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{Book Club} Books Set in Italy

Books Set in Italy Last month I started my online book club and asked for your recommendations for books set in Italy. I want to get your input on your favorite reads set in places we are visiting. I am mostly looking for fiction or creative nonfiction. While I love travelogues, I don’t need guidebooks. I want to …

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{Book Club} The Magic of Tomtens

In Scandinavian folklore, there are little magical people who help take care of animals on the farm called Tomtens (or tomtes, or nisse or tomtenisse). According to Wikipedia: Tomtens are typically associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season. It is no taller than three feet, and has a long white beard and colorful …

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The Viva List Latin America

This is a pretty cool book that I contributed a few essays to. It will make you want to hop on a plane and head to somewhere in Latin America! This compilation of travel narratives provides an alternative to the glossy, tourist brochure-type analysis of Latin America. Packed with tales of travels from Tijuana to …

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Book Review of Expedition Canoeing: A Guide to Canoeing Wild Rivers in North America by Cliff Jacobson

Some people are really into canoeing. If you’re one of them, or wish you were, pick up the 20th-anniversary edition of . Jacobson has gathered his friends together to produce a very thorough guide to canoeing northern rivers. This hefty tome to wilderness canoeing starts with how to research a river and ends with a …

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Book Review of Home Ground, Edited by Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney

Barry Lopez is a master of literary non-fiction, but even he occasionally has trouble finding the right words to describe the landscapes he so aptly writes about. Which is why he, along with managing editor, Debra Gwartney, has compiled a tome of evocative terms— and their definitions— that describe the American landscape. “ (Trinity University …

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