Best Warsaw Travel Guides
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The guidebook was perfect for a quick business trip to Warsaw to maximize my time in Warsaw when not in the office."
"The information is still very good, though they have dramatically updated the Warsaw train station (Centralina) since then, which I mention because Rick called it one of the most depressing in Europe."
"Love Rick's advice but I also check other resources."
"Exactly what we expected."
"Read the book before, during and after our trip."
"I really enjoyed this book - Rick Stevens does an excellent job of reviewing the cities in the book and I found everything very helpful."
"Not as good as I was hoping."
"Modan delights in bringing the subtlest emotional shadings to vivid and often comical life on the page...[ The Property is a] wryly funny and ultimately wrenching graphic novel." Exit Wounds made a huge splash for this signature combination of wit, style, and realism, and The Property will cement Modan's status as one of the foremost cartoonists working today. “What The Property most resembles is an excellent independent film, full of nuanced performances and funny lines... Modan's artwork is lovely and understated; it's the cleverness of her storytelling that shines brightest here.” ― Salon.com's Unforgettable Graphic Novels of 2013.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Both Katin and Modan's books are about Jewish women taking trips of discovery to the European countries that either they or a family member fled before or after WW2. Legal title is up-for-grabs among various people; some family members, some Christian Poles who had been living in her parent's apartment since the war. I don't think I'm being dramatic when I write that for Polish Jews who fled the country during the war and afterward, returning to Poland - even for a visit as Regina and Mica are doing - can be quite emotional. But if the cantor's business is somewhat murky, Regina's reasons for returning to Warsaw 70 years after leaving it as a young, unwed, pregnant woman sent off to Palestine to have her baby, are equally jumbled. A visit to a restaurant on the second floor of a building is disquieting and Regina wants to go home without making claim to whatever her parents have left her."
"I love this."
"Sophisticated, well plotted story full of sly humor, non-banal wistfulness with a coolly matter-if-fact tone about the underlying tragedies of history, drawn in Herge's clear line style."
"Such a unique art style; it kind of reminds me of the old Adventures of Tin Tin comics."
"The graphics and story are wonderful and unpredictable."
"Wonderful graphics, excellent read."
"One of my favorite graphic novels!"
"Touching, funny mystery, beautiful artwork!"
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I tried e-reader guides for a while but I honestly find them frustrating to use on the road and prefer print guides, so if you are only visiting Warsaw & Krakow (or Gdansk), this is pretty much perfect because it is compact vs. a full Poland guide."
"great book for newbieski's going to visit 3 of the most beautiful cities in the world, Poland is such a wonderful country and has been treated so poorly it's time more people especially from the USA go there."
"As I was on a tour, much of the independent recommendations were not needed, but the information on each of the cities and surrounding areas was spot on."
"This book is full of useful information and covers everything including travel to and from the airport, ideas for lodging, things to see and do, and where to eat."
"I love the show and the guide did not disappoint."
"Good division between the three cities, e.g. spends largest section on Krakow, which is the city with the most to see and enjoy."
"I am traveling to Poland for the first time this summer and purchased this book to read about the places we're visiting."
"I love Rick Steves and his guides are always so useful!!"
Best General Poland Travel Guides
Part memoir and part travelogue, this unique cookbook that the story of Beata Zatorska's childhood in rural Poland, mixing stories of her youth and her grandmother’s handwritten recipes with stunning photos of Poland in summer. From fold-out endpapers featuring colorful, folksy textiles, to the lace overprint on the front cover, the textures are so rich they almost render the experience three dimensional. "In addition to being a serious cookbook with more than 50 Polish recipes (from pierogi to poppy-seed cake) taken from Beata's grandmother's handwritten notes, as miraculously preserved as preserves, Rose Petal Jam is also part memoir and part travelogue, the story of Beata's idyllic childhood in the rural Karkonosze Mountains and her later day adventurous travels with Simon in Poland today.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I left Poland at the age of seven but my roots will always be there and the spirit of my homeland flows in my veins. I give it four stars because sometimes the timing and instructions to the cooking process needs to be modified slightly but all round a gem!!!"
"And, it is very much a “coffee table book”: It is artistically laid out; there are very many photographs, both new and old; the writing is thoughtful and thought-provoking, with the stories, history and information very interesting to read; the content of the book—the combination of the pictures and the words—is often very poignant. About the recipes: As an example of the flexible instructions: The recipe for rose petal jam is to gather 3-4 large handfuls of the wild rose “Rosa canina” and place them in a stone mortar, slowly pour in about a pound of sugar and crush with the pestle to create a paste. In a way, that “loose”, open attitude is exactly what’s wonderful about Babcia’s (Grandma’s) recipes, but in another way, it won’t be helpful to a new cook."
"This book is not only beautiful but it tells such a heart-felt story about childhood memories and the loss of leaving your homeland."
"Beautiful pictures and her writing paints a picture of the unforgettable landscape, people and food of a beloved country that still remains a hidden gem to western cultures."
"The book was much larger and weightier than I expected, but it was the size that encouraged me to slow down, and sit and enjoy the stories and pictures."
"This is probably the most beautiful cookbook I have ever seen."
"The format and photography is as lovely as you could find in an art book."
"I'm looking forward to Beata's next book and also the publication of this book in the Polish language."