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Island touring itineraries take you through towns and villages, into the hills and alongside shimmering lakes. You’ll visit museums, historic buildings, beautiful churches and perhaps stop to join in local celebrations. Interesting tidbits are highlighted in colorful callout boxes, and might tell how the landscape has been shaped, the most secluded beach, which birds you can expect to see, or where the best fishing spot is. Whether you’re planning your first trip to the Caribbean or are a veteran traveler, don’t leave home without a Landmark Visitors Guide , renowned as the best guides for sightseers. Lavish color throughout, plus detailed maps. more...

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One of many titles in the Landmark Visitors Guide series, a revamp and update of the highly respected Visitors Guides , acknowledged as among the most reliable and useful guides for sightseers. With full color maps and photos throughout, the new Landmark Visitors Guides are highly detailed, giving you the information you need to get the most from your trip. They serve as a useful reference tool before you leave home, and are the perfect travel companion while on the road. more...

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Michael Brein's Guide to Berlin by Subway shows visitors how to go to Berlin's top 50 visitor attractions by the Berlin U-Bahn (subway) as well as by Berlin's S-Bahn (suburban rail system). The guide shows which transit to use, which lines to take, which transit stops to board and exit, and, using detailed mini-area-walking maps, how to walk exactly from these transit stops directly to the visitor attractions. Additional nearby points of interest are also indicated on these mini-area-walking maps. An ultra-large official map of the transit system is also provided. Michael Brein's Guide to Berlin is part of the world's first and only travel guide series specifically designed to show travelers how to sightsee the top 50 visitor attractions by public transportation in a variety of the world's most visited cities. more...

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Charm is a useful byword for the career of Billy Wilder. His films often explore the charm of innocence and the charm of corruption, or to put it more precisely, the charm of corruption for the innocent and the charm of innocence for the corrupt. The director does not regard cloistered virtue as being very photogenic, but tainted virtue is another thing entirely. In his most serious dramas, characters who have compromised and corrupted themselves in tragic ways—like Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard and Chuck Tatum in Ace In The Hole—undertake too late to reclaim their integrity. In his comedies, characters whose desires are represented by the corruptions of worldly compromise and easy comfort—like Bud Baxter in The Apartment, Harry Hinkle in The Fortune Cookie, John Pringle in A Foreign Affair—relinquish their spoils and return gladly, if a bit stained, to the integrity they previously had no use for. Virtue becomes its own, more appreciated reward and vice its own punishment. Since the 1930s, Wilder’s cinematic charm has been making audiences accept some unconventional truths and root for some unlikely heroes. Perhaps Fred MacMurray also sensed that Wilder is one of Hollywood’s anti-Disneys. A Wilder project, redeemed though it was by the charm of its writing and direction, nonetheless often addressed a subject in a way that offended the keepers of the status quo. This, of course, may simply be another way of saying that Wilder puts his directorial charms and exploration of innocence and corruption to the service of a realist’s vision while Disney prefers the eye of fantasy. The realist is usually the one whose work elicits the sharp intake of breath from the audience when they sense that things may not be the way they appear on the surface. As Wilder’s character Barry Detweiler, a Hollywood producer, says in Fedora: “Sugar and spice, and underneath that—cement and stainless steel.” It’s a bracing recipe, one that usually allows Wilder to ad more...

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From Faneuil Hall to Fenway Park, Harvard Square to Beacon Hill, Boston is as beloved for its centuries of history as it is for its sparkling contemporary culture. It’s also a very doable—and enticing—vacation destination. This user-friendly guide is packed with all the info travelers need for a memorable trip to Beantown, including:.:.; Helpful tips and tons of maps for getting around by subway, bus, ferry, taxi, and car.; On-the-money shopping tips by neighborhood and type of store.; Great day trip itineraries for historic hotspots and seaside havens including Concord, Salem, Gloucester, and Rockport.; Whale watching, historic landmarks, dining out, nightlife, and more. Like every For Dummies travel guide, Boston For Dummies, Fourth Edition includes:.:.; Down-to-earth trip-planning advice.; What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip.; The best restaurants and hotels for every budget.; Lots of detailed maps. more...

Price: $17.99