Easter Books

It takes a while to get into the story as the style of writing is wordy and dense. The authors favors lengthy description of minute details which I felt was wholly unnecessary and tedious. Leaves you wondering why can't the author just can't get into the crux of the story.

Otherwise, a good take on tackling romance about a hip girl in a highly demanding PR job meets once-upon-a-time investment banker turned organic farmer set against the current agricultural reforms taking place in England.

The author takes a dig at the save the wildlife movement pitched against the more mundane bread and butter issues of farmers in rural Suffolk trying hard to survive against the ever evolving British agricultural mishaps that happened in the past and present.

The subtle humour surfaces when the city folk thought that they had landed in a country hotel for a long weekend away from London but turned out otherwise and that's where the fun starts!

This book is the bedtime favorite of my husband and daughter. The story is clever and entertaining to children and adults. The illustrations are soft and finely detailed. My husband finds many children's books "silly" or "boring," but he loves this one because the plot takes twists and the language is vibrant.

Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes was my book club's July selection. We are a group of women 50ish years in age. This was a very readable book which I really enjoyed. It has many layers, two heroines,gender issues, history,science,etc. I like books where I learn something new about a place in time or subject such as Easter Island. The author made the characters and their individual stories engaging.I was slightly disappointed by the ending for one of the heroines. Although, the ending did leave a number of questions to discuss with our group. Overall we all liked it and gave it thumbs up.

Easter Island had potentially interesting parallel plot lines that are presented in an uneven and dull manner and in the end fizzle. The character development deserves a huge yawn and the main "modern" character, Greer, is clearly a run-of-the-mill scientist who is capable primarily of whining about her own self-inflicted lack of success. The author fails to develop what might have been the most interesting plot line - the commencement of World War I and the difficulties presented by the geographical isolation of the German Pacific fleet. The author has gathered some interesting facts and woven a couple of potentially interesting timelines into a weak but sometimes enjoyable ensemble, but in the end I am left imagining the author researching this book in a single strenuous weekend of Web searching.

I have just finished the book for our book club next month and I don't have anything good to say about it. It was far too much information on flora and fauna interspersed with Greek origins (gymnosperms - gymnos sperma - naked seeds). I felt as though I was in a botany class and it was too boring for me.
After finally getting through the book -- it took me about a week of perseverance -- I came to the conclusion that the author had a disdain for the male population and it came through with her treatment of Thomas and Beazley. Maybe it was just a feminist leaning, I don't know.
The one thing I got out of the book was an interest in Easter Island. I will read true accounts of the history of the island and hopefully get a better understanding of its geography and its stone statues (moai).
It certainly wouldn't be a book I would put on my shelf.

Some women in my book club found the story to be good. I was expecting more information on Easter Island itself and was let down. I was not captivated by the two main characters and did not finish the book.

Wow, this was just an outstanding novel in every way. The writing was beautiful, the two stories perfectly blended together into a cohesive and perfectly constructed whole. I passed it along to my husband after I finished it and he also thought it was terrific. Honestly, I can't say enough good things about this book. Loved it!!

a wonderful dissertation over the reality of resurrection. very well written in Hank's characteristic style, he adds mnemonics to help you remember the evidence. since resurrection is the cornerstone of Christianity this book should be a pleasure to all mainstream Christians, regardless of denomination. i highly recommend it because once you read it you will be able to defend the main point that makes Christianity unique, Jesus resurrection. After you accept this fact then the validity and authority of scripture becomes clear.

This book is very good as an introductory-level book but I was disappointed with the lack of detail. I felt like the book had just started to scratch the surface of what could be said about each topic before moving on to another subject, and it didn't really say much I didn't already know. I think that this book is probably meant to be simply an introduction to the topics, so I guess I probably shouldn't criticize a horse for not flying. I still wish that it hadn't been so brief though.

As a warning, this book is a lot shorter than it actually seems, because the appendixes take up so much space. The appendixes were too long and I didn't find them to be all that helpful; to be honest, they seemed like "filler" at many points. I wish that the author had used this space to expand on a lot of the ideas presented in the text instead.

On the positive side, I liked the format of this book. I'm not aware of too many books that approach resurrection from the angle this book does. The author starts by giving evidence for Jesus' physical death and Resurrection and then connects that to our Resurrection. He made some good connections there I think.

