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I first saw this book advertized in the AAA magazine we receive. They encouraged readers to order it from Barnes and Noble. $5 cheaper at Amazon! Looks good. Haven't traveled with the pet yet using this book.

I purchased this book to start a new adventure in our lives of traveling with our yorkie/chinese crested mix dog. The book was easy to use, but found that you still need to call ahead to verify that the hotel still accepts pets. We found several that weren't listed that did and some that said they did that no longer were. However, it made life easy having it all in one book. Even when reaching a hotel that no longer accepted pets, they were quick to tell you which of the competitors did. We also discovered that west of the Mississsippi, places are more dog friendly. Ohio is terrible for taking a dog with you. Albuquerque, NM and Santa Barbara, CA are the friendliest.

It's ok, not a complete list, misses quite a few hotels that I stay at that I know takes pets.

My husband and I just returned from our trip to Tennassee and then to Florida. We stayed in hotels the entire time and we found them all by this book, its an essential and the ratings are so very helpful. I would recommend this to anyone traveling with their dog.

I wish I would have known about this book years ago. I can't tell you the number of times we have pulled into a motel - exhausted - only to be told "we don't take pets"! Included in this book are the rates, exact locations, exit numbers, phone numbers, motel ratings, discount information, and much more. Everyone with a pet needs this book. Your pet will love you!!!

Since I bought this book, I have gotten tons of autographs through the mail! The book is organized so that not only can you find any and all addresses for celebrities you are looking for, but you run across many you would like to write to but wouldn't have thought of otherwise. I have gotten a few return to senders, but since the book comes with a "satisfaction guarantee," I e-mailed the publishers with the names of the celebrities whose addresses were outdated. I was suprised at how fast they got back to me with the updates! I would whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone.

If you are a kid and you want addresses buy this it has thousands of great address of the brightest stars.

I bought The Celebrity Address Handbook and Autograph Guide 2000 about a month ago, and I mail out about two or three autograph requests a week, and now I wait by my mailbox for the autographs to come in. In this short period of time, I have received autographs from Olivia Newton-John, Betty Ford, Gloria Steinem, James D. Watson (discoverer of DNA), Gray Davis, Sally Ride, Buzz Aldrin, Gary Trudeau, Sandra Day O'Conner, Harmon Killebrew, J.K. Rowling, Harrison Ford, James Garner, Angela Lansbury, and even Bill Gates!!! This book contains a wealth of information that is ESSENTIAL to any autograph collector!

Unless you like the idea of blowing your hard earned cash for a totally worthless, inaccurate waste of paper; and relish the idea of further wasting money for envelopes and postage to write to nonexistent or way outdated addresses, don't bother with this book. And look carefully at the other Amazon customer "reviews" of this book, and take the time to see who has written what (see the more about me entries), and lo and behold, what do you find? You'll need to decide for yourself, but it sure looks to me like the only good reviews of this book appear to be SHILL reviews (I wonder *who* wrote those?). Too bad the rating system doesn't allow negative figures or I would have rated this one minus 5 stars.

I have been collecting autographed pictures for over 5 years now and have a collection of over 200. I was looking forward to working on my hobby, with the aid of this book, this summer. Within a month of receiving this book I had sent out 200 requests for autographs. I am sad to say that I have received 48 of them back and am still receiving more back each week. Several addresses were wrong..no such number, no such street.., that star is not at the agency listed, some were declined, and more reasons were listed on the envelopes. The cost of the returned postage has far exceeded the cost and worth of this book. Try another to really get something worthwhile.

This is definitely the only reliable MFA Guide out there. Although it may not be perfect, at least it's based on thorough research and accurate information. Anyone who knows anything about MFA Programs always recommends this one over the MFA Handbook.

Could somebody please tell me how to use this CD? I thought the problem was the CD itself, but contacted the seller, who then sent me another copy which has the same problem. The only thing that comes up is the search screen. When I enter the type of program to search for, I get the same thing.

If someone could please tell me what to do I'd greatly appreciate it. I am trying to choose programs to which I can apply RIGHT NOW.

