"Only the lowest wattage dimbulb would visit Brazil without reading this book." --Tim Cahill, author of Jaguars Ripped My Flesh and Pecked to Death by Ducks

"I've been to Brazil twice, and Travelers' Tales Brazil took me back again -- a rewarding journey in which I learned to my chagrin how much I had missed on my earlier visits." --James T. Yenckel, The Washington Post

"Like gourmet chefs sampling the produce in an overstocked French market, the editors of Travelers' Tales pick, sift, and prod their way through the weighty shelves of contemporary travel writing, rejecting the second rate and creaming off the very best. They have impeccable taste -- a very welcome addition to the genre." --William Dalrymple, author of City of Djinns and In Xanadu

"The Travelers' Tales series aims to convey the excitement of voyaging through exotic territory with a vivacity that guidebooks can only hint at." --Millennium Whole Earth Catalog

"The Travelers' Tales series should become required reading for anyone visiting a foreign country who wants to truly step off the tourist track and experience another culture, another place, first-hand." --Nancy Paradis, St. Petersburg Times

"...A revolutionary new style of travel guidebooks..." --New York Times News Service

"For travelers who want a wider introduction to a country and its culture, Travelers' Tales is a valuable addition to any pre-departure reading list." --Tony Wheeler, publisher, Lonely Planet Publications

"...These anthologies seem destined to be a success... Travelers' Tales promises to be a useful and enlightening addition to the travel bookshelves. By collecting and organizing such a wide range of literature, O'Reilly and Habegger are providing a real service for those who enjoy reading first-person accounts of a destination before seeing it for themselves." --Bill Newlin, publisher, Moon Publications