I purchased this book because of its eye catching title but was disappointed after reading a few pages. I was also under the impression that the writer will describe in detail the famous GT road and his experiences while traveling on it. Instead there is more about famous cities of the sub continent and that too written weakly. There are numerous other books written very well. Don't get confused with the title.

If one prefers good travel writing, skip this book.One of the most boring travelogues I have ever had the misfortune to read. Mr. Bach starts with good intentions, but then loses the whole plot. Is travel writng only about ones travelling or should it carry a bit of history of the place, of one's thoughts. Mr Bach could do well to read Paul Theroux, Alexander Frater and all before he writes another book. Its good to be a India lover, but thats all that there is to Mr Bach.

This book really brought alive an area which is lesser known by western travellers. Imaginative and vivid descriptions. I particularly liked the humour and the unexpected nature of travelling in such an area. Many interesting books come out of India, and they are not that well known to us in the western countries.

One can only assume that the author of this book felt that (s)he also had the genius touch and creativity of Comme des Garcons' Rei Kawakubo. Unfortunately this is not the case. The essay is pointless, dull, and without enlightenment. The photographs--reprints of Comme des Garcons publicity materials--do not describe, critique, or illuminate the fashion or design work done by Kawakubo or Comme des Garcons, a dubious artsy pose instigated by Kawakubo herself. Only Grace Mirabella's foreward and the one-page company history at the end offer anything of interest to those fascinated by Kawakubo's amazing and uniquely original designs. What a waste.

I was so excited when I saw a book had been published about Comme des Garcons and I was so disappointed when I got it in my hands. The book is full of very "arty" photographs of the designs but so arty that one can not even really see the clothes!

I have almost every book in the Universe of Fashion series and they are all superior in every way to this one - I was really sad about this as I LOVE Japanese design...therefore I still have to give it at least 3 stars.

I bought the 1993 through 1995 book. since I own a 1997 Gd Cherokee I bought the 1993 through 1998 edition. My disapointement was great, when I discovered, that the book is exactly the same and not up to date. The only changes are title page, copyright and ISBN number. Many important new features are not described at all. Changes are not accounted for.

This book has definitely served a purpose. I've been able to refer to it on several occasions. If you're a jeep owner, it's worth buying.

Its not all that useful as a travel guide, but "the 100Greatest..." is a fun review of some of the best holes, displayedwith some good photography.

The book showcases some of the more popular and photogenic holes, but does deteriorate as the golf professionals often selected mundane looking holes simply because of their difficulty. I also was disappointed with the yardage cards of the holes. It wouldn't have ben prohibitively expensive to put in the exact yardages from all sets of tees instead of the generic "Back Middle Front" would it?

Also, the so called "playing tips" are often useless blurbs completely useless to a player or were lifted from the course's own yardage book.

Still, a few years from now a second edition, possibly extending to Hilton Head and adding trivia and historical information about some of the most popular courses could truly be spectacular.

This book is fine for beginner climbers who want to hike the easiest and best known trails in the area.

Stone gives a brief (maybe too brief) description of over 40 hikes and good directions on how to get to each trailhead.

For those of you looking for longer, less well known, and more challenging hikes, I would recommend Hiking Grand Teton National Park by Bill Schneider. This book lists more hikes (easy, moderate, and hard) and gives more complete descriptions on what to expect on each hike.

I felt that this book was a nice collection of work by French designers. It depicted various French designers work in various styles. It did not however show French style. This was what I was hoping to see.

Blanche W. Floyd obviously loves the Grand Strand and she is most certainly well versed in its folklore. She also has a pleasing writing style and if you are looking for a book of the legends that have built up in that area of South Carolina this will definitely be a book you will want to read.

On the other hand, the title makes this book appear to be a collection of ghost stories and if that is what you are looking for, stay away. There are only three stories that really deal with purported hauntings out of a total of twenty-nine. Of those three, two of them are about Alice of the Hermitage and the Gray Man, well-worn stories that are in almost every book dealing with southern ghosts. Most of her stories brush off the whole possible ghostly aspect of the legend with a sentence like, "It is easy to imagine, when the fog rolls in and the tall grasses wave in the breeze how one could see..." Even most of the legends are less than notable. For example, we get the legend of Drunken Jack, which is an interesting story, the first fifty or so times that you hear it. But anyone who has ever visited this area has heard this story at least a hundred times and has no need to spend their hard-earned money to hear it yet again. Worse yet, the old joke about the drunk in the graveyard gets included in this book as a Grand Strand legend.

I think the real problem with this book is that the author doesn't believe in or even have an open mind about ghosts. There was no going out and interviewing people who would tell her about the time that they saw a strange light here, there, or yonder. This book is just a simple retelling of old legends that Mrs. Floyd has probably heard all of her life.

In all fairness, if you have never been to South Carolina or the Grand Strand, this book might just be of help in giving you a feel for the place. If you want good, creepy, and scary ghost stories however, look elsewhere.

This book contains only a description of the different forms of personal wealth in France, like real estate (urban and rural) or financial wealth.
It doesn't give names. It neither constitutes an investigation of existing financial structures (holdings, investment banks, controlling shareholdings ...)
Too theoretical.

Duff has obviously done a great deal of research but his writing style leaves a lot to be desired; and, unfortunately, inaccuracies are many. If he doesn't reference his source, treat his comments carefully. He announces, for example, that Queen Victoria rejected the suit of the Prince of Orange for her daughter Alice because the Prince was in love with a Catholic archduchess. Looking at the Queen's letters, one finds instead that her objections to the Prince had to do with his "dissapated" lifestyle-- and that it was Prince Louis of Hesse, the successful suitor, who was feared to be inappropriately in love with a Catholic princess. Similarly, Duff announces that the marriage of Alice's third daughter was "arranged" by the groom's mother-- a reasonable guess, given how many marriages WERE-- but in this case, incorrect; researching the matter would have shown it. With Duff's obvious access to unpublished sources, this sort of sloppiness is inexcusable.

He does very little to address his thesis, that Princess Alice had sides to her character which were not shown in her letters to her mother; she did, but Duff provides no evidence of any.

I was also disappointed in Duff's treatment of the Hessian royal family. Alice's in-laws are relegated to a mere footnote and one or two mentions in the text. Considering the frequency in which they are mentioned in her letters, this would seem untoward.

There are some good points. The brief biographical notes on minor characters in Alice's life are interesting (but again, many people who should not have been are relegated to these brief notes). The author includes large excerpts from the fascinating but unpublished memoirs of Alice's oldest daughter.

But overall, the narrative drags, the analysis of the subjects seems superficial at best, and Duff often seems to display a "wow, look what I found" attitude towards his voluminous research. (It's nice that he knows what all of Alice's wedding presents were. Do we really need a one-page footnote listing them all?) It's a pity, since so little material exists on Queen Victoria's second daughter, and even less on her adoptive family of Hesse. Unfortunately, until something better comes along, we're stuck with "Hessian Tapestry."

Most of the imformation is available from the 2 or 3 freebie beach guides that can be found everywhere in Myrtle Beach. And, just at a glance, I could see that a number of great restaurants were missing.