stories and a compact disc of the people in the book performing their music, over forty years ago. A testament to a great photographer's determination that ...
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Traveller: Spinward Marches
Martin J Dougherty
Mongoose Publishing, 2008
The Spinward Marches lie on the edge of Imperial space, and area that borders rival interstellar governments that directly oppose any further expansion. Far from the major centres of power the local rulers have more practical power than the Emperor himself. It is here that bands of daring individuals can take advantage of the hostile factions in ...
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