Mean Season: Florida's Hurricanes of 2004
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    Mean Season: Florida's Hurricanes of 2004
    Palm Beach Post
    Manufacturer: Longstreet Press
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 1563527456

    Book Description

    Expert reporting from the editors of the Palm Beach Post capture these tragic events of nature, that happened during the worst hurricane season that Florida has ever seen.
    Palm Springs: The Landscape, the History, the Lore
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • A Reliable History of Palm Springs
    • Now THIS is Palm Springs
    • Finally, a book on the REAL Palm Springs
    • Finally, a book on the REAL Palm Springs
    Palm Springs: The Landscape, the History, the Lore
    Mary Jo Churchwell
    Manufacturer: Ironwood Editions
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    Binding: Hardcover

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    4. Peaks, Palms & Picnics: Day Journeys in the Mountains & Deserts of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley of Southern California (Pyle, Linda Mcmillin. Peaks, Palms, and Picnics.) Peaks, Palms & Picnics: Day Journeys in the Mountains & Deserts of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley of Southern California (Pyle, Linda Mcmillin. Peaks, Palms, and Picnics.)
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    ASIN: 0971301603

    Book Description

    Palm Springs: the Landscape, the History, the Lore is an intimate, first-person narrative that is partly an old fashioned nature journal and partly a history book backed up and fleshed out with four years of original research. To leave the celebrities completely out is, of course, impossible. But here they play only a supportive role to the not-so-famous pioneers: Mother Nellie Coffman, Auntie Pearl McManus, Judge John Guthrie McCallum, Dr. Welwood Murray, and Zaddie Bunker, the Flying Grandmother, a woman who embodied women's lib a good many years before it went public. Their stories are classic Palm Springs biographies, as Palm Springs, in their time, was a classic model of front-porch America. Main Street, wonderfully devoid of glamour, could easily be caught napping on a drowsy Sunday afternoon, the skinny dogs, at least five or six of the pack, sprawled in the middle of things, chewing their fleas; the chickens scratching out a living in the dust, chasing grasshoppers back into the fields; the Indian burros nodding in the shade, occasionally letting loose a volley of hysterical shrieks. "New Siren for Fire Truck" and "Palm Springs Bird Wins National Canary Contest" were headlines to gladden the heart.

    In vivid prose, Mary Jo Churchwell creates a far-reaching story of Palm Springs, carrying us to both the interior of the city and the outback of the newly-created Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A Reliable History of Palm Springs.......2007-07-05

    As to Churchwell's history of Palm Springs, here is what was said by Peter Wild, English Professor at the University of Arizona and author of numerous books on the Southwest. "Two of the most reliable [histories] . . . are Frank Bogert's oversized book . . . ;and my favorite . . . , Mary Jo Churchwell's heartfelt work giving us a generally accurate picture of how much was lost when the village was wrenched into a city."

    5 out of 5 stars Now THIS is Palm Springs.......2001-12-28

    Mary Jo Churchwell's history of Palm Springs touches on the familiar Palm Springs of old ....a Palm Springs populated by the beautiful people like Bob Hope and Gig Young, Lucy and Desi, and yes, the lovely Miss Dinah Shore. BUT, Churchwell's Palm Springs is so much more: The canyons, the desert wildflowers, corny street and condo names, and above all, the sunshine that just won't quit.

    All I can say is WOW! I want all my friends to read it - very moving. This reads as if I'm chatting with an old friend that grew up in Palm Springs as I did. I remembered things I thought I had forgotten. Let's hear more from Mary Jo Churchwell!

    5 out of 5 stars Finally, a book on the REAL Palm Springs.......2001-12-03

    If you've dismissed Palm Springs as a soulless wasteland fit only for golfers, gamblers and creaky celebrities, this book will change your mind. With Mary Jo Churchwell as your good-natured guide, you'll discover the things that truly make Palm Springs unique in the world. This is the first book to focus on the area's awesome natural wonders and its bold past populated with writers, eccentrics and explorers. Whether you're a visitor or a lifelong resident, this book will quadruple your enjoyment of this desert town.

