Product Description: Insight Guide Florida includes a section detailing Florida's history, 8 features covering the state's life and culture, a visitor's guide to the sights, including Miami's South Beach and Walt Disney World and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers...read more

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Product Description: A guidebook for tourists heading for the western Indian Ocean. Color-coded sections and many color photos and maps provide background information on the people, history, and cultures of the islands and also practical advice on places of interest and getting around...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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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)

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

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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 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

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Offers practical advice on obtaining a summer job in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland, and lists names and addresses of employers in various industries