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NFT New York City 2009

I think it’s safe to say that traveling to a new city is quite different than moving to one. Visiting a new city is pure excitement: in every direction new cuisines to try, parks to explore, streets to meander through and maybe even a new language to listen to. But when actually relocating, whether for two months or two decades, unadulterated excitement is accompanied by the mundane: coffee? laundry? groceries? bank? Enter Not For Tourists (NFT) Guides.

As a new resident of Brooklyn, or Crooklyn as Spike Lee called it in 1994 and as I now call it to amuse myself, I’ve come to appreciate the NFT guide. It has a great fold-out bus and subway map and has lots of general information about theaters, museums, and parks.

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NYC Wallpaper City Guide

Since Dan decided it was my turn to highlight some of the “hidden treasures” of the store, I decided to point out some of the books that get dwarfed on the shelf.

Wallpaper City Guides are small guidebooks that might be hidden in between the larger guidebooks. They are perfect companion guides for the design-conscious traveler: they include “architours” and information on shopping and urban life. The guidebooks include beautiful photographs, and if you collect them they look really cool and colorful as a stack on your bookshelf.

The Marling Menu-Master is another thin book that not only helps you translate food and menus, but also explains the complexities of the menu: terms, dishes, sauces, and even preparation methods.

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Trees: A Visual Guide --by Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stachouse

Trees can tell us a whole lot of things. They can tell you direction if you are lost. Some can provide water for you. They make the air you breathe, which is pretty cool. They also can tell us which way the prevailing wind in a specific area blows. Oh yeah, and they look amazing. Trees, A Visual Guide by Tony Rodd and Jennifer Stachouse has come in to the store and the book is awesome. It has gorgeous pictures of all different types of trees from all over the world. It gives you all the information you need to have a general understanding of tree usage in our world and tree usage in the animal world. This book also lets you know how tall they are, where they grow, the types of flowers or fruits they produce, and much, much more. Anyway, I think it is an awesome book that tells you about some of the tallest and oldest living things on earth. Even if you don’t want the information, the pictures alone are worth it and are spectacular.

Mt Ascutney, VT -- photo by Jess

When choosing a day hike, I think it’s always important to have a sense of the vertical rise of the mountain and the total distance of the hike. That being said, I also know that hikers really seek a stunningly rewarding summit view that screams “take my picture!” and congratulates them for their hard, sweaty work.

With all this in mind, Mount Ascutney, located in Southern Vermont on the border of New Hampshire and Vermont, is a fun and challenging day hike good for all ages. Even if you lack tons of hiking experience, or are hiking with younger children, Mount Ascutney is quite managable and the Weathersfield Trail has a couple of convenient scenic stopping points ideal for a GORP (good old-fasioned raisins and peanuts) and a water break. Continue Reading »

Lonely Planet New England

We’ve got a whole heap of brand new, fresh off the press, crisp-paged, squeaky clean Rough Guides and Lonely Planet guidebooks! One for every 24 corners of the world.

Our new Lonely Planet collection includes:

Rough Guide China

Austria (5th edition)
Bulgaria (3rd edition)
Egypt (9th edition)
Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan (3rd edition)
Mongolia (5th edition)
Munich, Bavaria & the Black Forest (3rd edition)
New England (5th edition)
Norway (4th edition)
Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway (7th edition)
Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands (8th edition)
Poland (6th edition)
Sicily (4th edition)
Tanzania (4th edition)

Rough Guide Buenos Aires

As for new Rough Guides:
Buenos Aires (1st edition!)
Bulgaria (6th edition)
China (5th edition)
England (8th edition)
Greece (12th edition)
Ireland (9th edition)
Romania (5th edition)
Scotland (8th edition)
Yosemite (3rd edition)

Rough Guide Directions (city guides):
Bruges & Ghent (2nd edition)
Prague (7th edition)

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So we have good news and bad news for all you Michelin lovers out there.

Good news: The new 2008 Red Guide Paris is officially in and on the shelf.

Bad news: Michelin has chosen to discontinue the Sicily map from their regional Italy series.

The 2008 Red Guide France came in on Friday, 05/09/08, and the 2008 Red Guide Paris is on its way! This year’s updated maps for France also made it safe and sound to our squeaky, but beloved, Michelin spinner.