Propagation of Alpine Plants and Dwarf Bulbs

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Compact Guide Tahiti and French Polynesia includes a chapter detailing history and culture of the area, 7 tours and excursions taking in sights ranging from The Gauguin Museum to Bora Bora, useful phrases, leisure-time suggestions, and a comprehensive information section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus detailed maps and many remarkable photographs.

Customer Reviews:

Came in very handy on our trip.......2007-05-11

Very nice guide book that was easy to carry during our travels. Plenty of information for the price and size. Highly recommend.

Compact indeed, but so well done!.......2005-08-22

The publisher has the bad habit of hiding the names of authors of their compact guides, let me rectify this:

The guide was written by Nicholas Cobb, the splendid color photography was provided by Tim McKenna.

On mere small 121 pages, Cobb's book provides the essential information about the (tragic) history of Tahiti and about the contemporary marvels of its nature, attractions and the hospitality.

McKenna's photography is magnificent and its value cannot be underestimated: Compared to the black and white photography in books from Lonely Planet and Moon Handbooks, with their sometimes abysmal print quality, this travel guide really shines. In its photographic valors and in the quality of print Insight Guides match the best of the breed, including the Eye-Witness DK guides. The charts and maps of the islands are also in color. Without clutter, they really depict well only the important details of interest for a short time visitor.

Of course, 121 pages cannot contain all the information which you might find in David Stanley Tahiti Moon Handbook, thus I would suggest to take Stanley as the primary source of information. However, considering the moderate price, this guide is a most welcome extension and a "must have!" It is current, 2005 edition, compared to 2003 editions of others. Foremost, currently this is probably the only guide about Tahiti written after Marlon Brando passed away. Somehow I do not like to read about a dead person in 'present tense'...

My only regret is that Insight does not provide a larger version of this guide! Maybe they will, I will grab it as well!

Insight Guide Australia: INSIGHT GUIDES (Insight Guides Australia)

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The best all-around book I have found.
A wonderful book show me a beautiful Australia.

Insight Guide Australia: INSIGHT GUIDES (Insight Guides Australia)
Jeffrey Pike
Manufacturer: Insight Guides
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9812347992

Book Description

Insight Guide Australia includes a section detailing Australia's history, 13 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from Aborinal Dreamtime artworks to Bush tucker, a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus many marvelous photographs and 17 maps.

Customer Reviews:

The best all-around book I have found........2003-01-07

I researched Australia for over a year prior to my April 2002 visit there, and I read as many guides and books as I could find. While in Australia I purchased a local behemoth encycledia of the country, thinking that was as good as it gets.

I found the Insight Guide at my local library after I returned, and I am convinced this is THE single book anyone with more than a passing interest in Australia should buy.

The very heavy paper presents the beautiful color pictures in high resolution, and the articles are written in a complete yet entertaining style. Australian artwork highlights the history section. The sites of interest descriptions are entertaining and concise. I actually did not read the last section (travel tips)in depth since I had already returned from my vacation, but even without that section the book would be a great read.

This is NOT the book to carry with you on your vacation - there are plenty of other lighter guides that have more useful trivia like hotels and restaurants. This is the book to read and enjoy before you leave home. It is an excellent overall introduction to the country.

My daughter is beginning to study Australia in her 2nd grade class - I have ordered a copy to let her take to school.

I highly recommend this book. At the very least, check it out of your library to look at the pictures.

A wonderful book show me a beautiful Australia........2001-10-25

A wonderful book show me a beautiful Australia.
I like all of Insight Guide,and this is the best one.
I like Australia,I want living there

Insight Pocket Guide Fiji Islands (Insight Pocket Guide Fiji)

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Insight Pocket Guide Fiji Islands (Insight Pocket Guide Fiji)
Insight Guides
Manufacturer: Langenscheidt Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 088729880X

Insight Pocket Guide New Zealand (Insight Pocket Guides)

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insight guide new zealand
Colorful, informative travel tips but lack of maps/direction

Insight Pocket Guide New Zealand (Insight Pocket Guides)
Craig Dowling
Manufacturer: Langenscheidt Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1585732516

Book Description

One of over 400 titles in the Insight series,

Insight Guide New Zealand. This 350-page book includes a section detailing New Zealand's history, features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from classic Maori art to its love of outdoor adventure, a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus many excellent photographs and 17 maps.

Customer Reviews:

insight guide new zealand.......2007-01-18

great information on new zealand cities and points of interest,historical & commercial. excellent itineraries with photography to give you a true sense of the trip, including physical requirements. recommend it highly for a first-time visitor!

