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Hot on the heels of Marc Heiden’s Hiroshima, the other half of the dynamic duo behind Chicago, Peter “Peterfitzgerald” B Fitzgerald has completed Wikitravel Washington, D.C. (ISBN 1449569412).  As the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C. has an extraordinary collection of free museums, and the lion’s share of the nation’s  most iconic monuments. But beyond treasures like the Lincoln Memorial and the Smithsonian, the city is booming with shopping, dining, and nightlife befitting a world-class metropolis.  As always with Wikitravel guides, this book takes you well off the beaten path to cover every corner of the city and ranges beyond city lines into Northern Virginia and Maryland as well.

The guide retails for $14.99 and is in stock on Amazon.com:

Wikitravel Washington, D.C.: The free, complete, up-to-date and reliable guide to Washington, D.C.

The book is eligible for Free Super Saver Shipping and is generally printed and shipped out within 24 hours of your order.

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Here’s a guidebook I’ve been looking forward to for some time: Wikitravel Hiroshima and Western Japan (ISBN 1449541518), edited by Marc “Gorilla Jones” Heiden, one of the two gurus behind our best-selling Chicago guide. This book represents our first foray into a brand new type of market, since to the best of our knowledge, this is the only full-length English-language guidebook ever written devoted to Hiroshima.  A household name due to the world’s first atomic bombing, today’s Hiroshima is a modern, cosmopolitan city with unforgettable museums, lively festivals, and lots of great food and nightlife.  The guide also covers the less-visited side of western Japan, from the sand dunes of Tottori and the deadly culinary delights of Shimonoseki to a climb up the Stone Hammer in Shikoku and a dip in the Bath of the Gods at Dogo Onsen. And with a bit more time, the enigmatic Iya Valley and the epic 88 Temple Pilgrimage beckon…

The guide retails for $14.99 and is in stock on Amazon.com:

Wikitravel Hiroshima and Western Japan: The free, complete, up-to-date and reliable guide to Hiroshima and western Japan

Like all Wikitravel guides, it’s eligible for Free Super Saver Shipping and is generally printed and shipped out within 24 hours of your order.

Stay tuned for more new releases from Wikitravel Press!

After our successful launch on Amazon, the second wave of Wikitravel Press books is now starting to emerge from the incubator, and today I’m delighted to announce the first new title in the series: Wikitravel San Francisco (ISBN 1442169966), edited by John “PerryPlanet” Perry.  Packing a 312-page punch, Wikitravel San Francisco goes beyond tourist-packed Fisherman’s Wharf to give you a local’s guide to one of America’s most fascinating cities, from the hippie vibe of Haight-Ashbury to the digerati dance clubs of SoMa and the dive bars of the Tenderloin, with detailed maps and complete coverage of 14 city districts.  The guide retails for $15.99 and is in stock on Amazon.com:

Wikitravel San Francisco: The free, complete, up-to-date and reliable guide to San Francisco

Like all Wikitravel guides, it’s eligible for Free Super Saver Shipping and is generally printed and shipped out within 24 hours of your order.

In other news, you can now keep up to date with Wikitravel Press at identi.ca and Twitter.  The Wikitravel group at Facebook is also active.  Be sure to join one, since there is plenty of news coming up in the next few months!