Thank you.

This is the best book I've found on the subject but it's far from great. It gives one short page narratives of about 60 programs and general advice on the application process. It has some good points: it's fairly objective, stresses the strengths (or "perks" as she calls them) of each school and program as well as some of the weaknesses, discusses funding and gives approximate tuition and concentrations on each program. However, there is little here that could not be gleaned from the websites of the schools or the now decade old U.S. News & World Report listing.
The book contains some surprising omissions, such as George Mason University and most well regarded smaller programs. An accompanying CD allegedly gives further reviews but I could not get it to run on my computer and picking through its index files it seems to only give hyperlinks anyway.

I would recommend this book simply because it is still better than its competition, but the definitive book on MFA programs has yet to be written.

I would like to take this opportunity as the author of this book to say that I was contracted with the publisher to write a book on three kinds of opportunities for writers that give them time, money, and places to write: 1. grad programs 2. colonies & residencies and 3. grants & fellowships. Then it was given a title that made it seem skewed towards graduate programs, when that was only one section. I wrote it to present a horn of plenty to writers. The CD-ROM has problems, and no one is more disappointed than I, but the publisher will only fix it with the next print run. I am working on a way to remedy this through my web site. I believe I have a great book that opens readers up to the possibilities, but still leaves it to them to pursue the ones they deem worthy. I think that Tom Kealey's Creative Writing MFA Handbook has been criticized for being too much about money, when he's offering his specific and helpful viewpoint on what should matter when you apply. I come from a background of information services, where a few books on a subject is the best way to research anything. The definitive book will likely not be written unless you can find someone who has attended all the programs and still has the motor ability and thought processes to write a book. The secret elixir is on Mount Olympus. You need to know that finding a program that will educate you about an artistic endeavor is going to be a personal journey, and those of us who have knowledge about the market can only give you our perspectives. You need always to judge which perspectives are pertinent.

The book is a very decent reference but it is very limited. The book description even states there are only 80 reviews total in the book and that includes universities, colonies and international programs. What sold me on the book was the CD that expanded the reviews to include over 300 programs. Well, the CD doesn't work. Amazon has replaced my original book/cd and the second one doesn't work either. There are three other reviews of this book that say the same thing. THE CD DOESN'T WORK. It is false advertising and the book/cd should be recalled by the publisher. If you have also bought this defective product send an email to Amazon to put pressure on the publisher to fix the problem. If you haven't bought it, DON'T until the publisher fixes the problem.

This book is very insightful. I am the author of The ABC's of College Life, a hip, street-smart guide for college students and I highly recommend The Best 311 Colleges. It has a lot of information the other directories leave out.

A few months ago I started the big "college search." I got this book, and it has been the biggest help in what is a pretty big deal. The Princeton Review provides helpful information about all the colleges in there. It is objective, and very useful. There are some witty quips throughout, and it is very honest about what are a colleges ups and downs. Just about everything you need to know is in this book: admissions, academics, student life, financial info... Everything is covered thoroughly, and it is easy to read. This book is definitely a good purchase.

This book does a great job at descibing the schools and tells the top school in each catagory, aka public, private, different price ranges, areas of study and the list goes on. My problem with this book is that the introuction states the significance of finding the town, academics, people, that you would like, but I found it incredibly hard to use this book in that fashion. This is a very general book and I would suggest that if you buy it to get another one on a more specific thing that you are looking at for schools

As a high school Junior, I've gone through my share of college guides (Fiske, Peterson's, College Handbook, etc) and my final conclusion is that Princeton's 331 Best Colleges is the ONLY general guide you need. Each college gets a full 2 pages in this book, which seems to be just enough. The format is the most comprehensive that I've seen, and the information is the most useful (for both parents and students). It tells you everything you need to know, right down to what the kids do for fun (from drinking, hanging out and doing laundry, skiing and hiking, to political protests), the Admissions information (SAT Ranges, ACT, GPA, things the admissions officers look for), quotes directly from the students about the student body and town/city, a general overview of the feeling of the college, a perspective on the Academic pressure and strengths/weaknesses, Financial Aid Info, and a general profile of the student body and of the social/extra-curricular life. It also shows a list of percentages of the diversity of the students, and "Survey Says" section (for example, it will say: Athletic facilities are great, Great library, Musical organizations are hot, Computer lab needs improving, etc). Other things that I've found to be helpful are the "Most Popular Majors" section, and the list of other colleges applicants to a certain college looked at and preferred/didn't prefer.