Colorful, informative travel tips but lack of maps/direction.......2004-01-21

This is a colorful book with lots of pictures about New Zealand. Its first couple of chapters include the history and culture of New Zealand are especially interesting. They were very useful for visitors to the Kiwi country. However, its lack of large street maps, area maps and detail route maps are disappointing as well as annoying. Although the front cover has an overview map of both the north & south island, I think it will improve the ease of reading and research if various level of district maps and street maps are provided, especially when a traveller was deciding which hotel/motel to book reservations and how far he/she needs to drive from one scenic spot to the next. Without this, it is disasterous for travel planning. Other things to include will be web sites for driving directions such as www.wises.co.nz etc. For a backpack traveller like me, I will even be willing to pay more if road maps/ street map of Auckland are included with the book (which some of the publishers are already doing).

Insight Guides Queensland & the Great Barrier (Insight Guides)

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not so great

Insight Guides Queensland & the Great Barrier (Insight Guides)
Jerry Dennis
Manufacturer: Berlitz Guides
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9812584153

Book Description

Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. Inside every Insight Guide you'll find: .Evocative, full-colour photography on every page .Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout .A brief introduction including a historical timeline .Lively essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people .Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing .Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest .A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children

Customer Reviews:

not so great.......2007-06-27

I purchased this book on Queensland to give me a better guide for Cairns and the Barrier reef. It suggested a few good restaurants and a shopping area, but besides that it was miserable. While there are excellent areas close by to see the rainforest and dive, they were barely mentioned. A longer volume on Australia was more useful.

Insight Pocket Guide with map Perth (Insight Guides)

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Insight Pocket Guide with map Perth (Insight Guides)
Vic Waters
Manufacturer: Insight Guides
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0887293689

Insight Guides Bali and Lombok (Insight Guides)

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Has good high level maps/pictures, but little by way of reccomendations
Okay guide

Insight Guides Bali and Lombok (Insight Guides)

Manufacturer: Insight Guides
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9812584056

Book Description

Featuring the same portable and user-friendly format as the Insight City Guides and drawing on the best features of the original Insight Guides, the all-new Insight Regional Guide is filled with insightful writing, lavish full-colour photography and provides greater emphasis on practical information to create the most complete portable regional travel guide. .Magazine-style articles .Lively essays written by local writers on culture, history, and people .Expert evaluations of must-see-site - plus maps and floor plans .Restaurant listings at the end of each chapter ."Best of" section highlighting attractions, walks, activities for children and families, festivals and events, cafes, pubs, bars and more .Bonus pull-out Touring Map with tour suggestions and full-colour photos .Tabbed Travel Tips section for quick reference .Comfortable, rounded spine makes these volumes ideal for use on the go

Customer Reviews:

Has good high level maps/pictures, but little by way of reccomendations.......2007-02-19

As we are planning a trip to Bali, this book does not provide you with a concise way to figure out what items are a "must-see" in Bali. It does have nice high level maps of each area of Bali (and Lombok - if you are interested) and colorful pictures, and breaks it up by region, but in no way helps you figure out what part of Bali to see, what to see in any part (and what isn't worth it) and where to stay. It is more a data repository of info rather than a perspective about what is good/bad. So if you want a list of everything with info about it, and not reccomendations, this book is good. If you haven't been there and need reccomendations, then this is not the book for you.

Okay guide.......2006-07-23

I am glad to see Insight guides doing lots of guidebooks again. I used them a lot 15 years ago and appreciated their sophistication and depth. I am just back from Bali and took this new guidebook and a couple of others. Sadly it was just okay. The Lonely Planet guide was better in every respect, especially with regard to its restaurant recommendations. You feel like the Insight guy ate free a lot. But I do appreciate the photography in this book and a lot of its cultural coverage.

Insight Pocket Guide Melbourne (Insight Pocket Guides Melbourne)

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Insight Pocket Guide Melbourne (Insight Pocket Guides Melbourne)
Insight Guides
Manufacturer: Langenscheidt Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 088729118X

Insight Guide Melbourne (Insight Guides)

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Best guide for Melbourne

Insight Guide Melbourne (Insight Guides)
Tim Harrison
Manufacturer: Insight Guides
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1585730033

Customer Reviews:

Best guide for Melbourne.......2005-04-24

I purchased several Melbourne tour guides. Including Lonely Planet, Fodor's guide. Insight Guide Melbourne is the best of them. It is full of pictures, good categorized information. Of course other books have advantages too, but the best is definitely the Insight Guide.

Insight City Guide Perth & Surroundings (Insight Guides)

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great guide to Perth

Insight City Guide Perth & Surroundings (Insight Guides)

Manufacturer: Berlitz Guides
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9812584102

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great guide to Perth.......2007-05-06

Very well organized anbd beautifully illustrated, this guide provides information on just about anything you wish to see in southwestern Australia. Maps ar a big plus!

Customer Reviews:

Nice and pleasant reading!.......2000-04-08

All you ever wanted to know about this fascinating place and a little bit more can be found in this book. Good reading, great pictures, and fun to share with friends. Makes a great gift for those who enjoy learning and sharing!

