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Better Homes and Gardens Step-By-Step Successful Gardening: Annuals (Step-By-Step)
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Embrace the tyranny of distance. Be it Tuvalu, Tokelau, Tonga, Tutuila or the Tuamotus, our authors have braved paradise to give you the lowdown on island exploration. Get lost among the thousands of beautiful islands in the Earth's largest ocean. Hike to active volcanoes, lush forests and crashing waterfalls. Use this guide to reveal the Pacific's myriad cultures, landscapes and activities. Island hop, or just drop out o TAKE THE PLUNGE - discover delicate reefs, deep lagoons, pristine atolls, shipwrecks and jellyfish lakes with our expert in-depth diving section o STUFF YOUR FACE - our new Food & Drink chapter unlocks the culinary style of each island nation o UNRIVALLED COVERAGE - no other guide takes you to every bit of the Pacific's 'big backyard' o LUXURY OR BUDGET - paradise to suit your pocket, from basic beach huts to radically lush resorts
Customer Reviews:
Excellent as usual.......2007-09-17
All the information that you will need to travel through the South Pacific. Outstanding as usual.
Comprehensive but not boring guide to travel with!.......2007-07-12
I used this Guide to plan my travels in the Western Pacific and although it is a bit 'old' I found its information is still mostly up-to-date and really useful. Great tips that correspond to real places, foods and opportunities. Have already planned on several more Pacific islands using this guide's tips.
Book Description
This comprehensive guide is the essential resource for independent travellers. Full of the down-to-earth information and reliable advice for every budget, it will lead you to pristine white beaches, ancient stone cities, WW2 relics and some of the most beautiful snorkelling and diving sites in the world. It also has insider advice on where to sample betel nuts, which islands make the best love potions and where to find 500-pound clams.
Covers: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and US Territories (Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Palmyra Atoll, Kingman Reef, Johnston Atoll, Wake Atoll).
- hundreds of places to stay and eat for every budget
- details on island hopping by air and sea
- tips on diving and snorkelling - where to learn, where to dive and what to avoid
- detailed historical and cultural background
- concise and practical language sections
Customer Reviews:
Really nice.......2007-05-19
This is a nice, concise guide, to micronesia, covering Palua, Kiribati, the Marianas, Nauro, The federated states of Micronesia, and other small islands that stretch between New Zealand and Hawaii. There are a number of recommendations for the best way to travel between islands and how to plan your journey. THis is not a book that is aimed for the specialist, for scuba-divers it needs to be supplimented and the same goes for those intending to travel by boat. However the book is excellent when it comes to history, restaurants hikes and hotels. It is a wonderful guide-book, indispensible for the island hopping traveller.
Seth J. Frantzman
Sufficient.......2003-10-12
This is an OK guidebook for information about culture and hotels. I found that it covered all the basics. It covers all of the island nations in the Micronesia area. The section on Palau and Yap were particularly useful to me. However, I thought that there wasn't enough information about scuba diving. Most of the people visiting this region are interested in scuba diving. There isn't enough information on dive shops or dive sites. In fact, there aren't any maps of dive sites at all. If you're going to go diving, I would try another guidebook. If you're just going to go sightseeing, this is just fine. Also another thing I would like to see in the next edition is a few more photos. Sometimes photos can help you decide whether to go to a place or not. With more photos, I think this guidebook would attract more people to these lovely islands.