    5 out of 5 stars Finally, a book on the REAL Palm Springs.......2001-12-03

    If you've dismissed Palm Springs as a soulless wasteland fit only for golfers, gamblers and creaky celebrities, this book will change your mind. With Mary Jo Churchwell as your good-natured guide, you'll discover the things that truly make Palm Springs unique in the world. This is the first book to focus on the area's awesome natural wonders and its bold past populated with writers, eccentrics and explorers. Whether you're a visitor or a lifelong resident, this book will quadruple your enjoyment of this desert town.
    The Natural History of Palms
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      The Natural History of Palms
      E. G. H. Corner
      Manufacturer: University of California Press
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      Binding: Hardcover
      ASIN: 0297174312
      The natural history of palms
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        The natural history of palms
        E. J. H Corner
        Manufacturer: University of California Press
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        ASIN: B0006BON0Q
        Morphology and anatomy of palm seedlings.: An article from: The Botanical Review
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          Morphology and anatomy of palm seedlings.: An article from: The Botanical Review
          Flor M. Henderson
          Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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          Binding: Digital

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          ASIN: B000MX6PV8
          Release Date: 2007-01-23

          Book Description

          This digital document is an article from The Botanical Review, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2006. The length of the article is 18680 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

          From the author: A historical survey of studies of seedling morphology and anatomy in the palm family is given. The traditional three germination types--adjacent ligular, remote ligular, and remote tubular--that have been commonly recognized are reevaluated. The study includes seedlings of 63 species, representing the six subfamilies of palms. Morphological characteristics of germination patterns and the anatomy of the eophyll are described. The results of this survey show that germination types determined by the length of the hyperphyll (cotyledonary petiole) are not completely valid. Instead, a combination of characters such as primary root orientation, coleoptile length, number of cataphylls, and eophyll plication correspond to the most recent classification of the family, and represent a better way of describing germination.

          Citation Details
          Title: Morphology and anatomy of palm seedlings.
          Author: Flor M. Henderson
          Publication: The Botanical Review (Magazine/Journal)
          Date: October 1, 2006
          Publisher: Thomson Gale
          Volume: 72 Issue: 4 Page: 273(50)

          Distributed by Thomson Gale
          The coco palm (Field Museum of Natural History. [Botany leaflet)
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            Bror Eric Dahlgren
            Manufacturer: Field Museum of Natural History
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            ASIN: B00087S4QM
            Contribution to a natural and economical history of the coco-nut tree
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              Henry Marshall
              Manufacturer: J. Stark
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              ASIN: B0008B8PT4
              Index of American palms, (Botanical series. Field Museum of Natural History)
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                Bror Eric Dahlgren
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                Palms in San Diego (San Diego Society of Natural History. Trails)
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                  Palms in San Diego (San Diego Society of Natural History. Trails)
                  R. E Clark
                  Manufacturer: San Diego Society of Natural History, Natural History Museum
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                  Revision of the stratigraphic nomenclature of the Plio-Pleistocene Palm Spring Group (new rank), Anza-Borrego Desert, southern California (Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History)
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                    Revision of the stratigraphic nomenclature of the Plio-Pleistocene Palm Spring Group (new rank), Anza-Borrego Desert, southern California (Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History)
                    Michael L Cassiliano
                    Manufacturer: San Diego Society of Natural History
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                    ASIN: B0006RXIV0

                    Access Paris 10e (Access Guides)
                    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                    • Practical, well organized guide book
                    Access Paris 10e (Access Guides)
                    Richard Saul Wurman
                    Manufacturer: Collins
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                    Binding: Paperback

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                    ASIN: 0060836989
                    Release Date: 2006-10-31

                    Book Description

                    Henry James wrote: "Paris is the greatest temple ever built to material joys and the lust of the eyes." The city of lights exudes such richness and variety that elevates even the necessities of life to the level of high art. The streets of Paris are museums lined with splendid architecture and historic monuments, making even the simple act of walking through the city one of life's great pleasures.

                    This luxury is greatly enhanced when one is armed with ACCESS Paris. Comprehensive, fully updated and filled with revised maps, sidebars and points of interest – ACCESS Paris's 10th Edition brings to life this city's love of grace, beauty and fine living, and allows the traveler to truly discover and know this artistic and cultural capital of a unified Europe.