Guam (Let's Visit Places & Peoples of the World)

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How to Make an Island Paradise Seem Boring

Guam (Let's Visit Places & Peoples of the World)
William Lutz
Manufacturer: Chelsea House Pub (L)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 1555461646

Customer Reviews:

How to Make an Island Paradise Seem Boring.......2002-07-07

Lutz writes an eighty page encyclopedia entry, giving you everything you ever wanted to know about this Pacific island, while proving he did not step foot on the island. The photographs seem to be from the 1960's, despite the 1987 book copyright date. The Guamanians are portrayed as backward and overly reliable on the government to cure its ills. Although this site lists this as a kids book, your child will be bored silly.

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Let's Visit Australia
J. C. Caldwell
Manufacturer: Harpercollins Juvenile Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding
ASIN: 0381998983

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Lets Visit Australia
John C. Cladwell
Manufacturer: John Day Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUGW5E

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Lets Visit Australia
Caldwell
Manufacturer: The John Day Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JC5TM8

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The Anatomical, Physiological and Embryological Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
With more than 1200 reproductions of drawings by the master's own hand, this book is the definitive and most complete collection of Leonardo's anatomical drawings currently in print. Here Leonardo's notebooks have been arranged according to the systems of the body in order to indicate the full extent of his anatomical work. This book will captivate curious laymen, medical professionals, and art and history enthusiasts alike. Also included are:
• Translations of Leonardo's anatomical notes which were written in his cryptic reverse handwriting. These translations provide an unusual glimpse into Leonardo's creativity and genius.
•Extensive commentary from the editors.
•A thorough background of Leonardo's life that reintroduces him to the world not just as a master artist, but as a brilliant scientist.

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The Life of Raphael
Giorgio Vasari
Manufacturer: Pallas Athene
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Binding: Paperback

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Raphael was for centuries considered the greatest artist who ever lived. Much of what we know about him comes from this biography, written by Florentine painter Giorgio Vasari. The Life of Raphael is a key text not only for the appreciation of Raphael’s art—whose development Vasari portrays in detail—but also for its unprecedented attention to theoretical issues. This stand-alone edition of The Life of Raphael, published to coincide with a major exhibition of the artist's paintings and drawings at England's National Gallery, illuminates the entire span of Raphael’s astonishing art.

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Leonardo on Art and the Artist
Leonardo da Vinci
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Here is a complete picture of the techniques and working philosophy of one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the Renaissance. Assembled by a brilliant scholar from Leonardo's own writings--Notebooks and The Treatise on Painting--as well as his artistic production, the book offers a carefully balanced view of the artistÕs intellectual growth. Drawing on all the relevant writings, and rectifying many errors made by previous scholars, this work differs from earlier studies in its systematic grouping of the passages of Leonardo's writings concerning painting. In organizing the materials, the editor focuses on problems of interpretation; the result is the direct opposite of a simple anthology, offering instead a reconstruction of the underlying meaning of Leonardo's words. For each section, noted French art scholar André Chastel has provided an informative introduction and notes, and substantial bibliographic and reference materials for the book as a whole. More than 125 painstakingly reproduced illustrations are found throughout the text, further enhancing this rich and accessible resourceÑsure to be welcomed by scholars, lay readers, and any admirer of the incomparable Leonardo. Unabridged republication of The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci, originally published by The Orion Press, New York, 1961. Notes. Printed Editions of Leonardo's Writings. Table of Manuscripts. Table of Paintings. Chronological Table. List of Illustrations. References to Entries. Over 125 black-and-white illustrations.

Drawing in Early Renaissance Italy: Revised Edition

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Drawing in Early Renaissance Italy: Revised Edition
Francis Ames-Lewis
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Early Christian and Medieval Antiquities: (Vol. 2) Other Mosaics, Paintings, Sarcophagi and Small Objects (The Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo. Series a: Antiquities and Architecture, 2)

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Early Christian and Medieval Antiquities: (Vol. 2) Other Mosaics, Paintings, Sarcophagi and Small Objects (The Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo. Series a: Antiquities and Architecture, 2)
John Osborne , and Amanda Claridge
Manufacturer: Harvey Miller
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This volume completes Part II of Series A of the Paper Museum. Together with the first volume, it reflects an unusual aspect of Cassiano's interests, but a particularly relevant one for modern scholars: the material remains of post-classical culture in Rome and the psychical inheritance from the earliest centuries of Christianity. Catalogued here is a diverse and fascinating range of antiquities: reliefs, inscriptions, sarcophagi, sculpture, manuscript illuminations, gold-glass, gems, ivories, lamps, metalwork and 'instruments of martyrdom'. The drawings were mainly collected by Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo, Cassiano's brother, in the later seventeenth century and include some of the finest examples of archaeological draughtsmanship of the period.

Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519: The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Taschen 25th Anniversary)

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Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519: The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Taschen 25th Anniversary)
Frank Zollner
Manufacturer: Taschen
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Stradivari's Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection
Japanese Prints (Taschen 25th Anniversary)

ASIN: 3822838276

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Drawing in Early Renaissance Italy
Francis Ames-Lewis
Manufacturer: Yale Univ Pr
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