Moon Handbooks: Southeast Asia 4 Ed [Paperback]

Carl Parkes (Author)

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Series: Moon Handbooks Southeast Asia | Publication Date: October 10, 2001

Opinionated, insightful, and entertaining, Moon Handbooks are more than just travel guides-they're reference tools, ideal for independent travellers who desire complete immersion in the culture of their destination. The only guidebooks to win Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers for six years in a row, Moon Handbooks deliver a wealth of practical advice, as well as in-depth coverage of each region's history, geography, people, arts, politics, and social issues.

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The Penguin Guide is written by 11 previously published travel authors and journalists, each of whom focuses on his or her geographic area of expertise. Coverage is consistent and quality is high. Areas covered are San Francisco (150 pages), Berkeley, Oakland, Marin County, the north and south coasts, and Palo Alto. Regional information is supplied for wine country, redwood areas, northeast California, gold country, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, western Nevada, and the central coast. The standard specifics included are restaurants, hotels, directions, histories, telephone numbers, weather, etc. Northern California Handbook attempts to cover everything north of Los Angeles and generally succeeds. It is well organized and beautifully illustrated with black-and-white and color photos, and maps. Weir's "Northern" California extends from Santa Barbara to Oregon. A good bibliography and thorough index contribute to its usefulness. Information on camping and hiking is included, as well as telephone numbers for various restaurants, hotels, parks, ski areas, etc. Libraries should seriously consider both of these guides if they don't already have Jerry Graham's Bay Area Backroads ( LJ 5/1/90), or one of Randolph Delahanty's two handbooks , The San Francisco Guide ( LJ 6/1/89) and California: A Guidebook ( LJ 9/1/84). Also available from Moon Publications are Southeast Asia Handbook , ISBN 0-918373-52-2, $16.95; and Arizona Traveller's Handbook , ISBN 0-918373-41-7, $13.95.--Ed.
- Thomas K. Fry, UCLA Libs.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1000 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 4 edition (October 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566913373
• ISBN-13: 978-1566913379
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,339,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars simply the best, June 2, 1999

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This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Southeast Asia (3rd Ed.) (Paperback)

moon has made a very readable guide that is simply better than the rest. lonely planet also has a good guide, but the information seems to be tied together with rambling of factoids.