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A guide book is a book for tourists or travelers that provides details about a geographic location, tourist destination, or itinerary. It is the written equivalent of a tour guide. It will usually include details, such as phone numbers, addresses, prices, and reviews of hotels and other lodgings, restaurants, and activities. Maps of varying detail are often included. Sometimes historical and cultural information is also provided. Different guide books may focus on different aspects of travel, from adventure travel to relaxation. Care should be taken when following any guidebook: the information may be out of date (especially for regions undergoing rapid development), the author may have a hidden agenda (for example free meals or rooms in exchange for inclusion in the book or a favorable review -- compare tout). Guide books are generally intended to be used in conjucation with actual travel, they may be used to get an idea of a location before booking a trip. Simply enjoying a guide book with no intention of visiting may be referred to as "armchair tourism".
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Big Bucks For Wooden Ducks
Nina P. West, Artfact.com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:58:57 -0000
A little piebald sea duck fetches $120,000 at auction. A lot, but no where near the record of $856,000.
Beatrix's Brilliant Bunnies
Nina P. West, Artfact.com Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:20:35 -0000
An illustration from the creator of Peter Rabbit sells for nearly $600,000 in London.
Beautiful Baumeister
Nina P. West, Artfact.com Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:55:11 -0000
An abstract painting by an artist Hitler labeled a ''degenerate'' sells at auction for over half a million dollars.
All Music Guide - Comprehensive guide to recordings in every genre. Cross-indexed source of reviews, essays, and ratings; all available online, on in-store kiosks, and in print form. Uses submissions from readers.
Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide - Brief description of the guidebook to classical music.
Meta Description: [ Gramophone - The world's best classical music magazine ]
Hot Wacks Press - Publisher of guides to bootleg records and CDs. Information about the books, and three articles about bootlegs (recordings of live music of questionable legality).
Joel Whitburn's Record Research Books - Information from Billboard magazine's major charts with complete chart data on every recording ever charted. Short descriptions and sample pages from this large line of books.
Meta Description: [ Joel Whitburn's Record Research books get right to the bottom of Billboard magazine's major charts with complete fully accurate chart data on every record ever charted. ]
Krause Publications - Publisher of several record and CD collecting related books, including price guides.
Meta Description: [ Publisher of magazines, books and shows for collectors, outdoor enthusiasts such as deer hunters and craft enthusiasts. Krause's periodicals and books include price guides and catalogs that track the value of coins, old cars, sports cards, firearms, comics, stamps, toys, antiques, records, milita... ]
Muze - Longtime publisher (over 50 years) of directories of recorded music for retail stores; their data is now available for purchase to place on other websites and in-store kiosks.
Meta Description: [ Muze drives the media experience ]
Osborne Enterprises and Jellyroll Productions - Producer of price guides (in the Official Price Guide series) and reference books for music collectibles. General descriptions of each volume.
RecordResearcher.com - CD-ROM discography RockRom 8, and book Rock Record 7, with 500,000 records, over a million tracks and musicians. Free sofwared demo download.
Meta Description: [ Index page of Record Researcher. Find out about latest versions of the CD-ROM RockRom ]
Rough Guides - Over 30 music guidebook titles; features online versions of their Rock, World, and Classical guides.
Trouser Press - Official site of Trouser Press magazine (1974-1984) and the Trouser Press Record Guides. Reviews and discographies from five editions of the guidebook.
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