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The family in Prima Publishing's Paradise Family Guides is meant in the 1990s sense. In their foreword, authors Dona Early and Christie Stilson explain: "As authors who travel in very different modes (Christie, who travels with a family with two children, and Dona as a single adult), we can share our island experiences from different 'family' viewpoints." This includes the potential for romance or having fun with friends as much as traveling with children or seniors, though the authors do point out that, if traveling without children or seniors, "you might want to consider renting one after reading up on some of the freebies and discounts they get!"

This is the eighth edition of Prima's Maui and Lana'i, and its scope and refreshed content are good. Maui and Lana'i are often paired in Hawai'i travel guides because Lana'i is quite small and not extremely well developed--it's an island wholly owned by Dole--though day trips to Lana'i leaving from Lahaina on Maui are popular. Thus, this guide mostly emphasizes the scores of resources, properties, and activities on Maui; the last 30 pages cover Lana'i.

At 496 pages, the text is divided into seven main sections, starting with Maui history and background--as well as a very handy new section on useful Maui-related Web sites--and advancing through Maui travel for the physically impaired, for seniors, and for people with children. Take special note of the nifty grocery-shopping section, a wonderful perk for condominium renters or for those who plan on saving money by doing some cooking. Depending on what part of the world you are traveling to Maui from, you may find the price guidelines here either surprisingly cheap or astoundingly expensive ("Bread $2.39, Bananas $.99 lb., baby food $.55-.69 per jar"). Just remember: eat like a local and not like a Mainlander and you won't ever pay too much.

Further sections cover "Where to Stay," "Restaurants," "Beaches," and "Recreation." Early and Stilson should have included photos (particularly in the history and background sections), and more detailed maps, but in content this is an excellent and accurate resource that will well serve families--whatever your definition--traveling to Maui for the first time. --Erik Macki

Book Description

The Complete Traveler's Reference and Guide to the Magical Islands of Maui and Lana'i
Aloha! The ninth edition of this premier family travel guide is better than ever! Written by a travel expert with family adventures and budgets in mind, this book is your one-stop guide to surf, sun, dining, lodging, and fun on the beautiful islands of Maui and Lana'i. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a repeat vacationer, you'll find valuable, practical information on:
·Visiting Maui and Lana'i, including tips on traveling with children, wedding and honeymoon planning, special tips for seniors and the physically impaired
·More than 200 Maui and Lana'i hotels, condominiums, and bed and breakfast inns, including detailed descriptions, rates, facilities, and toll-free numbers for each
·Over 350 restaurants with sample menus for all budgets
·More than 50 exceptional beaches
·Road and highway travel with 15 updated, user-friendly maps
·And much, much more!
Each chapter features the authors' personal recommendations and "Best Bets".
"Excellent Advice" — Los Angeles Times
"All you ever need to know about these sun-splashed isles." — Detroit News
"The hotel and restaurant listings are very impressive, covering far more sites than most books and in greater depth. These are very practical books." — San Diego Union-Tribune

Customer Reviews:

Had the 8th edition, and bought the 9th !.......2001-08-14

I reviewed the 8th edition of this book in an earlier review. Now that we are planning a second trip, I shelled out the pukas to buy the 9th version! I was so impressed by the authors' accuracy I knew in advance that I would not be disappointed.

If you are a returning visitor to the islands, spend the money and get the new version. A lot has changed over the years, so why risk missing something important? Compare the price of the book to the price of your trip, and you'll see that it's one of the best investments you'll make. And there are a lot of uses for the book, too! We made notes in our book during our trip. Re-reading the book later brings back memories, almost like a scrap book.

Don't listen to anyone else that slams this book. Heck, maybe they work for the competition!

;) Steve

the best of the maui guidebooks.......2000-10-29

accurate and extensive information. right on the money! felt it was WELL worth the space and weight in the suitcase.

Not the best ...........2000-07-16

We have recently returned from a week in Maui and a week in Kauai. This was our Maui guidebook, and although it did lead us to the perfectly beautiful Kapalua Bay, it was not worth the volume and weight it added to my luggage. Another guidebook, "The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook", Doughty/Friedman was smaller and lighter, yet packed with valuable information. I'm stll searching for the ultimate Maui guidebook. Next time, I'll leave this book on the shelf.

Honest and accurate, which is more than you can say for some.......2000-03-23

I bought six different guides before our first trip to Maui. After our trip, I compared what they all had to say about the numerous activities we had crammed into seven days. I felt that this one was by far the most accurate and honest. The authors aren't afraid to let you know that something may not live up to your expectations. I loaned my copy to a couple of friends, and they found it equally useful. Some of the big-name guides were surprisingly out of date and inaccurate. Anyway, you can trust this one.

We took 3 tour books with us, and this was the best of them!.......1999-09-21

We just returned from Maui, and took 3 books with us. Fodor's, Frommer's, and this one. By far, this book was the best of them. Having all three while on the island was the best way to compare the books. Driving to various locations or eating in various locales while reading the same section in all 3 books is about the best way a fellow tourist can evaluate them.

The content, accuracy of information, and organization of this books makes it the winner in our opinion.