                    Customer Reviews:

                    5 out of 5 stars Practical, well organized guide book.......2007-03-28

                    I've visited Paris many times over the past ten years and this is now the only guide book I take with me. If you plan to use the Metro as your primary mode of transportation throughout the city, then this is the best guide book I've ever found. It mixes interesting historical insights with practical and helpful information regarding hotels and restaurants in the neighborhoods surrounding the Metro stops. This is the second edition of the book that I've purchased - I wore out the first one. I highly recommend it.
                    Access Paris
                    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                    • excellent guide to enjoying Paris
                    • Quirky
                    • Errors and omissions cost us time, money, enjoyment.
                    • Use this Guide in Paris!
                    • Good recommendations and descriptions; bad for metro travel
                    Access Paris
                    Richard Saul Wurman
                    Manufacturer: HarperResource
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                    Binding: Paperback

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                    ASIN: 0060938358
                    Release Date: 2002-06-18

                    Book Description

                    With Access Paris, your visit will be an easy, enjoyable experience -- the remarkable history and ancient charms of this artistic and cultural capital of a unified Europe are at your fingertips.

                    Paris has been divided and organized by neighborhoods, so you know where you are where you are and where you're headed.

                    Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best: Large, easy-to-read maps show where each of these numbered listings is located -- ensuring that you will instantly find what you must not miss.

                    Customer Reviews:

                    5 out of 5 stars excellent guide to enjoying Paris.......2003-04-12

                    We recently took this and two other guide books to Paris, and as another reviewer said, we did not even bother to carry the others with us after the first day. The guide is excellent for seeing the city on foot and attempting to experience the essence of the many different quarters. If you're looking for "the best of Paris in 2-3 days" you might look elsewhere. This book leaves it to you to decide what you feel is important to see (because there is just that much) and gives information according to location. A map is at the beginning of each section with numbers corresponding to all the things listed to see, do, eat and buy in that area. While restaurants are not listed by ethnicity, it never took us long to locate the kind of restaurant we were looking for in the book. In addition, each section contains a good introduction to the history of the quarter and the essence one should try to get from it.
                    My only complaint is that the street maps do not point out Metro stops, and we sometimes had to do guess work to calculate our routes after exiting the Metro. (though there is a convenient Metro plan inside the back cover)

                    3 out of 5 stars Quirky.......2002-04-21

                    Better for pre-trip planning, you can sit in bed at night reading the insightful, almost personal descriptions of the restaurants, shops, galleries, hotels, parks, and markets that make up Paris. Seperated in the book by geographic areas, reading along is like walking along the streets, giving you an opportuinty to think ahead of time of some of the places you might want to explore or experience. Good information on hotels, descriptions that give you a feel for the places.
                    Quirky because, although you can find a great jazz club with hours open from 10pm to 3am in this guide, it won't tell you what time the Louvre or the Effiel Tower closes. The guide will give an acceptable descripton of a tourist attraction, then segue into a description of the bookstore, the cafeteria, the park next door without ever mentioning when might be a good time to visit along with the other tourists.
                    I enjoyed refering to it in the months before the trip.

                    1 out of 5 stars Errors and omissions cost us time, money, enjoyment........2001-12-10