He also made some good comments on heaven, answering common questions and dispelling some misconceptions along the way, such as "if heaven is perfect, won't it be boring?" Again, I could wish for more detail here though, and the individual chapters aren't always that connected to each other. As a result, the topics appear a bit random at points rather than being part of a coherent whole.

I wouldn't say that this is Hanegraaff's best book by any means, and it could have benefited from a little more work and a good editor, but still a worthwhile read overall, especially if you haven't read much about this topic. I would recommend reading this book along with Randy Alcorn's book "Heaven." They go together very well.

Resurrection by Hank Hanegraaff was a great book. This book is broken up into three sections. The first section is defending the resurrection of Christ. Most Christians do not realize the strong historical case that has been built as evidence of the resurrection. Hanegraaff discusses some of the more popular arguements or explinations for the resurrection of Jesus, such as the "Swoon Theory", the "Twin Theory" and the theory held by the Muslims. He goes on to explain by an actual physical resurrection is more plausible than any of the other theories presented.
Hanegraaff does a great job in presenting a solid case for the resurrection using alot of the same arguements that are used by Dr. William Lane Craig, Dr. Gary Habermas and Lee Strobel in some of their writings. He makes it simple and concise but still includes enough information for one to build their own case off of the information mentioned in the book.
After the case for the resurrection of Jesus has been built, Hanegraaff's book takes a bit of a turn. The second section of the book is dedicated to the resurrection of God's creation (more specifically, but not limited to, Humans). He covers how we can be certain that this life is not the only thing we have to look forward to and describes the comfort that one can take in this fact. Some of the details he mentions don't necessarily coincide with some of the more mainstream views of this topic but he provides great scriptual support for his views.
The third part of the book is dedicated to answering questions about the resurrection such as "Was Christ's physical body resurrected from the dead or did he raise an immaterial spirit?", "If heaven is perfect, won't it be perfectly boring?" and many others.
I don't really see eye to eye with some of Hanegraaff's theology, but from what I could see everything discussed in this book seemed to be in accordance with scripture. With all that being said about Hanegraaff, his books some how always seem to have a huge influence in my Christian walk and has strengthend my faith and my peace in my faith an enormous amount.
I recommend this book to all Christians. To those who are not believers and are looking more for a book that lays out an exauhstive case for the resurrection then I don't think this is the book for you and I think there are others out there that can better fit your need. Great book overall!

I have read this book years ago and it's a great resource for Christians to have. As Hank is great at doing, writing to the new believers in Christ, in a easy and cogent way. This book is a great book on one of the best historical event in history. The resurrection is the hope of every believer and we should be able to defend it and know what are hope is.

Good Job

He accepts at face value stories in the NT about the empty tomb and reappearances of Jesus after his death. He does not consider that none of the gospels were written by people who were the contemporaries of Jesus nor the effect of charismatic personalities upon the beliefs of the early Church. Prophets in our time have had their prophecies falsified by events not occurring which they predicted. Yet most of their followers continue to believe. Something that Jesus predicted---his coming again in glory within the lifetimes of some of those who saw him before his death---manifestly did not happen. And that does not daunt the faithful at all.

In the early days of Christianity, Jesus' followers identified him as the Messiah sent by God, according to Jewish expectations, to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. His mission was to re-establish the Jews as the chosen of God and re-establish the rule of the House of David. But the Kingdom did not come within or after the life of Jesus and 2000 years later the Kingdom of God still has not arrived. The second coming, nevertheless, is still emphasized by evangelical Christians. The early Christians described Jesus as "the first fruits of the Kingdom of God," which encouraged them to postulate his second coming at the end of history. Many parts of the New Testament reflect this mentality, such as I Thessalonians and I Corinthians 15 and the apocalyptic chapters in Mark (13), Matthew (24) and Luke (21) in the gospels. In the book of Acts at the time of the ascension (chapter 1) two angels announce to the assembled disciples that "as you have seen him depart, so you will see him come again." The idea of the second coming is thus writ large in the early expectations of the first Christians.

