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5 unusual facts about guide book


De moribus tartarorum, lituanorum et moscorum

The work is neither a chronicle nor a travel book, but is rather a political essay which is critical of the author's motherland (Grand Duchy of Lithuania) and overly praises Muscovy and the Crimean Khanate for their centralized governments and united subjects.

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Arthur Frommer, an American soldier stationed in Europe during the Korean War, used his experience traveling around the Continent as the basis for Europe on $5 a Day (1957), which introduced readers to options for budget travel in Europe.

John Tauranac

Tauranac wrote the guidebooks for the Culture Bus Loops operated by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority as a freelance project for the Municipal Art Society (1973, 1974), whereupon he was hired by the MTA to write and edit “Seeing New York: The Official MTA Travel Guide,” which included a depiction of the subway in a geographic light (1976).

Khaosan Road

Khaosan shops sell handcrafts, paintings, clothes, local fruits, pirated CDs, DVDs and second-hand books, plus many useful backpacker items.

St Salvator's Hall

A 1965 Guide book described it as "one of the finest students' residences in Britain".


Bruckmann's Illustrated Guides

Bruckmann's Illustrated Guides (1892-1916) were European travel guide books published by A. Bruckmann in Munich and Asher & Co. in London.

Meyers Reisebücher

Meyers Reisebücher (1862-1936) were a series of German-language travel guide books published by the Bibliographisches Institut of Hildburghausen and Leipzig.


see also

All Music Guide to Jazz

The first edition, All Music Guide to Jazz: the Best CDs, Albums & Tapes, appeared in 1994 and was edited by Ron Wynn with Michael Erlewine and Vladimir Bogdanov (head of the All Music Guide book series).

Barbara Rosen

The Mews of London received "Special Mention for Originality" in the Guide Book of the Year Awards, 1983, from the London Tourist Board.

Epigram Books

In 2010 they published There's No Carrot in Carrot Cake, a guide book to Singapore's street food (or hawker food as it is commonly known), the foreword to which, written by Singapore's Ambassador-At-Large Tommy Koh, sparked off a debate in the media about the need for a culinary school to preserve Singapore's food heritage.

Michigan Architectural Foundation

At the ceremony, the foundation commended Rocco Romano, author of Architecture: It's Elementary, a guide book for elementary school teachers who are teaching children about the built environment.

Reisehaandbog over Norge

Reisehaandbog over Norge is a Norwegian travel guide book first published in 1879 by Yngvar Nielsen.

The Transhumanist Wager

A guide book by journalist Chris T. Armstrong is being written about the philosophy of The Transhumanist Wager and the ideas of Zoltan Istvan.

Waterfalls of North Georgia

Some sources, including the 2004 Georgia State Parks guide book, claim that Amicaolola Falls are "the tallest east of the Mississippi River," although Crabtree Falls in Virginia (at 1000 feet) and Glassmine Falls in North Carolina (800 feet) are both taller.