I'm glad this book is not sold anymore! When my mother-in-law (a NZer) read it and then came with us to visit Kiev, Lviv, Moscow and some small and mid-sized cities and towns, she said she read your book, but LUCKILY didn't find it to be true!!!

I think the author of the book needs to visit Ukraine and Russia soonish and re-write the book, or get some treatment for..., racism, cold war and a shield from what the media brings to your TV screens (everyone knows that only bad news and breakthroughs make news), so please use your brains!

I read the book after my mother-in-law's remarks and was sick in my stomach, for quite a while.

I lived in Russia for a year and traveled extensively in European Russia and Siberia and this book never failed me. Although prices fluctuated, everything else was absolutely accurate and very thoroughly researched. The writers went to enormous lengths to write what is hands-down the best travel guide to Russia. The new edition is due out this April. Mine is already on order.

I found this book fascinating. It was great the way the writer bought into consideration the fact that no-one wants to travel to the places in question. When reading this book be sure to enquire at your local travel agent for any misconseptions. great book. 5 star

I travelled through Russia from Magadan to Minsk one month in July/August 2000 and had the lp Russia, Ukraine & Belarus as a travel book. After having used several lp guide books I must say, that this one is a very bad one. The information is old, some at least 5 years, there are wrong or missing adresses of hotels and museums, wrong and inconsistent information about prices, locations and shedules and even some errors in the maps. Especially the prices for travel and accomodation given in the book are about twice the actual price. A lot of cheap hotels are missing but the book is just full of 5-star super-expensive hotels. The part about Siberia and the Russian Far East is much too short. But the worst thing about that book is - in my eyes - the sometimes really unrespectful and unfriendly (to the Russian people) language chosen especially in the captions and comments. I never read that before in a lp-book. One star for the good maps of Moscow and Petersburg and one because it is pretty much the only book covering whole Russia.

It is undoubtedly hard to write a good guidebook on countries like Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, where the situation has been changing daily for the last 12 years, in almost every aspect of life. Hotels, restaurants and other outlets change. Styles of life change, as do security and the uninspiring state bureaucracy. Yet, Lonely Planet has successfully overcome this challenge, and produced an excellent guidebook, perhaps only slight below its usual excellent standard. Information on Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, etc, is thorough and wise, and is a must for any traveler. The guidebook is perhaps weaker on other, more remote, regions of these three countries, as one would expect. The facts about the country (history, culture, etc) are of great interest and excellently written. This is definitely a book not to be left out of your baggage before you take off.

This review is a follow-up to my May 13, 2000 review and only addresses the Ukraine portion of this guidebook. My wife and I did spend our entire summer in Ukraine and used this guidebook as our travel bible. We found the information up-to-date and accurate. We also generally agreed with the advise which I think is remarkable since, with three months there, my wife took me to see just about everything the book suggested doing in Kiev and many things it merely discussed but did not recommend. Additionally we also traveled throughout western Ukraine for two weeks. In fact, we went on a group tour of western Ukraine and our guidebook turned out to be a big hit. Everyone on the bus wanted to read it. A fellow traveler who had brought Let's Go Eastern Europe 2000 with him agreed that Lonely Planet was much better. Until something newer comes out, with respect to Ukraine guidebooks I think Lonely Planet can't be beat.

A fair book. It is about the life and times of John Wesley Hardin. Please read it with a grain of salt. Mr. Hardin was not the hero he appears to be in the book. Some is fact but lot is fiction. He kills his first man at age 15, I think, then is really on the run from then on. He is quick with a gun and very good with a shotgun. He finally gets married and has two children. As usual, he is caught and pays the price, as set out by a judge and jury. Lots of shooting, lots of western clans involved. I am sure true to life at that time. Just don't believe he was as good as book leds one to believe.

Overall, I enjoyed Braun's Noble Outlaw. It was very well-written, and Braun managed to transform a thug with a nasty temper into a sympathetic and misunderstood Texas hero. Though I'm not so sure the men Wes Hardin killed would appreciate the author's skill, I enjoyed the book and intend to read more of Mr. Braun's work. I would, however, be careful and not use the term "Historical Fiction" too loosely, for according to my history books, Wes Hardin was no hero.