Fodors London 2009 or Arizona Atlas Gazetteer

Fodor's London 2009

Author: Fodors

Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in London!

•Updated annually, Fodor’s London provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.

•Fodor’s London features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in London.

•Experience London like a local! Fodor’s London includes unique photo-features that impart the city’s culture, covering the Tower of London, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the best ways to tour the Thames, and much more!

•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.

•8 page color insert and full-color pullout map.

Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice withother travelers.

Table of Contents:

Be a Fodor’s Correspondent ............ 3
About This Book ............ 6

Chapter 1: Experience London ............ 7
London Today ............ 8
London Planner ............ 10
What’s Where ............ 12
Top London Attractions ............ 16
Great Itineraries ............ 18
Free (and Almost Free) Things to Do ............ 20
Beating the Pound ............ 22
Afternoon Tea ............ 23
Give the Sports Scene a Go ............ 24
London Like a Local ............ 26
London With Kids ............ 27
Off the Beaten Path ............ 28

Chapter 2: Westminster & Royal London ............ 37
Chapter 3: St. James’s & Mayfair ............ 63
Chapter 4: Soho & Covent Garden ............ 77
Chapter 5: Bloomsbury & Legal London ............ 87
Chapter 6: The City ............ 103
Chapter 7: The East End ............ 127
Chapter 8: The South Bank ............ 139
Chapter 9: Kensington, Chelsea & Knightsbridge ............ 157
Chapter 10: Notting Hill & Bayswater ............ 173
Chapter 11: Regent’s Park & Hampstead ............ 185
Chapter 12: Greenwich ............ 199
Chapter 13: The Thames Upstream ............ 209

Chapter 14: Where to Eat ............ 219
The Scene ............ 220
Where to Eat Planner ............ 222
Best Bets for London Dining ............ 224
St. James’s, Mayfair & Marylebone ............ 226
Soho & Covent Garden ............ 228
Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia & Hampstead ............ 230
The City, Clerkenwell & South Bank............ 232
Kensington, Chelsea & Knightsbridge ............ 234
Notting Hill & Bayswater ............ 236
Restaurants (In Alphabetical Order) ............ 238

Chapter 15: Where to Stay ............ 271
The Scene ............ 272
Where to Stay Planner ............ 274
Best Bets for London Lodging ............ 276

Chapter 16: Pubs & Nightlife ............ 313
Pubs & Nightlife Planner ............ 314
Pubs ............ 315
Nightlife ............ 321

Chapter 17: Arts & Entertainment ............ 335
Arts & Entertainment Planner ............ 336

Chapter 18: Shopping ............ 351
Shopping Planner ............ 352

Chapter 19: Side Trips from London ............ 391
Side Trips from London Planner ............ 392
Bath ............ 393
Brighton ............ 395
Cambridge ............ 398
Canterbury ............ 401
Oxford ............ 405
Stratford-upon-Avon ............ 408
Windsor Castle ............ 411
Understanding London ............ 413
London At-A-Glance ............ 414
English Vocabulary ............ 415
Books & Movies ............ 418
travel smart London ............ 421

Index ............ 448

About Our Writers ............ 464

Features
A Tour of the Thames ............ 29
Westminster Abbey ............ 57
The British Museum ............ 92
St. Paul’s Cathedral ............ 113
The Tower of London ............ 119
Shakespeare & the Globe Theatre ............ 151
Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens ............ 179
To Market, to Market ............ 385

Maps
Westminster & Royal London ............ 38
Westminster Abbey ............ 58
St. James’s & Mayfair ............ 64
Soho & Covent Garden ............ 78
Bloomsbury & Legal London ............ 88
The British Museum ............ 95
The City ............ 104
St. Paul’s Cathedral ............ 114
The Tower of London ............ 120
The East End ............ 128
The South Bank ............ 140
Kensington, Chelsea & Knightsbridge ............ 158
Notting Hill & Bayswater ............ 174
Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens ............ 180
Regent’s Park & Hampstead ............ 186
Greenwich ............ 200
The Thames Upstream ............ 210
London Dining and Lodging Atlas ............ 260-269
Pubs and Nightlife ............ 316
Shopping ............ 354
Shopping (A): Mayfair & Piccadilly ............ 357
Shopping (B): Marylebone ............ 359
Shopping (C): Bloomsbury ............ 360
Shopping (D): Soho & Covent Garden ............ 362
Shopping (E): Kensington & Knightsbridge ............ 365
Shopping (F): Chelsea & Belgravia ............ 366
Shopping (G): Notting Hill ............ 368
Shopping (H): Spitalfields and the East End ............ 370
London Side Trips ............ 396
London Postal Districts ............ 423

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Arizona Atlas & Gazetteer

Author: Delorm

DeLorme's Atlas and Gazetteer Series is America's most popular line of recreational maps! Each atlas covers an individual state in its entirety with detailed, full-color topographic maps. Detail includes back roads, hidden lakes, boat ramps, hiking trails, campgrounds, public lands, forests, wetlands and more. And, the Gazetteer sections feature page after page of information on places to go and things to do. These atlases are year-round favorites with outdoors enthusiasts and anyone who likes to leave the main roads behind.

