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A not so rough guide

Advantages: veryhelpful, funny
Disadvantages: none

When I discovered I was pregnant I wanted some books to read to help me find out what lay ahead. I bought two books, Miriam Stoppard and this one - The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth by Kaz Cooke. I wanted an allround education, so have got a serious book and a not so serious book This book is excellent. It starts with a pregnancy quiz and says to take this before and after you read the book, to see how much you learn, although the quiz is tongue in cheek. The book starts with weekk 1 - getting ready for pregnancy and helps you to think seriously about what you are doing. Week 2 covers ovulation and how to get pregnant. Then basically the book goes from week to week, assuming that you are pregnant. It tells you what to expect from your midwife and hospital appointments. It covers all the issues that women face ...

kismet 07.02.2008 · Read full review
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Lonely Guide or Rough Planet

Advantages: Detailed, informative, great website
Disadvantages: Go out of date fast

... which to choose? Pretty much every backpacker I know has faced this dilemma and generally, once they have made their choice, they stick with it. This may just be because they don't want to admit they wasted their money on something crap, but it is striking how the choice between Lonely Planet and Rough Guides divides travellers. At this point, I should nail my colours to the mast and say that I'm an RG girl myself. For a while there, I flirted briefly with Lonely Planet and even ventured into unknown guidebook territory with one unfamiliar Indonesia guide that I thought had a really nice cover, but again and again I realise that the RG is my true love. In an ideal world, of course, I would take both - this may just be because as a journalist and historian, I am always loth to trust just one source on anything, but that's just me ...

ImogenW 22.03.2001 · Read full review
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Paris - A Rough Guide

Advantages: A Good general travel guide
Disadvantages: Nothing really

bought this book from the airport departure lounge,so very little thought went into it, we just went for the only Paris specific guide there was! However, we wern't disappointed. It is a comprehensive guide covering: Basic information useful before you go, a small phrase book section, maps (including metro maps) and a guide to the sites, hotels, bars and restauraunts. The guides to the museums and sights were particularly useful, especially the guide to the Louvre. We were a bit pushed for time and so it gave us a chance to plan our trip to include the bits we really wanted to see. We tried 2 of the restauraunts listed, and, as expected the descriptions were fairly accurate. The restauraunt on the Champs-Elysee (sorry, the name escapes me) was picturesque and plesant but very touristy (as the book suggested). I felt that the level ...

sk0680 22.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Rough Guide to Paris - The Rough Guide