The 10 Best of Everything, Second Edition: An Ultimate Guide for Travelers (National Geographic the Ten Best of Everything)
Selected Book Details
- Paperback
- Edition: 2
- Author: Nathaniel Lande, Andrew Lande
- Publisher: National Geographic
- Release Date: March 2008
- ISBN-10: 142620227X
- ISBN-13: 9781426202278
- List Price: $19.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryThis deluxe, entertaining dream guide showcases the experience and savoir-faire of such luminaries as Prince Charles on architecture, Arnold Palmer on favorite golf courses, Luciano Pavarotti on opera houses, and Baron Philip de Rothschild on the best vintages. Scores of experts name the 10 best islands, poshest pubs and polo clubs, best things to do on Sundays afternoons in the world’s best cities, and a treasure trove of musts for the high-end traveler or anyone who aspires to be. |
Customer Reviews
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A Unique and Superb Travel Guide
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The original edition of this book was terrific, and when I went to order a copy to give as a gift recently, I was delighted to find the second edition. The updates, the even sturdier paper, and the additional recommendations in the new Afterward have made this already excellent guide even better; in fact, I ended up keeping it for myself!
I appreciate more than ever Nathaniel and Andrew Lande's commitment to accuracy and enduring quality, and particularly their effort to ensure that information is as current as possible (especially after my vexing experience in Europe this summer with a different, more expensive, well-known guidebook, which, despite being "updated" every year or two and being touted as a "2010 edition", lists an appallingly large number of restaurants that have been closed for 5-10 years!!).
My 2006 review of the first edition of "The Ten Best of Everything" is below; everything I wrote holds true for the second:
This superb book immediately earned a place of honor on the shelf of Very Special Favorites in my personal library, and has retained that position each time I've succumbed to the delightful temptation of re-reading it. I recommend it enthusiastically and wholeheartedly.
Unique in purpose and content, "THE 10 BEST OF EVERYTHING: PASSPORT TO THE BEST, An Ultimate Guide for Travelers" stands well above today's flood of look-alike travel and "best-of" books, and measures up to top travel literature from the past. Selective without being superficial, it's a great read. It evoked resonant memories of places I know and love (New York, Buenos Aires, the Amalfi Coast...), offered new takes on subjects I *thought* I knew (cameras, coffees, Paris...), and enticed me to add to my agenda much I might never have considered (Antarctica, comfy hand-made mattresses from London, a jet-boat safari through a New Zealand World Heritage area...). And it's great fun: the colorful tales with which these two master travelers and raconteurs regale us ("Waiting for MacPherson", "The Chair: Backstage at the Bolshoi"...) make me wish that I'd been along for the ride on their past adventures and that they'd accompany my future ones -- or at least plan my itineraries!
The clever organization and interweaving of this book's rich contents exemplify "thinking outside the box". It's really several books in one. Aside from the authors' personal recommendations and reminiscences and their wealth of ingeniously arranged lists, from which you'll be hard-pressed to tear yourself away, you also get what amounts to an exquisite art book -- the text is lavished with gorgeous historic travel posters and other travel-related art, providing evocative scenery for an armchair tour.
I marveled at the authors' combined range of experience and expertise, from high-end pursuits (Argentine polo, vintage wines, escapes to paradisiacal Malaysian resorts...) to equally satisfying simple pleasures that fit even the humblest budget (top-rated `burgers, flea/antique markets on several continents, awe-inspiring cathedrals for quiet contemplation, the religious experience of eating Arthur Bryant's barbecue in Kansas City...).
This book is a perfect and very classy gift at a reasonable price -- my holiday shopping will be VERY easy this year! It's already received raves from seasoned travelers to whom I've recommended it, and has inspired some friends who are confirmed homebodies to think about setting out to see the world.
More than all its absorbing narratives and intriguing recommendations, though, the real glory of this book is that it's a rare, totally unpedantic education in how to truly live well -- not necessarily expensively (although those seeking luxury couldn't have more savvy mentors than the Landes!), but to the fullest. The book has been a beacon illuminating the path between my dreams and the memorable journeys they're becoming.
Excellent Second Edition
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Surely Mr. Hedge is misguided and perhaps remedial. The Second Edition has a heavier cover and better paper stock, and contractually, 25 percent of the Second Edition updated and changed including an AFTERWARD TO THE SECOND EDITION on pages 466 and 467 by the authors with new information. In our opinion, Amazon is being complicit in publishing a customer review that is inaccurate and not fair or objective to their buyers.
In HIS opinion
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It's not like a million people voted here. It's random lists and entries are questionable. It's also outdated on several things, like cruise ships. And I wonder why Tempur-Pedic wasn't listed as a top bed? It seemed like a great reference book till I read the whole thing. But it's something to start with if you're searching for something on one of the lists.
Do Not Agree With Their Lists
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I thought this would be a fun book to have, but so many of the lists seem to be picked out of the air. There is such an American bias, that make the lists ridiculous. Best Airlines are measured by the independent Skytrax air quality survey, and they are; Singapore, Cathay Pacific, Qatar, Malaysian, Asiana and Kingfisher, this book rates American Airlines as the best............anyone with any flying sense knows this is a bums on seats, could not care less airline. Airline ranking is just one example of the all things American bias of this book, there are more and more. Look at the Best Hotels list, City List, best restaurants etc etc... I could go on and on. Where the authors got their lists from is beyond me.
This book is a severely biased list system, that favours all things American, which I don't mind if they were the best. Any objective analysis seems to have been forgotten, which undermines the supposedly unbiased nature of a book called 10 Best of Everything...it should be realistic and unbiased, which this is not.
exactly what was expected
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if anything, the product condition was better than what was described. flawless transaction from start to finish; highly recommended.
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