Discovering Old Board Games
This book contains descriptions of sixty board games, drawn from an immense range of history - from 3000 BC through to the turn of the nineteenth century. Accounts of these games have been gleaned from archaeological reports, traveler's tales, ... [... more]
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Food: A Taste of the Road (Travelers' Tales)
 Savor every morsel of this delicious book!: As a new, first-time parent, I expected that my poor, sleep-deprived brain wouldn't be fully capable of the sensory imagination that would make this book worthwhile. But the first story transported me [... more]
$18.95
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Travelers' Tales Provence: True Stories (Travelers' ...
What a treat!: If you've spent time in the South of France you know how glorious it is--the food, the landscape, the people, the wine. Reading this book is like taking a return trip, without paying for a plane ticket or using vacation days! And if you've [... more]
$16.95
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The Best Travelers' Tales 2004: True Stories from Around ...
Lives up to its name as a "best travel writing" collection: The Travelers' tales books come in a variety of types. Some are collections that focus on a particular region (Thailand, Italy, the American southwest.) Others are unified by [... more]
$16.95
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Travelers' Tales Paris: True Stories (Travelers' Tales ...
deadly dull and almost entirely useless: Nearly evenything in this book reads like rehashes of uninspired Paris tourist brochures. Even the three hatchet jobs contributed by Jan Morris and Herbert Gold (the insufferable, execrable, and virtually [... more]
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Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic: True ...
A Perfect Traveling Companion: Reviewed by Sharon Hudgins, author of "The Other Side of Russia: A Slice of Life in Siberia and the Russian Far East." Whether you're planning a trip to Prague or have visited there many times before (as I have), [... more]
$17.95
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Travelers' Tales China: True Stories (Travelers' Tales ...
Says a lot by saying little: What is China? Reduced to facts and figures, China is amazing and overwhelming. 1.3 billion people live within its borders. Almost 4 million square miles in area. A history stretching back countless millennia. A modern [... more]
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Travelers' Tales France: True Stories
Good Travel Companion: Both TT: France and TT: Paris are perfect companions on a trip to France. They put you in the mood to experiment when you travel and provide an eager anticipation of French culture. I've read both and will probably take them on an [... more]
$18.95
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Travelers' Tales Tuscany: True Stories
Compliment Your Trip with Stories: I'd pick a story each night relating to what I was doing during my stay in Tuscany and found it the perfect way to fall into a wishful sleep. I read about buying a villa, shopping in the open market, and walking from [... more]
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Travelers' Tales Nepal: True Stories of Life on the Road ...
Amazon.com Review: By the time you read the first of these "Traveler's Tales," you'll be flipping to the back of the book to find out more about how to get to Nepal. The country's beguiling mysteries are revealed by teachers, musicians, [... more]
$17.95
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Travelers' Tales Ireland: True Stories
The Sub-title says it all.: This book consists of a wide variety of stories from the humourous to the profound to the historical. There are stories that you want to sit down with a friend and read it to them: specically, "A Pub Fairy Tale" by [... more]
$18.95
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Travelers' Tales Hong Kong
This Is Not Your Father's Travel Guide: I read this book two weeks before our first (but hopefully not last) trip to Hong Kong. Other travel books gave me information on where to stay, where to eat, where to buy. But this book told me stories that made [... more]
$17.95
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