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A 5 star book all the way except for the too tiny print and too small to see easily maps. An e-book is included with this book and perhaps there you can use your fingers change the contents to a readable size. I haven’t tried it yet but might.

Other than those drawbacks I thought that this was a helpful and informative and interesting book.

I liked the history that is included.

Whether or not I get to England it was fun reading about places I’d read about in books and places people I know (living in or visiting England) have been to and talked about and sometimes shared photos.

The eating recommendations in these books are rarely of any use to me. Occasionally a veg*n restaurant is listed but it’s rare. I can’t use these books for food suggestions. In a perfect world vegans would write these books and list vegan places. Instead of books I make use of personal and vegan society/groups recommendations and https://www.happycow.net/ and its app.
I hope that I get to the UK but I don’t feel quite as badly that I struggle to plan and make an itinerary. I signed up for these emails (https://uktravelplanning.com/) and no wonder I find it challenging. Wow! Their advice is overwhelming with multiple steps but I’ll bet trips would be better if following at least some of their advice. I’m getting nearly daily emails from them chock full of tips and other information.

I’ve been reading many guidebooks about the UK. This is the last one I plan to read unless/until I make specific plans for an upcoming trip.

I need at least a year in the UK. Five years would be better. I need at least a month in London. A year would be better.

4-1/2 stars

This guide concentrates on the 'sites', which it does well. Unlike some of its competitors, there's little coverage of shops, restaurants or hotels. A separate street plan and index of the centre, plus a subway plan, covered with a rain-proof material, is housed in a wallet at the back of the book: this is a very useful feature.

Location : NWS

1 Litto Nebbia– Aguafuertes Porteñas 1:48
2 Roberto Polaco Goyeneche*– Tango De Los Abuelos, Los Padres Y Los Hijos 3:49
3 Adriana Varela– Afiche 3:17
4 Astor Piazzolla– Tres Minutos Con La Realidad 3:05
5 Alberto Podestá– El Bazar De Los Juguetes 2:46
6 Néstor Marconi– Café Homero 6:50
7 Agri*, Binelli*, Fedel* Y Ferrer*– 200 Años
Bandoneon – Daniel Binelli
Double Bass – Guillermo Ferrer
Piano, Arranged By – Gustavo Fedel
Violin – Antonio Agri
1:54
8 Héctor Varela– Lilian
Vocals – Luis Corea
3:10
9 Leopoldo Federico & Roberto Grela– Danzarin
Guitar – Roberto Grela
Vocals – Leopoldo Federico
3:52
10 Adriana Varela– Cada Vez Que Me Recuerdes 2:37
11 Astor Piazzolla– Melancólico Buenos Aires 4:03
12 Alfredo Belusi– El Ultimo Guapo
Conductor – Osvaldo Requena
Vocals – Alfredo Belusi
2:30
13 Anibal Troilo*– Orlando Goñi 3:56
14 Carlos Gardél*– Caminito 2:37
15 Néstor Marconi Trio– Cuando Tú No Estás 5:45
16 Carlos Buono Orquesta– Retrato De Nana
Bandoneon – Carlos Buono
3:08
17 Héctor Varela– El Tiempo Sera Testigo
Vocals – Armando Laborde
2:55
18 Eduardo Arólas*– El Marne
Bandoneon – Eduardo Arólas*
2:30
19 Los Solistas De D'Arienzo– La Cumparsita
Conductor – Juan D'Arienzo
2:45
20 Virgilio Expósito– Farol
Bandoneon – Néstor Marconi
Piano, Vocals – Virgilio Expósito
3:14

1 Michalis Nikoloudis*– Topos 4:28
2 Psarantonis*– Kastrinos 2:33
3 Mode Plagal– Pikrodafni 6:34
4 Dimitris Sakalis*– Simera Gamos Ginete 5:26
5 George Koros– Ballos 3:54
6 Anna Karabesini* & Efi Sarri*– Arabas Perna 2:42
7 Eleftheria Arvanitaki– Tha Spaso Koupes 3:33
8 Kostas Nouros*– Galata Manes 2:57
9 Manolis Angelopoulos*– O Prosfigas 3:00
10 Glykeria*– Piga Se Magisses 2:54
11 Nikos Papazoglou*– Trelli Ki Adespoti 2:58
12 Stelios Kazantzidis*– Pare T'Ahnaria Mou 3:24
13 Dionisis Savopoulos* & Sotiria Bellou*– Zeibekiko 3:12
14 Nikos Xylouris*– San Erthoun Mana I Fili Mou 3:37
15 Petro-Loukas Chalkias– Skaros 3:46
16 Kristi Stassinopoulou– Tin Kardia M'Tin Klidomeni 2:09
17 Banda Tis Florinas*– Leventikos 3:36
18 Himerini Kolimvites*– Apo To Parko Sti Mirovolo 2:59
19 Soula Birbili*– To Trizoni 3:44
20 Nikos Xidakis*– Orea Kimomeni 2:25
21 Savina Yannatou*– Ipne Pou Pernis Ta Pedia 3:21

1 Cheikh Lô– Jeunesse Senegal 5:42
2 Assane Ndiaye & Le Raam Daan*– Nguisstal 5:43
3 Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck– Loodo 6:08
4 Orchestra Baobab– Mouhamadou Bamba 6:32
5 Tata Dinding Jobarteh*– Bitillo 5:21
6 Ifang Bondi– Salimata 4:08
7 Youssou N'Dour– Letter 4:13
8 Baaba Maal– Wango Arti 8:10
9 Dembo Konte & Kausu Kuyateh– Kairaba Jabi 4:23
10 Malang Mané– Diamano Bifoula/Hal Ma Ti Wouna 4:31
11 Ismaël Lô– Taar Doucey 5:40
12 Mass Lowe– Aminatta 4:19
13 Mansour Seck– Yelayo 5:12wor

India

Scale 1:140,000 World mapping project. Lambert conformal ellipsoid projection.

folded map in paper sleeve containing map of central Barcelona.waterproof plastic 'paper'

Plasticized paper

A variety of useful information for one considering purchasing a saxophone, and some tips for those who have some experience playing one, as well. There is something of a gap, though: the book contains relatively little of use to beginning players, and generally doesn't contain information about playing.