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Count Your Way Through Israel (Count Your Way)
James Haskins
Manufacturer: Carolrhoda Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A Kid's Catalog of Israel

ASIN: 0876145586

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Camille and Other Plays: A Peculiar Position; The Glass of Water; La Dame aux Camelias; Olympe's Marriage; A Scrap of Paper

Manufacturer: Hill and Wang
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0809007061

Book Description

In this classic anthology of French drama, Stephen S. Stanton has assembled the nineteenth century’s finest “well-made plays”: The Glass of Water and A Peculiar Position by Eugene Scribe; Camille by Alexander Dumas fils; Olympe’s Marriage by Emile Augier; A Scrap of Paper by Victorien Sardou. In an incisive introduction, Stanton fully diagrams these works and their seminal influence on modern theater. Whether Dumas’s risqué study of courtesan love in Camille, or Augier’s counterattack on the dangers of sentimentalizing such passions in Olympe’s Marriage, these plays not only brilliantly evoke Second Empire and Third Republic French culture but also introduce domestic themes and theatrical devices that have influenced Western drama for the last one hundred and fifty years.

La Dame aux Camelias (Oxford World's Classics)

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Not like dear old Dad's
One of the best!
A "Regular People" Review
Classic of the classics
la dame aux camélias, belle oeuvre!

La Dame aux Camelias (Oxford World's Classics)
Alexandre Dumas
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0192836382

Book Description

One of the greatest love stories of all time, this novel has fascinated generations of readers. Dumas's subtle and moving portrait of a woman in love is based on his own love affair with one of the most desirable courtesans in Paris. This is a completely new translation commissioned for the
World's Classics.

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- mon avis est qu'on ne peut créer des personnages que lorsque l'on a beaucoup étudié les hommes, comme on ne peut parler une langue qu'à la condition de l'avoir sérieusement apprise.

Customer Reviews:

Not like dear old Dad's.......2007-07-24

While "La Dame" is a very good romance and a nice read, it can't compare to the far superior works of the author's Father, Alexandre Dumas, Pere.

For the real thing read dear old Dad's.

One of the best!.......2006-11-20

I am currently writing a research paper on La Dame Aux Camelias. I have read the book many times, and every time it has the same effect on me. Dumas fils gives us a thorough understanding of the love between Armand and Marguerite, which mirrors the love he had for Marie duplessis, whose affair this book was based on. The levels of love and sacrifice are amazing and leave the reader craving more. After the book is finished you'll still be wondering about the poor girl who died with a broken heart, so that her love could have a proper future, and have a clean name. You'll love it, I promise!

A "Regular People" Review.......2005-12-26

I decided to read this book because it is the story that the opera La Traviata is based on and I wanted to read the story before experiencing the opera. With that said I am very looking forward to seeing the opera. This book was a very good, short read and the story was for the most part, moving along at a good pace. I believe that this book would be ideal for a person interested in starting to read classic literature, but great for anyone, so go read it....and keep me updated!

Classic of the classics.......2004-02-15

I had to read a book for my humanities class, and I pick Dumas' Camelias. The reason why I picked this book was that I read a Japanese comic book which has a couple scene of the story. At first, I was very worried about that I might not finish the book on time, because it usually takes me 10 minutes to read a page of a love story. Also I used to think that love story is boring and long, I just hate it when the author is writing a long passage and still didn't get to the point. Although this book is still long (at least for me it is long), and the author wrote some long passage and still didn't get to the point, but while I was reading this book I always want to know what happen next to Marguerite and Armand. The love between Marguerite and Armand, and how one person is willing to sacrifice for other just amaze me. It is the best love story that I ever know. In fact, after I read this book, I watched the movie Titanic; and I don't even think the story of Titanic is romantic compare to Camelias. It is really a great love story, who ever is in love, or was in love, or even not in love should read this book.

The way the author wrote this book amaze me, too. It makes me feel like the author is sitting beside me, and telling me the story. Although the author is kind of jumping around between the "author" and Armand, I mean you might get a little bit confuse about is it the author telling the story or Armand.

Overall, I recommend every single person who knows love, or want to know love to read this book. You will find the true love in this book.

la dame aux camélias, belle oeuvre!.......2003-10-25

I've read the book as a school reading.
The story is good, and we can see how was the life in this époque.
the story is about a young man armand duval who fall in love with a courtesan, they loved each other but it was impossible.
I think that armand is little bit hysterical, and it's boring because he's always crying.
I recommend to read the theatre piece too

Dumas Fils: La Dame Aux Camelias (French Texts)

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Dumas Fils: La Dame Aux Camelias (French Texts)
Alexander Dumas
Manufacturer: Duckworth Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1853994014

Book Description

1902. A Frontispiece and numerous other portraits with descriptive notes by Octave Uzanne. Written by the son of Alexandre Dumas, The Lady of the Camellias is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a good woman at heart.

Alexander Dumas Fils La Dame Aux Camelias: Drame En Cinq Actes (Oxford French Series)

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Alexander Dumas Fils La Dame Aux Camelias: Drame En Cinq Actes (Oxford French Series)
Alexander Dumas
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B000NCOAM4

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Camille (La Dame Aux Camelias)
Alexandre Dumas
Manufacturer: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KD26AO

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New York Doubleday. Very Good with no dust jacket. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 234 pages; Grey and navy boards lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips. Text pages clean and tight. Bookplate.

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Camille (La Dame aux Camelias)
Alexandre Dumas
Manufacturer: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., New York
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000H3SVVK

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Camille =: La dame aux camelias
Alexandre Dumas
Manufacturer: Limited Editions Club
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

French | World Literature | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006AUBEE

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Camille La Dame Aux Camelias
Alexandre Fil Dumas
Manufacturer: INTERNATIONAL COLLECTOR LIBRA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000SHPWI0

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Camille La Dame Aux Camelias
Alexandre Fil Dumas
Manufacturer: INTERNATIONAL COLLECTOR LIBRA
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000U0HZN0

Camille La Dame aux Camelias International Collectors Library

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Camille La Dame aux Camelias International Collectors Library

Manufacturer: International Collectors Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000F3FUXY

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This volume comes to you in the Victorian Replica Binding

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