Generally, this book does not try to "sell" the schools, as all viewbooks directly from the colleges tend to do. The quotes from the students seem honest, from points of view on how challenging the workload is, to how diverse the student body is, to how much school spirit the kids have. Everything in the book is pretty candid, and I feel like the information is trust-worthy.

Overall, I feel much more informed about the colleges I plan to apply to after reading about them in Princeton's Guide. For another perspective, I'd also recommend "The Insider's Guide to the Colleges," which is written by college students. But overall, The Best 331 College is a good buy for anybody entering or in the middle of the college process, parents and students alike.

We must admit we have a few slight reservations about the subjectivity of some of the college students surveyed for this book. Despite the purported 59,000 surveys that were conducted, it seems that some individual surveys may have been given additional weight in the interests of making the book more 'cutting edge'. Nonetheless, the school profiles are very complete and contain such pertinent information as admissions criteria, deadlines, social life, and even cafeteria food.

This book is most helpful for identifying schools that may have otherwise passed under the proverbial radar. However, we do not recommend using this book as a sole source of information for college selection decision making.

To be honest and fair, this is one of the few better college guides among all the ones published. The good ones are in this order, in my opinion: "Getting into the right college" by Edward Fiske and Bruce G. Hammond, "Cool Colleges" by Donald Asher, "351 Best Colleges" by Princeton Review, "Hidden Ivies" by Howard Greene, "Colleges that change lives" by Loren Pope, and "Choosing the right college" by ISI.

The best college guide is "Getting into the right college." The most important concept in this book is that college searching is a matching process. You are not begging the colleges to accept you. You are trying to find the ones that match you. Too many students are selecting colleges based on their name and fame, and not whether they match the students' ability, personality, ethos, etc. This book sets the students in the right direction by firstly doing a self-survey in order to produce a set of criteria for college matching.

For students that want to reform the society, "Make a difference college & graduate guide" has the colleges and universities that foster and cultivate social activism. On the other hand, a conservative student or parent can use this guide to avoid the schools listed in this book.

Now, getting back to this book, it is a very good guide. The term "best colleges," which is part of the title of the book, is not defined in this book. Even the author admitted that there is no objective standard in selecting these 351 colleges and universities. They were chosen only based on some experts' opinions. How should one objectively define a college as among the best? Certainly not the selectivity! For it only indicates the quality of the entering class of students. It does not indicate the transformational work that the college is going to perform on the student. How many of us judge a restaurant by the quality of meat it buys and not the food it serves us? Do we buy a car because of the quality of steel the car manufacture buys or the quality of the finished product? Is a movie rated by its star roster or the quality of the movie itself? Focusing on selectivity is only looking at the input. Instead, students and parents should look at the output, the finished products. That's what counts. The output of a college is its graduates. So, the real measure of a good college is the quality and performance of its graduates: What are the GRE scores of its graduates? What are their MCAT or LSAT scores? What's the percentage of its graduates obtaining PhDs? What's the percentage of its premed students entering medical schools? What percentage of its graduates are high achievers in the society?

Reed College maintains a web page which has the colleges and universities that have the highest productivity on PhDs: http://web.reed.edu/ir/phd.html. High school students and parents should go and see this page. You will be shocked to find out that very few Ivy League colleges made the list. Instead, you will see some no-name schools that actually have done some wonderful transformational work on their students. For example, Caltech, Harvey Mudd, Reed and Swarthmore are the top four schools in the nation as far as producing PhDs is concerned. There is also an excellent report online that is done by Research Corporation: http://www.rescorp.org/AE-rpt3.pdf. If you check tables 1, 2 and 3 in this report, you will again see some no-name schools top the list for producing PhDs.

