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This lively book tells young readers everything they want to know about the life and behavior of the southern sea otter, its northern cousin, and lesser-known river otters. Forty color photographs by 13 exceptional wildlife photographers show the otter at work and play, while range maps show both current and historic locations of the otters. It's all here for the budding biologist or zoologist, or the just-plain-curious kid: otter methods of courtship and reproduction, eating habits, and the animal's complex relationship with humankind, including how these playful animals continue to be threatened by oil spills and the encroachment of human society. An "Otter Secrets" section presents "amazing but true" characteristics of the otter, while the "To Learn More" page points curious readers to related websites, books, organizations, videos, and DVDs.
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“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”: that’s Paris, the happiest marriage of ancient and modern. The city’s modern touches — mushrooming public wi-fi coverage, excellent public transport system, major architectural projects in the pipeline — are balanced by his glorious historical aspects. The flagstones the guillotine once stood on are still in place, the palace of kings that houses the world’s largest museum, the Louvre, remains a marvel to behold. Time Out Paris returns to the city’s roots and monitors its new shoots — the radical plan to cut traffic in the center by 75 percent, the new “boat Métro” service along the Seine, and new developments in every sphere of its world-leading fashion, arts, and culinary scenes. This updated, meticulously checked and rechecked edition contains special features on romantic activities for couples; a new Trips Out of Town section; and an Objects of Desire” section on timeless Paris gifts. The book’s improved design, full-color photographs, sidebars, and color-coded bullets make it both easy and fun to use.
Customer Reviews:
Comprehensive: Good, Easy to Use: Not so Much.......2007-09-19
If you are a person who buys three guide books when you take a trip, you only need this ONE book and it should meet all your needs. It is compact and can fit into a backpack or bag fairly easily. It does a good job of covering the attractions of Paris while offering nice "back ground" information about each. Their resturant selections are mid-range to upper-range in price and have a pretty nice variety.
With that said, here is what I don't like about the book: It's a bit TOO comprehensive for my taste. Though I thoroughly enjoy "back ground" information, I'm not the type of traveler who purchases thick travel books in order to gain "back ground" information. Thus, it was a bit too much for me. However, it would be perfect for those who do. The print is also smaller then the average travel book making it a "tough read" at times. I also don't like how there is no rating system for sights, resturants or activities. Though I'm not one who NEEDS to be told what's important and what's not, it IS nice to have some sort of rating system when you're trying to see as much as possible of a city in a short period of time. The descriptions of sights, activities and food are given with little emotion - the way you would read a AAA book - basic information without too much personal opinoin. Consequently, you are forced to read the book "cover to cover" and do a lot of highlighting in order to find important information or you'll never find it again.
This book is a strong 3 stars and perhaps even a 4 stars for some. It's a valuable resource if you like a lot of information without too much commentary, but I think there are other books which are easier to read and more benefical. I enjoyed Loney Planet-Paris, which offered some background information along with personal recommendations. For the Budget minded traveler who likes a VERY easy travel book (it lacks a lot of background information, but gives PLENTY of personal recommendations and great resonable resturant choices), I suggest Frommer's Paris from $90 a Day. You can't buy it directly from Amazon, but you can buy a "new" one from one of their other sellers. I bought it for $5 and it included shipping! A great deal!
A Great Way to Plan your trip to Paris.......2007-05-12
This book has been a great resource on what to see and do in Paris and an overview of the different arrondissements. A great city map is included. We used the Time Out NEW YORK book when we went to NY and that was so helpful. The pictures help you look for landmarks which is useful when you are not familiar with your surroundings. The book is highly accurate.
Great maps, disappointing index.......2007-04-20
This book has a very inadequate index, rendering the guidebook very frustrating to use, even though the book has so many listings of different things in Paris. I guess you just need to know how to look it up, often in the French language. So if you are looking up "St. Sulpice church", you have to look under "E" for Eglise St. Sulpice. Or "Egouts de Paris" instead of Sewers of Paris. To look up Luxembourg gardens you have to look up under "Jardins du Luxembourg". I'm only now figuring this out now that I'm home from my vacation! Cross referencing is sorely needed. I did use the street maps, street indexes, and metro map in the back though, and didn't have to buy a Paris Par Arrondissement guide.
I ended up liking the Eyewitness Travel Guide better. I like the little photos, and it talks in more depth about the major and semi-major sights.
You're going to LOVE FRANCE! .......2004-09-24
I've made >20 visits to France all together. Here are my reviews of the best guides....to meet you r exact needs.....I hope these are helpful and that you have a great visit! I always gauge the quality of my visit by how much I remember a year later......this review is designed to help you get the guide that will be sure YOU remember your trip many years into the future. Travel Safe and enjoy yourself to the max!
Time Out
The Time Out guides are very good. Easy reading, short reviews of restaurants, hotels, and other sites, with good public transport maps that go beyond the city centre. Many people who buy more than one guidebook end up liking this one best!
