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If you're a researcher and want to read up on and map out your vacation before you leave, here are some travel guidebooks we'd recommend. If you're too busy to travel, get your vicarious thrills here.

• America’s Best Zoos reviewed by Dave Shultz
• A Rotten Person Travels the Caribbean - book review by Richard Frisbie
• Dark Summit review by Robert Painter
• If You’re Hungry for Paris – Voila! by Karen Fawcett
• Making Paris His Own by Karen Fawcett
• “Pansy Balls” in Gay Old New York by Richard Frisbie
• V!VA PERU - A Review by Richard Frisbie
• Vintage Taste: The New Cookbook From Salem Baking Company
  reviewed by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
• Why you should NOT resolve to loose weight this Year edited by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
• Beans About Beans: A History Review by Marty Martindale
• Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Khadromas and the Way of the Pilgrim
  reviewed by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
• The Great Wall Reviewed by Dave Shultz
• The Religions Cookbook A review by Marty Martindale
• There’s more to Guinness than a Pint of Beer By Marilyn Loeser
• Cooking with Mickey and the Disney Chefs By Phyllis Steinberg
• A Traveler’s Review of Tony Wheeler’s “Bad Lands – A Tourist on the Axis of Evil” By Joel Chusid
• Most Of Us Made Our First Tortilla By Marty Martindale
• The 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life Reviewed by Erika Wright
• The Magic behind the Magic By Marilyn Loeser
• Wallet-sized Firewall By Patricia Kutza
• “Travia” for jet-setters and armchair travels alike By Marilyn Loeser
• Chinese Style: Living In Beauty And Prosperity Edited by Madelyn Miller
• Pocket-sized Power By Patricia Kutza
• EATING CUBAN:  120 Authentic Recipes from the Streets of Havana to American Shores
  Review by Marty Martindale
• INSIGHT GUIDE EDITORS NAME TOP 10 U.S. BEACHES 2006 By Anne Garber
• Learning to pack light -- new regs present challenge By Anne Garber
• Best Books To Buy Before You Drive By Madelyn Miller
• Your Mom taught your first Words, now give her some Wonderful Words Back By Madelyn Miller
• Insights for Passengers After Ship Blaze Allegedly Caused by One Cigarette
  Edited by Madelyn Miller
• Great Expectations By Patricia Kutza
• The Concealed Handgun Manual Reviewed by Dave Shultz
• Whose got the button? By Madelyn Miller
• Books And Beignets By Madelyn Miller
• Prime Reviewed by Madelyn Miller
• “The Vision – Green Stone of Healing. Book One,” Reviewed by John Graham
• Italy, out of hand Reviewed by Dave Shultz
• How Many More Days Until Valentine's Day? By Madelyn Miller
• How To Be A Superhero Edited By Madelyn Miller
• Santa the Road Warrior
• Driving North or South on I-95? By Sandra Phillips
• Gibraltar’s National Dish:  A Desperate Wartime Ration By Marty Martindale
• Sans “Sea-Rations:” Volcano Snooping and Timely Pilgrimages By Marty Martindale
• Adults Only Travel
• I’d Rather Leave Town Than Organize By Madelyn Miller
• Doing New England Foliage this Year? By Marty Martindale
• New Mexico Chow Book Review
• The Canine Hiker’s Bible Review by Kathleen Ganster
• Take Two and Don’t Call Me In The Morning
• Astrologically Incorrect Reviewed by Madelyn Miller
• Vie de France Reviewed by David Currier
• Something Seductive to Do When It's Really Cold Outside  By Madelyn Miller
• The Traveling Curmudgeon Reviewed by David Currier
• Books For Food and Wine Lovers By Darryl Beeson
• Stocking Stuffers:  Making your Budget Brighter
• Ms Crocodile Dundee Wrestles Paris
• One Man’s Leg
• Stories From Where We Live – The Great Lakes
• Cooking Lighthouse Style
• Island Wise
• Orlando Is Not A One–Mouse Town
• For Matrimonial Purposes
• Hidden Kauai
• Good Brides Gone Bad! Bridezilla Review
• “Queens in the Kingdom”
• Fashion Without Fear
• Travel for Peanuts
• Mouthwatering Recipes Sure to Delight any Hungry Bunch!