Again, getting back to this book, it is an excellent guide. It is full of useful descriptions by the college students of each school and they are pretty much on the mark. This book is good as a first filter. After you have selected some colleges you like from this book, then check with "Make a difference college & graduate guide" and "Choosing the right college" to make sure you like the social and political atmosphere on these campuses. Of course, I highly recommend Reed College's website and the report by Research Corp. Check out the top colleges in these two sources before you start applying to any colleges.

This book deserves a 4-star. I owned three editions of this book: 2002, 2003 and 2004. The content didn't change much from one edition to another, but that doesn't diminish its value. It has pretty accurate descriptions of the colleges and universities. The three sections I considered most useful are "Students Speak Out - Academics," "Students Speak Out - Life" and the amazingly accurate sidebar "Survey Says..." This is the best first-filter book out there on the bookshelf!

This is an excellent source of college-bound students' information pertaining to the best 10% of higher educations institutions in the country (and two in Canada, I believe). I would recommend this for high school sophomores and juniors in the upper third of their high school graduating class who still have only vague ideas of where they wish to attend college.

The information in here is both pertinent and useful. The book includes such facts as diversity profiles, student survey results, average high school GPA of entering freshmen, and school-specific admissions advice.

Pick up The Best 351 Colleges today. You won't regret this purchase.

This is the best college guide for students with SAT scores above 1100. I don't reccomend it for students will lower scores because it concentrates on schools that expect a higher SAT.

This book rates college on academic as well as social factors so you can see if you fit in to that campus. You can read about dorms, party atmosphere, and what current students are like.

One feature that I felt was great was... "if you like a certain college you may want to look at"... This allows you to add new schools to consider.

My high school daughter continually used this book to make her choice. I highly reccomend this book!

This book is an extensive guide to a very large number of schools. It has all the basic facts about these schools, as well as insider information from students that you won't find in the admissions pamphlets you were sent. However, much of this data is out of date. The numbers are at least three years old for a lot of the schools I was looking at: tuition is understated and enrollment figures are off. The book is also riddled with typos, mainly in the numbers department. Despite poor editing, it is still a useful guide to have. Although, I might add, what the students said about the school I chose was way off, so take their advice with a grain of salt.

I am applying to college and I already owned the 2003 version of the book (which is very good, actually), but I wanted to read some fresh info about the colleges I chose. So I ordered this "NEW" version and was very disappointed. NONE of the colleges of my choice had ANYTHING new written about them. The Students Speak Out was simply the same as in the previous book, and you can read it for FREE on the Princeton Review site. The only thing that changed was the ratings part. They even took the students' quotes section from the previous book. It was utterly useless for me.
This book is excellent as a first college guide, but I do NOT recommend it to anyone who has a previous version.

This is a well written book and is a must read for anyone seeking information.

I bought this as a gift for a loved one and they loved it. They work as a private investigator in New York and said they will get a lot of use out of the book.

This is a book of phone numbers.

But it's a book of really useful phone numbers and other information if you are trying to investigate someone or something.

Did you know that if you have some money that got torn up or burned you can get it redeemed by the US Treasury?

Need to know who to contact for court records in any state? Want to know how to decipher a automobile's VIN number? Need the telephone number for the FBI Crime Lab?

All this and more is in this great little book. Well worth adding to your library.

Almost an overwhelming amount of information, It would have been a good idea to have put the info into sections of different types of info or at least have an index. Ther than that it is a very informative book, you just have to really hunt for the info you are really after.

This book provides time saving reference. The book is set up so anyone can be more efficient with searching. In the back of the book you have the option of checking out the author's site. It has free search tools. In my last job I ran a professional repo. office. This guide was a good tool in finding those little bits of information that you can miss sometimes by using the professional searches. Just a tip, think out of the box when "skipping" someone. You need to be patient but also know when to put it down and pick it up later.

These books are very good for preparing for the Microsoft certification exams. I recommend them highly. They come with 120 trial version software to help you get prepared if you haven't used the actual operating system before.