                    It is hard to believe a seventh edition would be so flawed. Another reviewer mentioned missing or wrong museum hours--the only hours mentioned for either d'Orsay or the Louvre are 10AM to 9:30 PM, but we had been at the d'Orsay for only a half hour on a Friday when we were told the museum closes at 5:30. Another reviwer mentioned the difficulty of finding restaurants in the book--it is indexed not by cuisine or by location, but by star rating! So, to find a restaurantin the index, one must wade through four separate lists--one for each of the ratings. Normally I love Access guides. Their strength is complete and accurate maps of each section of a city with restaurants and shops and points of interest shown on each local map, but that is a weakness in the Paris guide since key restaurants are not shown on the map or listed in the section where they are located. For instance, when I was in Montparnasse and looking for Le Dome restaurant, I could not find it on either the map or the listings for that section of the city. I did find it later, by accident, but neither in the index nor in the Montparnasse section of the book. While reading about "Le Dome Bastille" in the Les Halles section of the book, I found at the end of that restaurant description that "The famous Le Dome in Montparnasse is this bistro's 'maison mere'." This was not the only famous restaurant omitted from the map and section of the book devoted to its location, but then mentioned as an aside in a listing for another restaurant in another section of the city. Other omissions are the admission prices for the various museums. Other guide books point one toward the "Carte Musee" which offers admission to 70 museums, but it is not listed in the index to this book. One does find it in the orientation section of the book, but it does not tell which museums are covered, what the price is, or whether it makes sense for a particular traveler to buy the "Carte" or to pay individual admissions. Why buy a guide book if one has to visit the museums to learn the hours or the admission? Others have mentioned errors in the guide to the metro as well--we found the train recommended to the palace at Versailles leaves one at a station nearly a mile walk away whereas the train they should have but did not recommend lands one a block from the palace. Suffice it to say we eventually learned to turn to other guides. "Cheap Eats in Paris" was easier to use and gave us better restaurants at much cheaper prices. Knopf's Paris guide, though five years old, had all the information on museum hours, prices, metro, etc. that Access either has wrong or doesn't include at all. Given our prior reliance on Access guides, this experience left us surprised, disappointed, and frustrated at the lost time and money from the inadequate and erroneous information.

                    5 out of 5 stars Use this Guide in Paris!.......2001-08-14

                    You will not be disappointed if this is the only guidebook you take to Paris. My husband and I, neither of whom speak French, took Michelin, Frommers, and this Access guide with us on our honeymoon in Paris. After the first day, we put all the other books back in the suitcase and relied on this book. The restaurant ratings are accurate both for price and quality. The color codings (red for restaurants, blue for hotels, black for history) make it easy to use on the fly. The maps are great as well.

                    4 out of 5 stars Good recommendations and descriptions; bad for metro travel.......2001-05-29

                    Excellent restaurant reviews and fascinating tidbits about sites (Ex. if Napoleon hadn't changed his mind in the nick of time, Parisians would be staring at a 160 ft elephant squirting water from its trunk instead of the L'Arc de Triompe). But if you are planning to use the Metro (subway) for getting around, you'll need another book. The Metro map on the back cover is so small that even a person with 20/20 vision will need a magnifying glass. Also, the street maps do not show the metro stops. I'd recommend Eyewitness Paris for metro info.
                    Access Paris 9e (Access Guides)
                    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                    • Paris city info
                    • Excellent Recommendations
                    • Francolphile comments
                    • Take it further
                    • Superb!
                    Access Paris 9e (Access Guides)
                    Richard Saul Wurman
                    Manufacturer: Collins
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Paperback

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                    ASIN: 0060548142
                    Release Date: 2004-03-16

                    Book Description

                    A city that thrives on a love of grace, beauty and fine living, Paris continues to evolve into one of Europe's finest and most modern cities, even as it retains its remarkable history and ancient charms. The 9th Edition of ACCESS Paris promises a wealth of information as it guides travellers down the streets and into the heart of the city of lights.

                    Henry James wrote: "Paris is the greatest temple ever built to material joys and the lust of the eyes." The city of lights exudes such richness and variety that elevates even the necessities of life to the level of high art. The streets of Paris are museums lined with splendid architecture and historic monuments, making even the simple act of walking through the city one of life's great pleasures.

                    This luxury is greatly enhanced when one is armed with ACCESS Paris. Comprehensive, fully updated and filled with revised maps, sidebars and points of interest - ACCESS Paris's 9th Edition brings to life this city's love of grace, beauty and fine living, and allows the traveller to truly discover and know this artistic and cultural capital of a unified Europe..

                    Customer Reviews:

                    5 out of 5 stars Paris city info.......2007-01-04

                    This is an excellent guide for the independent traveller. Its best use is for details on neighborhoods. I often "study" it before taking off for the day and get a much better feel for the neighborhood I am visiting. I also "study" it after spending time out for the day and clarify or confirm what I have seen. Used it for years.