• New Guidebook Steers Solo Diners
• Traveling with “No Sense of Direction”
• Two Useful Wine Paperbacks
• But isn’t all of St. John off the Beaten Track?
• Stories from Where We Live
• On Safari
• Eat Globally, Drink Locally 
• So You Caught It.  Now What?
• Elegant Small Hotels
• Along Interstate 75
• Sleep Cheap in New York
• A Travel Companion to the Wineries of the Pacific Northwest
• Taste is Everything
• Haunted Places
• High Season
• Caribbean Hideaways
• Haunted Places
• The Chocolate Press
• Four for the Road
• Hidden Colorado
• Hidden Southwest
• Santa Fe Houses
• All They'll Need to Know A Resource After Tragedy
• The Chili Pepper Diet
• Recipe for a Country Inn
• Elegant Small Hotels
• The Spice is Right
• Hidden New England
• Hidden Pacific Northwest
• Hidden San Francisco & Northern California
• Hidden Southern California
• Getting to Know Another
• How Much Chicken Soup Does it Take to Win a Contest?
• Do You Need an Expert
• Hidden Georgia Book Review
• Traveling Safe in the New World Environment
• Dining With Style
• How To Avoid Wedding Woes
• Weekend Adventures in Northern California
• Traveling Safe when on International Business
• Bare Barging in Burgundy
• Seeing America by Train
• Hidden Wine Country
• Guidebook Proves That There is More to Tallahassee Than Counting Chads & Butterfly Ballots
• Sinful Books
• Industrial Britain: an architectural history
• Discover Your Destiny by Hitting the Deck!
• Eating in Italy
• How to take Pictures
• Travel Rights
• Top 10 Tips For Traveling With Your Dog
• Discover New World Cuisine with the Chefs Who Created It
• MMMMiami—Tempting Tropical Tastes for Home Cooks Everywhere
• The Couch Potato Shopping Guide
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Travel Writing
• A Thousand Kisses
• How You Can be a Queen or King for a Night
• Insider's Guide to Cheaper Airfares
• Women Ski -Claudia Carbone's Female Ski Bible
• Guide to Impressionist Paris
• Women In The Wild
• EXCERPT: The Penny-Pinching Hedonist: How to Live Like Royalty with a Peasant's Pocketbook
• Monte Carlo
• The World's Finest International Casinos
• Packing the Unusual
• Hidden Arizona
• A Pirate Looks at Fifty
• Hidden Coast of California
• Caribbean with Kids
• The Penny Pincher's Passport to Luxury Travel
• Traveling With Your Children
• Wild West Discover Travel Adventures
• Testosterone Planet
• Seeing America by Train
• Explore Every Option
• Guide Books Galore
• New Insights on New York City
• Lonely Planet Edinburgh
• Lonely PlanetScotland
• The Sunset Strip California
• A Real California A Review of Foghorn Outdoors’ California Beaches
• Landmark Visitors Guide Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly
• Hudson’s Historic Houses & Gardens Great Britain and Ireland
• How Do You Say in Your Language?
• Guide Book Reviews
• Follies, Grottoes & Garden Buildings
• It's Easy Being Green in Prague and Hungary
• Learn Your Way
• Say Aloha to Lonely Planet's Hawaii
• New Insights on England
• Get Out of Here
• Britain’s Waterways
• The Many Faces of Cruise Vacations
• A Community Between the Covers
• A Guide to Taking Better Pictures
• Hidden Disneyland and Beyond
• Keep Them Barefoot and Hairy in the Kitchen
• Welsh Historic Monuments CADW
• Hidden Bahamas Book Review
• In Search of England Book Review
• Adventure Guide to the Yucatán, Cancún & Cozumel Book review