No comments about Step by Step Paris (Insight Guides Step By Step).

1 comments about Paris 2009 Square Wall Calendar.

1. I love this calendar!the pictures are so beautiful and some of the best photos of Paris I've seen in long time.
   I gave them as holiday gifts to many friends last year and they all said it was their favorite gift.

1 comments about Gourmet Bistros and Restaurants of Paris.

1. If you have dined at any of the restaurants listed in this book, you'll want it (Le Grand Véfour, Jules Verne, Taillevant...) The photography is stunning, and it is an historical view of the greatest restaurants in the world. There is something magical about looking at the pages and saying "Wow! I sat right there... and enjoyed one of the most memorable meals of my life!"
   
   If you have never dined at any of these restaurants, you may wish to buy it- just so you can plan a trip there......

No comments about TASCHEN's Paris.

1 comments about Paris, 2nd (City Guides - Cadogan).

1. By Bill Marsano. If you were to go to a really well-stocked bookstore and start counting the guidebooks devoted to Paris, there's a fair chance you wouldn't finish on the same day you started. Paris is like the Battle of Gettysburg: Everyone wants to write about it and almost everyone does. (Some more than once.) So while you might consider yourself spoiled for choice, it's more likely that you'll be overwhelmed and baffled.
   
   I can help you out here because I'm almost uniquely qualified to judge. I've used guides, written for guides and even sold guides in a travel bookstore. And from that I conclude that this is the best guide to Paris available, bar none.
   
   Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls have written literally dozens of guides; I first came to know their work in Italy two decades ago. They lived there at the time just as they are now writing guides to France and live there too. It's fair to say that from depth of experience and local perspective, they can't be beat. They are not quick in-and-outers dependent on what the local tourist office is pushing.
   
   Their Paris book has all you'd expect from any decent competitor, of which there are plenty: details and overviews of nightlife, sports, parks, hotels, transport, restaurants, museums, walking tours, festivals, flea markets, shopping. All that and more. What sets it apart--far apart--is the quality and freshness of the writing, which is informed, stylish and witty (the historical notes are especially fine and a delight to read). The reader truly feels guided by this book--taken in hand by an expert (two of them in this case) and given the key to the city. This is a genuinely sophisticated approach to the City of Light. A triomphe, in fact.
   
   If you're going to Paris for a week or more, you may very well wish to embark upon a daytrip beyond the city. For that you must buy "An Hour from Paris," by Annabel Simms (a Brit long resident in Paris). She's a perfect companion to Facaros and Pauls, and almost their equal as a writer. She lists 20 splendid daytrips, most of them little known, all available by public transport, and none more than an hour away.--Bill Marsano is an award-winning travel writer and editor.

1 comments about Cool Restaurants Paris (Cool Restaurants).

1. I would love to review this book, if I could only get it! The website says it is "in stock" but the shipping date when I ordered it was December. I have seen it in stores, so it isn't as if it hasn't been released. Very suspect.

No comments about Paris Black & White 2009 7X7 Mini Wall Calendar.

2 comments about Artists in Residence: A Guide to the Homes and Studios of Eight 19th-Century Painters In and Around Paris Paperback with slip case.

1. I was so disapointed with this book when I got it. I wanted some ANALYSIS and scholarship in conjunction with the photographs...but NO, there was NONE TO BE FOUND. The reproductions are nice and if you just want something to look at fine...get the book. However, if you actually want to read a book about french studios this is not the book to buy.



2. 
   I'll agree with the previous reviewer concerning this title's arty status, and then some -- this is the most delicious mini-coffee-table book/slipcase combo I've come across in years of book reselling. But the demand for heavyweight art-crit action is misdirected.
   
   The book's subtitle says "A Guide," and that's exactly what it is, via glorious photos of interiors with atmospheric introductory texts; repros of a typical work or two; and shots of the surrounding countryside -- PLUS complete information concerning: how to get there and where to stay; walking tours of the areas and other local tours of interest; and where to eat nearby. It even has a bibliography -- quite a satisfying package in 143 pages!
   
   If you love French art and plan to be around Paris, just grab yourself a copy of this title, plan your pilgrimage, and GO -- then do the art-crit thing afterwards....

No comments about AUTHENTIK / Chic Paris (Authentik).

No comments about Walking the Da Vinci Code in Paris: Decoding the City and the Book.