No comments about Time Out Sydney (Time Out Guides).

2 comments about Guide to Navigation and Tourism in French Polynesia.

1. Excelent book for the navigator as well as being a first rate cruising guide.



2. Nice pictures, complicated indexes, not so many navigation tips, poor English translation. Nevertheless this is the only nautical guide for the area (Bora Bora - Raiatea - Tahaa) I was interested in. Buy it if you can't find something better.

No comments about Uluru: Australia's Aboriginal Heart.

No comments about A Museum for the People: A History of Museum Victoria and its Predecessors 1854-2000.

No comments about Pacific Ocean Map by Hema (Hema Maps International).

5 comments about My French Life.

1. This book is just devine. It will inspire you to take risks, uproot your life and follow your dreams. Vicki and her husband David fell in love with a farmhouse in Provence while holidaying, and have lovingly restored the house and surrounding acreage. The house is truly beautiful and I now have Provence on my list of places I must visit soon. What is interesting is how she made this her new life, learnt a new language, gives us her viewpoint of the French and way of life. What living in France is like to someone who is not French but has chosen it as their new home.
   Vicki also covers Paris - I am thankfully going there next year!
   The photography, thanks to Carla Coulson is spectacular,and this is a beautiful book.
   Vicki also shares a list of shops in Paris and in Saint-Remy-de-Provence she recommends, plus movies, books and music that have have inspired her love of all things French.
   Thank you for sharing your journey with us Vicki.



2. I have never read anything so utterly pretentious -- how wonderful that Ms Archer found this paradise and, at untold cost, restored it brick by brick, stone by stone, using the best local craftspeople,artisans, antiquarians and the like (and who all, along the way, became her new best friends)-- and telling us in the most mundane style how lucky she is to be able to sit and watch the olives grow while also tripping off to Paris or London (her now home).
   
   Her ultimate coup, it seems, and which Ms. Archer proudly tells us she has received, was recognition,by the French Security person at the airport,of her HERMES BERKIN handbag. He informed her that she had bought the most perfect item in the whole world, made with utmost craftsmanship at Hermes-- and she has the privilege of owning it! MON DIEU!!!
   
   Luckily, I got this book from my local library and thus have not added a centime to her rather full coffers. SAVE YOUR MONEY! BETTER TO DONATE IT TO A WORTHY CAUSE!!!!



3. I remember doing a search quite a while back for French Life (or something similiar) and found this book right before it's release. I immediately put it on my Wish List and kind of forgot about it.
   
   A few months later, I found it again (going through my list) and decided I didn't want to spend $35 for this book so after much waiting it became available thru inter-library loan.
   
   Let me tell you that I am so glad I was able to get it this way rather than pay for this overly-plush, terribly written book. Such a letdown..boring writing with heady photographs.
   You will not learn anything new about the French in this book. It's the same thing: French style, food, politeness, slow pace, etc. And I got really sick of the author's constant referrals to her olive farm.
   
   Best book on French style: Veronique Vienne's French Style: How to Think, Shop & Dress Like a Frenchwoman...magnificient OOP book but absolutely worth the inflated price.
   Best book on French cuisine and life: Robert Arbor's Joie de Vivre.
   
   Don't waste your time with this one. You'll just be paying for padded fluff.



4. If you don't have the time or money to go to Paris, this is the next best thing. The photos are dreamy and really wonderful. Put on French music, poor a glass of wine and your there!!!



5. I had hoped the book was written to inspire a trip to France and explore the French lifestyle. Really, the writing left me unable to appreciate the lush photos; so self absorbed and boastful. My first ever return to Amazon.

1 comments about Hitching: Tales from the Byways and Superhighways.

1. Kirsty Brooks set out to write a book about hitchhiking. She got a car and headed out, looking for hikers to pick up.

   She found less than a dozen.

   So she went out and collected stories from all over the world of the strangest occurrences that have happened, from drink-driving mayors in France to hitchhiking in Japan, where the drivers will give you their umbrellas when you stop.

   It's a great read, interlaced with some wonderful picture-postcards, making the whole book a very attractive package.

2 comments about Adventuring in the Pacific: The Islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia.

1. "Adventuring in the Pacific" is the only book I've found, to date, that covers information about the South Pacific and Oceanic Islands from as far east as Tahiti in Polynesia, to as far north-west as the Northern Mariana's in Micronesia, covering many of the more remote or unfamiliar islands in between. The book contains a wealth of information that is vital to the traveler such as travel tips, length of stay considered adequate for each island, flora & fauna, native foods, and even important information about crime and health issues that may be encountered. Additionally, it includes an in depth look at the culture and history of each island. I would have preferred seeing more detailed maps, more weather information and pictures of the islands, but for anyone planning to visit or sail throughout the South Seas, or if you're just an island "buff" it is well worth the purchase.



2. No doubt interesting reading. Whether it's relevant... Well, yes, this could be great advice for those adventuring in the Pacific, but only with huge amounts of money which few of us have. Unless you have your own yacht(s) etc, you may be better off with one of the more 'conventional' travel guides.

No comments about Old New Zealand: A tale of the good old times: And a history of the war in the North against the chief Heke, in the year 1845, told by an old chief of the Ngapuhi tribe, Also Maori traditions.

1 comments about Australia Flying High.

1. Bought this as a follow-up to our trip 'down under' this past year. The images are nice enough, but the size of the book is just too small to do justice to the visuals. Not a good 'coffee table' book.