Traveler’s Library breaks some blogging rules. What I would like to know is, what works for YOU. What kind of posts do you like? What are you looking for when you come here? If you just Stumbled in–did you find what you were looking for? What countries, regions, authors, movies, do you want to see [...]
Destination: Japan Book: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden I have never been to Japan. The country has always mystified me. The elaborate rituals, the complex rules for gardens and for tea ceremonies. And mostly the tradition of Geishas.
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Pixar’s movie UP sends mixed messages about travel.
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Place: Crete, Greece Book: Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis (1946) Movie: Zorba the Greek with Alan Bates and Anthony Quinn(1964) and subsequent musical, Zorba Several years ago, during our travels in Greece, Ken and I had a marvelous 10 days of driving back and forth across the mountains of Crete and exploring [...]
The novel Heart of Darkness inspired Coppela to create the movie Apocalypse Now, and inspired Craig Martin to be more sensitive in his travels.
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Steve Hamilton’s mystery novel series set near the town of Paradise in Upper Peninsula Michigan, are true to their location, my travels confirm.
Susan Jeffers selects from Longfellow’s Song of Hiwatha and illustrates a striking children’s book.
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THANKS I want to thank once again the lovely blogger friends who pitched in and filled this space while I was out hiking in the woods and sailing the waters of Upper Peninsula Michigan last week. Rather than a regular post today, I will give you a peek at an article I wrote elsewhere, a [...]
Destination: Belize Book: The Possibility of Everything by Hope Edelman UPDATE: LIBRARY THING INTERVIEW WITH HOPE EDELMAN A Guest Blog by Julia Drake “The Possibility of Everything — Search for a truer self” The Possibility of Everything, acclaimed author Hope Edelman writes, “A person in the act of traveling from one place to another is [...]
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