Frommer's Florida 2005


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You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go— they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us! Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Florida is much more comprehensive and detailed than its major competitor. It is simply the most reliable guide you can buy. Our team of expert authors has inspected countless accommodations, and they've selected the very best: lavish golf resorts, spas, stunning B&Bs, beachfront motels, and family-friendly condos. No matter what your budget, this guide can help you design a memorable Florida vacation. Frommer's covers all the highlights: the sizzling South Beach club scene, the state's best restaurants, dive sites in the Keys, spring training, theme parks, the Kennedy Space Center, world-class golf courses, and beaches, water sports, and beach bars galore. You'll learn about all the latest developments at Disney and Universal Studios, and get lots of insider tips about airfare bargains and package deals. You'll even get a free color fold-out map and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!




Overbooked


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"Travel is no longer a past-time but a colossal industry, arguably one of the biggest in the world and second only to oil in importance for many poor countries. One out of 12 people in the world are employed by the tourism industry which contributes $6.5 trillion to the world's economy. To investigate the size and effect of this new industry, Elizabeth Becker traveled the globe. She speaks to the Minister of Tourism of Zambia who thinks licensing foreigners to kill wild animals is a good way to make money and then to a Zambian travel guide who takes her to see the rare endangered sable antelope. She travels to Venice where community groups are fighting to stop the tourism industry from pushing them out of their homes, to France where officials have made tourism their number one industry to save their cultural heritage; and on cruises speaking to waiters who earn $60 a month--then on to Miami to interview their CEO. Becker's sharp depiction reveals travel as a product; nations as stewards. Seeing the tourism industry from the inside out, the world offers a dizzying range of travel options but very few quiet getaways"--




Frommer's Miami & the Keys Day by Day


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Frommer's first edition Miami & the Keys Day by Day is your personal tour guide to the sizzling city of Miami and the oases that are the Keys. Specialized tours cater to art and architecture lovers or those traveling with kids, while extensive dining and nightlife listings get you behind the velvet ropes at some of the hottest spots in South Beach. Discover which beaches are family-friendly (and where you'll need to cover the little one's eyes), and what courses are the best to tee off. And, be immersed in culture, whether it's acclaimed art museums and Art Deco hotels or Cuban coffee and salsa dancing.




Frommer's Great Beach Vacations


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Contains everything you need to find and plan your perfect beach getaway.




535 Best Beaches - Fodor's


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The ultimate guide for planning a beach vacation covers every great beach from Maine's rugged coast to the tranquil waters of the Florida Keys to the best surfing beaches in Los Angeles to the white sands of Grand Turk to the Banzai Pipeline of Oahu. Full-color photos and magazine-style features make this the go-to source for beach-lovers.







Bashō's Journey


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In Bashō's Journey, David Landis Barnhill provides the definitive translation of Matsuo Bashō's literary prose, as well as a companion piece to his previous translation, Bashō's Haiku. One of the world's greatest nature writers, Bashō (1644–1694) is well known for his subtle sensitivity to the natural world, and his writings have influenced contemporary American environmental writers such as Gretel Ehrlich, John Elder, and Gary Snyder. This volume concentrates on Bashō's travel journal, literary diary (Saga Diary), and haibun. The premiere form of literary prose in medieval Japan, the travel journal described the uncertainty and occasional humor of traveling, appreciations of nature, and encounters with areas rich in cultural history. Haiku poetry often accompanied the prose. The literary diary also had a long history, with a format similar to the travel journal but with a focus on the place where the poet was living. Bashō was the first master of haibun, short poetic prose sketches that usually included haiku. As he did in Bashō's Haiku, Barnhill arranges the work chronologically in order to show Bashō's development as a writer. These accessible translations capture the spirit of the original Japanese prose, permitting the nature images to hint at the deeper meaning in the work. Barnhill's introduction presents an overview of Bashō's prose and discusses the significance of nature in this literary form, while also noting Bashō's significance to contemporary American literature and environmental thought. Excellent notes clearly annotate the translations.




Bliss


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"A collection of aerial photography of beaches and exotic coastal locations around the world"--







Best Beach Vacations


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Includes Ocracoke Island, Hatteras Island, Nags Head, Bear Island, Fort Fisher Beach, Sunset Beach, Fripp Island, Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, Hilton Head, and many more.