pen4hire on January 29th, 2010

Its OVER…All OVER.  FINI. COMPLETE. WINNERS ANNOUNCED SOON SO STAY TUNED.
The Final Prize in the Great Big Travel Literature Giveaway: A Travel Tote with a World Traveler Pedigree.
This Yak Pak Tote will carry all those books you have been buying (or winning) and your maps for the Great American Road Trip.

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pen4hire on January 27th, 2010

Grand Prize #3 AND
The Great American Road Trip

Destination: The American Road
Book: The USA Book: A Journey Through America (2009) from Lonely Planet.
This book weighs a ton.  Well not QUITE a ton, but you know what I mean. It is a nice big coffee table book printed on fine, heavy paper to show off the [...]

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pen4hire on January 26th, 2010

2nd Grand Prize is the Periscope Book Light in a Book Cover handy for travelers.

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pen4hire on January 25th, 2010

The First Grand Prize in the Great Big Travel Literature Giveaway is:
Where to Go When: The Americas (American Edition 2008) edited by Joseph Rosendo, published by DK/Eyewitness Travel
When I first saw this beautiful travel book full of photographs, I assumed that it was about festivals and events. Yes, it has those, but it is actually [...]

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pen4hire on January 21st, 2010

VOTING CLOSED JANUARY 31. Thanks to all who supported A Traveler’s Library, and I hope you visited all the other nominees, including my favorite music blog (links below).
Whoo!Whoo! A Traveler’s Library has been chosen as a finalist in the 2010 Bloggie Awards Travel Blog category. And if that is not enough excitement for one [...]

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pen4hire on January 20th, 2010

The Great Big Travel Literature Giveaway continues. See bottom of post for today’s prize. Time to announce the Third Grand Prize–next Wednesday’s contribution to the Great American Road Trip, a coffee table book about the USA.

The Great American Road Trip
You know that shivery feeling you get, when it is time to go, and you are [...]

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pen4hire on January 19th, 2010

Art, artists and art museums inspire travel. 10 Most popular art reproductions.

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pen4hire on January 11th, 2010

Ten things I learned about Blogging during my first year on the job.

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pen4hire on January 6th, 2010

Best of December and of 2009 at A Traveler’s Library. A salute to the most-read posts, most prolific commenters and referrers.

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