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Rome wasn't built in a day, and it's best to take your time when touring there. Morris provides those visiting the Eternal City with an in-depth perspective that you can't typically find in most travel books. If you're looking for well-written and truly insightful guide into one of the world's great cities, the Rome Guide will not disappoint.

It's apparent from reading this title that the author really knows her stuff. She's spent 30 years island hopping the Caribbean and it shows in her grasp of local cultures and her ability to sniff out the authentic in every town. In a crowded field of Caribbean guidebooks, this title truly excels.

This is truly a guide that lists everything you could possibly want to know about a golf course site unseen. I currently live in the tri-county area (Dade, Broward and Palm Beach) of south-florida and have been very impressed by the accuracy of the information contained in this book. It has certainly helped me enjoy the sport by allowing me to choose a course for my type of play. Thank you Mr. Shacky

I been living in Arizona for the past twelve years and have enjoyed the countless courses that we have in our wonderful state. I seriously thought that I knew all of the best courses in my state until last Christmas when my wife bought me this informative book. Since then I've discovered numerous courses that I may not have discovered if it wasn't for this well thought out book. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in dicovering the vast resources of golf courses throughout my home state. By the way... Jimmy Shacky writes beautifully.

This book gives you information from insiders who know subtle distinctions that may be overlooked. Great printing job--very readable for tired eyes

What splendid guides Meg Rossoff and Caren Acker are! They know everything there is to know about London and they're willing to reveal it. They are delightfully opinionated and contagiously enthusiastic. This book will be of immense value to newcomers and to old London hands alike: there's that much in it, from the basics to the most hidden (the hows and whats and whys of pubgoing, for instance, that will enable you to pass for an experienced local). For those who travel with kids, this will simplify and enrich your visit. I know London well, and yet they manage to come up with a "favorites" list of hotels most of which were new to me, all of which were within reach on a splurge, and all of which sounded utterly charming in its individual way. It is this blend of a highly personal approach with solid information that makes the book both such a valuable guide and such a wonderful read. Top marks!

What a great find this book was for me. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to party into the next millenium. The book contains an unbelievable amount of information on getting ready for the biggest party of our lifetime! Hotels, cruises, hot air balloon rides, you name it and it's covered in this book. Anyone who is in the travel and tourism industry will find this book indispenable. It has helped me immensely and I even made my own party plans based on the author's recommendation. Five stars for this little jewel of a book!

A book well laid out in contents and easy to comprehend and understand for lay person. Illustrations are worth going through. Other guide books should adopt the methodology.

After buying 3 other guide books about Spain, this is the best of the bunch. Deep detail on off the neaten path destinations that are not even covered in any other books, well written, and a great travel asset. Highly recommended for those looking for a real special trip.

David W. Tulane

I was given this book by my children recently after I had told them how much I enjoyed travelling the great roads we have in our country. I'm glad they chose this particular book because it's been one of the most enjoyable I've ever read. Not only is it historically relevant in describing how we developed from pastoral backwoods areas to a system of large cities and suburbs, but it sheds light on many unknown facts of that 200 year journey. For instance, I did not know that our present day Interstate Highway system-something we take for granted when we drive to see grandma a few states away at Christmas time-was originally proposed by President Roosevelt in 1937. He envisioned it as a pattern of roads which would facilitate the movement of men and equipment during the World War which he knew was imminent. Neither did I know the extent to which Huey Long, the populist governor of Louisiana in the '30's, used the construction of roads throughout his state to enlist support from the common people. ("Every Man A King" was his slogan.) So successful was Long that historians say he might have seriously challenged Roosevelt in 1936 had he not been assasinated. Patton points out the fusion of good highways, recently invented air-conditioning and reliable vehicles enabled the entire southern portion of the United States to prosper during the last half of the 20th Century. It was a combination of these three factors which moved us from a predominantly backwards area stretching from Atlanta to Los Angeles into becoming the nation's prosperous Sun Belt. It is this region that has attracted so many new residents and has "driven" the emerging high tech commercial engine which is fueling the unparalled prosperity of our country. From the opening of the first road in America, the Natchez Trace, dedicated in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson, to the 99.9% completed Federal Interstate Highway system, Patton takes us on a journey at once both informative and nostalgic, winding down the roads where the orange-topped Howard Johnsons sat, and out past all the Burma Shave signs lining the roads splitting the wheat fields of Nebraska. I urge all who are interested in learning how the American road evolved to read this book. As a 1951 Ford ad in the book pointed out: "Today the American Road has no end; the road that went nowhere now goes everywhere....on that road, the nation is travelling beyond the troubles of this century, constantly heading towards a finer tomorrow." True then, truer now.