businesses, to a solid primer on adapting to French culture, to
historical insights, transportation tips, recommended tours and
trails, an extensive index, and even unique touches such as the URLs
of France's most popular bloggers, this updated and expanded seventh
edition of France is a "must-have" for anyone determined to make the
most of their visit to this proud nation. Readers can even visit
www.lonelyplanet.com for additional daily updates!
Travel North Carolina
Carolyn Sakowski, et al.
John F. Blair Publisher Publisher
1406 Plaza Drive, Winston- Salem, NC 27103
0895873370, $19.95
www.blairpub.com
Now in an completely updated and significantly expanded third edition,
"Travel North Carolina: Going Native in the Old North State" is a
comprehensive guide written by Carolyn Sakowski, Sunny Smith Nelson,
Anne Holcomb Waters, Angela Harwood, John Tarleton, and Sue Clark, a
team of longtime residents of the Tar Heel State. Black-and-white
photographs illustrate this compendium with sections organized by
geography, listing seasonal events, places to eat, historical sites,
museums and science centers, inns and bed-and-breakfasts, and much
more. Enthusiastically recommended for business and pleasure travelers
alike, "Travel North Carolina" is an essential planning guide to get
the most out of a trip to this diverse and fascinating state from an
afternoon's outing, to a weekend getaway, to an extended vacation.
Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan
Dianne L. Durante
New York University Press
838 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10003-4812
0814719872, $18.95
www.nyupress.org
Manhattan's streets and parks are packed with historic monuments, and
some fifty of them are included in OUTDOOR MONUMENTS OF MANHATTAN: A
HISTORICAL GUIDE, which offers up background history, surveys of
American sculptors, and analysis of each sculpture, its influences,
and its history. A 'must' for any Manhattan resident or library
seeking background information on the area's best outdoor monuments to
use as either a take-along travel tote or a study.
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