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Make the great escape! With volcanic landscapes and subtropical forests, sun-drenched beaches and soaring peaks, the Canary Islands are Spain's paradise isles. Whether you want to sip sangria in the heat, make the most of the fiesta atmosphere or roam the islands' rugged terrain, our definitive guide gives you in-depth regional coverage for the perfect getaway.
* UNCOVER ISLAND SECRETS - detailed itineraries and insider tips allow you to discover the best of the islands * MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME - accommodation to suit all budgets, from charming pensiones to palatial paradores * SPICE UP YOUR PALATE - enjoy hearty local gastronomy in the top island restaurants * JOIN IN THE CARNAVAL - party Canarian-style with our comprehensive fiesta listings * FUN IN THE SUN - extensive options for walking, cycling, sailing, swimming, surfing, windsurfing and much more
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Excellent.......2007-09-15
This book was extremely valuable during our recent stay on the island of Tenerife, just outside of Puerto de la Cruz.
I would have liked to see more photographs but otherwise and excellent book and well worth the price.
Very helpful.......2007-07-02
this book has been very helpful to me with allot of good recomendations for hotels , restaurants and things to do on all the islands seperately .
As with most Lonely Planet books they are presice and honest . The only thing i would have hoped for , was a bit more pictures , but never the less i was very pleased with this .
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Let Spain surprise you: colorful fiestas, ancestral traditions, historical towns and picturesque villages, seaside resorts and immensely varied landscapes. THE GREEN GUIDE, the perfect travel companion: a discerning and up-to-date source of information. Practical and comprehensive, it offers suggestions on what to see and what to do, background on history and cultural heritage and a selection of hotels and restaurants. Ideal guides for the independent tourist, THE GREEN GUIDE explores destinations both near and far. Sights are rated - 3 stars "worth a journey", 2 stars "worth a detour" and 1 star "interesting". Map itineraries make planning easy, whether visiting the highlights or venturing off the beaten path. Travel with THE GREEN GUIDE for an exciting and memorable experience.
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Spain--in alphabetical order.......2007-07-05
I used this book in 2005 to visit Madrid/Toledo/Segovia/Seville/Granada and Cordoba and then again in 2007 on a 10 day trip through Galicia. The book's main advantage is that towns/cities are in alphabetical order, so info is easy to find.
However, I find the text lacking in sparkle--a bit too dull.........It was my #3 choice for information. (I also had the DK guide and the Rough Guide)
The size and shape of this book make it easy to carry during the day, but most of the time, I carried the DK guide!!
Fantastic travel guide.......2006-03-24
As expected from the Michelin Green Guides series, this one too is a wonderful travel companion. Accurate and up to date, covers all important milestones and goes past the shallow surface barely scratched by other travel guides.
This Michelin Green Guides is the best available, if you're going to travel to Spain don't leave home without it.
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Highlighting the best beaches, national parks, and outdoor activities -- from golf to diving to windsurfing, as well as in-depth coverage on Las Palmas -- nowhere else can you find an entire region described in such luscious detail.
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Disappointed.......2007-08-19
I found very little information in this book. The level of detail on what there is to see in the Canary Islands was extremely thin.
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The popular Spanish Canary Islands are given the Bradt Travel Guide treatment for the first time.
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Packed with stunning photographs, easy-to-use maps, and all the information you really need to get the most from your visit! In this compact guide, our writers help you plan itineraries for short and longer stays. Complete with must-see sights on and off the beaten track as well as current hotel and restaurant recommendations. And the convenient size of the guide allows you to take it along in your pocket or handbag. Take the world in your pocket next time and travel with this handy Berlitz guide.
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Really Detailed Travel Info.......2000-07-12
This book makes me want to travel to the Canary Islands after cancelling one trip for lack of interest, and even venture off Tenerife to try a couple of the other islands. This is a winner. From Accomodations to Youth Hostels (there aren't any at present) and point by point, this is the book to buy. Each island is detailed for you to decide if it's worth a separate trip. Where to go - what to do - eating out - travel tips - and Berlitz"s language aids.