                    4 out of 5 stars Excellent Recommendations.......2006-07-16

                    I own Access Guides to San Francisco and Wine Country and found them to be very reliable sources of information on eating and shopping, so when I was planning a 5-week stay in Paris I purchased this guidebook. Overall, I'm quite pleased.

                    Access Paris is an excellent guide targeted at a cultured reader that prefers to consider him or herself a visitor to Paris rather than a tourist. The organization emphasizes neighborhoods rather than monuments, and offers excellent information on cafés, restaurants, bars, shops, and other neighborhood attractions. Restaurant listings include a range of prices for each district, though there are fewer budget options than, say, in the Time Out, Let's Go, and Lonely Planet guides. I've gone to a number of the listed restaurants, mostly those in St. Germain and the Bastille with one $ in the listing, and found them to be of high quality, though I was unable to find one or two. And I appreciate the memorable descriptions this book gives--one restaurant is characterized as right out of a Jean Rhys novel, for example--and the frankness of its evaluation of certain restaurants as overrated and overpriced traps for the well-read visitor.

                    The book's organization, with neighborhood maps followed by entries on each number that appears on the map, is very easy to use while wandering. The neighborhood maps omit metro stops, however, making it difficult to coordinate one's immediate location with the map of the metro that appears at the back of the guide. Also, the local maps don't indicate arrondissements, which makes the guide difficult to use in tandem with a more detailed map book.

                    This book covers the islands, the Latin Quarter, St-Germain, Eiffel Tower/Invalides, The Louvre and the Champs-Elysées, St-Honoré, Les Halles, the Marais, the Bastille, and Montmartre. These are all well-established eating and shopping districts in the arrodissements that are at the center of the city. There's also a brief section at the end with select attractions in other neighborhoods, as well as sidebars that discuss specific themes or types of sites (Paris in film, representations of Americans in Paris, flea markets, etc.). If you're mainly going to be in the central arrondissements, you'll probably be very happy with this guide. But if you're staying in an outlying arrondissement, or looking for information on offbeat neighborhoods, this may not be the guide for you--as it also may not be if it's your first time in Paris and you want a guidebook that emphasizes a tour of the monuments. I myself have already done the monuments and was looking for what this book has to offer, so I'm very pleased.

                    5 out of 5 stars Francolphile comments.......2006-02-02

                    A great source of information for the true Francophile who loves Paris and like a great love wants to know her better !!

                    5 out of 5 stars Take it further.......2005-01-31

                    The author of the ninth edition offers more Paris travel tips at www.parisland.com

                    5 out of 5 stars Superb!.......2005-01-14

                    I must say, I am a big fan of all the ACCESS guides, and the one on Paris was no exception. I'm always disappointed when I go somewhere and there is no ACCESS guide for that city! One of the best things about the guides, Paris included, is that it allows you to break your trip down by neighborhood. While in Paris, we spent one day (or more) in each of the neighborhoods highlighted in the color code system. We had a great time, and the ACCESS guide played a big part in it (as it did in San Francisco and Montreal!). Highly recommended!
                    Access in Paris: A Guide for Those Who Have Problems Getting Around (Access Guides)
                    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
                    • Good preparation for trip, but updated needed!
                    • Excellent disability guide for Paris
                    Access in Paris: A Guide for Those Who Have Problems Getting Around (Access Guides)
                    Gordon Couch , and Ben Roberts
                    Manufacturer: Cimino Publishing Group
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Paperback

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                    ASIN: 1870948629

                    Customer Reviews:

                    1 out of 5 stars Good preparation for trip, but updated needed!.......1999-04-26

                    ACCESS IN PARIS was avidly studied before trip, but alot of information was terribly out of date (book was published in 1993). It was better than nothing, but not by much.

