Let's learn the flowers (A Chanticlear junior book in color photography)

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From exploring Mayan ruins and lounging on Caribbean beaches to going on an eco-tourism adventure, Moon Handbooks Yucatán Peninsula is the guide to the best the country has to offer, both on and off the beaten path. Practical information includes suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights, plus essentials on dining, transportation, and accommodations for a range of budgets. Complete with details for traveling through hot spots like Mérida, Cancún, and Playa del Carmen, as well as lesser-known locales like Campeche City, Isla Holbox, and Xcalak, Moon Handbooks Yucatán Peninsula gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome book, but prior to hurricane.......2007-08-10

For basics that will never change, short of a mass destruction of the entire Yucatan, this book is fantastic. I've used and abused this book for 3 trips to the region. With the bus schedules, the bus routes, the ways to do tours on your own for practically pennies compared to the formal over priced tours, this book easily paid for itself in the first day trip we ventured out on. Great background info on the region and history, things to do, places to eat, places to stay... a wealth of good info. I will definitely buy the next edition when it's updated.

Great travel companion.......2007-03-22

Hands down the best guidebook to the Yucatan. Great suggestions for restaurants and hotels, great driving directions, and accuracy in even the little details. We followed the recommendations and were rarely disappointed. The only thing it was dead wrong on was the restaurant suggestions in Isla Mujeres. We used it to drive all over the northern Yucatan, small towns, ruins, ceynotes, etc. and we loved the personality and opinions of the writers.

Not bad, but.........2006-12-21

The main problem I had with this book is the uneven coverage of regions. Other than the city of Villahermosa, the state of Tabasco is barely covered. The authors write that there is not much there. Not true! Go ahead and "google" Tabasco or look at the State of Tabasco's official website and you will see that there are many wonderful off the beaten track places to visit in Tabasco. It's as if the authors just didn't bother to do in depth research of the area. Another example is Chiapas. The most touristed areas are covered well, but the coastal region and other remote areas like the incredibly beautiful Lago Miramar are barely if at all mentioned. The heavily touristed coast between Cancun and Tulum is covered fairly well, but even here there are some areas more focused on than others. The tourist village of Akumal, for example, is not well covered. A better job also could have been done on Sian Ka'an. I also would like to see more hotels and restaurants listed. I realize that every place on the peninsula cannot be listed, but they barely scratch the surface.

I thought that a guide book covering just one region of Mexico was supposed to be more focused and detailed than a "whole country" book. While the book does this at times, it does the complete opposite at other times. Bottom line is that there is room for improvement. Maybe it is just a matter of the authors gaining more experience traveling the region. To end on a positive note, I did like the coverage of the state of Yucatan.

Useful and practical, but turn elsewhere for authoritative facts about decapitation.......2006-11-06

On a recent vacation, we took both Moon Handbooks Yucatan Peninsula (2005) and The Rough Guide to the Yucatan (2005). I was glad we brought both books, but overall I found the Moon book more useful for the small practical details.

For instance, we rented a car and drove from Merida toward Tulum (south of Cancun). This route offered a couple options: the free highway or the toll highway. We stopped in Valladolid and were trying to get back on the *toll* highway. The Rough Guide map of Valladolid just shows an arrow east labeled "Cancun". The Moon Handbook map reveals that east lies the *free* highway to Cancun, but you head *north* to reach the toll highway. This sort of detail can save a lot of frustration and stressful driving around.

Another example - in Tulum we were looking for a hotel on the beach. The Rough Guide had a detailed description of how to reach the beach hotels from the town center, but it contained directions like "Coming in from the north... another kilometre south along the highway is the beginning of the town proper...Most of the local accommodation, however, is a few kilometres east, right on the beach - all of it connected by a narrow road running north-south along the water..." etc. This was frustrating because I wasn't always sure which compass direction we were facing while we drove around. The Moon book, instead of paragraphs of text, had a much more helpful and practical map showing the beach hotel zone in relation to the town center.

On the other hand, the Rough Guide seemed more rigorous and reliable in terms of historical accuracy. For instance, take the ball court at Chichen Itza, with its murals of beheaded players. Apparently, historians aren't 100% sure whether it was the winners or the losers who got decapitated. The Rough Guide mentions this but the Moon book simply states that it was the losers. It bothered me that the Moon book seemed a little sloppy with history sometimes.