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Slim, stylish and pocketable, Rough Guide DIRECTIONS Tenerife & La Gomera is packed with ideas for making the most of your trip to this beautiful Spanish island. Full-colour throughout, the guide highlights the best the islands have to offer - from hiking in the Canarian pine forest to pot making in La Gomera- helping you to decide what to do, 24 hours a day. Use the practical âPlaces’ section of the guide to explore the islands, every attraction, walk, restaurant, hotel, bar and beach is given a review and organised by geographical area so you always know what''s immediately around you and what''s worth making a special trip to see.
Rough Guide DIRECTIONS Tenerife & La Gomera is like having a local friend plan your trip!
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Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. Inside every Insight Guide you'll find: .Evocative, full-colour photography on every page .Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout .A brief introduction including a historical timeline .Lively essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people .Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing .Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest .A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children
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Essential to Understanding Canarian Culture.......2003-07-17
We took our first trip to Tenerife in December 2002 and took this book with us. We read the historical information and found that it really helped us to understand Canarian culture and traditions. The sections on cuisine were also quite helpful, as Canarians have a cuisine of their own. Conejo Salmorejo is a local dish that you must try (or Pollo for those who fear rabbit) as well as chilled red wine - Yummy!
Read carefully and plan on following the advice in the book. It won't lead you astray!
Everything You Need To Know In A Compact Guide.......2000-10-18
Informative pocket guide giving history, culture and climate. Sums up 8 different areas of the island listing their highlights. Points of interest can easily be located on the maps provided. Has information on transportation, services and some accommodations. Color-coded tabs allow easy referencing of topics and routes. Great photos. A good source of information and a "must have" while travelling in Tenerife.
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Canary Islands Travel Guide
Globetrotter
Manufacturer: New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.
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Practical, informative and user-friendly, the Globetrotter Travel Guide to Canary Islands highlights the major places of interest, describing their principal attractions and offering sound suggestions on where to tour, stay, eat, shop and relax. This guide is ideal for the first time visitor with over 20 full-color area maps, town plans and locator maps as well as over 85 full color photographs.
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Packed with colour photographs and easy-to-use maps, this new addition to the compact Â`DirectionsÂ' series offers a comprehensive guide to Gran Canaria, from the stunning beaches and throbbing nightlife of the southern resorts to the history, culture and excitement of the cosmopolitan capital, Las Palmas, and from the wild and rocky west coast to the colonial towns of the islandÂ's north and the pristine beauty of the mountainous interior. Find inspiration in the extensive all-colour ideas section at the front of the book then delve into the bookÂ's nine chapters for detailed, area-by-area information on what the island has to offer, including up-to-date hotel & restaurant recommendations for all parts of the island, comprehensive and reliable entries on museums and attractions plus hot tips for the best of the islandÂ's nightlife. ThereÂ's masses of helpful practical information including a Spanish glossary and menu reader thatÂ's adapted to Canarian, not mainland, Spanish.
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These colourful, compact guidebooks from Thomas Cook Publishing are essential for planning the perfect trip. Each Guide contains: *Clear maps and destination facts. *Holiday hints and tips. * A-Z of essential information. * Walks and tours with places off the beaten track *Advice on shopping, eating out, sport and nightlife.
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On December 26, 1998, 115 yachts set out from Sydney Harbor at the start of the Sydney to Hobart race--a grueling 735-mile race down the east coast of Australia, across the Bass Strait, and down the length of Tasmania. The Syd-Hob is widely known as the toughest open-ocean race on earth, but the 1998 race was the toughest yet. By the end of the day on the 29th, six lives were lost, over 50 sailors were rescued, five boats were sunk, and many more boats--and sailors--were damaged.
A Hard Chance is another look at the Syd-Hob disaster, one refreshingly free of overarching fingerpointing. While the efforts of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in rescuing more than 50 sailors are enthusiastically praised, the Weather Bureau--which bore the brunt of the blame by some accounts--is absolved. In the end it was each sailor's decision to participate, and each skipper's responsibility to make decisions for his or her ship. ("It is one thing to willingly participate in an ocean race as a sport, a pastime or a passion. It is voluntary. None of the 1,135 participants was on board because he or she was required to be.")
