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WALK BEIJING

A great accompaniment to guides offering more in-depth histories.

A guide for travelers seeking the ancient in modern Beijing.

Walk-loving newcomers to Beijing will find a superb resource in this travel guide, geared toward exploring lesser-known parts of the city on foot. Finding such places is no small feat in the bulging metropolis, with official population estimates ranging between 12 and 20 million, so sightseers will appreciate the book’s clear directions, maps and first-timer tips. The guide would serve as an excellent addition to many tourists’ collections, especially those preparing to attend the Olympic Games in summer 2008, when seasonal heat and wind gusts from the Gobi desert will make escapes to Beijing’s many tree-lined parks and darkened temples all the more enticing. Walk Beijing focuses on sites neophytes won’t want to miss–Beijing’s ancient temples, parks, residences and the celebrated Forbidden City. However, it lacks detailed histories of each site. Although it offers shopping tips–bargain hard at the Silk Alley Market–and warns of smog, traffic and crime, the book offers little for those interested in Beijing’s unique modernity. It focuses primarily on tradition, and the landscapes and towers of dynasties past. For details on the avant-garde contemporary art, hip clubs and cheap technologies that fill the lives of Beijing’s youth, readers will need to look elsewhere. Thus, a second in-depth guide on newer attractions might serve meandering travelers well. For readers who have burned off some calories with all that strolling, they can look to Walk Beijing for tips on where to eat and find massages for their worn-out heels.

A great accompaniment to guides offering more in-depth histories.

Pub Date: Jan. 12, 2007

ISBN: 978-1-4196-5907-2

Page Count: -

Publisher: N/A

Review Posted Online: May 23, 2010

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THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE

50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...

Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.

Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").

Pub Date: May 15, 1972

ISBN: 0205632645

Page Count: 105

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972

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NUTCRACKER

This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)

Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996

ISBN: 0-15-100227-4

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Harcourt

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996

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