After reading the book and doing all the exercises I feel that I really know Windows 2000 Server. I also used many practice exams before taking the real exam. I passed the exam but it was the combination of this training kit and 3rd party practice exams that got me through, I suspect this training kit alone would not have been enough to pass the exam. Although the content of this kit is excellent, I only gave 4 stars because there were several subjects in the exam that this kit did not prepare me for.

From previous experience with other Microsoft exams, I recommend Microsoft's own books when studying for these exams. Microsoft Press material is the most accurate and up-to-date.

If one is planning a course of self-study to prepare for MCP exams, the Premium Edition books from Microsoft are a good set of training materials. The text comes in both hard copy and cd format, with some practice test materials and "Readiness Review" included. Don't rely on these kits alone, be sure to use some sort of practice test if you want to be really sure to pass.

The training kit comes with two books, and four CD-Rom. I just passed the exam today, and this was my primary source of info for the test. Be warned however if you do not have two computers to set up as a network you will not get as much 'bang' out of this kit. There are a large number of hands on exersizes that you need to have a small network to complete. One of the CD's does contain an audio-visual presentaion that follows along the training guide, and it contains within the presentation a simulated network enviorment that you can also do exersizes on. Another CD goes hand in hand with the readiness review book, and contains practice tests that are very much in the same format as the actual exam. The last two CDs are evaluation copies of tech net, and Windows 2000 server (120 day eval period for 2000 server). Using this kit, and online resources like the Microsoft knowledge base was all I realy needed to both get a good understanding of the material, and pass the test.

This kit was a very interesting purchase. I felt as though it was well written and easy to follow. I spent around three weeks working through the exercises and reading the material before I attempted a practice exam. On my first try I scored 64%. I was a little disappointed considering the amount of time I had invested in the training. I think the real problem is in the manner of which the test questions are written. The scope of information needed to answer the test questions is MUCH greater than the questions and examples found in the kit. My advise would be to read the kit and do the exercises, this way you will become familiar with the information and gain good insight on the core operating system. Then, if you want to take the MCP exam, go find as many practice reviews as possible and test yourself over and over. Eventually your knowledge of the material will start to connect with the style and complexity of the exam questions and you will pass. Don't expect to purchase this kit and pass the MCP unless you have a lot of working experience with the product.

Though this book seemed daunting at first, I have found the information it contained to give an eye-opening look into the universities covered. What you cannot see on a tour, nor gleen from the admissions department interview, can be concisely laid-out in a real world look through the book's eyes. It has saved our family time and money travelling to the many colleges we have considered based on name and reputation only. We are hoping for a broader, cleaner, safer, more intellectual path for our future college student and it is hard to permeate most college's showy exteriors to find the guts of the real educational show. This book is an invaluable tool.
My only disappointments with the book are that I would have liked a chart to concisely narrow down my reading rather than having to glut through all of the colleges. Also, pure whimsey, but I wish the book had covered even more colleges/universities than it did! Hardly possible.

This book has been immensely useful in my search for the right university. Of all the books I've looked through, read, even bought, this book was the most accurate in giving me a feel for the schools.

An absolute shoo-in compared to other choosing college books.

Hands down, the best.