Journalist Kim Leighton allows the voices of the participants to shine through, lending immediacy to his narrative of a dangerous race gone seriously wrong. The text does sometimes get bogged down in technical detail, and landlubbers may feel adrift in a sea of sailing terminology ("We started to gibe as the wind shifted and we blew a spinnaker, which we replaced with a number three jib"), but the story remains compelling. --Sunny Delaney
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When 114 sailing yachts set out from Australia's Sydney Harbor on Boxing Day, December 26, 1998, for the 43rd Annual Sydney-to-Hobart ocean classic the mood was festive. Crowds jammed the harbor and headlands in the midsummer heat to watch the yachts tack east to the Sydney Heads, set colorful spinnakers and run with the wind, south, for the finish line 630 miles distant in Hobart, Tasmania. None knew they were being stalked by a deadly storm. In the next 48 hours, the monster storm would strike, destroying yachts, washing scores of sailors overboard into 80-foot seas, killing six and spurring the largest sea rescue ever mounted by Australians. In the style of A Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, A Hard Chance traces the fateful collision course between a violent storm at sea and the world-class sailors and racing yachts that would bear its full and deadly fury. As the storm unleashes its power, A Hard Chance amplifies the sea of terror that individual rescuers and racers overcame through skill and raw courage to save their boats and crew and pluck 55 doomed yachtsmen from the Tasman Sea.
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Loved It!.......2003-12-26
You are there - Leighton's descriptions make you feel every bump and thud. The author's choice of words and descriptions show a true story teller at work. What a story! I have no desire to sail - ever..
I was not impressed ...........2000-03-14
I was anticipating a terrific read after I looked over exerpts of the book on the America's Cup Web site ... but frankly I was bored. I did read the whole book but compared to Fastnet Force 10 this book is very weak in story and technical descriptions.
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A Hard Chance-And the Race to Y2K.......2000-01-07
Just finised Kim Leighton's A Hard Chance: The Sydney-Hobart Race Disaster this past weekend as we moved into the new millenium. The book provided just enough of the factual details to excite in any sailor's imagination a picture of what it must have been like to be on each of the ill-fated yachts during the brunt of the storm. Just as watching a movie derived from a Stephen King novel is never quite as scary as reading the book, there is nothing more bone-chilling than what those of us can imagine who have rode out a bad storm aboard a sailboat. I found the book also to be fortified with enough descriptions and definitions so as to be understood by nonsailors as well. In particular, I identified with David Cook, one of the rescued crewmembers of Solo Globe Challenger, who said that he was willing to attempt the race again but only if accompanied by the same crew. As I awaited whatever disaster Y2K might bring, I noticed an interesting similarity. Here I was surrounded by the same crew with which I had weathered storms racing on Lake Erie aboard the yacht "Moonshadow". As we watched the millenium change in Australia, we breathed a sigh of relief and went back to talking about our times together on the water and shared Kim's book.
Never sailed before.......1999-12-30
Kim has clearly never sailed. I got this as a gift with the anticipation of reading an account similar to "Fastnet, Force 10" and was totally disapponited. Kim's complete lack of understanding of sailing made it almost impossible to understand what he was trying to explain. You don't need to use a lot of "jargon" in writing a sailing book but you should be accurate. I knew I was in trouble when the first picture in the book, identified as "manuvering before the start", was clearly taken after the start. If you have even a small amount of sailing knowledge and want to read this account to learn something, you'll be disappointed.
excellent and concise,gripping story,well written,good det.......1999-11-01
Kim Leighton has a nice way of weaving together the multiple details,gives appropriate attention to the the overall story and those behind the scenes. One gains/reaffirms a deep appreciation for all involved;sailing crews, families, rescue teams.
