pen4hire on March 5th, 2010

Destination: Italy

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When I traveled to Italy two years ago, I read a Penguin book that combined Mary McCarthy’s two books–The Stones of Florence and Venice Observed These are two pieces of must-read travel literature for European travelers.
I will start with a warning–this is not light reading. And this is not [...]

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pen4hire on November 12th, 2009

Today, we have a guest article from the web site Dream of Italy. Thanks to owner of the site, Kathy McCabe, and author of this article, Michael Lowe. The Twilight Movie New Moon releases November 20.

Destination: Volterra, Italy

Movie: New Moon

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pen4hire on July 29th, 2009

Destination: Greece
Book: A Crowded Heart by Nicholas Papandreou
Anyone who is tuned in to Greek politics in the past fifty years, has heard the name Papandreou.  Son Nicholas, who started as an economist, left the “family business” to become a writer and share his short stories and poetry with the world.  His novel, A Crowded Heart [...]

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pen4hire on July 16th, 2009

Destination: Finland
Book: A Winter Book by Tove Jansson
Finnish Winter Retreat
Guest Author Michele Simeone

If you’re tired of hearing about summer, how does a good dose of Finnish winter sound?
It was during my second year in Finland that my friend surprised me with a copy of A Winter Book .

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pen4hire on July 12th, 2009

Do summer days make you wish you were on an island? See some books about about Greek Islands, and specifically about Crete. And over at Spot Cool Stuff, I wrote about my idyll on the island of Siphnos.
Or journey to the Caribbean with this British travel writer.
Have a nice trip to the islands!

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Destination: Italy
Author: David Farley
Books: An Irreverent Curiosity by David Farley
The Dark Heart of Italy by Tobias Jones
Pagan Holiday by Tony Perrottet

I talked with David Farley a couple of weeks ago about his book, An Irreverent Curiosity which is released today. The book revolves around his time living in a small medieval village in Italy [...]

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pen4hire on July 8th, 2009

Destination: Italy
Book: An Irreverent Curiosity by David Farley
I love launch days for new books. Particularly when they are written by friends. An Irreverent Curiosity by David Farley, launches officially tomorrow, July 9. I’ve known David as an on-line friend for some time through the Travel Writer’s hangout known as travelwriters.com, so I was very [...]

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pen4hire on May 24th, 2009

If you ask a bit more of your travels than “Where is the Big Mac?”…if you want to truly absorb the local culture, the arts, the literature…(well of course we know you want the literature–that’s why you are here)…I have three sites to recommend to you.
My Melange Robin Locker fell in love with Italy, and [...]

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pen4hire on May 15th, 2009

Destination: Rome
Movie: Angels and Demons
Well, here we are at the end of Italy week.  I went to the long-awaited movie of Angels and Demons around noon today. I would say it was the equivalent of dining on one of those fancy bakery cakes decorated with lard and sugar icing and fresh violets.  Absolutely beautiful, [...]

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