Only marginally outdated... still very useful........2000-05-11
I have been to Micronesia twice. The first time I lived there for a couple of years, and the second time I went as a tourist. I purchased this book before returning the second time. It had been seven years since I had been in Micronesia, and some of it had changed drastically while some parts hadn't changed at all. This book was a great guide, and helped me to find some of the better spots that I had somehow managed to miss while I lived there. Here is how the book stacked up. THE GOOD: 1) This book covers all of Micronesia, and that is no small task. It has information about all parts, ranging from Palau to the Marshall Islands. 2) This book gives a lot of information about each island. It explains the history, tells you what you should take, tells you about hotels and restaurants (from the five star establishments to the low end ones), tells you about how to travel to each island as well as how to travel around while on the island and many other bits of useful information to make your stay more enjoyable. 3) The maps are good. They aren't super detailed, but are nice maps of the islands and the villages on them. Quite good enough for any sight seeing or exploring that you might want to do. 4) This book tells you about the popular and good diving spots, hiking spots and historical points. So even though some of the book may be outdated (the nicest hotels in Guam) there are some things that will probably never change (how to hike to a nice hidden waterfall on Pohnpei.) THE BAD: Parts of Micronesia are changing quickly, and this book fails to capture those changes. For example, the list of popular places to stay, eat and shop on Guam wasn't very helpful since the island had changed so much in the past five years (since the book was published). To counteract this information lag, I just picked up tourist publications while I was on Guam, and that updated me enough to fill in all the gaps. OVERALL: It is like a computer that is a couple of years old: sure it is outdated some, but it still works nicely, and it is much better than having nothing at all!
The only name in Travel Guides.......1998-07-13
As a merchant marine, "travel" comes with the job. I have long been a collector of maps and travel guides, always searching for items that are the most user friendly & seeingly written for my budget, not one of the Rockerfeller's. I will tip my hat to Lonely Planet here. They accomplish the impossible with every book. Never did I expect to open a single guide book, not to mention a series of them & find myself so mesmerized by what was written. Their guides are not the commonly found or should I say "forced" "stay at the $$$$ hotel, eat at the $$$$ restaurant"... They give you such a wide, realistic range of places to go, visit, stay & enjoy, that they change you from the prospective dreamer ho-hummingly flipping pages in a book to the traveler that sees his/her goals come to pass. After all, isn't that what we really want out of travel? As for this particular guide book... I have been in Guam 4 months on and 4 months off since February of 1996, visiting Saipan as part of work & Rota & Tinian on my own time... I have used & abused this book (Cover still intact) & I have had many co-workers borrow it, with everyone coming away a satisfied reader. So, whether it be Guam, Saipan or any part of Micronesia, this is one guide book that I strongly recommend & if you are doing an around the world trip with Japan as your next stop... Do the right thing... Get the Japan Guide book, but also shell out a few extra dollars and purchase the Japanese Audio Pack. It is hands down the easiest (& one of the most economical) basic language teachers out there & it even comes with a Phrase Book! My current Lonely Planet Guide library includes: Micronesia, Japan (Book & Audio pack), Korea, Singapore-Brunei-Malaysia, Tonga, Southwest USA (Arizona-New Mexico-Utah), & Maldives & Islands Of The East Indian Ocean. I look to expand as I am planing a trip to Argentina's Andes in 2000. A satisfied ! customer I shall remain... I hope you, the reader of my review, read this & come to realize what wonderful publications Lonely Planet offers us. If you do, step back an use AMAZON.COM for all your travel needs. You will be glad you listened. (You know, I always thought these reviews were written by paid personel somewhere, TRUST me this isn't the case at all
Customer satisfaction is my reward!) Happy Travels to all!
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Dubbed the 'Hard Coral Capitals' of Micronesia, the islands of Guam, Rota & Yap offer a unique mix of underwater environments and topside cultural diversity. Go on an underwater history adventure exploring the war wrecks and military ordnance on Guam, witness the grace of sea turtles on Rota, or swim with the manta rays in the pristine Yap channels. From the clear blue waters of Guam's Blue Hole, to the grey reef sharks at Shark City on Yap, this book describes 62 of the best dive sites, with full-color photos throughout.
Customer Reviews:
Manta's.......2007-02-16
The Lonely Planet books on diving are always a good bet on defining a place to dive.
Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Guam & Yap (Diving & Snorkeling Guides).......2006-07-10
Great photos and explanations of all the dive sites. Also road maps and location details. Very informative book. Small enough to take with you on your trip.
