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Product Description: World explorers as well as armchair travelers will enjoy the sometimes puzzling, often lost-in-translation, and always hilarious signs found around the globe in the Signspotting 2017 Day-to-Day Calendar.Travel writer, speaker, and funny sign collector Doug Lansky is back with another selection of signs featuring lax linguistics, unintended double entendres, and unintelligible instructions...read more

Miscellaneous:

9781449478377 | Pag edition (Andrews McMeel Pub, September 6, 2016), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: World explorers as well as armchair travelers will enjoy the sometimes puzzling, often lost-in-translation, and always hilarious signs found around the globe in the Signspotting 2017 Day-to-Day Calendar.

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Product Description: Featuring a full-color image of an ironic, suggestive, mislabeled, misspelled, lost in translation, or otherwise amusing sign each day, this calendar takes readers on a pictorial worldwide tour of bizarre and hysterical street signs and advertisements...read more
By Doug Lansky (compiler)

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9781449468613 | Pag edition (Andrews McMeel Pub, June 16, 2015), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Featuring a full-color image of an ironic, suggestive, mislabeled, misspelled, lost in translation, or otherwise amusing sign each day, this calendar takes readers on a pictorial worldwide tour of bizarre and hysterical street signs and advertisements.
9780441386215, titled "Journey to Aprilioth" | Ace Books, June 1, 1987, cover price $2.50 | also contains Journey to Aprilioth

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Product Description: Unintentional humor is often the funniest, and this collection of signs from around the world is a case in point.Whether the result of bad translation, mangled or misspelled English, illustration fail, or just plain miscommunication and misinformation, the signs featured in the Signspotting 2015 Calendar have all inadvertently stumbled into the hilarious...read more
By Doug Lansky (compiler)

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9781449452612 | Pag edition (Andrews McMeel Pub, July 15, 2014), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Unintentional humor is often the funniest, and this collection of signs from around the world is a case in point.

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Product Description: Featuring a full-color image of an ironic, suggestive, mislabeled, misspelled, lost in translation, or otherwise amusing sign each day, this calendar takes readers on a pictorial worldwide tour of bizarre and hysterical street signs and advertisements...read more

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9781449431914 | Pag edition (Andrews McMeel Pub, July 16, 2013), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Featuring a full-color image of an ironic, suggestive, mislabeled, misspelled, lost in translation, or otherwise amusing sign each day, this calendar takes readers on a pictorial worldwide tour of bizarre and hysterical street signs and advertisements.

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Product Description: This is a pre-trip guide for travellers planning their first trip around the world. It covers everything from budgeting, packing and avoiding scams to staying healthy and working abroad. The guide contains area profiles, giving the lowdown on where to go and the best way of getting around...read more

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9781409363828 | 4th edition (Rough Guides, February 4, 2013), cover price $18.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-trip guide for travellers planning their first trip around the world.

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Product Description: The Best of the Worst Ah, those tacky trinkets that find their way into our suitcases and our hearts… The Hugo Chavez action figure from a trip to Venezuela. A bikini-clad plastic flamingo commemorating your favorite vacation to Miami Beach...read more

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9780399537653 | J P Tarcher, October 2, 2012, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: The Best of the Worst Ah, those tacky trinkets that find their way into our suitcases and our hearts… The Hugo Chavez action figure from a trip to Venezuela.

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Product Description: Want to take a tour of the "Elephant Dung Factory and Souvenir Shop"? How about a visit to Bastardo or Moronville, and doing some shopping at Sad Decor or the Mayan Treasures Factory Outlet? Each page of this hilarious calendar presents a color photograph of an ironic, suggestive, bizarre, mislabeled, misspelled, or otherwise amusing sign...read more
By Doug Lansky (compiler)

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9781449416249 | Pag edition (Andrews McMeel Pub, July 15, 2012), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Want to take a tour of the "Elephant Dung Factory and Souvenir Shop"?

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By Doug Lansky (compiler)

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9780399536144 | 1 edition (J P Tarcher, September 6, 2011), cover price $12.00

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Product Description: Read Doug Lansky's posts on the Penguin Blog."In a nutshell, the Titanic Awards are the Darwin Awards for travel- only nobody dies." -Los Angeles Times Everyone who's ever checked (and lost) their luggage or discovered that their hotel misplaced their reservation knows there are few perfect vacations...read more

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9780399535840 | 1 edition (J P Tarcher, May 4, 2010), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Read Doug Lansky's posts on the Penguin Blog.

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Product Description: "The Rough Guide First-Time Europe" tells you everything you need to know before you go to Europe, from visas and vaccinations to budgets and packing. It will help you plan the best possible trip, with advice on when to go and what not to miss, and how to avoid trouble on the road...read more

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9781848365117 | 8 edition (Rough Guides, February 1, 2010), cover price $18.99 | About this edition: "The Rough Guide First-Time Europe" tells you everything you need to know before you go to Europe, from visas and vaccinations to budgets and packing.