For vegetarians, the Rough Guide was more helpful in mentioning restaurants with vegetarian options.

Overall, the Rough Guide and the Moon Handbook complemented each other well and I'm glad we had both. I thought the Moon book was slightly more useful and practical with better maps, but the Rough Guide seemed more trustworthy for historical facts.

Best Yucatan Guidebook.......2006-05-09

I bought the Moon Cancun & Cozumel for a family trip to Cancun, and got this one for traveling on my own later. I loved the Cancun book, and was equally impressed with this one. The depth is amazing - the authors seemed to go everywhere (including Chiapas, which isn't really part of the Yucatan but still fascinating). I had planned to get the Lonely Planet guide, but it's puny compared to this one and is three years old (but it costs the same!). The Moon book covers all budgets - I mostly stay at mid-range places, but talked to backpackers and high-end using the same book and they seemed equally happy. I also liked the authors' writing, unlike the cookie-cutter books you sometimes get. The background/informational sections were detailed and well-written, and they throw in enough humor thoughout to keep it interesting. Moon isn't well-known, but this is really a top-notch book.

Moon Handbooks Yucatan Peninsula: Including Yucatan, Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, and Quintana Roo (Moon Handbooks : Yucatan Peninsula)

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Another jewel by Moon
Worst guidebook I have ever read

Moon Handbooks Yucatan Peninsula: Including Yucatan, Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, and Quintana Roo (Moon Handbooks : Yucatan Peninsula)
Chicki Mallan
Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing
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Yucatan & Mayan Mexico, 2nd

ASIN: 1566914205

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Since its creation in 1973, the award-winning Moon Handbooks series has become a top choice among travelers who want a completely unique experience, a new perspective -- and a few new stories to tell. Want to know about your destination's history, culture, and social issues? Looking for the lowdown on recreational opportunities, dining and accommodations options, and the most interesting regional sights and entertainment? No problem. Big or small, mainstream or obscure, every worthwhile detail is included in these books. Moon Handbooks: Yucatan Peninsula provides eye-opening coverage for those looking to dig beneath the tourist culture and touch the true heart of Mexico. Now in its seventh edition, Chicki Mallan's groundbreaking work guides you from the caves of Balankanche and the haunting ruins of Palenque to the pulsating nightspots of Cancun and Cozumel. It also contains new maps, color photos, illustrations, and updated information on shopping, culture, and practicalities. "Don't even think about going to the Yucatan without Chicki Mallan's book." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune

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Another jewel by Moon.......2003-04-16

I have come to rely on the quality, detail and accuracy of Moon's guidebooks. They have added to my enjoyment of vacations for years. This book is no exception. It provides meaningful information on in-town attractions and out-of-the-way destinations alike. A must for anyone visiting the Yucatan!

Worst guidebook I have ever read.......2003-03-04

This is possbily the worst guidebook of any kind I have ever read. Loaded with meaningless phrases such as "Nighttime activities are not to be missed," and other high-school-yearbook-type observations, it is absloute torture to ferret out any helpful information buried in the inane prose.

Moon Handbooks: Yucatan Peninsula (6th Ed.)

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A Classic and Still Great!

Moon Handbooks: Yucatan Peninsula (6th Ed.)
Chicki Mallan
Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publishing
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ASIN: 1566911222

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A Classic and Still Great!.......1999-07-17

I loved the first edition of this book, and it was a ground-breaking travel effort--the first comprehensive guidebook to the Yucatan area. It still holds up today, but there are several other guides that are just as good. I especially enjoy Chicki Mallan's down-to-earth style and her way of highlighting worthy locally-owned businesses that we might not otherwise know about. For example, she gives information on small hotels in Izamal, and there's a new ecotourism project in the Xpujil area.