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- very helpful in my u/w photography
- Don't Waste Your Money
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Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Palau (Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Guides)
Tim Rock , and
Francis Toribiong
Manufacturer: Pisces Books
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Papa Mike's Palau Islands Handbook
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8 Maps
Customer Reviews:
very helpful in my u/w photography.......1999-08-31
very helpful in telling me what to expect at various sites so i could decide which lens to put into my housing. Camera preparation cuts into my vacation time...and these books help get ready. So i always study them before i go. always.
Don't Waste Your Money.......1997-06-03
Like all the Pisces dive guides I've read, this
one is superficial and poorly illustrated. Don't
waste your money on this lightweight and useless
pamphlet masquerading as a dive guide.
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- so good! great preparation for my trip
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Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Truk Lagoon (Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Guides)
Tim Rock
Manufacturer: Pisces Books
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ASIN: 1559920696 |
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so good! great preparation for my trip.......1999-08-31
Truk offers about the best u/w photography in the world, and this book gave me an idea of what to expect, and how to get ready. And was a great help in identifying some of my shots when i got back. Can't wait to go back. More wrecks are discovered every day there i hear, so i hope the author writes an updated version soon.
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Hard-coral jewels in the heart of Micronesia, Chuuk Lagoon, Pohnpei and Kosrae offer unrivalled variety. Dive into history while exploring artifact-laden Japanese shipwrecks in Chuuk (formerly "Truk") Lagoon. Hike in Pohnpei's lush rainforests and dive its teeming inner lagoon. Marvel at Kosrae's protected reefs, which host some of the Pacific's healthiest corals. The tropical waters around these remote islands keep the year-round diving and snorkeling exceptional. From the shipwreck graveyard of Chuuk Lagoon to Pohnpei's remote atolls and Kosrae's pristine reefs, this guide coves 64 of the area's best dive sites, with full-colour photos throughout.
You'll get specific information on:
- Dive site depth range and suggested diving expertise
- Common and hazardous marine life
- Chuuk's WWII history, Pohnpei's Nan Madol ruins and Kosrae's marvelous mangrove reserves
- 14 easy-to-read maps
Customer Reviews:
The Most Spectacular Wreck Diving in the World.......2001-06-23
I purchased this book as part of my preparation for a diving trip to Chuuk Lagoon. It contains many excellent colour photographs of wrecks, coral, artifacts and local inhabitants. I found the brief history that accompanies each of the wrecks featured especially interesting. Likewise the diagrams of some of the wrecks, along with their various inclinations on the lagoon floor is fascinating.
Invaluable for such a trip are the scale maps of the lagoon and islands which pinpoint the location of the wrecks and other major features/landmarks. Further, the book grades each of the featured sites using the Pisces Rating System for Dives & Divers and the Dive Site Icons, both of which I found gave an excellent feel for the dive.
Finally, the overview of the area given in the first few chapters is a nice touch. It contains a brief history of the area, information for travelling to Chuuk, items to bring, weather, food, shopping etc.
In this book, author Tim Rock, has improved greatly his previous work on Truk Lagoon in 1994. I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone planning a trip to Chuuk, or, who simply wants to read about The Most Spectacular Wreck Diving in the World (In my opinion).
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Como Conocer Y Manejar Sus Costos Para Tomar Decisiones Rentables
Hictor Alberto Faga , and
Mariano Enrique Ramos Mejma
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Rabbits Look & Learn
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Rabbits Look and Learn (Look & Learn)
Marcy Myerovich
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ASIN: 0793800730 |
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Now you can do even more with panels, borders, and theme fabrics than they are "preprinted" to do! Rely on these easy techniques to showcase everything from detailed scenes to whimsical novelty motifs in your quilts.