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Terror Laws: Asio, Counter-Terrorism and the Threat to Democracy
Jenny Hocking
Manufacturer: University of New South Wales Press
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The civil liberties landscape in Australia has changed irrevocably since Bali and September 11, with some of the most draconian counter-terrorism measures in the western world. Once-sacrosanct civil and political rights--freedom of expression, freedom of association, protection from arbitrary detention, the right to independent legal advice--have been tossed aside in the name of the "war on terror." This book questions whether we can protect ourselves by removing the very freedoms that define a democracy.
In Terror Laws, Jenny Hocking traces the extraordinary expansion of Australia's internal security, from the hesitant formation of ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Service) barely fifty years ago to the powerful, unfettered, counter-terrorism network that now reaches into every corner of Australians' lives.
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The Case For An Australian Bill Of Rights: Freedom in the War on Terror (Briefings)
George Williams
Manufacturer: UNSW Press
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Throughout the world the fear of terrorist attack has fuelled new laws and controls, putting at risk fundamental rights and freedoms. Australia is no exception. But unlike every other western nation we have no Bill of Rights to counter-balance threats to civil liberties. Australian governments retain the power to override the human rights and anti-discrimination legislation we take for granted.
In this important book George Williams outlines the case for a national Bill of Rights to guarantee the rights of all Australians. Surveying the federal government's response to September 11 and the Bali attack, Williams shows how the threat of terrorism makes the protection of basic rights more, not less urgent. He examines other recent controversies, including mandatory sentencing and racial discrimination, discusses the Australian Capital Territory's innovative Bill of Rights legislation, and spells out a realistic program for change.
Vividly argued and persuasive, this is a vital contribution to the debate over how Australia should respond to the terrorist threat without compromising basic rights and freedoms.
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What Price Security?: Taking Stock of Australia's Anti-Terror Laws (Briefings)
George Williams
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ASIN: 086840909X |
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In this timely and important book, Andrew Lynch and George Williams provide a clear and accessible guide to the major components of Australia's anti-terrorism laws and their effects. They show readers: • what constitutes a crime of terrorism in Australia • what powers our main intelligence agency has to question and detain members of the community • what happens when the authorities seek a control order or an order of preventative detention over an individual• what speech risks making a person liable for the crime of sedition• how judicial processes have been modified for the trial of people charged with terrorism offences Lynch and Williams have contributed vigorously to the public debate since September 11. In What Price Security? they argue that Australia has gone too far in limiting civil rights in the name of anti-terrorism. “In fighting the `war on terror',” they write, “it is vital that we do not allow ourselves to become the victim of our own fears.”
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The asphyxia of the image: terror, surveillance and the children overboard affair.: An article from: Arena Journal
Dougal Phillips
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Title: The asphyxia of the image: terror, surveillance and the children overboard affair.
Author: Dougal Phillips
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Arena Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 27
Page: 81
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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The cross-cultural generality of terror management theory was examined in Australia and Japan. Based on previous research suggesting that individualism is stronger in Australia than in Japan, mortality salience was predicted to enhance individualism in Australia, but to reduce it in Japan. The results supported this prediction. Consistent with the theory, the cultural pattern of worldview defense was found only among Australians and Japanese with low self-esteem. We also found preliminary evidence that collective mortality (death of one's in-group) has a greater impact than personal mortality (personal death) in Japan. Although the cultural worldview and self-esteem may serve terror management functions in both cultures, there may be differences between cultures in the type of mortality that produces the greatest levels of anxiety and the manner in which a given worldview is used to cope with anxiety about mortality.
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Fighting a new terror; opposition to the government's proposed anti-terror laws has united a bizarrely wide amalgam of political groups. Is there hope ... Article) : An article from: Arena Magazine
Damien Lawson
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Title: Fighting a new terror; opposition to the government's proposed anti-terror laws has united a bizarrely wide amalgam of political groups. Is there hope to preserve such civil liberties as remain? (against the current).(Brief Article)
Author: Damien Lawson
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Title: Howard's way with terror: Kopassus and Australia: the government's eagerness to renew ties with Indonesia's special forces exposes the fraudulent nature of its 'war on terrorism'.(John Winston Howard)
Author: William Hardiker
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Date: April 1, 2004
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Issue: 70
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