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Reviewer: Norm Goldman
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Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents
Author: Marty EssenISBN: 0977859975 Some travelers love cruises, while others enjoy romantic getaways to far away places. And there are the rare few who wish to observe and interact with wildlife. Marty and Deb Essen fall into this latter category. This daring couple decided one day they would like to trek the world in search of rare spiders, venomous insects, snakes and other animals that ordinary people would have nightmares about. Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents...
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12-13-2006
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Go Away Just For The Health Of It
Author: Mel Borins M.D.ISBN: 0969056516 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's interview with Dr. Borins CLICK HEREToronto physician, world traveller, photographer and travel writer, Mel Borins, has been actively involved in incorporating into his family practice various complementary systems of healing including the need for v
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7-24-2005
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Hammond World Almanac 2006 World Atlas
Publisher: Hammond World Atlas CorporationISBN: 0843709375 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews The Hammond World Atlas Corporation has teamed up with the bestselling World Almanac and Book of Facts in putting together a superb and educational publication, Hammond World Almanac 2006 World Atlas.You can probably call this Almanac the bible for world class cartography and data with its 200 pages of facts and...
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6-1-2006
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1000 Places To See Before You Die
Author: Patricia SchultzISBN: 0761104844 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsHave you ever wondered what travel means to you? This is a question I have often posed to the many travel writers I have interviewed over the past few years and for most the reply was that travel takes you out of your ordinary routine, where “ordinary” people from all walks of life can engage with each other. In reality, it is an...
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1-1-2006
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Caribbean Escapes
Publisher: Glenn D Harris: Editorial Director: Dale LeathermanISBN: 0976717204The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Interview With Glenn and Dale CLICK HEREAssemble some of the finest travel writers in the business, give their creativity free rein, mix in some stunning photos contributed by some outstanding photographers et voilà you have succeeded in publishi
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12-16-2005
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Cheap Thrills Montreal:Great Montreal Meals For Under $15.00 by Nancy Marrelli: Simon Dardick
Montrealers love restaurants and throughout the city there are hundreds of eating establishments providing terrific value and excellent food.
Nancy Marrelli and Simon Dardick’s fourth edition of Cheap Thrills Montreal: Great Montreal Meals For Under $15.00, is a collection of ninety restaurants, sixty of which are new discoveries, and thirty are updates from their previous books.
Most of the restaurants reviewed in the book cater to people, who are looking for something different, while...
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11-7-2004
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Guerrilla Travel Tactics
Authors: Jay Conrad Levinson and Theo Brandt-SarifPublisher: American Management AssociationISBN: 08144-7170-6This review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews : To read Norm's interview with the author click HERE
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12-9-2004
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Hotel Stories: Legendary Hideaways Of The World
Author: Francisca Matteoli Publisher: Assouline ISBN: 2843233429The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW
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4-26-2005
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Insight Guides California
Project Editor: Martha Ellen Zenfell: Editorial Director: Brian BellISBN: 981234943XThe following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews Collaborating with the brilliance of one of the best well-known travel information providers, Discovery Channel, and calling upon the expertise of travel writers and local residents, Insight Guides California, has delivered to its readers an indispensable companion for anyone intending to...
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10-27-2005
Views: 4816
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Insight Guides San Francisco
Editors: John Wilcock: Martha Ellen Zenfel: Brian Bell:ISBN: 088729149XThe following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures. CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews There are many books written in the travel literature genre pertaining to San Francisco, but few cover as much territory as Insight Guide San Francisco.Just by glancing through the table of contents, you notice that what is important to the editors was not where to eat or stay, although this is briefly...
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11-5-2005
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MalaMala: Pathway To An African Eden
Title: MalaMala: Pathway To An African EdenAuthors: Amanda Lumry & Jamie ThomISBN: #0966225716
The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews
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11-27-2004
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Rand McNally The Road Atlas ‘05
Title: Rand McNally The Road Atlas ‘05Publisher: Rand McNally & CompanyISBN: 0528845403 The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures-CLICK TO VIEW>> Norm Goldman's ReviewsAs my wife and I are a unique team, artist and travel writer respectively, we a
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10-20-2004
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Tales of New York: Some Will Surprise You
Click Here To Purchase Tales of New York: Some Will Surprise You Author: John KeattsISBN: 978-1-4343-1374-4New York has been called the Big Apple. Have you ever wondered why?Licensed New York City tour guide, John Keatts, who has published articles in magazines and newspapers as well as having appeared in Broadway musical productions, cabaret performance and on television, has now assembled quite an interesting selection of tidbits concerning some of New York City’s landmarks and other venues...
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10-16-2007
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The Handsomest Man in Cuba
Author: Lynette ChiangISBN: 0975581600The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's ReviewsTo read Norm's Interview With Lynette
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8-10-2005
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Two Great Wedding Destinations in Vermont & Maine
If you are interested in knowing more about 2 great wedding and/or romantic getaway destinatons, check out Norm and Lily Goldman's articles on The Inn at the Round Barn Farm (Waitsfield Vermont) and the York Harbor Inn (York Harbor Maine). You can find Norm's articles and Lily's art work by clicking on:York Harbor InnThe Inn at the Round Barn Farm
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6-26-2007
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Waltzing Australia
Click Here To Purchase Waltzing Australia Author: Cynthia ClampittISBN: 978-1-4196-6306-2 I never knew what exactly enticed my daughter when in her late teens she was determined to travel for six months to Australia exploring a country that is called “Down Under.” (If you are wondering why it is called "Down Under," it is because it is the only continent with a permanent population that is entirely below the equator and thus it has been given this name.) After all, wasn’t she...
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9-28-2008
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Weekend Adventures in San Francisco & Northern California
Author: Carole Terwilliger MyersPublisher: Carousel PressISBN: 0917120191The following review was contributed by: NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews To read Norm's Interview With Carole T. Myers Click Here Carole Terwilliger Myers, author of the 8th Edition of Weekend Adventures in San Francisco & Northern California,
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6-1-2005
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Wild About Florida: South Florida
Click Here To Purchase Wild About Florida: South FloridaAuthors: Kathleen and Martin WallsISBN: 978-0-9798087-5-3Publisher: Global Authors Publications Travel writer, photographer and author Kathleen Walls together with her photographer husband Martin have put together Wild About Florida: South Florida describing some of the wild and natural havens to be found in South Florida. The guide divides itself into seventeen counties located on the East and West Coasts of Florida. Beginning their
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8-14-2008
Views: 3733
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Yak Butter Blues
Title: Yak Butter BluesAuthor: Brandon Wilson:ISBN: 0977053660The following review was contributed by:NORM GOLDMAN: Editor of Bookpleasures &CLICK TO VIEW Norm Goldman's Reviews After reading author Brandon Wilson’s email requesting a review of his book Yak Butter Blues, wherein he recounts how he and his wife, Cheryl, travelled 40 days from early October to the end of November in 1992 over 1000 kilometers travelling along the ancient pilgrimage route across Tibet, my first reaction...
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11-25-2004
Views: 15030
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