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Baechtold's Best: Afghanistan: The Ultimate Visual Travel Guide [Paperback]

Claude Baechtold (Author)
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May 1, 2006
Planning a trip to Afghanistan? Bring a Baechtold!

Baechtold's Best is a revolutionary concept in travel guides for both the adventurous traveler and the arm-chair variety. Created exclusively using images and maps, Baechtold introduces the traveler to the best of what each country has to offer. Most guides boast encyclopedic ambitions and fill their pages with lengthy descriptions. By contrast, Baechtold guides are created on the premise that one good photograph and an address are enough to point the intrepid traveler in the right direction.

Each guide consists of four categories of destinations (People, Nature, Art, and Things) accompanied by a map to get you there. For each subject, Baechtold offers a number of choices and then designates a "best" the country has to offer.

For Afghanistan a traveler can learn where to find the best field for picking poppy flowers, the sandstorm that packs the most punch, and the perfect watermelon stand. Included are not only the best hotels and restaurants, but the places where the skies are the bluest, the jeeps the rustiest, and the kids the cutest.

Both humorous and helpful, the Baechtold's Best are essential to every traveler aiming to see more of Afghanistan than what's on TV.

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About the Author

Riverbloom Publishing, Ltd. consists of Claude Baechtold, a graphic designer; Serge Michel, a journalist; Paolo Woods, a photojournalist; and David Laufer, a historian and communications expert. All but Woods, who lives in Paris, live in Switzerland.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 72 pages
  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (May 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 081099223X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0810992238
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,170,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A great idea for a book, July 21, 2006
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I loved this book. The photographers focused on the ordinary, rather than the idealized, and let's face it: when we travel we're going to be dealing with the ordinary.

I have not been to Afghanistan but a friend of mind has and when I showed him this book he liked it. This book gets the "look" of the place, warts and all. Of course, it is not a per se guidebook but more of a supplement to more tradional guides. I look forward to future books in this series.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful and quirky, beautiful graphic design, July 16, 2006
This review is from: Baechtold's Best: Afghanistan: The Ultimate Visual Travel Guide (Paperback)
This is a great little book, perfect for a coffee table. An in-depth travel guide it is not, but nor is it intended to be. The photos are wonderful, and the design and concept are really imaginative. If you're looking for eye-catching graphic design, along with inspired visual perspectives of people, places, and things in Afghanistan, this is the book for you.

I look forward to more books from this upcoming series!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, funny and touching little book, March 26, 2006
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This brilliantly imaginative little book captures the color, chaos and above all the life of modern Afghanistan than any other book I've seen -- especially those heavy, expensive tomes full of grainy and depressing black and white photos of war, suffering and destruction. This deserves to be widely seen and appreciated by anyone interested in travel, photography, design, and current events. I'd love to see further volumes in this series, particularly on the Middle East and Asia. Buy this and encourage the publishers to do more!
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