pen4hire on December 4th, 2009

Destination: Normandy, France
Books: A Journey into Flaubert’s Normandy by Susannah Patton and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
A GUEST POST BY Dr. Jessie Voigts

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pen4hire on December 2nd, 2009

The 2nd edition of the Indie Travel Podcast Magazine arrived December 1.  This issue is even better than the first issue, and that is quite an accomplishment. Craig and Linda Martin, the ever-traveling, ever-creative New Zealanders, have outdone themselves.

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pen4hire on November 20th, 2009

France on Friday
Destination: Boston
Book: Walking Boston by Robert Todd Felton
A GUEST POST BY Robert Todd Felton
Bivalve Molluscs, French Royalty, and the Streets of Boston

One of the best parts of walking around Boston is that you are always bumping up against some surprising scrap of American history.  Around one corner is the house [...]

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pen4hire on August 17th, 2009

Destination: Paris
Book: Paris Movie Walks: Ten Guided Tours Through The City of Lights! Camera! Action!, by Michael Schurmann
I was going to say “You don’t have to be a movie fan to enjoy this book.”  But who among us is NOT a movie fan? And who has seen a movie set in Paris and NOT [...]

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pen4hire on July 30th, 2009

Destination: India
Book: Wanderlust and Lipstick: For Women Traveling to India by Beth Whitman
Let me start right off by saying that I think Beth Whitman is a gift to women who want adventurous travel in all those places that good little girls are not supposed to go–particularly by themselves, or with only the protection of (gasp!) [...]

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pen4hire on July 15th, 2009

Destination: Tokyo, Japan
Book: Little Adventures in Tokyo by Rick Kennedy
Guest Post by Christine Gros-Loh

I have been living in Tokyo for nearly three and a half years now, and before that I lived here on and off throughout my twenties. So I know Tokyo really well – or thought I did, until I picked up [...]

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pen4hire on May 12th, 2009

Note: Kathy of Dream of Italy® has listed her favorite ten books for Italy. Don’t miss her suggestions.
Destination: Italy
Book: Art for Travellers Italy, The Essential Guide to Viewing Italian Renaissance Art by Ann Morrow and John Power, with Illustrations by Matt Morrow and Erin Round
Another lovely book by Interlink Publishing, Art for Travellers: Italy, [...]

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pen4hire on April 5th, 2009

As I was thinking about departing from my usual posts about travel literature, I came across an excellent post by  Almost Fearless on guidebooks. As she points out, they do have a purpose.  And I am addicted to guidebooks, so I don’t want their absence on this site to lead anyone to think I do [...]

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