Travel | Travel
Aug.04.2008
Mary Bergin travels into Wisconsin's nooks and crannies and finds extraordinary beauty, charm and wonder blooming at every turn. We've mentioned her book briefly before, but it deserves to be said again: Sidetracked in Wisconsin is a winner. It recently was honored by the Society of American Travel...
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Jul.30.2008
Nothing satisfies a craving for music, history and top-flight Cajun and Creole cuisine like a trip back to Louisiana’s Crescent City -- a post-Katrina journey back to the Big Easy.
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Jul.17.2008
Why are the Elgin Marbles in London, and not on the Acropolis? Why do there seem to be as many mummies in France as there are in Egypt? Why are so many Etruscan masterworks in America? For the past two centuries, the West has been plundering the treasures of the ancient world to fill its great...
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Jun.30.2008
PARIS, PARIS: JOURNEY INTO THE CITY OF LIGHT paints a portrait in thirty essays, with thirty striking B&W photographs by Alison Harris, of the world's favorite city. Legendary travel writer Jan Morris calls Paris, Paris, "Perhaps the most evocative American book about Paris since A Movable...
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Jun.26.2008
A boat trip down the Li River in China to see the famed mountains of Guilin.
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Jun.26.2008
A road trip through Eastern Turkey, a remote and timeless region of "steep mountains, high empty plateaus, endless vistas, limitless space: For those captivated by the romance of the Silk Road, this is how it must have been."
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Jun.26.2008
A journey down the Yangtze River to view the river as the dam is under construction.
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Jun.26.2008
The author describes a visit to Peshawar, Pakistan, and the Darra gun bazaar in the Northwest Frontier Province.
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Jun.20.2008
Non-fiction essay with photographs: "Crows in the Hair"
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May.12.2008
Salty Dogs by Jean M. Fogle is packed with photographs of dogs living in the moment as they frolic on the beach. Fogle's engaging photos show a variety of breeds swimming, playing, romping, surfing and lounging in the water and on the sand. The pages are also sprinkled with humorous and inspiring...
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