pen4hire on September 20th, 2010

Destination: Anywhere Book: The Witching Hour (1993) by Anne Rice A GUEST POST BY Susan Lanier-Graham Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour helped me discover those elusive travel moments

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pen4hire on September 17th, 2010

Destination: Kenya, Africa Book: Unbowed by Wangari Maathai A GUEST POST by Gayle Pescud I was in a modern bookstore for the first time in months in January,  getting well and truly high on the smell of new books (we live in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Region of Ghana, 18 hours from Accra, the capital), [...]

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pen4hire on September 15th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip An Author Interview Destination: Minnesota Book: Vermillion Drift by William Kent Krueger (NEW August 2010) Latest in the Corcoran O’Connor mystery series.

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pen4hire on September 14th, 2010

TRAVEL TUESDAY Destination: Maine Books: by Robert McClosky A GUEST POST BY BRETTE SEMBER When I was a child, each summer my family rented a beautiful old cottage on Smith Cove on the Penobscot Bay, near Blue Hill, Maine.

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pen4hire on September 13th, 2010

Destination: Collelungo, Umbria, Italy Book: NEW Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl About Love by Justine van der Leun (June 2010) GUEST POST by Edie Jarolim First, an admission: I rarely read travel memoirs by living writers.  

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pen4hire on September 10th, 2010

Destination: Paris Book: Almost French; Love and a New Life in Paris (2004) by Sarah Turnbull As I spend my last two days in Paris, A Traveler’s Library reprises France on Friday with a look at a cautionary book for the traveler’s library. GUEST POST by Danee Gilmartin, the Museum Chick

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pen4hire on September 9th, 2010

Destination: Road Trip Movie: National Lampoon’s Family Vacation (1983) with Chevy Chase A GUEST POST by Sheri Wallace Everything I Know About Road Trips I Learned From Chevy Chase

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pen4hire on September 8th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Wisconsin Book: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008) by David Wroblewski It turns out that one of my favorite novels of the past five years was sitting on my table while I was trying to figure out who should represent Wisconsin.

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pen4hire on September 7th, 2010

Destination: Northern Greece Book: Eleni by Nicholas Gage A GUEST POST by Michelle Duffy Eleni is a story of passions.

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