Guide to the Yucatan Peninsula (Moon Handbooks Yucatan Peninsula)

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Guide to the Yucatan Peninsula (Moon Handbooks Yucatan Peninsula)
Chicki Mallan
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Moon Yucatan Peninsula: Including Chiapas (Moon Handbooks)

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Moon Yucatan Peninsula: Including Chiapas (Moon Handbooks)
Liza Prado , and Gary Chandler
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ASIN: 1566917816

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Long-time travelers to Mexico Liza Prado and Gary Chandler know the best way to experience the Yucatán Peninsula, from exploring Mayan archaeology and culture to diving and snorkeling the world's longest underwater river system. Prado and Chandler include unique trip ideas like The Best of the Yucatán Peninsula and An Eco-Adventure Tour. Packed with information on dining, transportation, and accommodations, Moon Yucatán Peninsula has lots of options for a range of travel budgets. Every Moon guidebook includes recommendations for must-see sights and many regional, area, and city-centered maps. Complete with details on the best beaches and venturing into the more remote regions of Chiapas and Tabasco, Moon Yucatán Peninsula gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience. With expert writers, first-rate strategic advice, and an essential dose of humor, Moon guidebooks are the cure for the common trip.

Yucatan Handbook (Moon Handbooks Yucatan Peninsula)

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Outstanding, all you need.

Yucatan Handbook (Moon Handbooks Yucatan Peninsula)
Chicki Mallan
Manufacturer: Avalon Travel Publications
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ASIN: 0918373557

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Outstanding, all you need........1997-07-29

I carried this book as my bible for my first trip to Mexico. I couldn't imagine needing any other resource, it was so complete. What I liked best was that the author consistently provided enough information and description for the traveller to make his/her own decisions on what they wanted to get out of their trip, without imparting too much of her own opinions (compared to, say, Lonely Planet books). For example, by reading the guide I was able to determine that Playa del Carmen would probably be a good "home base" for my wife and I, and after visiting most of the towns and islands along the coast I realized that we made the right decision. The author obviously has intimate knowledge of the area, as opposed to someone who may have spent a few months there. In addition, the maps were complete enough so that we did not have to buy any additional maps, and the book travelled very well due to the compact design and tough outer cover (you may find this to be a minor point until you've trashed a few books in the course of your journeying.

Yucatan Peninsula Handbook: The Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean Sea (Moon Travel Handbooks)

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Yucatan Peninsula Handbook: The Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean Sea (Moon Travel Handbooks)
Chicki Mallan , and Oz Mallan
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Yucatan Peninsula Moon Handbook
Chicki Mallan
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ASIN: B000UHJLO4

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From his seemingly "poor boy makes good" childhood to his college years, this piercing, perceptive examination of the people, places, and events that shaped the character of Richard Nixon gives the reader a rare and a fair glimpse of the forces that shaped him.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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RN: One of us; "the silent majority." .......2007-02-19

Richard Nixon. The mere mention of the name is enough to inspire some of the most mean-spirited, gut reactions. On the other hand, as Mr. Wicker quotes a Nixon associate in his book "you get back out of life what you plow into it." For all of his dark, quirky, idiosyncracies, RN, was in many ways "One of Us."

Tom Wicker paints about as sympathetic and generous portrait of the late 37th president as you are going to get from a liberal New York Times reporter. The book is not without its snide and petty moments. Wicker, for whatever personal or professional reasons, has a field day down-playing the communist infiltration of the government in the Truman administration and describing, rather underwhelmingly, the high drama of the Alger Hiss case.

The key quote, a quote in which the entire premise of the book rests upon, comes from none other than Henry A. Kissinger who poignantly asks "What would he (RN)have been like had somebody loved him?" At this point in the book, it all comes together: Here was an enormously gifted man who, because of his inner doubts and insecurities, destroyed himself from within. Missing, unfortunately, was RN's remarkable comeback to respectability. This book retains a slight flavor of the animous that "establishment liberals" had for the man who came from a decidely lower-middle class/working-poor background; a man who was a self-made man in every sense of the word.

