The third edition of this guide to Australia's smallest mainland state shows a definite shift towards, if not the high-end traveller, at least the mid-end traveller with expanded listing of lodging and eating establishments to include more expensive options, especially in the section covering Melbourne. The coverage of the rest of the state is as exhaustive as in previous editions. While Lonely Planet refuses (or does not have the staff) to update the printed versions of their guides more than once every two or three years.

The only real criticism I have of this guide is that the author(s) clearly have animus against the current Victorian government. While everyone is entitled to political opinions, they are out of place in a guidebook, particularly in a series which includes guides to such places as Burma.

Great stuff. She has a way with words. The work is dramatic, arresting, bone-chilling, Kafkaesque, and cute. Read it. It's better that getting hit in the head with a pizza.

i would of liked to actually read it but i heard it was pretty good

Not many people these days know the traditions and characters of the Commedia dell'Arte, the ludicrous and wistful clowns of Italian theatre. But don't let that stop you: the point is to suspend your belief and be entertained, and Pomerance does this with a deft romantic touch. The cast of characters flirts and farts their way across the centuries in these tales of situations gone wrong and right. Whether it's a rage of proverbs and executions in the England of Henry VIII, or a rash of impreganations in Delacroix's France, the history is recognizable but the lives are sweetly crazy. The tales are brief, but the fare is rich.

This book is perfect for any teacher that wants to teach children math, so that they will learn with understanding. This book examines the elements that are necessary in a classroom that teaches with understanding. This book also examines several different, diverse classrooms that serve as examples. This book is an excellent resource and will help any existing or pre-service teacher better understand mathematics and how to teach mathematics within the classroom.

I want to thank the author for clearing up the differences of the many Ginsengs available! This book does contain a lot of information that is very helpful to people like us facing a fertility problem, but it is not easy reading. I encountered a lot of terms that I needed more information on - and got none!

Portugal, late 1920s. The nation is prospering, but prices are increasing steadily. Somebody is pumping cash into the economy on a large scale, but who? Meanwhile rumors of counterfeit money are everywhere, but all the banknotes inspected at the Bank of Portugal seem legitimate... A fascinating book about a unique counterfeiting fraud. The counterfeiting was literally perfect, but to reveal how and why here would give the book away. If you like books about frauds, scams, and swindles, this little-known book is for you.

This book offers common sense for marriages, but now it adds math. If both partners have the mathematics background and enjoy complex equations, this book is worth the value in entertainment. Modelling your marriage is just plain goofy, which adds to the novelty of this book.

If you don't enjoy sitting down and going through a math book doing the problems and setting up equations, this is not the book for you.

Mayhem on Maui is not what I would call an exceptional book, but it is indeed very entertaining. This book has a mystery to it as well as action and adventure. It is almost a joke between you and the authors how each of K.C. Flanagan's books are, in their own way, a lot like all the others. However, Susan Murray and Robert Davies do acknowledge this through K.C.'s thoughts. In this book K.C. has finally resolved to stay out of her "detecting business," and of course this resolve is broken quickly. K.C. soon finds herself mixed with burning buildings, people who were/are involved with the Yakuza (Japanese mafia), and stolen files, as well as a mystery that is only solved when she is nearly dead. A good read if you want a not too serious book that is at the same time fun to read and entertaining.