Destinations
France (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [in Paperback]
Review You’d be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive, engrossing, and just plain fun-to-read guidebook than the Eyewitness Travel Guide: France. Spilling over with all sorts of useful information for the traveler, you’ll find three-dimensional drawings, floor plans, and detailed neighborhood maps, as well as timelines, charts, even Metro stations. Broken into four sections–”Introducing France,” [...]
Mexico (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [in Paperback]
Review Mexico is a heady sort of place; it inundates you with sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and tactile sensations. A dry text, no matter how informative, just doesn’t do justice to Mexico’s allure. DK’s Eyewitness Travel Guide series, on the other hand, does. Sure, it provides the necessary data points. The “Travelers’ Needs” section contains [...]
Mexico (Country Guide) [in Paperback]
Review Initially specializing in Asia guidebooks, the Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit series has long been a favorite of budget travelers all over the globe. Lonely Planet guides have a reputation for plainspoken and practical advice as well as thoughtful writing about history and culture, and Lonely Planet Mexico is no exception. Complementing the information [...]
Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival
The Canadian Comedy Awards is now in its 11th year. The CCA’s recognize and celebrate Canadian achievements both at home and abroad in all forms of comedy, be it film, television, radio, Internet, and live stand-up, sketch, improvisation and theatre. The 2010 Canadian Comedy Awards Nominees have been announced! For a full listing of categories [...]
Toronto International Film Festival
Movie lovers, industry types and movie stars flock to Toronto for this annual celebration of cinema from around the world. Major Hollywood releases along with domestic offerings and international movies are given the royal treatment at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). In 2009 “Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” won the People’s [...]