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DeLorme's newest state atlas. The 1:250,000 scale maps (1"=4 miles) with 200 foot contour line intervals gives a good sense of a complex area from the top of Humphrey's Peak at 12,633 ft. to near sea-level on the Colorado River. The central Grand Canyon is represented at a scale of 1:70,000 giving fair detail to both the maintained and the abandoned routes (which are regularly used). A splendid piece of work at $15. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Through Painted Deserts or The Kid Who Climbed Everest

Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road

Author: Donald Miller

Fueled by the belief that something better exists than the mundane life they've been living, free spirits Don and Paul set off on an adventure-filled road trip in search of deeper meaning, beauty, and an explanation for life. Many young men dream of such a trip, but few are brave enough to actually attempt it. Fewer still have the writing skills of Donald Miller, who records the trip with wide-eyed honesty in achingly beautiful prose. In this completely revised edition, he discusses everything from the nature of friendship, the reason for pain, and the origins of beauty.

As they travel from Texas to Oregon in Paul's cantankerous Volkswagen van, the two friends encounter a variety of fascinating people, witness the fullness of nature's splendor, and learn unexpected lessons about themselves, each other, and even God.

"A record of a classic road trip. Miller's tale is full of serendipitous adventures and thoughtful Christian reflection . . . offering the sort of deep-thought wanderings into meaning and significance that are the meat of college-age existence . . . a reminder that life was meant to be lived, not just gotten through." (Publishers Weekly)

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The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest

Author: Bear Grylls

In 1996, a twenty-three-year-old soldier in the British Army was flying over an African desert on a routine parachute jump. He had a lot to look forward to-a long career ahead of him in the army, a beautiful girlfriend back home. But those dreams were cut short when his parachute failed to open at eleven thousand feet. He had cracked three vertebrae and had come within a fraction of an inch of severing his spinal cord. A grueling eight months of physical therapy followed. Bear had to retrain his muscles to do all of the things we take for granted-how to sit, to stand, to walk, even to breathe. Eighteen months after his accident, he overcame incredible odds to reach the peak of Everest.
The Kid Who Climbed Everest is a tale of courage and determination. Bear's quest for funding for his expedition, his seventy days on Everest's southeast face, and a narrow brush with death after a fall into a crevasse at nineteen thousand feet, make this story an essential read for anyone who's ever had a dream and made it come true.
Bear Grylls was brought up on a small island off the south coast of England, where his late father taught him to climb and sail. Now one of the youngest and most sought-after motivational speakers, he relates his remarkable experiences to audiences and corporations all around the world.

Publishers Weekly

For a year, Grylls held the record for the Youngest Englishman on the Hill for his summit ascent at age 23 (only to be bested the following year by a 22-year-old). Grylls, while serving in the army, suffered a parachuting accident that nearly severed his spinal cord. After eight months in a military rehab center, he decided to leave the military and climb the legendary Everest. Barely escaping death (he fell into a crevasse at 19,000 feet), he reached the summit just 18 months after his accident. Unfortunately, Grylls's account of 70 days on Everest has a flat pitch, stiff syntax and little insight to offer on the experience of reaching for the top of the world save earnest observations on grit, body functions at high altitudes, his grandpa, faith, queen and country. The transcendent folly and physical drama of climbing above 26,000 feet were sharp narrative tools in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, but the Kid can't quite elaborate on how he felt as he passed the decayed, mummified body of Rob Hall, who tragically failed to scale the summit ridge. Grylls's report from the top of the world is almost without discernible color except the "bully" attitude Grylls and his mates brought along from England and took back home after a few celebratory ales in Kathmandu. His story adds little to the ever-expanding Everest genre. (May) Forecast: No matter how unexceptional they might appear to the uninitiated, diehard Everest fans never seem to tire of books like this. The effusive blurb from British Prime Minister Tony Blair certainly won't hurt sales, either.

