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  <name><![CDATA[Rick Steves]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2007: The Travel Skills Handbook]]></title>
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  <published>1985</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Rick Steves' Italy 2007]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Travel as a Political Act]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rick Steves' Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gene Openshaw]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rick Steves' Germany and Austria 2007]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rick Steves' Rome 2007]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rick Steves' Mona Winks: Self-Guided Tours of Europe's Top Museums (5th Edition)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rick Steves' Postcards from Europe]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book and Dictionary]]></title>
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