At times Wicker's attempt at amateur psychologist is agonizing. How can he possibly know what he knows re: RN's motivations, thoughts, desires, secrets, fears, etc. But to be fair, The Old Man was so uncomfortable with himself, so quirky and ill-at-ease "an introvert in an extrovert's" world, as he described himself, perhaps the only way to get your head around the man is to put him on the couch. I think that Fawn Brodie, who wrote a pscyo-babble biography of RN and Thomas Jefferson was hardly a source to be consulted. Notwithstanding, comments from Nixon relatives Lucille Parsons, Jessamyn and Merle West are highly insightful. It is, however, very unfortunate that Wicker is not more generous in his treatment of RN's parents, particularly his Quaker mother and the influence he had on her life. Father Frank Nixon is made to look like nothing more than a loud-mouth lout; Hannah is portrayed as this taciturn, cold, unfeeling mother who could not find it in her heart to express emotion. In short, I think Wicker has been watching too much Oprah, because not everyone feels the need to show their soul bare-naked to the world. Especially those of RN's generation and ethnic/religous group. Outward signs of affection were not the norm. Yet Wicker, instead of appreciating the diversity of the human condition, chooses to pathologize Mrs. Nixon's behavior (he does a good job on Pat in this regard as well).

Jonathan Aitken's biography Nixon: A Life gives a fuller, more balanced and nuanced portrait of the impact pacifist Hannah Nixon had on her precocious son, as well as a better balanced account of who Frank Nixon was and why he was the way he was. Wicker's analyses of Nixon's parents, and of Nixon himself, are too simplistic and, at times, just plain mean.

a tough book to rate.......2005-10-28

Over the last few years I've read 35 presidential biographies, usually using Amazon readers as my guide to picking the best available choice. It's difficult to find a balanced Nixon biography, and I eventually chose Wicker's One of Us, but rating this book is difficult too. First, it's more of a political biography than a retelling of Nixon's life, but Nixon was so driven by politics that this decision doesn't seem to leave much out. Second, Wicker is more interested in describing who Nixon was than he is in telling a straight narrative. Once, he has given the reader the complete picture of Nixon's psyche, Wicker just stops writing. He leaves out Watergate and the last year and a half of Nixon's presidency. I don't know if Wicker felt too close to Watergate or if he just got tired of writing. Third, there have to be more editorial oversights in this book than just about any serious biography I've read. Towards the end of the book, I had the feeling that Wicker or the editor just turned on the spell checker but didn't bother to make sure the correct words were used.

Despite these major criticisms there is a great deal of merit to One of Us. Although there is a fair amount of psycho-babble, Nixon is certainly in the top 5 presidents as far as needing to be explained from a psychological perspective. And Wicker absolutely nails Nixon's personality. The reader gets the absolutely driven, intelligent, paranoia, manipulative Nixon who has a realpolitik approach to ethics and values.

Nixon was the first president who I really grew up in terms of a broad awareness of the issues of the times. Wicker does a great job of capturing America's concerns. We were obsessed with finding communists under every rock. Civil rights and race rights led to code words like law and order, Students got divided into good kids or rock throwers with little in between. With each of these issues Nixon found a way to play to his constituency, "the silent majority", in an often manipulative way that played more to television sound bites than solutions.

Finally, for the Nixon skeptics out there, this book deals well with Nixon's supposed skills at international relations. It shows how the team of Nixon and Kissinger working together while ignoring the advice and consent of the Congress, State Department, or even the CIA led to serious long-term problems in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Cambodia, with missile reduction treaties, and on and on. Wicker's analysis is difficult to dispute, and it is a powerful argument against the sort of power diplomacy used by Nixon and his ilk.

Now really. . ........2005-07-08

One of us??? Well, I guess -- if you consider yourself part of a group of square, sex-hating, self-deluded, egomaniacal bores who refer to themselves in the third-person. Actually, that would be unfair to all the self-deluded, sex-hating squares in our midst. 'Cause Richard Nixon was part of nothing other than the squalor of his own mind. When he looked out at the world, what he saw was the inside of his own eyeballs.

Tom Wicker -- the quintessent(is that a word?) liberal panty-waste gets two stars here because of the unintentional humor of the tome. (It is almost 800 pages of tome.) But the humor is more than off-set by the outrage of the book. For it is a historical lie. All the so-called "progressive" achievements of Nixon's time (the EPA, expansion of voting rights and other minority protections, worker safety rules, etc) were accomplished IN SPITE of Dick Nixon, not because of him. They were gifts of that time because of the Congress, the media, and mostly -- oh how far we've come -- because the American people were then in much better touch with their own interests. Nixon, to quote Ed Harris as E.Howard Hunt -- was the darkness reaching out to the darkness, and our own very dark time is still haunted by the vicious hatred of all democratic values unleased by the Whittier Vampire. George W. Bush is much more the child of Nixon, than of his own father.