Library Journal

This is an exhilarating story of the youngest (at the age of 23) Briton ever to scale Mount Everest. Grylls recounts his battle against nature and his own physical and mental limits. He brilliantly details his long, slow trek up the mountain, where altitude acclimations become critical as oxygen limitations, headaches, and lethargy challenge all those who attempt to climb the 29,035 feet above sea level. What makes Grylls's story all the more enthralling is that he had fractured three vertebrae and came close to severing his spinal cord in a free-fall parachuting accident two years prior, while serving in the British Army. After spending months in rehabilitation, he decided to pursue his childhood dream to climb the world's highest peak. Even considering the glut of Everest works, this is an excellent book of personal triumph and should serve as an inspiration to all who read it. Highly recommended for all public libraries. Tim Delaney, Canisius Coll., Buffalo

Kirkus Reviews

Another stone added to the growing mountain of Everest adventures. Newcomer Grylls was serving in the British army in 1996 when he suffered a parachuting accident that left him with three broken vertebrae and a badly bruised spinal cord. In the months of physical therapy that followed, this avid climber rekindled a childhood dream to climb the world's tallest peak—a feat that very few mountaineers younger than 30 have ever managed to pull off. "Everest is no place to prove yourself," the author admits. "The likelihood of reaching the summit is so slim that you're inevitably setting yourself up to be disappointed." Even so, he talked his way into a slot on a 1998 British expedition led by a tough-as-nails ex-Marine commando who urged his teammates through the icy, windswept hells that Grylls describes quite effectively. For instance, he tells us that one area of Everest, the Icefalls, is so named because great spears of ice break off the sun-warmed slope in mid-afternoon, sharp and heavy enough to kill anyone standing "deep within the jaws of the overhang"; his account of the party's race across the region is a fine set piece that doesn't compare at all badly to the best Everest narratives. Against all odds, the author endured the Icefalls, the Lhotse Face, and other challenges the mountain threw up along the way, eventually arriving at the aptly named Death Zone, where, hyperventilating, he communed with the body of Rob Hall (whose death stands at the dramatic heart of Jon Krakauer's 1997 account, Into Thin Air) and then took the summit—all at the tender age of 23. Occasionally breathless and clunky, this is a vivid and inspiring read all the same, sure to find a largeaudience among outdoor-adventure and climbing buffs.

Route 66 Backroads or Maui Trailblazer

Route 66 Backroads: Your Guide to Backroad Adventures from the Mother Road

Author: Jim Hinckley

Known as the Main Street of America and the Mother Road, U.S. Route 66 is the nation’s best known highway. Once the microcosm of a culture increasingly connected by automobiles, its sights and attractions are now a fascinating reflection of a nation on the move. Travel this iconic highway through the heart of America with Route 66 Backroads as your guide. This lavishly illustrated book steers you from Chicago to Los Angeles, traveling through the lowlands of the American Plains and the high plateaus of New Mexico and Arizona, from the Great Lakes to the mighty Pacific Ocean, and through major metropolises and remote country towns.

Branch away from the Mother Road, and you encounter gems hidden beyond today’s standard motels and tourist traps---the quaint frontier communities that date back to the nation’s westward expansion; the legacy of ancient native cultures; and the awe-inspiring natural wonders that have graced these lands since time immemorial. State parks, wildlife refuges, museums, historic sites, literary landmarks, and much more are there to be explored within a few hours’ drive from the path of Route 66. The fifty trips included here offer new travel opportunities for the thousands of road-trippers who follow this legendary route, looking for something more.

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Maui Trailblazer: Where to Hike, Snorkel, Paddle, Surf, Drive

Author: Jerry Sprout

A guide for families and outdoor adventurers alike, this third-edition, 2009, Maui Trailblazer covers all of the island, and includes day trips to the neighboring islands of Molokai, Lanai, and Molokini. Clear directions and concise descriptions lead to all of Maui's well-known attractions, as well as to hidden discoveries that Trailblazer readers have come to expect.

137 different hikes and strolls to tropical rain forests and remote valleys, coastal bluffs and lava caves, Haleakala crater and the Hana Highway, cascading waterfalls, beaches, ridgetops, towns, whale-watching perches, historic sites, and archeological ruins.

Among the 44 snorkeling spots are hike-to coves and the secret places that tour boats go. Kayakers can pick from about 20 put-ins.

Surfers can select from 38 beaches and decide whether to boogie, board, or body surf. Onlookers will find the best places to watch the surfers, windsurfers and kite-boarders ride the big ones. The text is complimented by 10 maps and 240 photographs. Driving tours-nine of them-take readers to all the attractions, natural wonders, and historic sites.

A Resource Links section provides numbers for free visitor information and recreational outfitters, as well as hand-picked accommodations and local restaurants to suit every budget and taste bud.

A Best Of section lets you pick the right activity to suit your mood and the day. Appendices include free hula shows, farmer's markets, what to pack, climate, history, fauna, and a Hawaiian glossary.