A fine book, but it didn't quite meet my needs.

Veraltet, dafür kann das Buch aber natürlich nichts.

Leider setzen die Autoren ihre eigene Meinung höher an, als die Informationen, die sie eigentlich liefern sollten. Es wird z.B. viel über Versailles geschimpft, statt zu berichten.

shelved at: 92 GER : Architecture - Germany

Like all the Rough Guide publications, this has a wealth of information for the first time visitor. Where to eat, stay, visit and what to beware of, are written in clear and concise terms.

This was bought in anticipation of a holiday to the town in the coming year.

Very useful

The Rough Guide to Hindi & Urdu: Dictionary Phrasebook, as its subtitle suggests, differs from most phrasebooks in following an alphabetical, dictionary-style organization, rather than a thematic one, except in its short introductory 'Basics' section. In fact, it's probably best appreciated less as a phrasebook and more as a traveler's pocket dictionary - or perhaps, for the adventurous user, an assemble-your-own-phrasebook kit.

The book's grammar section is compact and simple, but surprisingly thorough for its size, giving that 'adventurous user' quite a bit to work with. It doesn't demand too much familiarity with the technical grammar terms, but instead makes strategic use of literal translations to illustrate the typical structure of Hindi-Urdu sentences. It covers levels of politeness, verb tenses, possession, comparison, gender, and more, all briefly but clearly.

Coverage of written Hindi and Urdu, however, is limited to two 'Signs and Notices' sections near the end of the book, which make no attempt to teach either alphabet, offering instead a purely rote comparison of full phrases. Place names in this section are from India only, and most of the cultural notes and practical advice scattered throughout the book are, while abundant and interesting, similarly India-specific.

Outside of the 'Signs and Notices' sections, all Hindi-Urdu is romanized. The transliteration scheme employed is clear and comprehensive, but there are a few small issues worth noting.

1. Where traditional spelling and pronunciation diverge, the transliteration sometimes follows the former - giving, for example, bahan rather than behen for sister and shahar rather than sheher for city.


2. The vowel sound represented by ऐ in Hindi is most often pronounced /ɛː/ - a slightly elongated version of the 'eh' sound you hear in the English word bed. This book recommends pronouncing it like the a in mat. This pronunciation does exist, but is used almost exclusively in English loanwords like बैग (bag) and पैक (pack).


3. Some distinctions require closer attention from the reader than others. T and t are easily distinguished, but K and k are more similar in appearance. Similarly, the boldface used to indicate nasalized vowels is easier to see when the text is green than when it is black. (The book uses both colors.)

Such minor issues notwithstanding, this is a very solid resource for both the traveler who needs a pocket guide to the language and the student looking for a speaking-focused overview and running start. The 'Colloquialisms' section, as the book itself notes, should be not be used without great caution - consultation with a native speaker is advised, as some phrases are more offensive than the translations given might make them seem - but the work as a whole is generally quite reliable, although it does provide far more single words than full phrases.

remastered audio is excellent, also excellent selection of lesser-known blues

As I'm preparing for a trip to Canada in a few months, I have been looking at travel guides - You know, because the anticipation is killing me....

I usually love my travel guides in a thick hard copy but thought I'd give the kindle editions a shot. In short, I would hate to use travel guides on the kindle ever again. It's not just that they lack the pictures and maps are not very useable - very important for a travel guide - it just is not the same highlighting passages as it is wedging sticky notes or train tickets between the pages and annotating pages with scribbles and phone numbers.

Also, what good is it reducing the size of a travel guide when this ultimately means that the most useful information is left out?

This edition still manages to give a short overview of Vancouver, but really, if it is detail and recommendations of the unusual you want from a travel guide just as much as an easy reference or map section, then stick to the full size paper copy.

I travelled through a small chunk of China back in about 2011, visiting Macau, Guangzhou, Hainan Island and Guilin. Those were the days when one still had to rely on the printed word to guide them in their travels and I thought "The Rough Guide to China" was a good example of a guide book. Indeed, in this online age I miss toting a guidebook or two along on my meandering journeys. Now, however, my partner scorns travel advice on paper, preferring the wonders of online travel info and AirBnB.

I want to read the book

great way to find the best and what you like. otherwise this is a big topic to tackle!

Bought a copy of this phrasebook when I first began learning Polish as a hobby in 2006. That was the year I referred to it the most, but intermittently returned to it for the subsequent two or three years.

I eventually had to bin the book owing to the amount of pages that had come loose!

In short, this is a well-presented manual for learning a difficult language, though frequent use leads to page destruction!

When travelling to places you don't know without a guide person to instruct you the rough guide series is the best you can ask for. This guide has a incredible easy map of the city, full of highlights of the main attractions of the place you are visiting, with all the information you'll need, such as the time it opens, how much it'll cost you and so much more. Don't get lost and trust this guide.

What a delightful guide. It's easy to follow and it's very pratical too. London would not be the same without it, specially 'cause the map is water proof and I mean, in London that's very useful.