The earliest record in Paul ascribed the Resurrection to an act of God raising Jesus into the presence of God. In Paul, God raised Jesus, Jesus does not rise. If this is an action of God then that act does not occur in human history. However, people living in human history seek to make sense out of that experience. Whatever Easter was it caused the disciples, who had forsaken Jesus in fear when he was arrested, to be reconstituted and empowered in dramatic ways. It caused his Jewish disciples to redefine God so that Jesus was included in that definition.

the first gospel writer, Mark, tells the story of Easter without portraying anyone ever seeing the risen Christ. The first stories of people seeing the raised Jesus occur only in the 9th decade when Matthew writes. Matthew gives us two resurrection episodes, both of which are strange. First, he has the women see the risen Christ in the garden and says that "they worshipped him." That is interesting because Mark, Matthew's primary source, says the women never saw him. Luke relates Mark's version not Matthew's. So the gospels are two to one against it being accurate to say that the women saw the raised Jesus.

Matthew's second resurrection story depicts a transformed Jesus coming out of the clouds of heaven. To view the resurrection as a physical, bodily coming back to the life of this world event, is an idea that is added to Christianity in the 9th decade. It is not original to the Easter story.

Whatever Easter was it caused the disciples, who had forsaken Jesus in fear when he was arrested, to be reconstituted and empowered in dramatic ways. It caused his Jewish disciples to redefine God so that Jesus was included in that definition. It caused a new holy day, the first day of the week to be born and eventually to rival the Sabbath. So the effects of Easter were in history but Easter itself was not.

The first gospel writer, Mark, tells the story of Easter without portraying anyone as ever seeing the risen Christ. The first stories of people seeing the raised Jesus occur only in the 9th decade when Matthew writes. Matthew gives us two resurrection episodes, both of which are strange. First, he has the women see the risen Christ in the garden and says that "they worshipped him." That is interesting because Mark, Matthew's primary source, says the women never saw him. Luke relates Mark's version not Matthew's. So the gospels are two to one against it being accurate to say that the women saw the raised Jesus.

Matthew's second resurrection story depicts a transformed Jesus coming out of the clouds of heaven. To view the resurrection as a physical, bodily coming back to the life of this world event, is an idea that is added to Christianity in the 9th decade. It is not original to the Easter story. So I fail to see how anyone can say that physical resuscitation is what the resurrection was.

A useful study of how religions adapt to failed prophecies is Diana Tumminia, When Prophecy Never Fails, Oxford UP.
Robin Lane Fox, Truth and Fiction in the Bible is a book by an eminent historian, but perhaps not for readers who prefer faith (the evidence of things not seen) to reasoning and evidence.
Books by J D Crossan and Marcus Borg are also valuable.

Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island
as I was traveling to Chile this was a very helpful book, and how can
you go wrong with Lonely Planet?

This is for certain one of the best Lonely Planet guides I came across (and I do have a very large collection). Perhaps aided by the fact that Chile is a relatively small country, yet stretching from the tropical to the antarctic areas, and by the relative homogeneity of the country in terms of society and culture, the author and editors have done an excellent job in collecting and putting together all the best information a traveller to Chile would need. I know Chile very well, and can witness that this information is up-to-date, correct, unbiased, and altogether an indispensable tool for any traveller, providing all necessary data for the more well-off and for 'backpackers' alike. The information is concise and clear. Everything is excellently written, thus ensuring real pleasure too. The sections on politics, history and society are excellent too. Altogether, it is a great companion while travelling in Chile or dreaming of Chile.

When planning my trip to Chile, I bought about every Chile guide I could find, and I have about 8 or 10 of them. While none of them had "everything" this one was definately the best of them. The city maps were useful as they are in all Lonely Planet books anad its practical information helped decide where to go and how to get around. I think it gave me the most useful information of all the other guidebooks. I planned my entire trip to Chile and Easter Island from guidebooks and phone calls without any tour agency. I think I did find a couple things out of date as others did, but that is, as said another reviewer, common to all guidebooks as they are researched over a period of time, then edited & compiled, then finally released. I recommend getting this book if you plan to visit Chile and also another book for another point of view and other details. The book is not perfect, but it is probably the best out there on the subject.

While staying in Argentina, my husband and I decided we'd like to travel to Chile for a short period of time, and thought we were lucky to find a copy of this book in a bookstore in Buenos Aires. In retrospect, I think we should have spent the money on a fancy restaurant (Yes, B.A. is that cheap.).

Even in helping us decide which city to travel to, this book contained little information, lacking the great in depth and funny stories that characterized the other LP books we've used. (Perhaps other cities in Chile had better info, but we were comparing Santiago, the capital, Valparaíso, and Viña del Mar.)