This new and completely revised third edition for 2009 includes a Trailblazer Kids section for adventuring families.

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"A unique book. Understandable and concise. Unmistakable directions and succinct descriptions lead to all of Maui's famous and hidden attractions. "

Midwest Book Review

Collaboratively researched and written by travel experts Jerry and Janine Sprout, Maui TrailblazerWhere To Hike, Snorkel, Paddle, Surf, Drive is a genuinely excellent resource to great hikes, relaxing and adventurous activities, trailheads, nine driving tours available in sunny Maui, a part of Hawaii island group. The "user friendly" text is wonderfully enhanced with more than 200 black-and-white photographs, ten maps, a "Resource Links" section with contact information for accommodations, recreational outfitters, transportation resources, and general visitor information, as well as detailed summaries of the highlights of vacationing. If you are planning to visit Maui, begin your itinerary planning by browsing through Jerry and Janine Sprout's Maui Trailblazer!

Wilderness Press

Better than a personal tour guide. Maui Trailblazer in hand is all you need to discover the island's hot spots, and pull off a flawless trip. (2002)

Maui Weekly

THE BEST OF THEM ALL
This book has been a wonderful eye-opener for me. I suppose like many people, I was inclined to think that OUTDOORS on Maui meant ON THE BEACH. Then I found Maui Trailblazer. The subtitle is WHERE TO HIKE, SNORKEL, PADDLE, SURF, DRIVE, and even that's an understatement.

Before I got two paragraphs into the introduction, I found myself feeling better about Maui and more eager to get out and see it, all of it. The writing is gently conversational and downright seductive. My advice, no matter how you want to see Maui, no matter how well you already know the island, read Maui Trailblazer. It's actually a love story with a fine beginning, plenty of middle and no end in sight.

Fodors Germany 2009 or Nantucket

Fodor's Germany 2009

Author: Fodors Travel Publications Inc Staff

Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Germany!

•Updated annually, Fodor’s Germany provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.

•Fodor’s Germany features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Germany.

•Experience Germany like a local! Fodor’s Germany includes choices for every traveler, from hiking in the Bavarian Alps to museum-hopping in Dresden and clubbing in Berlin, and much more!

•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.

Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.

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Nantucket: Portrait of an American Town

Author: Mary Haft

Twenty years ago, Nantucket had roughly four thousand year-round residents; now islanders number closer to 10,000, with summer enticing thousands of additional visitors. In the process, they have transformed the landscape, the sensibility, even the landmarks once taken for granted. Through lavish photographs, both archival and new, Nantucket: Portrait of an American Town takes a sweeping, comprehensive look at this beautiful island—its history and traditions, and the people who call it home. Long-time Nantucketer Mary Haft successfully digs beneath the façade of the famous resort to reveal the heart of a small town that beats within.

 

Rick Steves Spain Portugal Planning Map or Rick Steves Germany Austria Switzerland

Rick Steves' Spain & Portugal Planning Map: Including Barcelona, Madrid, & Lisbon City Maps

Author: Rick Steves

Designed specifically for Rick's travel audience (or users) these maps highlight choice destinations throughout Spain and Portugal in a colorful, easy-to-use format on high-quality paper that lasts over many trips:

• Cuts the Clutter: We've included the essentials for navigation. Beyond that, this map is stripped clean and filled in only with places that matter to travelers.
• Guidebook-Friendly: At a glance, all the places you read about in Rick's Spain and Portugal guidebook pop right out in a crisp, easy-to-read format.
• Rail or Road: Includes important train lines and highways (and ferry routes) for easy route-planning, no matter how you'll get around.
• The Back's Even Better: The reverse side includes colorful, detailed city-center maps of Madrid, Lisbon and Barcelona, locating sights, hotels and restaurants from Rick's Spain and Portugal guidebook.

Rick Steves' Germany, Austria & Switzerland (Map)

Author: Rick Steves

Designed specifically for Rick's travel audience (or users) these maps highlight choice destinations throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, from the shore of the North Sea to the towering Alps, in a colorful, easy-to-use format on high-quality paper that lasts over many trips:

*Cuts the Clutter: While big cities are left for navigational purposes, this map is otherwise stripped clean and filled in only with places that matter to travelers.
*Guidebook-Friendly: At a glance, all the places you read about in Rick's Germany, Austria, and Switzerland guidebook pop right out in a crisp, easy-to-read format.
*Rail or Road: Includes important train lines and highways (and ferry routes) for easy route-planning, no matter how you'll get around.
*The Back's Even Better: The reverse side includes detailed city-center maps of Berlin, Munich and Vienna, locating sights, hotels and restaurants from Rick's city chapters.