The book, though well written, is very bias, especially in terms what it considers "legitimate" academics. In the review of Oberlin college(I'm currently a student) the author seemed to value only the western canons of philosophy, religion, and literature, belittling, and devaluing Oberlin's rich and diverse offerings in non western cultures and literatures. The author also seemed to be dismissive of courses/majors that took a critical look at the world in terms of race, class, gender, sexuality, and class, dismissing them as more or less pitty parties(not his exact words but the words he did use were more or less to that effect-sorry I'm not able to remember the exact words). The other parts of his reviews were either just flat out wrong or half truths at best. Yes, Oberlin does have a alcohol and drug culture(like MANY colleges) but neglected to let readers know that, unlike many schools, there is NO pressure(i.e. if someone offers you drugs/alcohol and you decline they, 9 times out of 10, will not pressure you/ask you again). He also cited Christians would have a hard time-if you're the type to force your ideas upon others in a close minded way then yes you will have a problem here-but that's wilth any philosophy you try to shove down people's throats at Oberlin. I am a practicing Christian and have yet to have a problem here at Oberlin. Also, Oberlin is not a haven for "confusing sexuality" as he painted various events on campus as such. It's is, though very open and very accepting place for many types of people. Oberlin, in a lot of ways, forces you to think critically about issues that are important to this world-many of which are outside the western canon of standards or actually question those standards, and that is what I think the author has a real issues with. While an interesting review, it was definitely not balanced, and very skewed. It might be an OK(at best) addition to a list of other more balanced college books when looking at colleges, but it definitely shouldn't be your be all end all book for college information(nor should any one book really). But even if you include this book in your collection, remember the author definitely has a biased agenda(unlike many other neutral college books) and to take his review with a grain of salt

The book is not a bad one. It has plenty of detailed information about lots of schools [mostly moderate to very selective ones] as well as lots of quotes from students. It seems very well researched and provides a good idea of the "feels" of these campuses.

My main problem with the book is that it tends to the conservative side quite a bit. For example, in almost every school review, there is a sentence like, "Of course, there are also a few courses like "Gay and Lesbian Studies" or "Race in Latin America", but most of the offered courses are solid." Many times the author [and there are apparently many] will criticize more liberal colleges [i.e. Swarthmore], claiming that conservative students are treated badly. However, for the more conservative colleges [i.e. Texas A&M], there is no such criticism.

Remember that the books partner guide is "Choosing a Conservative College". Good info, just take it with a grain of salt.

This is an excellent guide, because it analyzes the curricula of the universities or colleges, to determine whether or not, a true liberal arts education is being fostered. This guide offers insightful analysis and evaluation of the schools, beyond the obvious hype and mindless college summaries, common in the many other directories, such as "the students work hard, but also play hard". In addition, the book evaluates whether or not free speech and political tolerance is honored at the school for all shades of the political spectrum. In summation, this is a very helpful and useful guide to understand what is happening in the classrooms and on the campuses to promote true education and open dialogue or whether free speech is suppressed by a left-wing bias or by overly zealous professors bent on indoctrination and intimidation. There is no other guide on the market that addresses these important questions. One note, however, it is not a comprehensive guide and primarily only the better or well-know schools are evaluated.

Writer's Market On- Line Guide is an extensive resource for writers and one can easily become overwhelmed with such an exhaustive guide like this. It's mostly reference tools, with the bulk of the book dedicated to information from actual publishers, agents, and magazines. Only the first few sections, before the publishers, contain actual reading material. But it's all arranged very nicely and it includes very helpful facts for the aspiring author.

I like the sample form letters in the Query Letter Clinic. It's one thing to explain what works and what doesn't, but it's even more helpful to be able to visualize actual letters that are "good" and "bad". The contributors of this guide explain exactly what publishers look for when they review a manuscript and they give tips on common mistakes to avoid.

I spent most of my time thumbing through the publisher's reference section of this book. I was surprised at the number of publications, particularly magazines, that devote a substantial portion of their publication to freelance writers. With each listing, Writer's Guide shows the percentage of the magazine that is comprised of freelance writing, so that you can gauge your odds of getting published. Some are high, others are low. For example, Motor Trend Magazine contains only 5 to 10% freelance- written material, but the payoff for a published article can be as high as several hundred dollars. Entrepreneur Magazine, on the other hand, includes 60 percent freelance material. The payout is slightly less, but the higher level of freelance writing means that your individual odds of getting published are greater.

Writer's Guide includes a few postcards that can be removed to buy more products (like a magazine subscription to Writer's Digest), to send for free material from the Writer's Digest School, and to buy more Writer's Guides, like the Children's Writers Guide, The Literary Agent Guide, Novel and Short Story Writer's Market Guide, and a few others. There are countless listings of resources to access, including online and others.