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Planning a trip around the world? Let "First-Time Around the World" get you started. Loaded with the very latest travel information, including all you need to know about round-the-world tickets to teaching and working overseas, this pre-departure guide will help get you make the most out of your ultimate journey. The guide begins with a full-colour 'Things Not to Miss' photo section with suggested itineraries, route maps, details on what to bring, when to go, how much it will cost and which vaccinations will keep you healthy. The individual country profiles highlight the best places to visit with country-specific websites and necessary budget information for your first time world trip. There are plenty of useful tips to help save you money, keep you safe and maximise your time on the road. The guide comes complete with concise regional information, with overland maps and details on weather, major attractions and unmissable festivals.
By Henrik Harr (contributor) and Doug Lansky

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9780241204092 | 5th edition (Rough Guides, February 2, 2016), cover price $19.99
9781848365100 | 3 edition (Rough Guides, February 1, 2010), cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Planning a trip around the world?

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9781843536611 | 2 edition (Rough Guides, March 20, 2006), cover price $15.99

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Whatever adventure you’re after--whether it be a trip to the Curry Prevention Services Unit in Oregon or the Ha Ha Cemetery in New Brunswick, Canada--let our new collection of signs from around the globe continue to guide, confuse, and amuse you! A perfect follow up to Lonely Planet’s best-seller Signspotting.
By Doug Lansky (compiler)

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9781741791822 | Lonely Planet, September 1, 2007, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Whatever adventure you’re after--whether it be a trip to the Curry Prevention Services Unit in Oregon or the Ha Ha Cemetery in New Brunswick, Canada--let our new collection of signs from around the globe continue to guide, confuse, and amuse you!

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Product Description: Here is an indispensable guide containing everything the novice traveller to Europe needs to know. It features country profiles, covering where to go, when to go and what to do. Maps and details are included on the major attractions, as well as cultural activities and unforgettable festivals...read more

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9781409363835, titled "The Rough Guide to First-Time Europe" | 9 edition (Rough Guides, February 4, 2013), cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Here is an indispensable guide containing everything the novice traveller to Europe needs to know.
9781843537939 | 7 edition (Rough Guides, March 5, 2007), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: You can get to Europe, even travel around it, without help.

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Totally redesigned to mark their twentieth anniversary, these acclaimed travel guides feature a dramatic full-color section at the front, new design elements to make them easier to use, up-to-date information on restaurants and accommodations, meticulously detailed maps, transportation tips, and discussions on geography, natural wonders, landmarks, itineraries, cultural facts, and other valuable tips for travelers.

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9781843534068 | Rough Guides, January 16, 2006, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Totally redesigned to mark their twentieth anniversary, these acclaimed travel guides feature a dramatic full-color section at the front, new design elements to make them easier to use, up-to-date information on restaurants and accommodations, meticulously detailed maps, transportation tips, and discussions on geography, natural wonders, landmarks, itineraries, cultural facts, and other valuable tips for travelers.

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A compendium of humorous travel writing includes contributions from Bill Bryson, Steve Martin, Dave Barry, Art Buchwald, David Letterman, Paul Theroux, and others, presenting stories about everything from surviving in a nudist camp to learning how to use an ice-sheet outhouse in Antarctica. Original.
By Doug Lansky (editor)

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9781932361278 | Travelers'' Tales Inc, October 10, 2005, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A compendium of humorous travel writing includes contributions from Bill Bryson, Steve Martin, Dave Barry, Art Buchwald, David Letterman, Paul Theroux, and others, presenting stories about everything from surviving in a nudist camp to learning how to use an ice-sheet outhouse in Antarctica.

By Doug Lansky (compiler)

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9781741044898 | Lonely Planet, October 1, 2005, cover price $7.99

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Product Description: If you''re planning a trip to Europe, the Rough Guide to First-Time Europe is an essential pre-departure guide. Packed with invaluable information, this guide makes preparation and planning simple and enjoyable - and saves you money along the way...read more

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9781843534075 | Rough Guides, May 30, 2005, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: If you''re planning a trip to Europe, the Rough Guide to First-Time Europe is an essential pre-departure guide.

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Product Description: Tercer volumen de una nueva colección que traduce un concepto diferente de libros de viajes, en los que se abordan aspectos muy diversos, desde los necesarios consejos prácticos hasta una manera distinta de explorar el mundo como parte del viaje de crecimiento interior...read more

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9788497540445, titled "Cuando ocurrio no me hizo ninguna gracia / When It Happened I Was Not Amused" | Oniro, January 7, 2003, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Tercer volumen de una nueva colección que traduce un concepto diferente de libros de viajes, en los que se abordan aspectos muy diversos, desde los necesarios consejos prácticos hasta una manera distinta de explorar el mundo como parte del viaje de crecimiento interior.

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The author demonstrates his taste for the absurd by embarking on a series of bizarre international adventures--from driving the precarious roads of Naples to cruising at Berlin's erotic Kit Kat Club. Original. (view table of contents)

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9781885211637 | Travelers'' Tales Inc, May 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The author demonstrates his taste for the absurd by embarking on a series of bizarre international adventures--from driving the precarious roads of Naples to cruising at Berlin's erotic Kit Kat Club.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781574534290 | Unabridged edition (Audio Literature, March 1, 2001), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The travel columnist and radio correspondent presents a collection of essays detailing his adventures in Europe and Africa.

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The author offers a collection of sixty tales detailing his various adventures, including his experiences blowgun hunting in the Amazon, dealing with hippos, and journeying on the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Hardcover:

9780881663341 | Meadowbrook Pr, June 1, 1999, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: The author offers a collection of sixty tales detailing his various adventures, including his experiences blowgun hunting in the Amazon, dealing with hippos, and journeying on the Trans-Siberian Railroad

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