Let's Go
Let's Go is a great guide series that specializes in the niche interest details that turn a trip into a great and memorable experience. Started by and for college students, these guides are famous for the details provided by people who used the book the previous year. They continue to focus on providing a great experience inexpensively. If you want to know about the top restaurants, this is not for you (use Fodor's or Michelin). Let's Go does have a bewildering array of different guides though. Here's which is what:
Budget Guide is the main guide with incredibly detailed information and reviews on everything you can think of.
City Guide is just as intense but restricted to the single city.
PocketGuide is even smaller and features condensed information
MapGuide's are very good maps with public transportation and some other information (like museum hours, etc.)
Michelin
Famous for their quality reviews, the Red Michelin Guides are for hotels & Restaurants, the Green Michelin Guides are for main tourist destinations. However, the English language Green guide is the one most people use and it has now been supplemented with hotel and restaurant information. These are the serious review guides as the famous Michelin ratings are issued via these books.
Fodor's
Fodor's is the best selling guide among Americans. They have a bewildering array of different guides. Here's which is what:
The Gold Guide is the main book with good reviews of everything and lots of tours, walks, and just about everything else you could think of. It's not called the Gold guide for nothing though....it assumes you have money and are willing to spend it.
SeeIt! is a concise guide that extracts the most popular items from the Gold Guide
PocketGuide is designed for a quick first visit
UpCLOSE for independent travel that is cheap and well thought out
CityPack is a plastic pocket map with some guide information
Exploring is for cultural interests, lots of photos and designed to supplement the Gold guide
MapGuide
MapGuide is very easy to use and has the best location information for hotels, tourist attractions, museums, churches etc. that they manage to keep fairly up to date. It's great for teaching you how to use the Metro. The text sections are quick overviews, not reviews, but the strong suite here is brevity, not depth. I strongly recommend this for your first few times learning your way around the classic tourist sites and experiences. MapGuide is excellent as long as you are staying pretty much in the center of the city.
Blue Guides
Without doubt, the best of the walks guides.... the Blue Guide has been around since 1918 and has extremely well designed walks with lots of unique little side stops to hit on just about any interest you have. If you want to pick up the feel of the city, this is the best book to do that for you. This is one that you end up packing on your 10th trip, by which time it is well worn.
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has City and Out To Eat Guides. They are all about the experience so they focus on doing, being, getting there, and this means they have the best detailed information, including both inexpensive and really spectacular restaurants and hotels, out-of-the-way places, weird things to see and do, the list is endless.
Lost in Paris with a Time Out guide.........2004-09-14
The Time Out Guide to Paris has to be just about the worst guide I have read.
The maps are worse than useless and are impossible to read. The guide book itself extreemly bulky and heavy to carry, and it is illogically ordered so that you can never find the information that you need.Not to mention the fact that the text is written almost incomprehensibly, as if a person of certain years is trying to write through the potential eyes of a 15 year old. It fails and makes the whole book unreadable and uninteresting.
The hotel suggestions are entirely useless, as they fail to mention that some areas of town are perhaps not such a good idea to stay in if you are on your own, female or with young children and the list is far from exhaustive.
I will stick to Rough Guides in future as I have yet to be let down by them, and I never feel that I am on my own in a strange city with one in my pocket. Not so with a Time Out however, as I have been lost so many times and missed out on so many interesting sites and events that I have been forced to buy a Rough Guide and a map of the city and the Metro.
Book Description
Paris means haute — and hot — cuisine. With reviews of more than 750 restaurants, bars, and cafés — anonymously tested and meticulously checked by a team of experienced, Paris-based journalists — this eighth edition of Time Out Paris Eating and Drinking is the most authoritative English-language restaurant guide to the City of Lights. For every destination, these candid critics identify the best, the worst, the most fashionable, and the more overrated venues in the ultimate food town. Informative sidebars help travelers expand the experience.
Customer Reviews:
Can't wait!.......2007-03-08
I'll be in Paris again this summer. The last time I was there I bought the Cheap Eats in Paris book which was pretty good, but this time I wanted something with more up to date information. This book looks great; I've been to Paris enough times to know that this book has good, current restaurant info
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Features local advice on the best places to stay, play, and dine, with choices for every taste and budget. Includes quick trips to destinations such as Versailles, Normandy, and the Loire Valley. Offers an in-depth look at the city’s exciting new cinematheque, one of the world’s top showcases for the moving image.
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With reviews of more than 850 restaurants, bars and cafés — all anonymously tested and meticulously checked by a team of experienced, Paris-based journalists — the seventh edition of Time Out Paris Eating and Drinking is the most complete and authoritative English-language restaurant guide to a city that remains synonymous with food. With color photos throughout, the guide covers the whole dining spectrum, from neighborhood haunts to haute cuisine, with critics' choices indicated by red stars. Special features cover restaurant trends, out-of-town dining, and French wines. The book also includes a comprehensive glossary, street maps of central Paris and key areas, and alphabetical and by-arrondissement indexes.
