TRAVEL BOOK REVIEWS

General Travel

Best Girlfriends' Getaways Worldwide (National Geographic)
by Marybeth Bond

Disappearing Destinations (Vintage Books)
by Kimberly Lisagor and Heather Hansen

Signspotting 2 (Lonely Planet)
by Doug Lansky

Blue List: The Best in Travel 2008 (Lonely Planet)

The 100 best vacations to enrich your life (National Geographic)
by Pam Grout

The Smart Traveler's Passport (Quirk Books)
by Erik Torkells

Worlds to Explore (National Geographic)
by Mark Jenkins

The Travel Doctor: Your Guide to Staying Healthy While You Travel (Firefly Books)
by Mark Wise M.D.

Africa

The Africa Book - A Journey Through Every Country on the Continent (Lonely Planet)

Kilimanjaro: A trekking guide to Africa's highest mountain (Trailblazer Publications)
by Henry Stedman

Asia

Hong Kong and Macau City Guide (Lonely Planet)
by Andrew Stone, Chung Wah Chow and Reggie Ho

Beijing (Fodor's)
edited by Heidi Leigh Johansen, Jennifer Doerr, and Emmanuelle Alspaugh

Shanghai (Fodor's)
by David Taylor, Victoria Patience, Lisa Movius, Elyse Singleton and Rachel King Berlin

China's Southwest (Lonely Planet)
by Damian Harper, Tienion Ho, Thomas Huhti, Korina Miller, Eilis Quinn

India (Lonely Planet)
by Sarina Singh, Joe Bindloss, James Bainbridge, Lindsay Brown, Stuart Butler, Mark Elliott,
Paul Harding, Virginia Jealous, Amy Karafin, Simon Richmond, Tom Spurling and Rafael Wlodarski

Northeast India (Lonely Planet)
by Joe Bindloss, Lindsay Brown, Mark Elliott and Paul Harding

Japan (Lonely Planet)
by Chris Rowthorn, Ray Bartlett, Andrew Bender, Michael Clark, Matthew D. Firestone,
Timothy N. Hornyak, Wendy Yanagihara

Tokyo Encounter (Lonely Planet)
by Wendy Yanagihara

Bangkok Encounter (Lonely Planet)
by China Williams

Vietnam (Lonely Planet)
by Nick Ray, Peter Dragicevich, Regis St. Louis

Vietnam (National Geographic Traveler)
by James Sullivan

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Caribbean

All That's Good (Sandow Media)
by Pamela Lerner Jaccarino

Central America & Mexico

Central America on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet)

Europe

Italy (Lonely Planet)
by Damien Simonis, Alison Bing, Richard Hammond, Duncan Garwood, Abigail Hole, Catherine Le Nevez, Alex Leviton, Virginia Maxwell, Leif Pettersen, Josephine Quintero, Nicola Williams

Tuscany and Umbria (Lonely Planet)
by Nicola Williams, Alex Leviton, Alison Bing, Leif Pettersen, Miles Roddis

Rome City Guide (Lonely Planet)
by Duncan Garwood and Abigail Hole

London City Guide (Lonely Planet)
by Tom Masters, Steve Fallon and Vesna Maric

THE MUSEUM - Behind the Scenes at the British Museum (BBC Books)
by Rupert Smith

The World of Kew (Ebury Press) by Carolyn Fry

Greenland and The Arctic (Lonely Planet)
by Etain O'Carroll and Mark Elliott

Dutch Phrasebook (Lonely Planet)

26 Gorgeous Hikes on the Western Côte d'Azur (AzurAlive)
by Florence Chatzigianis

Provence & the Côte d'Azur (Fodor's)
by Nancy Coons, Sarah Fraser, Rosa Jackson and editor, Robert Fisher

Pudlo Paris (The Little Bookroom)
by Gilles Pudlowski

A Piano in The Pyrenees (Ebury Press)
by Tony Hawks

Poland (Fodor's)
by Dorota Wasik, Marcin Jasionowicz, Sylwia Trzaksa, Marta Slusarczyk-Snoch
and Dorota Lesniak-Rychlak

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Middle East

Middle East Phrasebook (Lonely Planet)

North America

Canada (Lonely Planet)
by Karla Zimmerman and team

The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids (John Wiley and Sons)
by Bob Sehlinger and Liliane J. Opsomer

California Wine Country (Fodor's)
by John Doerper, Constance Jones and Sharron Wood

Greenland and The Arctic (Lonely Planet)
by Etain O'Carroll and Mark Elliott

Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways (National Geographic)

Book of North American Birds (Reader's Digest)

50 Best Girlfriends Getaways in North America (National Geographic)
by Marybeth Bond

Hidden Sonoma (Welcome Books)
by Wes Parker

Alaska's Inside Passage (Compass American Guides)
by Ann Chandonnet

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Pacific & Indian Ocean

Australia (Lonely Planet)
by Justine Waisutis

Sydney Encounter (Lonely Planet)
by Charles Rawlings-Way

South America

Eat Smart in Peru (Ginkgo Press)
by Joan Peterson and Brook Soltvedt

Ecotourism

Green Travel (Fodor's)

Disappearing Destinations (Vintage Books)
by Kimberly Lisagor and Heather Hansen

Book of North American Birds (Reader's Digest)

Language Guides

Dutch Phrasebook (Lonely Planet)

Middle East Phrasebook (Lonely Planet)

Photo Books

Signspotting 2 (Lonely Planet)
by Doug Lansky

Hidden Sonoma (Welcome Books)
by Wes Parker

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General Travel | Africa | Asia | Caribbean | Central America & Mexico | Europe | Middle East
North America | Pacific & Indian Ocean | South America | Language Guides | Photo Books

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