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Suzy Gershman
Suzy Gershman (April 13, 1948 – July 25, 2012) was an American writer who authored sixteen "Born to Shop" guidebooks over the course of twenty-six years, beginning in 1986. Her travel guides, which cover the shopping scenes in counties and cities, including Paris and New York City, New York, have sold more than four million copies as of 2012. Six guidebooks are now revised and republished every two years - France, Hong Kong, Italy, London, Paris, and New York City. Gershman's diet book ''How To Take 20 Pounds Off Your Man'' was featured in a "Diet Book Club Deep Dive" on the podcast ''Maintenance Phase'', co-hosted by Aubrey Gordon and former ''You're Wrong About'' host Michael Hobbes. The podcast called the book "a manual for creep behavior masquerading as a diet book". Biography Gershman was born Suzy Kalter on April 13, 1948, to Gloria and S. S. Kalter in Syracuse, New York. She received a bachelor's degree in Russian history and language from the University of Texas at Austin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guidebook
A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying detail and historical and cultural information are often included. Different kinds of guide books exist, focusing on different aspects of travel, from adventure travel to relaxation, or aimed at travelers with different incomes, or focusing on sexual orientation or types of diet. Travel guides can also take the form of travel websites. History Antiquity A forerunner of the guidebook was the ''periplus'', an itinerary from landmark to landmark of the ports along a coast. A ''periplus'' such as the ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'' was a manuscript document that listed, in order, the ports and coastal landmarks, with approximate intervening distances, that the captain of a vessel could expect to find along a shore. This work was possibly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