• Make your own creative decisions as you build beautiful quilts around your favorite fabrics; ten step-by-step projects show you how
• Choose from wall quilts, lap quilts, and a table runner, plus projects that use holiday and seasonal prints
• Learn how to selectively "fussy cut" your fabrics and choose the right fabrics to frame and finish images
Customer Reviews:
Awesome.......2007-01-30
Just what I was looking for. This book contain so many idea on what to do with my novelty fabrics and panels. I'm stuck no longer. I have started to create my quilt with great success. Thanks
What a neat book!.......2006-12-27
Have you ever been to a fabric store, spotted a panel print of a favorite subject, brought it home, then wondered what on earth to do with it? This book helps the quilter who wants to explore quilting using fabrics with, for example, panel pictures, large-scale prints, or border prints. The author goes way beyond simply quilting up the panel as it was cut from the bolt. She shows you ways to explore cutting, setting, and quilting your panel fabrics in ways that enhance and preserve the original artwork of the fabric. I especially enjoyed seeing one quilting pattern completed with two different fabrics. Her instructions are clear, concise, and utilize color so that even the beginner quilter can successfully complete a quilt using those great panel fabrics. You'll never shop for fabric the same way again!
quilting with panels.......2006-03-17
This is a good guide for quilting printed panels and borders as it offers different ideas on how to make up the panels for a variety of projects.It is the only book I have seen that deals solely with printed panels.
Want to know what to do with that theme fabric you bought?.......2004-01-10
Susan's book will give you great ideas for using that theme print in beautiful quilts. It's one of those "why didn't I think of that?" books with plenty of instructions and color ideas. Her second book MORE CLEVER QUILTS gives you more and different quilts, well worth the purchase.
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Fitting & Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach.......2000-04-08
Fitting & Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach...This guide provides hundreds of clear illustrations with concise descriptions of fitting issues and easy-to-follow directions to resolve them using several methods. The authors cover virtually every fitting aspect of the human body, including the special problems presented by those of us who may have physical problems that translate into badly fitting garments, from neck to ankle.
Anyone frustrated with the results of their own apparel projects needs this guide on their sewing room bookshelf.
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Gluck: 1895-1978 : Her Biography
Diana Souhami
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ASIN: 0863582362 |
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This is a wonderful and revealing autobiography of an English country childhood, the decision to enter hunt service, and the author's experiences as he worked his way through an intensely hierarchical apprenticeship system that has changed little over the centuries.
Customer Reviews:
Disappointing.......2002-10-13
I am afraid that I found this book utterly disappointing. Expecting people to have realised that old-fashioned fox-hunting is as much a tradition as gladiator fighting or slavery used to be, I was shocked to see that someone still seems to find it enjoyable. The fact is that countless scientific studies show that fox-hunting is not necessary, and as to all other arguments, what is wrong with drag-hunting? The only answer is that blood-thirsty hunters would not find it as much fun.
Foxhunting with a patron saint.......2001-06-16
Robards is God , mind you some lesser mortals may call him the anti-Christ ! .My hunting career began as a child ,around the age of seven , with the Stonhall Harriers hunted by Miachel O' Shaughnessy M.H. & George Kennedy M.H. and with The County Limerick Foxhounds hunted by Lord Daresbury M.F.H. & Hugh Robards. I have early memories of Mr. Robards and all of them still send chills down my spine.At the sight of him arriving at the meet with those Old English Hounds, man and beast knew something special was going to happen today.With this book Mr. Robards instills that same thrill of the chase into words. The thrill and excitement he generated in those early days sealed my faith , I entered Hunt Service. For those interested in the art of venery all I can say is that I have insisted on my whips reading it before the opening of cubbing.(Diana rather than Venus!)The highest compliment I can pay this book is that it was easy to read , I finished it in two evenings!
An interesting insight.......2000-11-14
This is a book full of character and characters of an age that will not be seen again. The relationships between employer and employee of an era where etiquette and manners were all too important. It provides the reader with a real feeling of how the hunting circle worked and how a man devoted to his job through his love for the hounds and the countryside dealt with the changing landscape and attitudes over the decades. Well worth every penny, and a must have for anyone intested in foxhunting and country pursuits.
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