Product Description: This guide combines bright, modern design, witty and informative writing with practical fold-back-flat spiral binding. A collection of highly readable features set the scene in the introductory Magazine section and the "Finding Your Feet" section gives that vital info to get you started...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Explore Amsterdam's superb concentration of art at great museums. Enjoy guided walks through romantic neighborhoods. Travel back to experience the history of a young girl at Anne Frank Huis. Discover places to stay, treasures to buy and even where to find the best soused herring...read more

Product Description: Explore Amsterdam's superb concentration of art at it's great museums, follow guided walks through romantic neighborhoods, or step into a young girl's history at Anne Frank Huis. Recommendations for places to stay, what to buy and even where to experience the best soused Herring make AAA Spiral Amsterdam a handy travel companion...read more

Product Description: This is a guide to Australia and its neighbour New Zealand. The book describes ways of travelling around this area as economically and safely as possible. It also provides insight for visitors into a range of topics including Aboriginal and Maori culture, the history of the region, beaches and reefs, pubs and restaurants, what to see and where to go, as well as information on finding work and tips on understanding Australian English...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Traces the authors' trek along the G10, the French Ramblers' Federation's preferred route through the Pyrenees, a trail that can be both treacherous and exhilarating.

This new series of country guides is designed for travellers and students who want to understand the wider picture and build up an overall knowledge of a country. Each In Focus guide is a lively and thought-provoking introduction to the country's people, politics and culture.The In Focus guides will brief you on: The history: Conquest, life as a colony, quest for independence and the building of a modern nation. How history can help explain today's society and politics.The people: Who lives where, how they live. The different worlds of the poor and the rich; blacks, Indians and whites; Arabs and Jews; indigenous, disenfranchised and dispossessed peoples; human rights.The culture: What to read, what to see, what to hear. Who's who in literature, music, dance, theater and cinema. Roots and rites of different religions. Folk traditions and indigenous cultural celebrations.The politics: Who runs the country, who wants to run the country. Power and conflict between political parties, the military, guerillas and grassroots organizations. Historical ties to the U.S.The economy: What the country produces and exports, how the economy has developed, the impact of foreign debt and free market reforms, who gains and who loses, presence and role of U.S. corporations.Where to go, what to see: Must-see landmarks, lists of monuments and historical sites as well as the author's expert tips on what to see and do to get the most out of a short trip to the country.Plus...-- Facts and figures-- Chronology-- Practical advice-- Nontourist travel-- Further reading-- Useful addresses-- Color and b&w photos-- Maps

Product Description: This is a guide for travellers visiting Cuba, giving information on beaches, bars, music, money, restaurants and railways. The book also includes details of the cheapest and best ways to reach Cuba, avoiding crooks and con-men, booking the best-value hotels, renting bicycles and finding free health-care...read more

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Product Description: For advice you cantrust, look no further than Marco Polo.Amsterdam Marco Polo Spiral Guide is a compact travel guide for people who havelittle time to prepare for a trip, don't want to miss anything, like to beinspired by great ideas for exciting days out and love all thingsultra-practical and easy to use...read more

Product Description: Part guide, part travelogue, this book tells the story of an eventful journey along Mexico and Central America's Main Street. Author Simon Calder takes the reader along one of the world's great highways, the Carretera Panamericana, from the US-Mexico border along the spine of Central America to the jungles of the Darien Gap in Panama...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The pace of change has been so fast in Russia and the new Republics in recent years that even seasoned travellers to the East will welcome this up-to-date guide to travel in the area. This edition offers a complete guide on where to eat and stay, how to travel, what to see and do, and how to avoid trouble...read more

Product Description: This is a guide for travellers visiting Cuba, giving information on beaches, bars, music, money, restaurants and railways. The book also includes details of the cheapest and best ways to reach Cuba, avoiding crooks and con-men, booking the best-value hotels, renting bicycles and finding free health-care...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This guide is designed for all those planning to visit the rapidly changing countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria or Albania. Packed with advice on what to see and do, how to get around, coping with red tape, where to stay, eating and drinking, the book should prove useful to the independent traveller, package tourist or business traveller...read more

Product Description: This guide is designed for travellers to the United States and Canada. It offers advice on how to negotiate officialdom; how to cope with everything from muggers to mosquitos; and generally how to make the most of your time and dollars on the world's richest and most diverse continent...read more