We ended up going to Viña del Mar, and in spite of the city being a huge tourist destination, there was little information about lodging; ditto for restaurants or entertainment. Those 3 things being our main use of the LP books (which we could not have lived without in Argentina and Brazil), I wish we had not wasted our money.

Some Lonely Planet guides become a traveler's "bible". Unfortunately not this one. I lived a whole year in Chile and during this time traveled extensively from north to south. The book is alright if you are just looking for a short overview and some basic info. However, the book falls sadly short of providing really detailed info on accomodation (especially budget and mid-range) or restaurants and in general too often only scratches the surface, leaves out less known but equally interesting places. In a nutshell - the LP is good for some practical info but shouldn't be the traveler's only source of information. I would recommend to buy either the "Chile Experience Travel Guide" (English) or the annually updated, excellent "Turistel" guides (Spanish), both by Turiscom. You can get them in any bookstore in Santiago or other Chilean cities. Chile is a wonderful country to explore and definitely deserves a better guide book.

Going back to Chile and will visit more regions. This book is not only my perfect guide, but informs me of its history so I will not be totally ignorant and will be able to ask intelligent questions of the natives.

I visited chile in early 2007-I credit this book with the best time of my life...I you go to Lake region around Puerto Montt, this book will tell you all the cool hostels to stay...Organized information and useful...lots of good restaurants and hostels. Also recommend Argentina guide from same publisher...

We just returned from 6 months in South America. We traveled with the Footprint guidebooks but had many opportunities to use the Lonely Planet, as that is what everyone carries.

Almost everyone who was carrying this book complained about it. It is full of errors and the maps are hard to read. Hostal Nancy, in Puerto Natales, for example, is shown on the complete opposite side of town.

Do yourself a favor and try out another guidbook. Get away from the Lonlely Planet people. Look at Footprint or Rough Guide.

I usually don't like the LPs but this one worked out great. I left it in Santiago with my sister. The thing about travel books is that they are just guides to give you ideas. Never go by the book, it makes for a boring life. The best adventures I have every had in South America were the ones that were not planned that goes for life too. The Easter Island part was good because it gave alot of info about the history and culture and gave directions to the museum so that we could get even more info if needed. I also like the Spanish vocab in the back because my Spanish is Mexican border now and guess what a sopa in SA is a bread and here in border land it is a soup. winter in Santiago you want soup not bread. Buy it and see the world the best thing in life is to follow you heart and dreams.

thanks to lonely planet we found chilestay apartments at www.chilestay.com an inexpensive alternative to a hotel. also, lonely planet provides a comprehensive and updated information about places to visit and enjoy.

This was one of the best Historical Fiction book I've read. It was better than I ever thought it would be which wouldn't be very good.

Obi the main character in Which Way Freedom? changes from a tough slave to a hardened soldier through out six suspenseful and surprising events. Obi starts out as a slave on a farm during the Civil War time period. Finally his dream of running away comes true when Buka, Easter and Obi decide to leave the farm for good. But unfortunately they were all captured and sent to a camp where Buka dies of old age and Obi make a new friend named Daniel. Obi makes a bout with Dan and is forced to leave without Easter because she refused. They get to the island across the river where Dan joins the army as a spy and dies, so Obi joins the Army in his place. Obi meets a new friend named Thomas and while at they're camp the camp is attacked! Thomas shot but not dead Obi carries Thomas Seeing two little boys and a girl get shot. At the end Thomas lives and so does Obi living without three of his old friends but gaining a new one.

My thoughts on this book was it was very interesting . It was interesting because it talked about the Civil War. This book helped to understand more amazing facts on the Civil War. The language wasn't hard at all and I understood the authors theme of the book. This is one of the best books I've ever read and I would recommened this book to anyone who likes to learn about the Civil War.
- Curtis Kitchen

This is a really cool book and if you don't read it then you are missing out on a lot of fun! If you are looking for a good history book about slavery, then pick this book, Which Way Freedom. The plot of this book is about slaves and the civil war. Who joins a black union formed by all slaves and former slaves. Find our what happens by reading this book. Which Way Freedom is the name of this is an exciting fun book to read. That is only if you would like to read about slavery. My opinion about this book is that it is good sometimes and boring sometimes. If I had a scale I would rate it in a 5, it is ok.

