Excerpt from page one -You may be fluent in many languages but sometimes you could find yourself -off the beaten track- where you cannot speak the language. -Point it- , is the answer with 1300 items to point at, is the answer. Everyone in the world will understand you. This passport-sized assistant is used not only by tourists but also by UN peacekeeping forces, Olympic athletes and speech therapists. The book is the result of the author's extensive travels.
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This is not only the cheapest book currently in print and included in this volume, it is possibly the bestselling photobook of all time. - The photobook- A History volume II<BR>Warranting ten out of ten for imaginative traveling accessories, -point it- page-upon-page useful pictures. City Life, Manchester<BR>The solution is so simple that only a genius would have conceived it, a little book filled with photographs of everything you could ever want. The Guardian London<BR>Graf's creation contains 1300 photos of useful items. You'll never have to mime -roast chicken- again. HQ Magazine Sydney<BR>Let your pictures do the talking...Evening Standard London --From the Publisher
From the Author
If you have ever been in a small shop in Asia trying to buy a safety pin, you will understand why I created point it. The idea came to me during a vacation in India in 1976, where, because of the large number of languages and dialects and the low literacy rate, it is common to use symbols to express one's needs.
During the next 16 years, I photographed many strange things while travelling, such as oxen and trucks serving as a bus. Sometimes it was very risky to photograph ordinary, non-tourist things, like passengers in an Indian taxi or Chinese policemen. I was arrested in Nigeria while photographing a jeep that, unfortunately, belonged to the chief of police. On the Trans-Siberian railway I was saved from misfortune by a French tour guide, who also spoke Russian and warned me that it was forbidden to photograph railway stations. In the Munich train station, a well-dressed woman asked why I photographed her compartment - she thought I was a detective sent by her husband! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
my husband and I just got back from Eastern Europe and let me tell you, we were VERY glad to have Point It with us. He teased me when I bought it but did he change his mind when he found out how useful it was as we were driving around looking for gas and the bank, not to mention getting the right thing when you order a drink in a bar. Also saves you the trouble of having to learn off all those hard to pronounce words that you forget anyway.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Wish I had this years ago when I was gesturing in restaurants and getting some unrecognisable results. It is really a great help wherever language is a barrier and has a very wide variety of conversation possibilities, from shopping and eating to color charts and those dreaded parking and police problems. etc. .. It is also lightweight and easy to carry in a pocket so one does not look like the gaping tourist.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is small enough to carry in any pocket. The pictures are all photographs, so no problems with hard to interpret drawings. They show many variations on common items. For instance, it includes pictures of many types of sanitary fixtures, making it easy to point to the kind in the country you are visiting.
I hope it's not out of print...
I hope it's not out of print...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
cannot travel without it
We travelled to Thailand, and took the little Point it book, priceless. Many nice conversations with locals wanting to flip through it.
Published 8 days ago by Laurenz Van Mook
point it
this picture book is nice and compact. It will travel well in my tank bag on my year long motorcycle trip.
Published 3 months ago by Sara Pedersen
Clever book
I bought this for myself and some avid travelers. It's such a great idea and I'm excited to take it to Turkey and see how well it works.
Published 4 months ago by Elizabeth Dickens
A travel must!
If you're not confident about speaking in the native language of the country you're traveling to, this book is a must! It has been a lifesaver on several overseas trips.
Published 6 months ago by M. Biando
I prefer it over the "wordless travel book"..
I couldn't decide between Point it and the Wordless Travel Book so I bought both. At first I liked the abstract pictures in the wordless travel book more and thought the real... Read more
Published 8 months ago by SS
AWESOME BOOK
This book is a MUST-HAVE while traveling. Went to Europe for a three week trip with the family, only knowing basic words in each language, this book definitly help get the things I... Read more
Published 10 months ago by V. Aguilar
Travel aide
This was a gift for a friend who travels worldwide quite a lot. She thought it was a nifty gift. The book is small enough that it would fit into a day pack or purse easily. Read more
Published 13 months ago by cyn ann
tiny
I bought this book for an autistic kid and it looked about A4 size on the internet which would be easy to read. Read more
Published 17 months ago by findel
Book is comprehensive; pictures are small
I found this book really helpful. It's smaller and thinner than I expected, and the pictures are small, but it was a great universal tool. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Cleveland Rocks
cute little book
for some reason i thought this book would be larger than it is, but of course it's small; it's a travel book. Read more
Published 20 months ago by missesdash
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