Customer Reviews:
Includes both good & not so good reviews .. a rarity in guide books.......2006-11-09
Rosa Jackson, the editor, writes a monthly restaurant column in Paris Notes. We have enjoyed her selections for years. Most restaurant guides contain only good recommendations - not that we always agree with them, and sometimes we are disappointed no matter how much the author raves about the restaurant. In this book, Rosa Jackson writes negative reviews about some of the restaurants - food, service etc.. I find that so refreshing and so helpful. All of her reviews, good or bad, are full of details, down to the decor of the restaurant. This book has many sections, haute cusine to budget, and numerous international restaurants, all in easy to find sections - not clumped together for you to figure out.It has sections for various areas of Paris (arrondissements) and an A-Z index also. No matter what area you are in, there are numerous listings. I just found out that the 2007, 8th edition, which is completely revised, is due out towards the end of 2006. I am hoping that it will be available before we leave in December. If you are going to Paris in 2007, wait and get the newest edition. Restaurants in large cities, tend to close, change owners or chefs, and can go from excellent to mediocre in a short period of time - or visa versa. Get it this book as far in advance of your trip as you can ....it contains A LOT of reviews, restaurants, bars, cafes, wine bars, tea room, shops and markets, etc.. ....... I wrote this review with paragraph breaks, but for some reason it ended up one loooooong paragraph and I can't add breaks - sorry.
A Great Buy!.......2005-08-02
This is a great book for someone who is really looking to sample the restaurants of Paris. It is divided by types of cuisine, but also has a great section you can flip through to find a great place to go on a romantic date, or for the best live jazz, or even the best decor. The only things I'm not satisfied with are the maps, which are small and complicated, and the fact that most restaurants listed are on the pricier side. There is an entire "Budget" section, but that seems to be the only place where the reviwers sought out food that is affordable on an every-day basis. If you're spending a long time in Paris, this is a great buy. The maps won't be a drawback for you if you have another street map (don't try to rely on this one!), but then again, this is a restaurant guide, not a guidebook. There is an amazing array of restaurants, bistros, bars, and cafes reviewed in mouth-watering detail.
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Book Description
There's no mystery about how Paris remains, to anyone with a pulse, the most arresting treasure dome in the world: vivacity and attitude infuse its every aspect, from the brilliance of its buildings to the glories of its gastronomy and the provocative insouciance of its sexuality. Paris is one big come-hither wink. Not only does Paris exemplify the stylish way to do everything, but it also offers numerous and diverse cultural opportunities. Packed with up-to-the-minute information, the Time Out Paris guide gathers all that the exquisite City of Lights has to offer, from museums to monuments, high-fashion boutiques to street markets, haute cuisine to bargain bistros, and more. Highlights include a completely revised sightseeing chapter with practical, historical, and cultural information on the city's best-known and lesser-known delights; an analysis of Paris's role as the capital city of alternative opinion on the world's political stage; a celebration of French cinema; an exposé of the blood, sweat, and fears that go into making Paris the world capital of food; and every address travelers could possibly need for wining, dining, or simply reclining.
Customer Reviews:
Help to stretch my euros.......2007-06-16
I have been to Paris several times and prefer to come upon restaurants while exploring the city or accept recommendations from locals. Due to the poor exchange rate I've decided to do some research in advance of my next trip. I liked that this book allows me to search by type of food or arrondisement.
Good job.......2002-04-29
I went to Paris with the 10th Edition rather than the 9th; but unfortunately I cannot write a review there as Amazon still says the book is not yet published. Very quickly I have now used 2 books by Timeout, and this book was far more useful than the one that I used for Florence. Overall I think that Timeout books are well organized, have great pictures, and I esp. like the little areas where they have the "Best of." The difference b/w this book and the one I took to Florence became very apparent as soon as I started pounding the pavement in Paris. The only negatives I would have to say are that the maps are a little difficult to use with the different Arrondisements spread out over diff pages; Timeout publishes a magazine like free city guide that I grabbed while in Paris, and this gave me a nice sized map that I could refer to without constant page flipping. I would also agree with the other reviewer in that the authors did not give a great explanation of the metro system in conjunction with the several transport maps they gave in the back, but it is very easy to use once you get there and do some prac app. Other than those two things, it's a good book; I did not award 5 stars cuz I feel a top rating would mean that the user/book owner did not have to rely on another source.
I highly recommend the macaroons @ Laduree, going to the Eiffel Tower past 9pm(it is open until 11) and the patisserie Au Levain du Marais.
A Good Guide to Paris Entertainment.......2002-03-18
I recently purchased this book [3/1/2002] and took it with me to Paris to look for nightclubs and other interesting sights. The book did a good job of pointing me to some of the better sights in Paris. Paris has to be seen to believed. I would also recommend getting additional books which focus more on using the metro to get around the city and books on the landmarks and museums. The metro is the key to Paris. It will take you almost anywhere you want to go...
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Written by local experts who know the city inside out, this savvy guide helps travelers avoid tourist traps and experience the real Paris. Alongside established favorites are the city’s newest hot spots — restaurants, bars, clubs, galleries, shops, and more. An extensive events calendar and day trips to Versailles and other nearby destinations are also included.
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Thoroughly revised and updated, this exhaustive guide features local advice on the best places to stay, play, and dine, with choices for every taste and budget. This edition features a new “quick trips” section, with destinations including Versailles, Normandy, and the Loire Valley. The guide also offers an in-depth look at the city’s exciting new cinematheque, one of the world’s top showcases for the moving image.
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