I have read this book before, and I am sure I will read it again. This is a very good book about the hardships of slavery. A slave that works all day in the tabacco fields decides to run away and he joins the Union soldiers as a colored Yankee. I highly recommend this book for readers who would like to learn about the Civil War or people who are looking for a good read.

This story used to scare me to death when I was little. The rabbit got rejected by all his friends and his mom and had to spend the night by himself. I definitely would not read this to my baby.

I think the message of this book is to be proud of who you are and not wish to be something you are not or wish to be someone else.

I got this book from my grandma when I was 6. I'm 20 now and realize what an awful story this is! This little rabbit gets a special gift of red cardinal's wings, which seemed awesome to me as a kid, and his own mother and family reject him because he's wierd! A great book for homophobic parents or anyone else who wants their kid to know that being different is bad and if you are different, even your own parents will turn you away. I'm just glad I read more Shel Silverstein poems than I did trash like this.

I agree with the other reviewers that this is a nice story with cute illustrations. My only caveat is that another theme also comes out of this story, namely to be suspicious or fear others whose appearances or behavior is considered different or other from one's own. I was disturbed that the bunny's mother couldn't recognize him and ultimately rejected him, sending him into the cold night. The bushy-tailed squirrel slams his door shut on the bunny in fear. Only when the bunny gives up his wings do the other characters' compassion appear in accepting him. While the value of appreciating one's own self "as is" is important, I'm not sure that the ensuing lesson of fearing others when they are different is a good lesson to be picked up by children.

The story: A rabbit is magically gifted with red wings and a joyful ability no other rabbit has: flight. But he soon learns that To Be Different is Bad. The other rabbits, instead of sharing his joy, reject him for his special gift, as does his own mother. He soon learns that it's better to deny your own gifts than to Be Different; and in the end, voluntarily shorn of the wings that gave him so much delight and lifted him above other rabbits, he is again accepted by rabbitkind.

A stirring celebration of mediocrity, and a much-needed message to children with gifts and talents that they had better learn to hide them. If you enjoyed this book, you'll love Rainbow Fish.

I have been doing annual Lenten reflections for years but this is the best one yet! This book conceptually creates wonderful images to reflect upon during your journey. Everyday I was able to pull out tangible pieces from this book to either put into action or hold close to my heart. I just bought 5 more copies, one to give to our parish Priest and the other to save for next year's Lenten season as gifts for my husband and dear friends. I would most highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking to focus their inner spirituality on the true meaning on Lent. I will tuck this book under my arm for my continuing walk with Christ. God Bless.

After reading the positive reviews on this devotional guide, I looked forward to using it this past Lent. While some thoughts and stories were illuminating, by and large I found the book disappointing. In places, the author goes on at some length over subjects that are only marginally to the point. Some of the concepts were simply hokey, some were downright tasteless, and I didn't really find any deep wisdom to counter-balance them. I wouldn't say I found the book spiritually off-base. I just found it kind of insipid and not really the kind of guide that makes for a spiritually rich Lent.

This devotional leads you into a spiritual quest with off beat stories and parables. Thought provoking and challenging is the best way to describe this book. I will use it again!

Very few of us indeed are fortunate enough to have our own labyrinths in our home or garden. Indeed, few of us live in the proximity of cathedrals or churches that feature such spiritual design and architecture as the labyrinth -- near my home (by which I mean, an hour away) there is a church that has a 'portable' labyrinth, a large-scale, roll-up carpet with the labyrinth imprinted on it. The difficulty there then becomes finding a space large enough to contain it.

Fortunately, we needn't rely exclusively on the physical world for a labyrinth-ine experience. With books such as Edward Hays' 'The Lenten Labyrinth', one may follow a spiritual labyrinth, one in which the traveling of the path is in the heart and soul.

Of course, the labyrinths of old cathedrals were meant to be used a prayer devices, an oft-forgotten aspect. Labyrinths are not necessarily mazes -- the great labyrinth of Chartes Cathedral, used as the model for graphics in this text, is not a maze for confusion, but rather a winding path leading ever closer to the centre; one may circle back and forth (much like life), but one moves inexorably toward the centre -- in the labyrinth, it is the physical centre, and for the Lenten progress, it is Easter, the day of resurrection.

Hays' book is a book of gentle readings and meditations, one for each day of Lent. There are prayers, scripture passages, stories, and images to accompany and add flesh to the journey; each day's step need take no longer than a few minutes, or can be used for a longer period of prayer and meditation, but the progress through the Lenten remains steady and progressive (in the moving-forward sense).