One thing to note about this guide is that the title is a little misleading. While it does contain information on getting published by utilizing the internet, this is really only a small fraction of the guide. It actually contains information on all sorts of ways to get published, including phone and fax numbers to contact publishers directly.

Overall, this is a very good guide to writing and getting published. A little bit more personal reading would have been nice (there are only about 90 pages of actual reading material) but the reference sections are invaluable to the aspiring writer. If you have ever considered selling your personal writing, then you will find this guide very helpful. It's a heap of writing information, right at your fingertips.

A must-have for working and aspiring writers alike. Beginners will find the articles helpful, working pros need the listings.

FYI: The listings makes side-by-side comparisons practically impossible, so I recommend inputting the information on your computer, then formatting it as a table. Pricing guidelines are sometimes inconsistent (average pay is listed as above-average and vice versa) and some small sections look as if they went directly to press without proofreading. Online updates more than compensate for such minor considerations.

There are few events in life that I look forward to more than receiving my shiny new Writer's Market each year. Once again, the good people at Writer's Digest Books have outdone themselves. This exhaustively researched book contains more than 8,000 places to sell your work-- what more could you ask for? Oh! How about pricing guidelines, expert advice, info about agents, writing contests, syndicates, organizations for writers...

I mean it most earnestly when I tell you I wouldn't have a career without this book. And ever since I got the online version, I'm not sure how I lived without it. I use it every day to keep track of my submissions. It even tells me when it's time to follow up on a query, and allows me to record notes about different markets-- I can punch in my deadlines, payment info, contact names, etc.

Of all the books in the world, this is the only one that I can say with full confidence is an absolute necessity to those who want to make a career of their writing. The price is meager compared to its benefits. No matter what you write, you'll find markets for it here.

--Jenna Glatzer, Editor-in-Chief, AbsoluteWrite.com

This book covers everything you need to know as a freelance writer. The layout of the book is excellent, and organized so that anyone can quickly find what they are looking for. Every question that you have will be answered within the 1,112 pages of this book. Using this resource, you will not only learn what to do to sell your work but you will also learn what you should not do. Yes, this book has an incredible listing of markets but it also teaches you how to effectively prepare and submit your work to these markets.

[$$$] book offering great online access BUT you have to scrape off a number (like a lottery ticket) to access your code and mine got all mangled (not like a lottery ticket) - and Writer's Market just ignored me when I contacted them. That's fraud! I wasted [$$$] for nothing!

I am an architect, and when my husband and I decided to vacation in Charleston over the holidays I thought this would be the perfect guide book for us. We love buildings! Unfortunately, the authors have a somewhat snooty (IMO) attitude about the newer architecture in Charleston. As a member of a local Historic Society, I find it to be the same preservationist attitude that old is good and new is bad. I would only recommend this guide for those who are fascinated by old-south architecture and who intend to spend several days walking around photographing the older buildings of Charleston.

I have mixed feelings regarding this book. It is well written; obviously well researched. I like Charleston-I lived there from 1957-1975; and I majored in History in college and I like restaurants. But, (and you knew that was coming) this book is for architect buffs and foodies who love that old Charleston feeling. So, if you are a first time visitor wanting hotel information, easy to read restaurant reviews, shopping and tour suggestions, look elsewhere. Besides, beauty is in the eye of the beholder-and I would disagree with some of their opinions.

I really thought this would be a prettier book. The black and white photos don't do this book any favors. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of black and white photography, but it's not what is needed for this guide.
Other than that,I can't wait to get started on all the suggested walking tours!

The book was extremely informative while visiting Charleston and the surrounding area, including plantations. It made the visit an educational experience. Good book!

The Moore's updated "Complete Charleston" is an invaluable resource for visiting this history-rich city. The updated guide provides an easy-to-use book for those who are adventurous and want to explore a city by walking neighborhoods and "smelling the flowers". Their guide provides the history of many of Charleston's buildings, homes and gardens as well as side trips to other locations within one day of Charleston. The well researched restaurant guide is also a must for those who want to taste Charleston's world famous cuisine .
To "experience" the ambiance of Charleston, their guide is the best!
T & C Power