When one takes the initial steps of such an exotic trip as the middle east, a guide is needed to educate yourself on everything. Even the experienced traveler will find their trips to Europe did little to prepare them for the Middle East. This is why this guide does so much for the independant, and is so invaluable. Lonely planet has a history of helping people travel on a meagre budget, however gives a warm and caring introduction as to why indulging yourself occasionaly in the more expensive treasures can make your vaction. The authors expell the myths of all around violence in the region and firmly warns you where not to go. The religion and customs sections are so informative that I found myself prepared for the basics of Islamic life and ready to learn more. This book inspired me to take the unbeaten path and to still take in the wonderful tourist draws. Ive browsed through the two other major guides on the middle east, they dont compare to the thorough down to earth writing that Lonely Planet produces. Occasionaly, there could be more entries on Long Distance Travel (getting there and away) and there could have been more mention of the smaller budget tours that are offered in the region, however I still contend that this is the best pick for Middle East travel guides for all traveler of all Budgets.

This guidebook by the Lonely Planet was an excellent companion on my recent trip to India. The information was up-to-date and informative, yet never too wordy or boring. The "text-box" inserts were very entertaining while at the same time useful.

This guide is perfect for those traveling on a budget or those who want to take a "first-class" trip across northern India.

The maps in the book are very useful, as is the information about how not to get ripped off as a tourist. Highly recommended to everyone (of Indian origin or not) if you are contemplating a trip to India.

Zeb Stone hold many reasons to hate Marshall Ben Flood in his heart, most of all, that the lawman is a Christian. At the first opportunity, he strikes against Ben by taking the woman Ben cares for, Lee Morgan, hostage. Lee is no ordinary woman. Taking her does not give Stone a victim, but another enemy, one who will prove deadly as she helps Ben track him down once she is free.

***** This novel in the WEST TEXAS SUNRISE SERIES moves faster than the initial one. Characters develop and deepen, but remain consistent to their conception. Particularly timely is this book in that it shows that at times, Christians have to be prepared to resort to ways that are not "peaceful" to uphold what is right.

A young gay man's dream to find the life and love he wants takes him to gay paradise: San Francisco. Back in his small hometown, men were few and far between, but in SF, gay men are everywhere. Instead of finding the ultimate happiness, the young man finds that city life is so complicated. He finds that his large circle of new friends interfere more than they help. He learns that SF isn't really a better place for gay men, though it is a popular place.

This is not a "junior dictionary." This dictionary is a 100% up-to-date state of the art dictionary with a comprehensive listing of any word you might encounter as well as a key for how to use it in a sentence. With that key, students can figure out how to use the word properly in speech and composition. The dictionary itself is a learning tool because the definitions of the 60,000+ words included are limited to a 2000-word vocabulary, giving the student practice while learning new words. Additionally, the dictionary has many illustrations and diagrams which list thematic vocabulary (for example everything that is under the hood of a car or everything that is in a fully-equipped kitchen). The definitions are clear and precise: look at the definition for the word "piece." In that definition you will find a flow-chart with questions like, "Is it solid?" "Is it thin?" and so on, leading the learner to words like "drop, dash, squirt, wisp, chunk, slice, slab, segment, grain, speck...." My reading students, whose first language is English, love this book also, because the defining vocabulary is within their range. It is comprehensive enough that even teachers will find definitions of unfamiliar words (for example, I just learned that "chock" is a block of wood used to wedge under a tire). This book is the best investment a student can make. It is also an investment that every teacher should make in service to his/her students

Wow - I'm amazed that this book hasn't got more attention. First off it looks like a coffee table bookw ith loads of good pix and graphics - there is one of McLaren & Westwood from 1971 which is incredible. I've got all the books and pix relating to the Sex Pistols and this pair but I've never seen that one before.

Anyway there are loads of examples for everyone - the Elvis pix are great as are the Beatles and Mod ones. But once you start reading it really comes into its own.

There are interviews with the guy that made Elvis's clothes way back in teh eraly 50s as well as The Beatles tailor but also up to date people like Wayne Hemingway.

My own criticism is that there isn't enough on American style but I guess since we stole a whole lot from the limeys it could be justified.

Can't recommend it enough.

Pete

This is a fantastic book, Mrabet is a master story teller. His lines are raw and simple, chisled directly into the paper. At times the style reminded me of Hemmingway. His works have been confused with Paul Bowles own before (a credit to Mrabet's own genious), mainly because of the content with its tales of swift, brutal violence,exotic enviroments, and bizarre imagination. Mrabet,though, is far more influenced by traditional Moroccan folk lore. This book is Mrabet's autobiograghy as told to Bowles. Every fan of Paul or Jane Bowles will want to check it out because it involves his job as servant to the couple. We get to see their relationship through his own eyes. Most of the epiosodes in his life involve robbing ,manipulating, and conning rich american tourists. Theirs also a great deal of Moroccan superstitions, magic, poisons, witchcraft, and plenty of other real life adventures into the under-belly of Moroccan culture. A valuble and fancinating take on a world and way of thinking us westerner's will never get the chance to experience.

The day after I read Paul Leet Aird's Loon Laughter, Ecological Fables and Nature Tales, I left my suburban home in Pennsylvania, drove north to the Pocono Mountains, parked my car, laced up my hiking shoes and walked. I got lost. I loved it. The experience could only have been improved if I had been in Aird's Canada woods. Thoreau MacDonald's loving illustrations complimented a charming book. (By the way...as far as we know, we have no relation to each other!)

Elledge's wonderful book will be relished by anyone interested in how Byron became Byron (the famous and infamous Byron, the adored Byron, the poet Byron), by anyone interested in the odd ins-and-outs of English public-school education in the early nineteenth century, or by anyone interested in the London theatre of that time. This book provides a continually witty, revealing, and brilliant reading of the long- and short-term effects of Byron's dramatic recitations at Harrow, where he was in residence from 1801 to 1805. It unearths fascinating material about contemporaneous educational practices, relating these at every point to the young Byron's flowering genius and to his struggles within what might be called, with understatement, an unusual family. And when Elledge turns to William Henry West Betty, the thirteen-year-old theatrical sensation whom Byron more or less risked his life to see, and see again, we get a delicious picture of celebrity mania to rival the later nineteenth-century tumult over Liszt. The book is beautifully written, its sentences gem-cut. Elledge wears his immense learning lightly and manages to combine vast scholarship and keen interpretation without the slightest loss of narrative and dramatic interest. It's pungent, fast-paced, and hard to put down. An award-winning performance.

A credible and fascinating account of Great Britain moving into the 20th century. Miller excels in portraying a critical cusp in British military history. Are the technological paradigm shifts, and calming prosperity of Great Britain in the late 19th Century, so much different than the new world milieu facing the US moving into the 21st? The immediacy of the past is why I love history. Although young at the time of publication, clarity of writing indicates touches of genius; one can easily see a "David" emaniting from this intelligent writer.