Time Out's new Shortlist guides tell you everything that matters in 2007 in six of the world's greatest and most visited cities. They offer all the usual visitor information, presented in a way designed to take you straight to what you're looking for: reviews of the classic sights and venues in area-by-area chapters, maps with all entries pinpointed, customised itineraries and visitor basics, all illustrated with specially commissioned photography. To help you make city-wide choices, they include critical and useful venue selections in a variety of fields - our Shortlists. But because the Shortlist guides are annual, uniquely, they can also offer you content unique to 2007: a calendar of events, clearly marked reviews of all the important venues to open up in the last year and features on the most important and interesting news, openings and happenings. They are the most up to date it's possible to be in a printed guidebook. Time Out Shortlist guides will take you straight to the best during any trip, but they're particularly good for short or repeat visits, when it's important to be directed straight to the best and most current, with no time wasted - and at GBP6.9 9, they won't waste your money, either. sakriti opis