An excellent and concise account of Nixon's Vietnam War.......2003-11-11

Chapter 14, pp 569-614 of "One of Us" is probably the best account of Richard Nixon's Vietnam War policy that I have read. Most Vietnam books tend to skimp on the latter years of the war, when it was winding down. In general this book is very even-handed and at times surprisingly sympathetic. However, Wicker is also honestly frank in his criticisms of Nixon's Vietnam policy and other aspects of his foreign policy.
The reviewer is the author of "Killed In Action: The life and times of SP4 Stephen H. Warner, draftee, journalist and anti-war activist"

policy discussions during the nixon administration.......2003-09-29

good work on the policies during the nixon adminstration
very clear and concise writing in laymen's terms of some rather complex subject matters. the writier's skill in presenting his ideas clearly are done very well inthis book.

One of Us : Richard Nixon and the American Dream

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One of Us : Richard Nixon and the American Dream
Tom Wicker
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One of Us Richard Nixon and the American Dream
Tom Wicker
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One of Us Richard Nixon and the American Dream
Tom Wicker
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One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream
Tom Wicker
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One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream.

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One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream.
Tom Wicker
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With sensitivity and with humor, Barbara Van Billiard sets down the facts of her struggle and outlines the steps she took to deal with surgeries and chemotherapy. Her use of, and explanation, of various mind-body techniques, such as imagery and meditation, are a thought provoking approach that any cancer patient could use to help with life threatening illness.

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My immune system booster!.......2001-07-25

I was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in July 2000. After reading and hearing about the dismal survival statistics, I became extremely distressed and upset. A few months later, I discovered 'Feather'. This book boosted my immune system! It is informative, encouraging, humorous, and best of all, human. Barbara's story is certainly worth telling. I retell it often. My copy gets revisited on those sad and down days - a source of encouragement that helps me stay happy and strong.

An inspirational guide to living with ovarian cancer........2001-05-27

Once my mother was diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer, I began to learn about this terrible disease.

Of all the books and internet sites I found, this little paperback is among the best. Brief, authoritative and written by a long-term suvivor. It gives you the good, the bad and ugly about treatment options and the disease with an upbeat undercurrent that science and medicine is becoming more successful in treating ovarian cancer.

The author wrote this book from the victims perspective, which makes it a great introductory tome for anyone just diagnosed with this vicious disease.

"EXCELLENT" UPLIFTING FEATHER IN MY WIG.......2001-05-18

This book that was written by an R.N. who experienced all of the Ovarian Cancer Disease and has indicated humor, positive attitude towards beating this "Beast". It's a must read book to make your day that is filled with laughter and a determined feeling of getting better each and every day. The review with one star is obviously a person who did not read the entire book and I challenge her to read it in its entirety and guarantee that she will love the book when finished! I absolutely loved the book and found so much healing in reading it myself. For I am also an Ovarian Cancer Survivor of two years and going strong. Godbless you Barbara...

It upset my mother.......2001-05-01

I bought this book for my mother, who is currently battling ovarian cancer. I bought it to inspire her, and let her know that there are survivors out there. Well, the introduction was written to dramatize the book. It went on and on about how few people survive ovarian cancer (not true!!) and what a miracle it was that the writer survived. Consequently, my mother got extremely depressed. She never read the whole book because the introduction upset her so much.

Worth every penny!.......2000-08-03

I got this book for my mom who's recently been diagnosed with cancer. I picked it up this afternoon and didn't put it done until I was finished. What an inspiration! Just what I needed after a long week of discouraging news and facing grim statistics. The author was cured of Stage III Ovarian Cancer and tells how she battled the disease and won. Nothing "hokey" or "alternative" about it--unless you consider meditation, prayer, visualization, and POSITIVE thinking "hokey." This is an EXCELLENT book, surely it's a "must-have" for anyone facing this disease.

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