No comments about The Rough Guide to Boston 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides).

1 comments about WalkBoston: Walking Tours of Boston's Unique Neighborhoods.

1. The arrival to the USA seems to introduce Europeans into a new dimension. You can't do anything without a car! Distances are enormous and walks aren't pleasant because of the empty sidewalks and high traffic streets. At my arrival at the airport after many years of absence I spotted this pocket guide and bought it right away. What a revelation! It is possible and enjoyable to take a walk in Boston outside the downtown area and actually see many hidden aspects of this beautiful even if sprawled out city. The book is written by a humoristic person that has a first hand experience of what he is talking about and is culturally prepared on history and culture of this town.
   I enjoyed using this booklet and strongly reccomend it to tourists use to "walking down cities" in their desire to know them better.

No comments about Historic Walks in North Yorkshire (Cicerone British Walking).

No comments about Recommended Bed & Breakfasts New England, 4th (Recommended Bed & Breakfasts Series).

1 comments about Maine Trees & Wildflowers: An introduction to over 140 familiar species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers (Pocket Naturalist - Waterford Press).

1. This is a pretty handy little pocket guide with little illustrations and descriptions of trees and wildflowers of Maine. But it is not a paperback. It is instead a laminated and folded two-sided card with six panels on each side. One side has six panels of flowers and trees, and the other side has four more panels of flowers and trees, a fifth panel panel showing a map of botanical sanctuaries of Maine, and the sixth panel is green and white title graphic shown in the Amazon.com depiction of the item. There's about a dozen tree and flower depictions on each panel. Each tree or flower on a panel is depicted solely by a small color illustration of nettles/leaves/cones or leaves/flowers, and the entire tree or plant is not depicted. There's a ten to twenty five word description of each species illustrated, including the common name, latin name, and genral size range. But it is a very short description. For example, with an illustration of two leaves on the same stem, and an acorn, you have this:
   
   "White Oak -- Quercus alba To 100 ft (30m) Leaves have 5-9 rounded lobes Acorn has a shallow, scaly cup"
   
   That's it. Not a bad quickie guide if you're on a hike in Maine, actually. But be aware, it isn't a paperback with a page of description per plant species, or anything like that.

1 comments about American Map Metro Worcester Street Atlas: Central Massachusetts (American Map).

1. I'm a truck driver and this is the atlas that everyone I work with uses...simply the best. Great detail, easy to read, easy to understand.

No comments about Cape Cod Massachusetts Map.

No comments about Hikes & Walks in the Berkshire Hills, Third Edition (A Berkshire Outdoors Series Guide).

1 comments about Greater Newburyport: A Photographic Portrait.

1. This book is filled with photographs that make me miss my home and make me excited to move back. The photos are stunning and the book is well done.

   My only minor critique is that some of the captions are slightly confusing. I spent a few minutes wondering where the 'train' was in the picture of the train station, only to reread the caption and realize that they are referring to a theoretical train and not one in the picture. Also, the little intro picture in the Newburyport section is really the southern point of Salisbury Beach, which also puzzled me a bit. Both minor points, but thats why only 4 stars from me.

1 comments about Extraordinary Boston.

1. Now here's a book that lives up to it's name. It shows the parts of Boston you never forget: Back Bay, the North End, Downtown...this book, for all people wanting a Boston souveneir or visting this great city, is a must-see.