In an interesting twist, Hays leaves the Chartes labyrinth of the first five weeks of Lent for other graphic images from Palm Sunday through Easter. Palm Sunday presents a more modern and familiar labyrithine structure, the cross-word puzzle. Hays presents an interesting tie-in between the ideas of puzzles and prayer. The following days include various Celtic cross and chalice mazes, finally into an Escher-like Celtic knot on Holy Saturday, the same graphic of which is overprinted with an open tomb on Easter morning.

This is a nice little book to accompany one on the Lenten journey, leading through the labyrinth of life to the centre of the soul, there to meet God.

Edward Hays writes of the Chartres-style labyrinth as a symbol for a maze. He apparently does not understand that the symbol he refers to is a single path labyrinth rather than a multipath maze. He misses much of the richness of this symbol and does not understand its potential as a profound spiritual tool. The use of the labyrinth can be very helpful as Christians prepare themselves spiritually during Lent. Sadly, this book does little to elucidate the use of the labyrinth in Lenten spiritual preparation. I would recommend Walking a Sacred Path by Rev. Lauren Artress as a much more useful book in the use of the labyrinth as a tool to support spiritual growth.

I used this book two years ago during a trip that took me from Hong Kong to GuangZhou, XiAn, TianShui, JiaYuGuan, DunHuang and Urumqi, and even though it was useful as a geographical and cultural guide, ALL the prices were way way off for all the places I visited in XiAn and Western China. I don't know about Eastern China, but the prices to most of the hotels and sights/parks were actually DOUBLE what they were supposed to be, according to the Let's Go guide. Big big disappointment there.

I ended up expecting prices to be double what the book said, and was able to plan the last part of my trip pretty accurately.

Another big mistake was NOT to include the PinYin accents on all the city and sight names. In the Lonely Planet, you just look up a section about a city and you get the PinYin for it AND the accents, which are important if you want to pronounce the name properly. I had to borrow a Lonely Planet on China in order to find the names of the places I was going to and write down the tones so I could say them properly. Miss your pronunciation, and most Chinese people won't understand right away what you're talking about!

Note that the Lonely Planet other travelers had was way wrong about prices as well for the whole of XinJiang and GanSu.

I love Let's Go in general, but they need to work on this one a bit better! I recommend this guide, BUT be careful when you make your budget! Expect some prices to be much higher than anticipated, and if you speak mandarin, double check how to pronounce the names of the places you're going to. Have a great trip!

I just returned from Chile. This book was horrible. Maps were wrong. Prices, hours and addresses were way off. The section on the Torres Del Paine is absolutely worthless. I doubt their guide writer even went there. Buy the Lonely Planet guide instead. I ended up throwing the Lets Go away and borrowing a Lonely Planet guide from a fellow traveler.

The only other review declared that they "used this book during our trip to the Atacama Desert. It was not helpful..." Well, I imagine it wouldn't be very useful, seeing that the Atacama Desert is in Chile, not in China!

I generally prefer the Lonely Planet guides over the Let's Go guides, which tend to sound like they are written by know-it-all teenagers with too little life experience to be offering advice to real grown-ups. This guide on China, in contrast, is informative and pragmatic rather than preachy. Just one cautionary note: If you are actually planning on traveling around China on your own and don't speak Chinese, get a couple other guides and review them also-China is one of the few remaining countries where you cannot count on every shopkeeper and hotel manager conveniently being able to speak English.

This book was indispensable when my husband and I lived in Beijing for 6 months. I bought it together with Lonely Planet's The Best of Beijing, but found later on that I preferred to use this book because it contained a lot of leads to great deals on shopping, restaurants, etc. (Read: Good but cheap, and that's where most locals go) After checking out places from both books, I found Lonely Planet's contained a significant amount of "high end" places. Gave this book four stars only because I found that some prices quoted on particular restaurants are a bit outdated. Other than that, I loved it.

After just returning from a two week adventure in Chile, I found the guide book very helpful navigating through the major destinations in the country. Not only does the book give travel information, but interesting background information such as history, government, and social norms any traveler should know before setting off. The information is accurrate and really easy to use. The only flaw of the book is that it does not include some of the really small towns. However, these towns seemed to have no real major attractions in them. The book helps normal travelers and those people who like to experience a country on their own schedule.