HOW TO USE THIS ROUGH GUIDE ebook
This Rough Guide toShanghai is one of a new generation of informative andeasy-to-use travel-guide ebooks that guarantees you make the most of yourtrip. An essential tool for pre-trip planning, it also makes a great travelcompanion when youre on the road.
From the fills you in on history, and books and provides a handy Mandarin Chinese section.
Detailed area maps feature in the guide chaptersand are also listed in the , accessible from the table of contents. Depending on yourhardware, you can double-tap on the maps to see larger-scale versions, orselect different scales. There are also thumbnails below more detailed maps in these cases, you can opt to zoom left/top or zoom right/bottom orview the full map. The screen-lock function on your device is recommendedwhen viewing enlarged maps. Make sure you have the latest software updates,too.
Throughout the guide, weve flagged up ourfavourite places - a perfectly sited hotel, an atmospheric caf, a specialrestaurant - with the author pick icon . You can selectyour own favourites and create a personalized itinerary by bookmarking thesights, venues and activities that are of interest, giving you the quickestpossible access to everything youll need for your time away.
Please note, this book displays place names and words in Chinese characters alongside their phonetic translations. These characters may not display correctly on some e-readers.
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This ebook contains material published in print inJuly 2014 in the third edition of The Rough Guide toShanghai by
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CREATIVE TEAM Updater: Simon Lewis Editors: Eleanor Aldridge, Kathryn Lane Layout: Jessica Subramanian Cartography: Swati Handoo Picture Editor:Marta Bescos Proofreader: Diane Margolis ManagingEditor: Keith Drew Assistant Editor: Prema Dutta Production: Charlotte Cade Cover Design: Nicole Newman, Pepi Bluck, Jessica Subramanian Editorial Assistant: Rebecca Hallett Senior Pre-press Designer: Dan May Programme Manager: Helen Blount Publisher: Joanna Kirby
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The publishers and authors have done their best toensure the accuracy and currency of all the information in The RoughGuide to Shanghai, however, they can accept no responsibility forany loss, injury, or inconvenience sustained by any traveller as a result ofinformation or advice contained in the guide.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Simon Lewis is a novelist and screenwriter. His crime novel Bad Traffic has been translated intoseven languages and was shortlisted for the LATimes Book of the Year 2012. His produced feature film scriptsinclude thrillers Tiger House and The Anomaly.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Kat, Mark, Xiao Song, Noe, Tim, Harkin, Dana, Ryan, Pan Yin, Sitang,Maggie, Kelly, Callum, Shane, Zoe.
Readers updates
Thanks to all the readers who have taken the time to write in with commentsand suggestions (and apologies if weve inadvertently omitted or misspeltanyones name):
Kirk T. McDonald, Benjamin L. Monshor, Steinar Saethre, Wiard Sterk, AnthonySteward, Paul Takla, Wilfried Viebahn and Rob Zwaga
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