                    5 out of 5 stars Excellent disability guide for Paris.......1999-04-19

                    This is an excellent travel guide for anyone having mobility problems. I know of no other guide like it. I run a disability travel hotline at Moss Rehab Hospital and recommend this book frequently.
                    Access: Paris (Access Guides)
                    Average customer rating: Not rated
                      Access: Paris (Access Guides)
                      Richard Saul Wurman
                      Manufacturer: Access Press
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Paperback

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                      ASIN: 0062770381
                      Access Guide to Paris
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                        Access Guide to Paris
                        Richard Saul Wurman
                        Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
                        ProductGroup: Book
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                        ASIN: 0136504418
                        Access Paris (5th ed.)
                        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                        • If you're staying awhile...
                        • Most usable endearing travel guide
                        Access Paris (5th ed.)
                        Richard Saul Wurman
                        Manufacturer: Access Pr
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Paperback

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                        ASIN: 0062771639

                        Customer Reviews:

                        5 out of 5 stars If you're staying awhile..........2002-08-10

                        When my friend and I went to France for the first time, we decided that our trip would consist almost totally of Paris, which has so must to see that it deserves about two weeks in itself. When the time came to start looking for guidebooks, by coincidence a letter writer in a travel magazine raved about this Access edition, so I picked it up. I wasn't disappointed.

                        If you're only spending a few days it isn't a good choice - you'll only be dealing with must-sees like the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame anyway. It is ideal, though, if your're staying for 2 weeks or longer, sectioning off neighborhoods of the city into chunks that are tourable in a day. This is definitely a mark-up book, begging for sights you want to see, restaurants you want to eat at, and stores you want to shop in to be highlighted or circled. The color highlighting is a useful tool, the drawings are wonderful, and the entries fun and informative - a delight to read when you're actually sitting down at the destination being described.

                        A good guidebook for the tourist making more than a token visit and who's willing to do a little work beforehand.

                        5 out of 5 stars Most usable endearing travel guide.......2001-11-15

                        This guide breaks Paris into neighborhoods, the most recommended way to explore the city. The color coding is highly useful. The maps are handy. The descriptions lively and charming. lt's condensed yet packed with invaluable informational tidbits. Don't leave home without it. lt's the one to take along every day all day.
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                          Fast Software Encryption: 12th International Workshop, FSE 2005, Paris, France, February 21-23, 2005, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
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                            Fast Software Encryption: 12th International Workshop, FSE 2005, Paris, France, February 21-23, 2005, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

                            Manufacturer: Springer
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                            ASIN: 3540265414

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                            This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Fast Software Encryption, FSE 2005, held in Paris, France in February 2005.

                            The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. The papers address all current aspects of fast primitives for symmetric cryptology, including the design, cryptanalysis, and implementation of block ciphers, stream ciphers, hash functions, and message authentication codes.

                            Image and Sound Archiving and Access : The Challenges of the 3rd Millennium, JTS : Paris 2000
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                              Image and Sound Archiving and Access : The Challenges of the 3rd Millennium, JTS : Paris 2000

                              Manufacturer: JTS
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                              ASIN: 2910202038

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                              The JTS is a scientific and technical event that was organised for the first time in Stockholm in 1983, then in Berlin (1987), Ottawa (1990) and London (1995). The JTS Paris 2000 gathers, at the initiative and with the support of UNESCO, the international organisations implied in the preservation and restoration of original image and sound materials : Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF), International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTVA), Internationale Association of Sound Archives (IASA), and the audiovisual sub committees of ICA (International Council of Archives) and of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions), in association with institutions such as the ARCHIMEDIA network, the GAMMA group, AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists), BKSTS (British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society) and ARSAG (Association pour la Recherche Scientifique sur les Arts Graphiques). The 5th JTS Paris 2000 is organised by CNC (Centre National de la Cinématographie) assisted by CST (Commission Supérieure Technique de l'Image et du Son), with the collaboration de INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel) and BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). This 5th Symposium aims to be a platform for specialists of audio-visual, cinema and sound archives to share scientific and technical researches as well as practical experiences, in order to provide guidelines for action for curators, technicians, researchers... The third millennium can be concidered as a driving force to examine the curatorial responsabilities of managers of collections faced up with new cultural, sociological, technical and legal issues. Archives are now involved in the new digital and Internet environments. A knowledge and appreciation of these processes are necessary to help maintain the original and artistic contents of the collections.

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